Part 46

_se_ =cuirasser=, _v.r._, to put on a cuirass; to harden _or_ fortify one’s self.

=cuirassier=, _n.m._, cuirassier.

=cuire= (cuisant, cuit), _v.a._, to cook, to do; to boil; to bake; to roast; to broil, to grill; to dress, to prepare; to stew; to burn (of the sun); to ripen; (physiology) to concoct, to digest. _— la viande_; to do the meat. _— trop_; to overdo. _— des briques_; to burn bricks. _— à l’eau_; to boil. _Faire — des œufs_; to boil eggs.

=cuire=, _v.n._, to be cooked, to be done; to be burned; to bake; to broil; to boil; to smart, to burn. _La main me cuit_; my hand smarts. _Vous viendrez — à mon four_; you will want me some day, and then I shall be even with you. _Il vous en cuira_; you shall smart for it.

=cuirer=, _v.a._, to cover in leather.

=cuisage=, _n.m._, burning; charring.

=cuisant=, =-e=, _adj._, easy to cook; sharp, smarting; piercing, exquisite; severe; poignant. _Douleur —e_; violent pain.

=cuisier=, _n.m._, brick-burner.

=cuisine=, _n.f._, kitchen; cookery; the cooks; spice-box; fare, living; (nav.) cuddy, caboose, galley. _— bourgeoise_; plain living; homely fare. _Graisses de —_; kitchen stuff. _Être chargé de —_; to be monstrously fat. _Faire la —_; to cook, to dress victuals. _Chef de —_; master-cook. _Aide de —_; under-cook. _Fille de —_; kitchen-maid.

=cuisiner=, _v.n._, to cook, to dress victuals.

=cuisinier=, _n.m._, cook, man-cook.

=cuisinière=, _n.f._, cook, woman-cook; Dutch oven, meat-screen.

=cuissard=, _n.m._, cuish (armor); (surg.) thigh-piece.

=cuisse=, _n.f._, thigh; (of meat) rump; leg (of poultry).

=cuisse-madame=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) sort of pear.

=cuisson=, _n.f._, dressing (of victuals); cooking (baking, boiling, roasting, &c.); smart (pain). _Ressentir une —_; to feel a smarting pain.

=cuissot=, _n.m._, haunch (of venison).

=cuistre=, _n.m._, college-fag; college-scout; vulgar, pedantic fellow.

=cuit=, =-e=, _part._, cooked, done, roasted, boiled, baked; (fig.) done for, dished. _Cela est trop —_; that is done too much, overdone (of meat). _— au four_; baked. _— à point_; done to a turn.

=cuite=, _n.f._, baking; burning (of bricks, etc.); (manu.) boiling.

=cuivre=, _n.m._, copper, brass. _— jaune_; brass. _— rouge_; copper. _— vierge_; native copper. _— battu_; wrought copper. _— fondu_; cast copper. _— en barres_; bar copper. _— en planches_; sheet copper. _Fonte de —_; pig copper. _—s_; brass instruments.

=cuivré=, =-e=, _adj._, copper-colored; (fig.) ringing, clear, sonorous.

=cuivrer=, _v.a._, to cover with sheet copper, to copper.

=cuivrerie=, _n.f._, copper wares, brass-wares.

=cuivreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, coppery.

=cul= (ku), _n.m._, (very l.ex.) breech; backside; posterior; rump; bottom; tail (of carts); top; cylinder head (mech.). _— par-dessus tête_; head over heels. _Donner du pied au — à quelqu’un_; to kick any one. _Être à —_; not to know what to do. _Faire le — de poule_; to pout. _— de basse-fosse_; dungeon. _—-de-jatte_, (_—s-—_) cripple (seated on a wooden bowl). _—-de-lampe_, (_—s-—_) (arch.) bracket, pendant; (print.) tail-piece. _— de porc_, (nav.) wall-knot. _—-de-sac_, (_—s-—_) blind alley. _—-de-four_, (_—s-—_) (arch.) demi-cupola. _—-blanc_, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) wheat-ear, white-tail, fallow-chat, fallow-finch; snipe.

=culasse=, _n.f._, breech (of a cannon, musket, etc.); pavilion (of diamonds).

=culbutant=, _n.m._, (orni.) tumbler.

=culbute=, _n.f._, somersault; ruin, failure, bankruptcy; fall, tumble, somersault. _Faire la —_; to turn a somersault. _Au bout du fossé la —_; look before you leap.

