Part 43

=courant=, _n.m._, current, stream, tide; course, routine; present price; present month, instant. _Le — du marché_; the market price. _Le — des affaires_; the course of affairs. _Être au — des nouvelles_; to know the news of the day. _Tenir quelqu’un au — de_; (com.) to keep any one constantly advised of. _Se mettre au — de_; to acquaint one’s self with. _Fin —_; (com.) at the end of the present month. _En —_; cursorily, in haste. _Je vous tiendrai au —_; I’ll let you know; I’ll keep you informed.

=courante=, _n.f._, courant (a kind of dance); running-hand (of writing); (l.ex.) looseness, relaxation.

=courbage=, _n.m._, bending, curving.

*=courbaril=, _n.m._, locust-tree. _Bois de —_; locust-wood.

=courbatu=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) foundered; knocked up; stiff in the joints; (med.) affected with lumbago. _Je me sens tout —_; I feel stiff and bruised all over.

=courbature=, _n.f._, (vet.) foundering, lameness; (med.) stiffness in the back and limbs, lumbago.

=courbaturer=, _v.a._, to knock up; to make any one feel stiff all over. _Se —_; to knock oneself up; to get knocked up.

=courbe=, _adj._, curved, bent, crooked.

=courbe=, _n.f._, curve (nav., carp.) knee; (vet.) curb; turn (in a road).

=courbement=, _n.m._, bending.

☉=courbément=, _adv._, curvedly, crookedly.

=courber=, _v.a._, to bend, to warp, to make crooked, to curve, to incurvate; (tech.) to sag, to bow down, to weigh down. _Courbé de vieillesse_; bent with age. _Se tenir courbé_; to stoop.

_se_ =courber=, _v.r._, to bend, to bow; to stoop; to bow down.

=courber=, _v.n._, to bow, to bend.

=courbet=, _n.m._, bill-hook; bow of a pack-saddle.

=courbette=, _n.f._, (man.) curvet; cringing, bowing and scraping. _Il fait des —s_; he bows and scrapes and cringes.

=courbetter=, _v.n._, (man.) to curvet.

=courbure=, _n.f._, curve, curvature, bending, curvation, bend; (tech.) sagging.

*=courcailler=, _v.n._, to cry like a quail.

*=courcaillet=, _n.m._, cry of the quail; quail-pipe.

=courcive=, _n.f._ _V._ =coursive=.

=courçon=, _n.m._, (artil.) iron hoop, band.

=coureau=, _n.m._, strait, channel; yawl.

=courée=, _n.f._, _or_ =courai=, _n.m._, (nav.) stuff to pay a ship’s bottom, grading.

=coureur=, _n.m._, runner, racer; courser, hunter; light-porter; running footman; groom; gadder; rambler, rover, stroller; inconstant lover; rake, libertine; (milit.) skirmisher; scout. _— de sermons_; sermon hunter. _— de nuit_; man who keeps late hours. _— de cachets_; visiting tutor, master.

=coureuse=, _n.f._, gadder, street-walker. _— de cachets_; visiting or daily governess.

=coure-vite= _or_ =court-vite=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) courser.

=courge=, _n.f._, gourd, pumpkin; yoke (to carry pails). _— à la moelle_; squash.

=courir= (courant, couru), _v.n._, to run; to hasten; to hunt, to run after; to ramble, to gad abroad, to run about, to rove, to run up and down; to flow, to stream; to run on; to run along, to extend, to stretch; to prevail, to be prevalent, to be about, abroad; to go round; to be current, to circulate, to be reported; (nav.) to sail. _— à toutes jambes_; to run as fast as possible; at the top of one’s speed. _— à bride abattue_; to ride full gallop. _— après_; to run after. _Devancer en courant_; to outrun. _— çà et là_; to run about, up and down; to gad about. _L’année qui court_; the present year. _Au temps_, _par le temps_, _qui court_; as times go nowadays. _La monnaie qui court_; current money. _La mode qui court_; the prevailing fashion. _Le bruit court qu’il est mort_; there is a report that he is dead. _Il court bien des maladies_; there is much illness about. _— à l’autre bord_; (nav.) to stand upon the other tack. _— au large_; to stand off. _— à sa perte_; to hasten to one’s ruin. _— à l’hôpital_; to be ruining one’s self. _— aux armes_; to fly to arms. _— sur le marché de quelqu’un_; to outbid any one. _— à sa fin_; to draw to an end. _Faire — des bruits_; to spread reports. _Faire — une santé_; to make a toast go round.

