Part 42

=cotonnade=, _n.f._, cotton cloth, cotton-check.

=cotonné=, =-e=, _part._, woolly (of hair); wadded, padded; covered with, full of, cotton.

=cotonner=, _v.a._, to fill, to stuff with, cotton; to pad.

_se_ =cotonner=, _v.r._, to be covered with down, to become downy; to cotton, to nap, to become mealy (of vegetables). _Les artichauts_, _les radis se cotonnent_; artichokes, radishes grow pithy or spongy.

=cotonner=, _v.n._, to cotton, to nap.

=cotonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pithy, spongy, mealy; (bot.) downy, cottony (of style); spun out, lax, diffuse.

=cotonnier=, _n.m._, cotton-tree.

=cotonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, cotton, of cotton.

=cotonnière=, _n.f._, (bot.) cotton-weed; cud-weed.

=cotonnine=, _n.f._, cotton sail-cloth.

=côtoyer=, _v.a._, to go by the side of, to skirt; (nav.) to coast, to coast along; to keep close to, to hug the shore.

=cotret=, _n.m._, fagot, stick. _Il est sec comme un —_; he is as thin as a lath. _De l’huile de —_; stirrup oil; (fig.) cudgeling.

=cottage=, _n.m._, cottage.

=cotte=, _n.f._, petticoat, jacket; coat. _— d’armes_; coat of arms. _— de mailles_; coat of mail. _— morte_; estate (of a deceased monk).

=cotte=, _n.m._, (ich.) bull-head. _— chabot_; sea-scorpion.

=cotut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, joint-guardian.

=cotylédon=, _n.m._, (anat., bot.) cotyledon.

=cotylédoné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cotyledonous.

=cotylier=, _n.m._, (bot.) cotyledon, navel-wort.

=cotyloïde=, _adj._, (anat.) cotyloid.

=cou=, _n.m._, neck. _— de travers_; wry-neck. _Sauter_, _se jeter_, _au — de quelqu’un_; to fall on a person’s neck. _Se casser le —_; to break one’s neck. _Couper le — à_; to cut the neck of. _Rompre le — à_; to break the neck of. _Prendre ses jambes à son —_; to take to one’s heels. _— de pied_; instep.

=couard=, _n.m._, (fam.) coward, dastard.

=couard=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) coward, cowardly.

=couardement=, _adv._, (fam.) in a cowardly manner.

=couarder=, _v.n._, (fam.) to act in a cowardly manner.

=couardise=, _n.f._, (fam.) cowardice.

=coucal=, _n.m._, pheasant-cuckoo.

=couchage=, _n.m._, bedding (for the army); act of lying in bed; price of a bed, night’s lodging.

=couchant=, _adj._, lying; setting. _Un chien —_; a setter. _Faire le chien —_; to crawl and cringe. _Soleil —_; setting sun.

=couchant=, _n.m._, west; wane, decline.

=couche=, _n.f._, bed; bedstead; confinement, childbed, lying-in; delivery, birth; swaddling-clothes, diaper; layer, stratum, row; (gard.) hot-bed, bed; (mining) seam; layer, stratum, coat (of varnish, colour); stake (at play). _La — nuptiale_; the nuptial bed. _Pendant ses —s_; during her confinement. _Elle est morte en —s_; she died in childbed. _Être en_, _faire ses_, _—s_; to be confined, to lie-in. _Heureuse —_; good delivery. _Fausse —_; miscarriage. _Partager la — de quel-qu’un_; to share any one’s bed.

=couché=, =-e=, _part._, put to bed, in bed, gone to bed, lying down, flat down, recumbent, jacent; (her.) couchant.

=couchée=, _n.f._, resting-place; sleeping place; bed; night’s lodging.

=coucher=, _v.a._, to put to bed; to lay down; to lay low; to lodge; to knock down; to incline; to lay on ☉to stake. _— quelqu’un en joue_; to take aim at anyone, to cover anyone. _— en joue_; to aim at, to cover. ☉_— gros_; to play deep. _— par écrit_; to write down, take down, enter.