=culbuter=, _v.a._, to throw down, to throw down headlong; to overthrow, to ruin, to upset; to make any one, anything, tumble down; to do for. _Cette entreprise l’a culbuté_; this enterprise has ruined him.

=culbuter=, _v.n._, to fall head over heels.

=culbutis=, _n.m._, confused heap; jumble.

=culée=, _n.f._, abutment (of bridges); tail (of a hide); (nav.) stern-way.

=culer=, _v.n._, to fall astern, to make stern-way; to veer (of the wind). _Scier à —_; to back water.

=culeron=, _n.m._, (saddlery) crupper-loop.

=culière=, _n.f._, gutter-stone, kennel-stone, breech of harness, hind girth.

=culinaire=, _adj._, culinary.

=culmifère=, _adj._, (bot.) culmiferous.

=culminant=, _adj._, culminating; prominent. _Point —_; culminating point, top, summit.

=culmination=, _n.f._, culmination.

=culminer=, _v.n._, (astron.) to culminate.

=culot=, _n.m._, youngest bird (of a brood); youngest (of a family), last born; youngest member of a society; bottom (of lamps, crucibles, etc.); residuum. _Le — d’une pipe_; black at the bottom of a pipe-plug.

=culotte=, _n.f._, small clothes, breeches; rump (of an ox, a pigeon). _— de bœuf_; rump of beef. _— de peau_; leather breeches; (fig.) old retired officer.

=culotter=, _v.a._, to breech, to put in breeches; to color (pipe).

_se_ =culotter=, _v.r._, to put on one’s breeches; to get colored (pipe).

=culottier=, _n.m._, breeches-maker.

☉=culottin=, _n.m._, newly-breeched boy; tight breeches.

=culpabilité=, _n.f._, guilt; culpability.

=culte=, _n.m._, creed; religion; worship; adoration; veneration, honor, love, respect, cultivation. _Rendre un — à_; to worship.

=cultivable=, _adj._, cultivable, arable.

=cultivat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, husbandman, farmer, grower, agriculturist.

=cultivat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, agricultural.

=cultivation=, _n.f._, cultivation.

=cultiver=, _v.a._, to cultivate; to till; to improve; to inform; to exercise, to practice; to cultivate the acquaintance of.

=culture=, _n.f._, culture; cultivation; tillage, husbandry; growth; education, improvement. _Être sans —_; to be _or_ lie fallow. _La petite —_; farming on a small scale; raising of poultry, etc.

=cumin=, _n.m._, (bot.) cumin. _— des prés_; caraway seed.

=cumul=, _n.m._, accumulation, junction; plurality of offices _or_ places, pluralism.

=cumulard=, _n.m._, (fam. b.s.) pluralist, place-man.

=cumulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, accumulative.

=cumulativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, by accumulation.

=cumuler=, _v.a._, to accumulate, to cumulate.

=cumuler=, _v.n._, to be a pluralist of offices, to hold several offices.

_se_ =cumuler=, _v.r._, to be held at the same time.

=cunéaire=, _adj._, cuneate, cuneated.

=cunéiforme=, _adj._, cuneiform.

=cunette=, _n.f._, (fort.) cunette.

=cupide=, _adj._, covetous, greedy, grasping.

=cupidité=, _n.f._, cupidity; covetousness; concupiscence, lust.

=cupidon=, _n.m._, (myth.) Cupid, Love. _Vieux —_; old beau.

=cupulaire=, _adj._, cup-shaped.

=cupule=, _n.f._, (bot.) cupule; cup (of acorns).

=curabilité=, _n.f._, curableness.

=curable=, _adj._, that may be healed, curable.

=curaçao= (ku-ra-so), _n.m._, Curaçoa.

=curage=, _n.m._, cleansing, cleaning (of harbors, sewers, &c.); (bot.) water-pepper.

=curare=, _n.m._, curare, arrow-poison.

=curatelle=, _n.f._, guardianship, trusteeship.

=curat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, curator, curatrix, trustee; committee.

=curati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, curative.

=curatif=, _n.m._, curative agent.

=curation=, _n.f._, (med.) treatment.

=curcuma=, _n.m._, (bot.) curcuma, turmeric.

=cure=, _n.f._, cure, healing; living, benefice, parsonage, rectory; ☉care. _N’en avoir —_; to pay no heed to.

=curé=, _n.m._, rector, vicar. _C’est Gros Jean qui en remontre à son —_; the clerk wants to teach the parson. _Monsieur le —_; your reverence.