=courir=, _v.a._, to run after, to pursue; to travel over; to hunt; to frequent; to infest; to expose one’s self, to run, to take. _— les rues_; to run about the streets. _— la pretantaine_; to gad about. _— les bals_, _les théâtres_; to frequent balls, theatres. _— le pays_; to rove, to stroll about. _— le monde_; to travel. _Être fou à — les rues_ or _les champs_; to be as mad as a March hare. _— la poste_; to do a thing precipitately. _— sa vingtième année_; to be in one’s twentieth year. _— le plat pays_, _la mer_; to be a pirate. _— le même lièvre_; to be engaged in the same pursuit. _— même fortune_; to be in the same boat.

=courlieu= _or_ =courlis=, _n.m._, (orni.) curlew.

=couronne=, _n.f._, crown, coronet; wreath; (anat., arch., astron., conch., hort., hunt.) crown; crown (of the teeth); crown (a coin); (vet.) coronet; (fort.) crown work; (of paper) large foolscap; (of a lamp) chimney-holder. _— civique_; civic crown. _— d’épines_; crown of thorns. _La — du martyre_; the crown of martyrdom. _Décerner une —_; to award a wreath. _— impériale_; (bot.) crown-imperial. _— de pieu_; head of a stake. _— des blés_; rose-campion. _Domaine de la —_; crown-lands. _C’est le plus beau fleuron de sa —_; it is the brightest jewel in his crown. _Traiter de — à —_; to treat as from sovereign to sovereign. _— matrimoniale_; (hist. of Scotland) matrimonial crown.

=couronné=, =-e=, _part._, crowned, capped; encompassed; (vet.) broken-kneed; (arch.). _Arbre —_; tree the top of which is withering. _Cheval —_; broken-kneed horse.

=couronnement= (koo-ro-n-mān), _n.m._, crowning, coronation; completion; crowning, coping (of walls); cap (of blocks); (nav.) taffrail of a ship.

=couronner=, _v.a._, to crown; to decree a crown; to award a prize; to wreath; (arch.) to cap. _— de fleurs_; to crown with flowers. _La fin couronne l’œuvre_; all’s well that ends well.

_se_ =couronner=, _v.r._, to be crowned, to wear a crown; to begin to wither at the top (of trees); to be broken-kneed, to come down (of a horse).

=couronnure=, _n.f._, crown (on a stag’s head).

=courre=, _n.m._, (hunt.) starting-place; hunting _or_ coursing country.

=courre=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to run; to hunt. _Laisser —_; to slip the hounds.

=courrier=, _n.m._, courier, post, post-boy; messenger. _— de la malle_; mail-cart driver. _Jour de —_; post-day. _Par le — de ce jour_; by to-day’s post. _Par le retour du_ or _par retour de —_; by return of post. _L’heure du —_; post-time. _Faire son —_; to write one’s letters. _Lire_ or _dépouiller son —_; to read one’s letters.

=courrière=, _n.f._, (l.u.) wanderer; forerunner, harbinger; messenger.

=courroi=, _n.m._, roller, tenter (used by dyers).

=courroie=, _n.f._, strap, thong; belt, band. _Allonger la —_; to make the most of one’s money. _Serrer la — à quelqu’un_; to curtail any one’s allowance. _Lâcher la —_; to give rein, to give rope.

=courroucer=, _v.a._, to provoke to anger, to incense; to irritate. _Flots courroucés_; angry waves.