_se_ =coucher=, _v.r._, to go to bed; to lay one’s self down, to lie down, to lie flat; to set; to go down. _Allez vous —_; go to bed. _Il n’est pas encore temps d’aller se —_; it is not bed-time yet. _Se — comme les poules_; to go to bed with the sun (_i.e._, very early). _Comme on fait son lit, on se couche_; as you make your bed, so you must lie. _Allez vous —_; (fam.) get along with you; stuff and nonsense. _Le soleil se couche_; the sun is setting.

=coucher=, _v.n._, to lie, to sleep, to pass the night; to lie down, to rest. _— au cabaret_; to sleep at a public-house. _— à la belle étoile_; to sleep in the open air. _— sur la dure_; to sleep upon bare boards or on the ground. _— tout habillé_; to sleep with one’s clothes on.

=coucher=, _n.m._, bed-time, going to bed; sleeping; setting (of the sun). _C’est l’heure de son —_; it is his bed-time. _Le petit —_; the king’s select circle whilst preparing for bed.

=couchette=, _n.f._, bedstead, small bed, crib.

=coucheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bed-fellow. _Mauvais —_; nasty customer; cross-grained person. _Bon —_; easy-going fellow.

=couchis=, _n.m._, layer, stratum; bolster.

=couci-couci=, _adv._, (fam.) so so, middling, indifferently.

=coucou=, _n.m._, cuckoo; barren strawberry-plant; Dutch clock; coach, omnibus; one-horse chaise; (bot.) cowslip, daffodil.

=coude=, _n.m._, elbow; bend, angle; winding; turning, turn; knee (of machinery); neck (of a bayonet). _Donner des coups de —_; to elbow. _Hausser le —_; to drink hard, to fuddle.

=coudé=, =-e=, _part._, bent, elbowed, cranked.

=coudée=, _n.f._, arm’s length; cubit. _Avoir les —s franches_; to have elbow room, full play, scope, freedom.

=cou-de-pied=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) instep.

=couder=, _v.a._, to bend, to make an elbow.

_se_ =couder=, _v.r._, to elbow, to form an elbow.

=coudoyer=, _v.a._, to elbow, to jostle.

_se_ =coudoyer=, _v.r._, to elbow, to jostle, one another.

=coudraie=, _n.f._, hazel-copse; filbert-orchard.

=coudran=, _n.m._, (nav.) tar. _V._ =goudron=.

=coudranner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to soak cords in tar.

=coudre=, _n.m._, nut-tree, hazel-tree. _V._ =coudrier=.

=coudre= (cousant, cousu), _v.a._, to sew, to stitch; to tack; (fig.) to add, to connect, to unite. _— à_; to stitch _or_ sew to. _— du linge_; to sew linen. _— à grands points_; to take long stitches.

☉=coudrette=, _n.f._, hazel-copse.

=coudrier=, _n.m._, hazel-tree.

=couenne= (kooa-n), _n.f._, rind, pig-skin; (med.) buff; birth-mark, mole.

=couenneu-x=, =-se= (kooah-), _adj._, (med.) containing buff. _Angine —se_; diphtheria.

=couette=, _n.f._, little-tail; tuft; sea-gull; ☉feather-bed; (mec.) socket.

=coufique=, _adj._, (philol.) cufic.

=cougourde=, _n.f._, (bot.) bottle-gourd.

=couguar= (-gar), _n.m._, (mam.) cougar.

=couillon=, _n.m._, coward, funk; fool, muff.

=couillonnade=, _n.f._, gammon, humbug, bosh.

=couillonner=, _v.a._, to gammon, to humbug, to bamboozle; to funk, to shirk.

=coulage=, _n.m._, leakage, waste; melting, casting.

=coulamment= (koo-la-mān), _adv._, fluently, freely, readily. _Il parle —_; he talks fluently.