=cure-dents=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) tooth-pick.

=curée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) quarry; (fig.) prey, booty; feast; scramble. _Mettre en —_; to flesh the dogs, to feed them. _Les chiens sont en —_; the dogs are being fed.

=cure-langue=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tongue-scrape.

=curement=, _n.m._, cleansing, cleaning (of harbors, sewers).

=cure-môle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) dredging-machine.

=cure-oreilles=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) ear-pick.

=cure-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—-—_) horse-picker; hoof-pick.

=curer=, _v.a._, to cleanse, to clean out (harbors, sewers); to pick (the teeth, the ears). _Se — les dents_; to pick one’s teeth.

=curette=, _n.f._, scraper, scoop.

=cureur=, _n.m._, cleanser (of harbors, sewers).

=curial=, =-e=, _adj._, vicarial, rectorial. _Maison —e_; parsonage-house.

=curiale=, _n.m._, (antiq.) member of the curia.

=curie=, _n.f._, ward; (antiq.) curia.

=curieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, curiously, inquisitively; carefully; minutely.

=curieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, curious; inquisitive; prying; fond of; careful; nice; particular; rare, singular. _Il est — de tableaux_; he is fond of pictures.

=curieu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, inquisitive person, spectator, looker-on; virtuoso; curious fact. _Le — de la chose est_; the curious part of the thing is.

=curion=, _n.m._, (antiq.) curio.

=curiosité=, _n.f._, curiosity; inquisitiveness; rarity; care; taste for. _Par —_; out of curiosity.

=curoir=, _n.m._, plow-scraper.

=curseur=, _n.m._, (math.) cursor, slider, slide, index.

=cursi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, cursive; running; cursory.

=cursivement=, _adv._, cursorily.

=curule=, _adj._, curule. _Chaise —_; curule chair.

=curure=, _n.f._, dirt, sewage.

=curvati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ (bot.) slightly curved.

*=curviligne=, _adj._, curvilineal.

=curvirostre=, _adj._, (orni.) curvirostral, hook-billed.

=cuscute=, _n.f._, (bot.) dodder.

=cuspide=, _n.f._, cuspis, cusp.

=cuspidé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cuspidate.

=cussoné=, =-e=, _adj._, (tech.) worm-eaten, weeviled.

=custode=, _n.f._, pyx-cover; curtain of the high altar; holster-cap; ☉curtain. _Sous la —_; in private.

=custode=, _n.m._, warden, keeper, curator.

=cutané=, =-e=, _adj._, cutaneous.

=cuticule=, _n.f._, (anat., bot.) cuticle.

=cutter= (-tèr), _n.m._, (_—s_) (nav.) cutter.

=cuvage=, _n.m._, (tech.) fermenting (of wine); place where wine is fermented.

=cuve=, _n.f._, tub, vat, copper. _— de brasseur_; brewing-vat. _— matière_; mash-tub. _Fossé a fond de cuve_; (fort.) flat-bottomed ditch. _À fond de —_; (fig.) thoroughly, exhaustively. _— de bain_; bathing-tub.

=cuveau=, _n.m._, small vat, small tub; (min.) corf, cage, kiddle-outright.

=cuvée=, _n.f._, tubful; vatful; (fam.) sort, kind, quality. _En voici d’une autre —_; here’s one of another sort for you.

=cuvelage= (kuv-laj), _n.m._, lining, casing; tubbing (mines).

=cuveler= (kuv-lé), _v.a._, to tub (mines); to line, to case.

=cuver=, _v.n._, to work, to ferment, to settle.

=cuver=, _v.a._, to appease; to calm; to sleep off the effects of wine. _— son vin_; to sleep one’s self sober.

=cuvette=, _n.f._, wash-hand basin; basin, cistern (of barometers, steam-engines); (fort.) cuvette. _Montre à —_; capped watch.

=cuvier=, _n.m._, wash-tub.

=cyame=, _n.m._, (e.) whale-louse.

=cyanate=, _n.m._, (chem.) cyanate.

=cyanhydrique=, _adj._, (chem.) hydrocyanic, prussic.

=cyanogène=, _n.m._, (chem.) cyanogen.

=cyanomètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) cyanometer.

=cyanure=, _n.m._, (chem.) cyanide.

=cyathe=, _n.m._, (antiq.) cyathus.

=cyclamen= (-me-n), _n.m._, (bot.) cyclamen, sow-bread.