_se_ =courroucer=, _v.r._, to become angry.

=courroux=, _n.m._, wrath, anger, rage. _Être en —_; to be angry.

=courroyage=, _n.m._, tentering.

=courroyer=, _v.a._, to tenter, to stretch stuffs just dyed.

=courroyeur=, _n.m._, one who stretches stuffs just dyed.

=cours=, _n.m._, course, stream, current, running, vent, scope; public drive; vogue; currency (of coin); progress; continuation; term, space; lectures, course of lectures; (com.) market price; (nav.) voyage. _Donner un libre — à sa fureur_; to give full vent to one’s anger. _Le — du soleil est d’orient en occident_; the course of the sun is from east to west. _Ce bruit a eu —_; the rumor was current. _Donner — à_; to give currency to. _Salle de —_; lecture-room. _Faire un —_; to give a course of lectures. _Suivre un —_; to attend a course of lectures. _Ce jeune homme a fini ses —_; this young man has finished his studies. _— d’eau_; stream; watercourse. _— de ventre_; looseness of the bowels. _Avoir son —_; to take its course (of a disease). _— légal_; legal tender. _Dernier —_; closing price. _Premier —_; opening price. _Obtenir le —_; (com.) to command a price. _Voyage de long —_; ocean travel; voyage to foreign parts.

=course=, _n.f._, race, running; run; career; tilt; coursing, hunting, chase; cruise, cruising, incursion, privateering; journey, walk; excursion, jaunt; round, call, errand; tour; fare; course; (nav.) cruise; length of the stroke (of a piece of machinery). _Il est léger à la —_; he is a swift runner. _Surpasser à la —_; to outrun. _— de bague_; running at the ring. _— de chevaux_; horse-race. _Champ de —_; race-course. _— au clocher_; steeple-chase. _Une — à pied_; a foot-race. _— de chars_; chariot-race. _— de haies_; hurdle-race. _Aller en —_; to go upon a cruise. _Vaisseau armé en —_; ship armed for cruising, privateer. _Être en —_; to be out. _Faire des —s_; to go on errands, to pay calls. _Faire une — à cheval_; to take a ride. _Faire une — à pied_; to walk out on foot. _Prendre un fiacre à la —_; to take a hackney coach by the drive. _Lutte à la —_; foot-match.

=coursier=, _n.m._, charger, steed; (nav.) bow, bow-chase; float-board.

=coursive=, _n.f._, (nav.) waist; passage; half-deck.

=courson=, _n.m._, shoot cut down to three or four eyes; vine-shoot.

=court=, =-e=, _adj._, short; scanty; brief, concise, curt, succinct; narrow; limited. _Être — d’argent_; to be short of money. _Avoir la vue —e_; to be near-sighted. _Il est revenu avec sa —e honte_; he came back unsuccessful. _Il veut la faire —e et bonne_; he wishes to have a short but a merry life.

=court=, _n.m._, the shortest way. _Savoir le — et le long d’une affaire_; to know the long and the short of an affair. _Prendre le plus —_; to take the shortest way.

=court=, _adv._, short. _S’arrêter tout —_; to stop short. _Tourner —_; to turn short. _Pour le faire —_; to be short. _Couper — à quelqu’un_; to cut any one short. _Demeurer tout —_; to stop short. _Tenir quelqu’un de —_; to keep anyone under. _Tout —_; only that, and no more. _À — de_; short of.

=courtage=, _n.m._, (com.) business of a broker; brokerage, commission. _— de change_; bill-brokerage. _Faire le —_; to carry on the business of a broker.

=courtaud=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-set, dumpy; docked, crop-eared (of dogs, horses). _Etriller quelqu’un en chien —_; to give any one a good licking.

=courtaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, short, thick-set person. _— de boutique_; shop drudge, counter-jumper. [In the latter sense, _courtaud_ is not used in the feminine.]

=courtauder=, _v.a._, to dock, to crop (horses, &c.).