=coulant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing; fluent; smooth; easy, accommodating; slip (of knots). _Style —_; easy, fluent style. _Nœud —_; noose.

=coulant=, _n.m._, slide, slider, runner; neck-jewel; slide (of an umbrella).

=coulé=, _n.m._, (mus.) slur; slide (dance); cast (founding); (paint.) first wash; (billiards) following stroke.

=coulée=, _n.f._, running, flowing, flow; (of writing) running-hand; tapping (metal); (hunt.) track path. _Trou de —_; (metal.) tap-hole.

=coulement= (kool-mān), _n.m._, running, flow (of liquids).

=couler=, _v.n._, to flow, to run; to glide, to glide along; to pour, to stream; to trickle, to drop; to leak, to run out; to ooze out; to glide away, to fly away, to slip; to slide away, to go down; (founding) to run through the mold; to gutter; to touch lightly upon; to be shed, to be split. _Se laisser — jusqu’à terre_; to slide down to the ground. _Faire —_; to shed. _L’échelle va —_; the ladder will slip. _L’encre ne coule pas_; the ink does not run freely. _Le nez lui coule_; his nose runs. _La chandelle coule_; the candle gutters. _Les larmes lui coulent des yeux_; tears are flowing from his eyes. _— sur un fait_; to glide _or_ slur over a fact. _— bas_, _à fond_; to founder, to sink.

=couler=, _v.a._, to cast; to strain; to slip in; to pass (time); (mus.) to slur; to run down; to do for; to scald (linen); to fall off, to drop; to sink; to run smooth, to flow. _— une statue_; to cast a statue. _— une glace_; to cast a plate of glass. _— un vaisseau à fond_; to sink a ship. _— un pas_; to pass smoothly over a step (in dancing).

_se_ =couler=, _v.r._, to slip, to creep, to steal, to slide; (of metals) to be cast.

=couleur=, _n.f._, color, paint; favor (ribbon); coloring; appearance; suit (at cards). _—s aigres_; harsh colors. _—s amies_; blending colors. _— éclatante_; striking color. _— tranchante_; glaring color. _— solide_; fast color. _— de feu_; flame color. _— de rose_; rose color. _Pâles —s_; (med.) chlorosis, green sickness. _— locale_; local coloring. _— voyante_; showy color. _— à l’huile_; oil color. _—s passantes_; fading colors. _Diversifier_, _mêler_, _assortir_, _les —s_; to vary, to blend, to match, colors. _Juger d’une chose comme un aveugle des —s_; to talk of a subject without knowing anything about it. _Voir tout — de rose_; to see the bright side of things. _Les hommes de —_; men of color, mulattoes. _Lampes de —_; variegated lamps. _Reprendre —_; to be in favor again; to appear in society again. _Changer de —_; to change color. _La — lui monta au visage_; the color came into his face. _Ce rôti a bien pris —_; that roast meat is nicely browned. _L’affaire prend —_; the matter is looking better, _or_ is taking a turn. _De quelle — tourne-t-il?_ what are trumps? _Donner de la —_; to follow suit. _Prendre —_; (lansquenet) to stake and cut the cards. _Appliquer les —s_; to lay on the colors. _Adoucir_, _amortir_, _les —s_; to soften, to deaden, colors. _Rehausser les —s_; to heighten colors. _Peindre à pleines —s_; to paint with a full brush. _Mettre en —_; (paint.) to stain. _Style sans —_; colorless style. _Prendre —_; to assume a character; (of persons) to take a side. _Il l’a trompé sous — d’amitié_; he deceived him under a show of friendship. _Sous — de_; under the pretext of.

=couleuvre=, _n.f._, adder; (fig.) mortification, vexation, bitter pill. _Faire avaler des —s à quelqu’un_; to put all sorts of indignities upon a person.

=couleuvreau=, _n.m._, young adder.

=couleuvrée=, _n.f._, (bot.) bryony.