=cycle=, _n.m._, cycle; (liter.) period.

=cyclique=, _adj._, cyclical.

=cycloïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, cycloidal.

=cycloïde=, _n.f._, (geom.) cycloid.

=cyclométrie=, _n.f._, cyclometry.

=cyclone=, _n.m._, tornado.

=cyclope=, _n.m._, Cyclops.

=cyclopéen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, cyclopean.

*=cygne=, _n.m._, swan. _Jeune —_; cygnet. (fig.) _Le — Thébain_; Pindar. _Le — de Mantoue_; Virgil. _Le — de Cambrai_; Fénelon.

=cylindracé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cylindraceous.

=cylindrage=, _n.m._, mangling (of linen).

=cylindre=, _n.m._, cylinder; roller; garden-roller; mangle, calender; barrel; rundle. _Passer au —_; to pass through the mangle.

=cylindrer=, _v.a._, to calender; to roll. _— les allées d’un jardin_; to roll the paths of a garden.

=cylindrique=, _adj._, cylindric.

=cylindroïde=, _n.m._, cylindroid.

=cymaise=, _n.f._ _V._ =cimaise=.

=cymbalaire=, _n.f._, ivy-leaved toad-flax.

=cymbale=, _n.f._, cymbal.

=cymbalier=, _n.m._, cymbal-player.

=cymbiforme=, _adj._, (bot.) cymbiform.

=cyme=, _n.m._, (bot.) cyme. _V._ =cime=.

=cymrique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Kymric.

=cynanche= _or_ =cynancie=, _n.f._, (med.) cynanche.

=cynanque=, _n.m._, (bot.) dog’s-bane.

=cynégétique=, _n.f._, cynegetics. _adj._, relating to hunting and dogs.

=cynips=, _n.m._, (ent.) cynips.

=cynique=, _adj._, cynical, snarling, snappish; impudent, barefaced, indecent.

=cynique=, _n.m._, cynic.

=cynisme=, _n.m._, cynicism.

=cynocéphale=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) cynocephalus.

=cynoglosse=, _n.f._, (bot.) cynoglossum, hound’s-tongue.

=cynorrhodon=, _n.m._, (bot.) hip.

=cynosure=, _n.f._, (bot.) cynosurus; (astron.) Cynosure, Little Bear.

=cyprès=, _n.m._, cypress, cypress-tree; cypress-wood.

=cyprière=, _n.f._, cypress-grove.

=cypripède=, _n.m._, (bot.) lady’s-slipper.

=cyrénaïque=, _adj._, cyrenaic. _n.m._, cyrenaic philosopher.

=cyrillien= _or_ =cyrillique=, _adj._ _Alphabet —_; the Slavonic alphabet invented in the 9th century by St. Cyrillus.

=cystique=, _adj._, (anat.) cystic.

=cystite=, _n.f._, (med.) cystitis.

=cystocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) cystocele.

=cystotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) an instrument to cut into the bladder.

=cystotomie=, _n.f._, cystotomy.

=cytarexylon=, _n.m._, (bot.) fiddle-wood.

=cytise=, _n.m._, (bot.) cytisus, bean-trefoil.

=cyzicène=, _n.m._, (Grec. antiq.) guest-chamber.

=czar= (gzar), _n.m._, czar.

=czarien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, of the czar.

=czarine=, _n.f._, czarina.

=czarowitz=, _n.m._, czarowitz.

D

=d=, _n.m._, the fourth letter of the alphabet, d.

=d’=, ab. of =de=.

=dà=, _particle_, truly, indeed. _Oui-dà_; yes, forsooth. _Nenni-dà_, _non-dà_; no, indeed; no, forsooth.

=da-capo=, _adv._, (mus.) da capo.

=dactyle=, _n.m._, (poet.) dactyl; (bot.) orchard-grass.

=dactylographe=, _n.m._, type-writer, typist.

=dactylographie=, _n.f._, dactylography, type-writing.

=dactylique=, _adj._, dactylic.

=dactylologie=, _n.f._, dactylology.

=dactyloptère=, _adj._, (ich.) finger-finned.

=dactyloptère=, _n.m._, dactylopterus, flying-fish.

=dada=, _n.m._, horse, cock-horse; hobby, hobby-horse. _Aller à —_; to ride a cock-horse. _Être sur son —_; to indulge in one’s hobby.

=dadais=, _n.m._, booby, clown, ninny.