*=court-bouillon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a wine sauce to boil fish in.

=court-bouton=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) peg (of a plow).

=courte-botte=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) shrimp of a fellow.

=courte-boule=, _n.f._, short bowls.

=courte-haleine=, _n.f._, shortness of breath, asthma.

=courtement=, _adv._, (l.u.) shortly, briefly.

*=courte-paille=, _n.f._, cut (wisp of straw). _Tirer à la —_; to draw cuts, lots.

=courtepointe=, _n.f._, counterpane, quilt.

=courtepointier= (-tié), _n.m._, quilt-maker.

=courter=, _v.a._, to buy and sell as a broker, to act as a commission agent.

=courtier= (-tié), _n.m._, broker; agent. _— de change_; bill-broker, money-broker. _— non breveté_, _— marron_; unlicensed broker. _— maritime_; ship-broker. _— pour les denrées coloniales_; colonial broker. _— d’assurances_, _dictions_; insurance, share, broker. _— pour les sucres_; sugar-broker. _— de mariage_; matrimonial agent. _— electoral_; electioneering agent; canvasser.

=courtière=, _n.f._, matrimonial agent, go-between.

=courtil=, _n.m._, croft (small field).

=courtilière=, _n.f._, mole-cricket.

*=courtille=, _n.f._, tea-gardens.

=courtine=, _n.f._, (fort.) curtain.

=courtisan=, _n.m._, courtier.

=courtisane=, _n.f._, courtesan.

=courtisanerie=, _n.f._, court flattery; toadyism.

=courtisanesque=, _adj._, courtier-like.

=courtiser=, _v.a._, to court, to pay court to, to woo, to flatter. _— une femme_; to make love to a woman.

=court-jointé=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) short-jointed.

=court-mancher=, _v.a._, (cook.) to skewer.

=court-monté=, =-e=, _adj._, low-backed (of horses).

=courtois=, =-e=, _adj._, courteous, polite, well-bred. _Armes —es_; blunt arms.

=courtoisement= (-toaz-mān), _adv._, in a courteous manner, courteously.

=courtoisie=, _n.f._, courteousness, courtesy, kindness, good turn.

_à_ =courts jours=, _adv._, having a few days to run (of bills). _Lettre de change à —_; bill which has but a few days to run.

=court-vêtu=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) in short petticoats.

=court-vite=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =coure-vite=.

=couscous=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) couscous (Arabian dish).

=couseuse=, _n.f._, sewer, stitcher (of books).

=cousin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, cousin; friend, crony. _— germain_; first cousin, cousin german. _— au troisième degré_; third cousin.

=cousin=, _n.m._, (ent.) gnat.

=cousinage=, _n.m._, relationship of cousins, relation, kindred.

=cousiner=, _v.a._, to call cousin.

_se_ =cousiner=, _v.r._, to call one another cousin.

=cousiner=, _v.n._, to spunge, to live on others, to be friends, cronies.

=cousinerie= (koo-zi-n-rî), _n.f._, host of cousins.

=cousinière=, _n.f._, gnat-veil, mosquito-net.

=cousoir=, _n.m._, (book-bind.) sewing-press.

=coussin=, _n.m._, cushion, hassock; pad; (min., surg.) bolster. _— de mire_; bed of a cannon.

=coussinet=, _n.m._, small cushion; pad; iron wedge; (surg.) bolster; (arch.) cushion; (railways) chair; pillion (of saddles); (bot.) whortleberry; cranberry.

=cousu=, =-e=, _part._, sewed, stitched; seamed; closed. _Ses finesses sont cousues de fil blanc_; his tricks are very shallow. _Bouche cousue_; mum’s the word. _Être — d’argent_; to be rolling in money.

=coût=, _n.m._, (jur.) cost, charge; price, expense.

=coûtant=, _adj._, of the cost. _Prix —_; prime cost.