=coulevrine=, _n.f._, culverin; aspic. _Être sous la — d’un autre_; to be dependent on another. _Être sous la — d’une place_; to be within reach of a fort.

=coulis=, _adj.m._ _Vent —_; wind that comes through cracks and chinks, draught of air.

=coulis=, _n.m._, (cook.) cullis, gravy, jelly; (mas.) grout, solder.

=coulisse=, _n.f._, groove; sliding board; running string; rib (presses); (print.) galley; (theat.) side-scene, wing; behind the scenes; shutter, door; (exchange language) coulisse (unauthorised part of the exchange); bucket shop; frequenters of the coulisse; outside brokers. _— d’arbalète_; chase of a cross-bow. _Propos de —s_; green-room talk. _Faire les yeux en —_; to look askance.

=coulissé=, =-e=, _adj._, grooved.

=coulisseau=, _n.m._, slide, slide-block, wooden groove for beds with castors; guide (engineering).

=coulissier=, _n.m._, stock-jobber; outside broker; green-room frequenter.

=couloir=, _n.m._, skimming-dish, strainer; (arch.) passage, lobby. ☉_— de la bile_; biliary duct.

=couloire=, _n.f._, colander, sieve, strainer.

=coulpe=, _n.f._, (rel.) sin, fault. _J’en dis ma —_; I confess and repent.

=coulure=, _n.f._, running (metal); falling off, dropping off (fruit).

=coumarine=, _n.f._, (chem.) coumarine.

=coup= (koo), _n.m._, blow, thump, knock, stroke, hit, stab, thrust, lash; crack (of a whip); beat (of a drum); draught (liquids); clap (of thunder); (artil.) charge; move (at chess, draughts); (fenc.) thrust; gust (of wind); throw (at dice); shot, report (of fire-arms); butt (of rams); time; trick; event; aim; attempt; act; action; deed; kick; push. _pl._, knocking. _— amorti_; spent shot. _Grand —_; hard blow; last cast. _Porter un —_; to deal a blow. _Petit —_; pat; sip (of liquids). _Heureux —_; lucky hit. _— monté_; got-up affair. _— mortel_, _— de mort_; death-blow. _— de maître_; master-stroke. _— de jarnac_; treacherous, unexpected blow. _— de tête_; act of desperation, freak. _— de partie_; decisive blow. _— de poing_; blow with the fist, fisticuff. _— de coude_; nudge. _Un — de revers_; back-stroke; backhander. _Donner des —s de pied_; to kick. _— de massue_; blow with a club, stunning blow; thunder-stroke. _— de bâton_; blow with a stick; cudgeling. _Donner des —s de bâton à quelqu’un_; to cudgel any one. _Donner un — d’épée_; to deal a sword thrust. _— de fleuret_; pass. _Donner des —s de fouet_; to lash. _— de dent_; bite. _Au_ or _sur le — de trois heures_; when the clock strikes three. _Un — de sifflet_; a whistle. _Donnez-vous un — de peigne_; comb yourself. _— de foudre_; thunderbolt. _— de sang_; apoplectic fit; congestion of the brain. _— de soleil_; sunstroke. _— d’air_; cold in the head _or_ chest. _Le — de grâce_; the coup-de-grace, the finishing stroke. _C’est comme un — d’épée dans l’eau_; it is like beating the air. _Un — de bec_ or _de patte_; a piece of slander; sarcastic remark. _Assommer quelqu’un de —s_, _rouer quelqu’un de —s_; to beat in a cruel manner. _— d’assommoir_; overwhelming, a stunning blow. _Détourner le —_; to ward off the blow. _Faire son —_; to succeed. _Manquer son —_; to fail. _— perdu_; random shot. _Donner un — de chapeau_; to take off one’s hat. _Faire d’une pierre deux —s_; to kill two birds with one stone. _Flanquer des —s à quelqu’un_; to give any one a thrashing. _Sans — férir_; without striking a blow, without firing a shot. _Porter —_; to hit home. _Encore un —_; once more, again; one more blow. _Encore un — je vous dis_; once more I tell you. _D’un seul —_; at one blow; at one swoop. _À — perdu_; in vain. _Sous le — de_; under the threat of. _— sur —_; one after another, without stopping, in succession. _Pour le —_; this time, for once. _Après —_; too late. _À tous —s_; at every turn, every moment. _Du premier —_; at the first, at once. _Tout à —_; all of a sudden, suddenly. _Tout d’un —_; at once, all at once. _À — sûr_; certainly, to a certainty, unquestionably. _Il a reçu un — de fusil_; he received a gun-shot wound. _— de canon à l’eau_; shot between wind and water. _— de partance_; (nav.) farewell gun; signal for departure. _Un — de vent_; a squall. _— de main_; (milit.) coup-de-main, surprise, sudden, unexpected, desperate, attack. _Donner un — de main à quelqu’un_; to give any one a helping hand. _Donner un — d’épaule à quelqu’un_; to give any one a lift. _Donner un — de collier_; to put one’s shoulder to the wheel. _Frapper les grands —s_; to resort to decisive measures. _Asséner un —_; to deal a blow. _— d’œil_; glance, look. _Jeter un — d’œil sur_; to take a peep at. _Avoir le — d’œil juste_; to have a carpenter’s eye. _Au premier — d’œil_; at first sight. _Cette démarche a porté —_; this step has taken effect. _Un — de bonheur_; a lucky hit. _Un — de malheur_; an unlucky hit. _— d’étourdi_; rash act. _— de désespoir_; desperate attempt. _— d’essai_; first attempt. _— d’éclat_; striking act, brilliant exploit. _— d’état_; violent measure, exercise or abuse of authority; revolution, state-stroke. _— d’autorité_; act of authority. _Par un — de hasard_; by a mere chance. _— de bonheur_; lucky chance. _— imprévu_; unexpected accident. _— du ciel_; providential stroke. _—s et blessures_; (jur.) cutting and maiming. _— de théâtre_; unexpected event; clap-trap. _Il a fait le —_; he has done the deed. _Un —_; once. _Il a encore trois —s à jouer_; he has still three shots. _Tirer un —_; to fire a shot. _Porter un — fourré à quelqu’un_; to do anyone an ill turn, to strike a blow in the dark. _C’est un — qui porte_; that is a home-thrust. _Le — vaut l’argent_; it is worth trying. _Buvez encore un —_; drink once more. _Boire un grand —_; to take a long draught. _Buvons un — ensemble_; let us have a drink together. _Boire un — de trop_; to have a drop too much. _Tuer quelqu’un à —s de bâton_; to beat anyone to death. _Faire les cent —s_; to run riot. _Être aux cent —s_; to be at one’s wits’ end; not to know which way to turn.

=coupable=, _adj._, culpable, guilty, at fault, sinful, criminal. _Déclarer quelqu’un —_; to bring any one in guilty. _Se déclarer —_, _non —_; to plead guilty, not guilty.

=coupable=, _n.m.f._, guilty person; culprit.

=coupage=, _n.m._, cutting; diluting (of wine).

=coupant=, _n.m._, edge (of a sword). _— de l’ongle du sanglier_; the edge of a wild boar’s foot (hunt.).

=coupant=, =-e=, _adj._, cutting, sharp.