=couteau=, _n.m._, knife; ☉short sword, dagger. _— à découper_, _— à dépecer_; carving-knife. _A —x tirés_; at daggers drawn. _— pliant_; clasp-knife. _— à ressort_; spring-knife. _— à deux tranchants_; two-edged knife. _Planche à —x_; knife-board. _Donner un coup de — à quelqu’un_; to stab anyone with a knife. _Aiguiser ses —x_; to prepare for the engagement. _— poignard_; dagger-knife. _Ils en sont à —x tirés_; they are at daggers drawn.

=coutelas= (koo-tlâ), _n.m._, cutlass.

=coutelier=, _n.m._, cutler.

=coutelière=, _n.f._, knife-case; cutler’s wife.

=coutellerie= (koo-tèl-rî), _n.f._, cutler’s shop; cutlery, cutler’s ware.

=coûter=, _v.n._, to cost; to stand in; to be expensive; to be painful, troublesome, mortifying; to be an effort, a trial. _Il lui en coûte beaucoup de dire cela_; it is very painful to him to say that. _L’argent ne lui coûte rien_; he knows not the value of money. _Que coûte-t-il de souhaiter?_ there is nothing so easy as wishing. _Tout lui coûte_; everything is an effort to him. _Coûte que coûte_; come what may, at any price. _Rien ne lui coûte_; he spares no trouble; he sticks at nothing.

=coûter=, _v.a._, to cost. _Cela lui coûta la vie_; that cost her her life, or him his life.

=coûteusement=, _adv._, expensively.

=coûteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, expensive, costly.

=coutier= (-tié), _n.m._, tick-maker.

=coutil= (koo-ti), _n.m._, ticking, duck. _Fil de —_; drill.

=coutre=, _n.m._, plow-share, coulter; (nav.) cutter.

=coutrier=, _n.m._, subsoil-plow.

=coutume=, _n.f._, custom; habit; practice, usage; ☉tax; collection of customs. _Selon ma —_; according to my custom. _Comme de —_; as usual. _Avoir — de_; to be accustomed to. _Une fois n’est pas —_; once does not constitute a habit; one swallow does not make a summer.

=coutumi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, common, ordinary, customary; accustomed, used; wonted, habitual. _Pays —_; country governed by common law. _Il est — du fait_; it is not the first time he has done it; he is an old offender, an old hand.

☉=coutumier=, _n.m._, customary (book of common law).

=couture=, _n.f._, seam; sewing, stitching; scar. _Rabattre les —s_; to flatten the seams. _Ils ont été battus à plate —_; they were beaten hollow. _— ouverte_; (nav.) open seam.

=couturer=, _v.a._, to seam. _Il a le visage couturé_; his face is seamed, scarred.

=couturier=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) sartorious muscle; tailor’s muscle; sempster, sewer; ladies’ tailor.

=couturière=, _n.f._, dressmaker, seamstress, needle-woman.

=couvage=, _n.m._, brooding, sitting.

=couvain=, _n.m._, eggs of bees, _or_ of bugs; breeding-cells, etc.

=couvaison=, _n.f._, brooding-time, sitting.

=couvée=, _n.f._, nest of eggs; brood, covey; (b.s.) generation, progeny. _D’une —_; at one brood.

=couvent=, _n.m._, convent, monastery, nunnery.

=couver=, _v.a._, to sit on, to hatch; to brood on, to incubate, to brood, to brew. _— quelqu’un des yeux_; to look tenderly at anyone; to devour with one’s eyes; to gloat over. _— de mauvais desseins_; to brew evil designs. _— une maladie_; to be sickening for an illness.

_se_ =couver=, _v.r._, to brood, to sit, to lie hid, to hatch.

=couver=, _v.n._, to brood, to sit, to lie hid; to lurk; to smolder; to prepare secretly.

=couvercle=, _n.m._, cover, lid; (tech.) cap, shutter.

=couverseau=, _n.m._, drum-cover (of a mill).