=coupe=, _n.f._, cutting; chopping; felling (of wood); wood felled; cut (style); cut (place); the cut end; felling; a fall of timber; cup; chalice; quaffing-bowl; (arch.) section, plan, slope; division; (astron.) Crater; calice; cup; (theol.) wine; cutting (at cards). _La — des cheveux_; hair-cutting. _La — des pierres_; stone-cutting. _Mettre en —_; to mark for cutting. _— réglée_; annual cutting; regular contribution. _La — d’un bois taillis se fait tous les neuf ans_; coppice wood is felled every ninth year. _Mettre en —_; to cut down periodically (of forests); (fig.) to lay under regular contribution. _Il a la — malheureuse_; he has a very unlucky hand at cutting. _Être sous la — de quelqu’un_; to play first (at cards); (fig.) to be in anyone’s power. _Boire la — jusqu’à la lie_; to drink the cup of bitterness to the dregs. _Il y a loin de la — aux lèvres_; there’s many a slip between the cup and the lips. _— d’un ouvrage_; division of a work into parts. _La — et liaison des scènes_; the division and connection of the scenes. _La — des vers_; the division of the verses. _Boire dans une —_; to drink out of a cup.

=coupé=, _n.m._, coupee (step in dancing); brougham; front part of a French diligence. _— lit_; sleeping car.

=coupé=, =-e=, _part._, cut, short, laconic. _Un pays —_; a country intersected with rivers, canals, &c. _Un style —_; a laconic style. _Du lait —_; milk and water. _Du vin — d’eau_; wine and water.

=coupe-asperges=, _n.m._, (_—_) (hort.) asparagus-knife.

☉=coupeau=, _n.m._, top of a hill; cop.

=coupe-bourgeons=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) vine-grub.

=coupe-cercle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) round-punch (for cutting out pasteboard).

=coupe-cors=, _n.m._, (_—_) corn-cutter.

=coupe-fils=, _n.m._, pliers.

=coupe-gorge=, _n.m._, (_—_) cut-throat place; nest of swindlers; the dealer turning up his own card first (lansquenet).

=coupe-jarret=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) cut-throat, assassin, ruffian.

=coupe-légumes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) vegetable-cutter.

=coupellation= (-pel-la-), _n.f._, (chem.) cupellation; testing (metal.).

=coupelle=, _n.f._, cupel. _Argent de —_; purest silver. _Essai à la —_; cupellation. _Mettre à la —_; to submit to cupellation; to put to the test.

=coupeller=, _v.a._, to test (metals).

*=coupe-paille=, _n.m._, (_—_) chaff-cutter.

=coupe-pâte=, _n.m._, (_—_) dough-knife.

=couper=, _v.a._, to cut; to cut off, to dock, to lop, to strike off; to cut down; to cut out; to clip, to pare, to cut away, to geld; to cross, to get before; to dilute (milk, wine, with water); (milit.) to intercept; to divide, to intersect, to interrupt; to hinder; to impede, to get before; to strike; to geld; to cut up, to carve; to amputate; to chop. _— menu_; to mince. _— un habit_; to cut out a coat. _— par tranches_; to slice, to cut into slices. _Les sanglots lui coupent la voix_; her sobs stifle her utterance. _— la bourse à quelqu’un_; to pick any one’s pocket. _— le cours d’une rivière_; to interrupt the course of a river. _— les vivres à une armée_; to intercept the provisions of an army. _— la parole à quelqu’un_; to interrupt any one. _Pour — court_; to be brief, in short. _— le chemin à quelqu’un_; to stop anyone’s way. _— la ligne_; (milit.) to break through the line. _— le sifflet à quelqu’un_; (pop.) to cut anyone’s throat. _— les vivres à quelqu’un_; to stop anyone’s allowance. _— un cheveu en quatre_; to split hairs. _— le câble_; to take the decisive step. _— l’herbe sous le pied_; (fig.) to supplant anyone; to lay by the heels. _— bras et jambes_; (fig.) to dumfound. _— chemin à un incendie_, _à un maladie_; to stop the progress of a fire, of a disease.

_se_ =couper=, _v.r._, to cut oneself; to be chafed; to cut; to wear out; to burst; to crack; to intersect, to intersect one another; to cross; to contradict oneself, to falter, to equivocate. _Se — la gorge_; to cut one’s throat. _Se — la main_; to cut one’s hand. _Ce cuire s’est coupé_; this leather has burst.