=couvert=, _n.m._, dinner things; breakfast things; cover (plate, spoon, knife, and fork); case (containing a spoon, knife, and fork); shelter; covert, shady place, thicket; cover, wrapper. _Mettre le —_; to lay the cloth. _Ôter le —_; to remove the cloth, to clear the table. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to shelter anyone. _Table de dix —s_; table laid for ten. _Un — de plus_; another knife and fork.

=couvert=, =-e=, _part._, covered; (fort.) covered, hid, hidden, secret; close, concealed; cloudy, overcast (of the weather); obscure, ambiguous (of words); clad, deep-colored (of wine). _— de plaies_; covered with sores. _Il est toujours ben —_; he is always well clothed. _Mots —s_; ambiguous words. _À mots —s_; in innuendoes. _Pays —_; woody country. _Chemin —_; (fort.) covert-way. _Lieu —_; shady place. _Temps —_; cloudy weather. _À —_; under cover; sheltered, secure. _Se mettre à —_; to shelter one’s self. _Être à —_; have good security, to be safe.

=couverte=, _n.f._, glaze, glazing.

☉=couvertement=, _adv._, covertly, secretly.

=couverture=, _n.f._, cover (of a book); wrapper; coverlet, counterpane, quilt, bed-clothes; blanketing; rug, cloak, blind; (com.) guaranty, security. _— de laine_; blanket. _— de cheval_; horse-cloth. _— piquée_; quilt. _— de selle_; saddle-cloth. _Faire la —_; to turn down the bed.

=couverturier=, _n.m._, blanket-maker.

=couvet=, _n.m._, earthenware foot-stove.

=couveuse=, _n.f._, brooding-hen.

=couvi=, _adj._, addle, addled. _Œuf —_; rotten egg.

=couvoir=, _n.m._, incubator.

=couvre-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) covering for the head, headgear, head-dress, kerchief.

=couvre-feu=, _n.m._, (_—_) curfew, curfew-bell; fire-cover, fire-plate.

=couvre-lumière=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (artil.) apron.

=couvre-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—_) foot-coverlet.

=couvre-plat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) dish-cover.

=couvreur=, _n.m._, tiler, slater. _— en ardoise_; slater. _— en chaume_; thatcher. _— en tuiles_; tiler.

=couvrir=, (couvrant couvert), _v.a._, to cover; to envelop; to wrap up; to muffle up; (com., milit.) to cover; (of horse) to serve, to leap; to excuse, to palliate; to defray (expenses); to overflow, to overspread; to overrun; to protect; to copulate; to cloak, to keep secret, to disguise. _— un toit_; to roof. _— de honte_; to load with shame. _— sa faute_; to palliate one’s fault. _Un bon général doit savoir — sa marche_; a good general should know how to conceal his march.

_se_ =couvrir=, _v.r._, to cover oneself, to put on one’s hat, to be covered; to cover _or_ defend oneself; to conceal oneself; to get under cover; to be overcast (of the weather); to reimburse oneself. _Couvrez-vous_; put your hat on. _Le temps se couvre_; the weather is becoming overcast.

=covenant= (kov-nān), _n.m._, covenant.

=covenantaire=, _n.m._, covenanter.

=covendeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, joint-vendor.

=cowpox=, _n.m._, cow-pox.

=coxal=, _adj._, (anat.) of the hip, coxal, iliac.

=crabe=, _n.m._, crab.

=crabier=, _n.m._, crab-eater.

=crac=, _int._, creaking noise, crack, pop! _—! le voilà parti_; he was off in the twinkling of an eye! or before you could say Jack Robinson! _Monsieur de —_; Baron Munchausen.

=crachat=, _n.m._, spittle, expectoration; slight materials (of buildings); star, grand cross.

=crachement= (krash-mān), _n.m._, spitting. _— de sang_; spitting of blood.

=craché=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._ _Tout —_, _toute —e_; the very image of; the dead spit of.

=cracher=, _v.a._, to spit, to spit out, to utter, to come out with; to come down with, to fork out (money). _— du coton_; (pop.) to have a thirst on.

=cracher=, _v.n._, to spit, to sputter (of speech, of pens). _— au bassin_; to contribute. _— au nez_, _au visage_, _de quelqu’un_; to spit in anyone’s face. _— en l’air_; to be hoist with one’s own petard. _C’est à — dessus_; it is a mean, despicable thing.

=cracheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, spitter.

=crachoir=, _n.m._, spittoon.

=crachotement=, _n.m._, frequent spitting.

=crachoter=, _v.n._, to spit often.

=craie=, _n.f._, chalk. _Marquer avec de la —_; to chalk.

=craïer=, _n.m._, (nav.) pole-masted vessel.

=craillement=, _n.m._, cawing (of crows).

=crailler=, _v.n._, to caw.

=craindre= (craignant, craint), _v.a._, to fear, to apprehend; to be afraid of, to dread, to stand in awe _or_ fear of; to be afraid; to dislike; to be unable to bear. _Il craint d’être découvert_; he is afraid of being discovered. _Il craint que sa femme ne meure_; he fears his wife will die. _Je ne crains pas de le dire_; I do not hesitate to say so. _Ces arbres craignent le froid_; these trees dread the cold. _Se faire — de quelqu’un_; to be held in dread by anyone. _À —_; to be feared; dangerous; to be avoided.

=crainte=, _n.f._, fear, dread, awe, apprehension. _Retenir quelqu’un par la —_; to keep any one in awe. _Sans —_; fearlessly. _Avec —_; fearfully, in terror, in dread. _— de_, _de — de_; for fear of. _De — que_; for fear of; for fear that, lest. _De — d’être surpris_; for fear of being surprised. _De — qu’il ne le fasse_; lest he should do it.

=crainti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, fearful, apprehensive, timid, timorous, cowardly.

=craintivement=, _adv._, fearfully, timorously.

*=cramailler=, _n.m._, (horl.) notch-wheel.

=crambe= _or_ =crambé=, _n.m._, (bot.) colza, sea kale.

=cramoisi=, _n.m._, crimson.

=cramoisi=, =-e=, _adj._, crimson; red, scarlet.

=crampe=, _n.f._, cramp; cramp-fish, numb-fish; (nav.) cramp-iron; hook of a block. _Avoir des —s d’estomac_; griping; cramping. _Tirer sa —_; (pop.) to bolt, to run away.

=crampon=, _n.m._, (bot.) fulcrum, prop; (farriery) calkin; (hort.) climbing-spur; (mach.) click; cramp-iron, cramp-hook; hold-fast; grappling iron; brace. _— de fer à cheval_; frost-nails of a horseshoe.

=cramponné=, =-e=, _part._, clinging to; (her.) having half a potence at both ends, cramponee; (farriery) with calkins.

=cramponner=, _v.a._, to cramp, to fasten with a cramp-iron. _— un cheval_; to shoe a horse with frost-nails, calkins.

_se_ =cramponner=, _v.r._, to cling, to hold fast, to fasten to anything; to cling like grim death to.

=cramponnet=, _n.m._, little cramp-iron, tack, loop. _— de targette_; lock staple.

=cran=, _n.m._, notch; cog; (bot.) scurvy-grass, cochlearia, horse-radish; (print.) nick; (vet.) notch, ridge. _D’un —_; by a notch. _Baisser d’un —_; to take a peg lower. _Monter d’un —_; to rise a peg higher.

=crâne=, _n.m._, skull, brain-pan, cranium; (pop.) madcap, swaggerer, blusterer. _adj._, bold, brave; famous, capital, spicy.

=crânement=, _adv._, swaggeringly; capitally, in style, famously, fearlessly, unblushingly.

=crânerie= (crâ-n-rî), _n.f._, (pop.) swaggering, blustering, vaporing.

=crangon=, _n.m._, shrimp.

=craniologie= _or_ =cranologie=, _n.f._, craniology.

=craniologique=, _adj._, craniological.