=couper=, _v.n._, to cut, to cut in (at cards); to chop. _À qui à —?_ whose cut is it? _— dans le vif_; to cut to the quick. _— court à quelqu’un_; to cut any one short. _— par le plus court_; to take the shortest way.

=coupe-racines=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) (agri.) root-cutter.

=couperet= (koo-prè), _n.m._, chopper, enameler’s file.

=couperose= (koo-prôz), _n.f._, copperas; (med.) stone-pock. _— verte_; green vitriol. _— blanche_; white vitriol. _— bleue_; blue vitriol.

=couperosé=, =-e= (koo-prô-zé), _adj._, blotched, pimpled.

=coupe-tête=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) leap-frog.

=coupeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cutter; player (lansquenet). _— de bourses_; pickpocket, cut-purse.

=coupeur d’eau=, _n.m._, (orni.) cut-water.

=couplage=, _n.m._, coupling; one of the sixteen parts composing a float of wood; pair of boats.

=couple=, _n.f._, couple (two things of the same kind); (of game) brace. _Une — de bœufs_; a yoke of oxen. _Une — de perdrix_; a brace of partridges.

=couple=, _n.m._, couple (two beings acting in concert); pair (of animals, male and female); (nav.) frame. _C’est un — bien assorti_; they are a well-matched couple. _Un — de chevaux_; a pair of horses. _Maître —_; midship-frame. _—s de remplissage_; (nav.) filling timber. _— de balancement_; balance timbers. _Par —s_; in pairs.

=coupler=, _v.a._, to couple, to link.

=couplet=, _n.m._, couplet, verse; song; tirade; hinge.

=coupleter=, _v.a._, to write a song.

☉=coupletier=, _n.m._, song writer.

=coupoir=, _n.m._, cutter (sharp instrument); blade; knife; (print.) lead-cutter; (foundry) dressing-bench.

=coupole=, _n.f._, spherical vault; cupola.

=coupon=, _n.m._, remnant; coupon, dividend warrant, cheque; (com.) part (of shares); (theat.) ticket.

=coupure=, _n.f._, cutting; cut, slit, incision; suppression, erasion; (milit.) entrenchment, ditch behind a breach; (banking term) small note, bond, coupon. _J’ai une — au doigt_; I have a cut on my finger.

=cour=, _n.f._, court (of a prince); court (of justice); love-suit, courtship; yard, court, courtyard. _Basse-—_; (_—s-—s_) back-yard, poultry-yard. _— d’entrée_; entrance-court, front-court. _— de derrière_; back-court. _— de récréation_; play-ground. _Les gens de la —_; courtiers. _Eau bénite de —_; empty promises. _C’est la — du roi Pétaud_; it is Bedlam broken loose. _Faire la — à une dame_; to court a lady. _Faire un doigt de —_; to show some attention to. _Mettre hors de —_; to nonsuit.

=courable=, _adj._, (hunt.) that may be hunted.

=courage=, _n.m._, courage, daring; spirit, mettle, fearlessness; fortitude, greatness of soul; heart, zeal; passion, temper. _Prendre —_; to be of good heart, to pluck up courage. _Manquer de —_; to be wanting in courage. _Perdre —_; to be discouraged. _Tenir_ or _prendre son — à deux mains_; to summon up all one’s courage. _Je n’ai pas le — de le lui refuser_; I have not the heart to refuse it him. _—!_ come! take courage! cheer up!

=courageusement= (-jeûz-mān), _adv._, courageously, bravely, valiantly, gallantly, fearlessly, resolutely.

=courageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, courageous, daring, gallant, valiant, brave, fearless.

=couramment= (koo-ra-mān), _adv._, fluently, readily, off-hand. _Il lit —_; he reads fluently.

=courant=, =-e=, _adj._, current, running, present; ordinary; fair, middling (of goods); lineal (of measures). _Le mois —_; the present month. _Monnaie —e_; current coin. _Le prix —_; the current price. _Compte —_; account current. _Ecriture —e_; running-hand.