☉=dagorne=, _n.f._, one-horned cow; hag.

=dague= (dag), _n.f._, dagger, dirk. _pl._, tusks (of a wild boar); first horns (of a two-year old deer).

=daguer= (da-ghé), _v.a._, to stab; (hunt.) to rut.

=daguerréotype= (da-ghér-), _n.m._, daguerreotype.

=daguet= (da-ghé), _n.m._, (hunt.) brocket, pricket.

=dahlia=, _n.m._, dahlia.

*=daigner=, _v.n._, to deign, to be graciously pleased, to condescend, to vouchsafe.

*=d’ailleurs=. _V._ =ailleurs=.

=daim= (din), _n.m._, deer, fallow-deer; buck.

=daine= (dèn _or_ di-n), _n.f._, doe.

=daintiers= (-tié), _n.m.pl._, (hunt.) dowcets.

=dais=, _n.m._, canopy; dais, platform.

=dalème=, _n.f._, self-consuming stove.

=dallage=, _n.m._, paving with flag-stones, flagging.

=dalle=, _n.f._, slab; flag, flag-stone; sink-stone; slice (of fish).

=daller=, _v.a._, to pave with flag-stones, to flag.

=dalmatique=, _n.f._, dalmatic, tunic.

=dalot=, _n.m._, (nav.) scupper-hole, scupper.

=daltonisme=, _n.m._, (med.) color-blindness.

☉=dam=, _n.m._, hurt, injury. _À son_, _votre_, _leur —_; to his, your, their injury.

=damage=, _n.m._, puddling, ramming.

=damas=, _n.m._, damask; (bot.) damson; Damascus blade.

=damasquiner=, _v.a._, to damaskene, to emboss; to frost (cutlery).

=damasquinerie= (-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, damaskening.

=damasquineur=, _n.m._, damaskener, one who damaskenes.

=damasquinure=, _n.f._, damaskened work; embossing.

=damassé=, _n.m._, damask linen, damask cloth.

=damasser=, _v.a._, to damask.

=damasserie= (da-mas-rî), _n.f._, damask linen manufactory.

=damasseur=, _n.m._, damask weaver.

=damassin=, _n.m._, figured linen cloth, diaper.

=damassure=, _n.f._, damasking (of linen).

=dame=, _n.f._, lady; married lady; nun; dame; man, draught (backgammon); (draughts) draught, man, king, queen; queen (cards, chess); dam, rammer; (nav.) rowlock. _—s de France_; princesses of the royal family of France. _— d’honneur_; maid of honor, bridesmaid. _Elle fait la —_; she sets up for a lady. _Notre-—_; Our Lady. _Ma chère —_; my dear madam. _Jouer aux —s_; to play at draughts. _Aller à —_; (at draughts) to make a king. _Aller à —_; (at chess) to make a queen; _—s seules_; ladies’ compartment.

=dame=, _int._, by our lady! well! forsooth! well, you see! _—! c’est juste_; well, you see! it is right.

=dame-jeanne=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) demijohn, car-boy.

=damer=, _v.a._, to crown (a man at draughts); to queen; (arch.) to allow half a foot for sloping; to ram. _— le pion à quelqu’un_; to outdo, outwit any one; to be more than a match for.

=dameret=, _adj.m._, (l.u.) foppish.

=dameret=, _n.m._, lady’s man, spark, beau.

=damier=, _n.m._, draught-board.

=damnable= (dâ-nabl), _adj._, damnable.

=damnablement= (dâ-na-), _adv._, damnably.

=damnation= (dâ-na-), _n.f._, damnation.

=damné=, =-e= (dâ-né), _part._, damned.

=damné=, =-e= (dâ-né), _n.m._, soul damned. _Les —s_; the damned. _Souffrir comme un —_; to suffer horribly. _C’est l’âme —e du ministre_; he is the tool of the minister (_i.e._, does his dirty work for him).

=damner= (dâ-né), _v.a._, to damn.

_se_ =damner= (dâ-né), _v.r._, to damn one’s self.

☉=damoiseau=, _n.m._, beau, fop, spark; young page.

☉=damoisel=, _n.m._ _V._ =damoiseau=.

☉=damoiselle=, _n.f._, damsel.

=danché=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) indented.

=dandin=, _n.m._, ninny.

=dandinement= (-di-n-mān), _n.m._, jogging, waddling; swinging, slouching.

=dandiner=, _v.a._, to dandle, to rock.

=dandiner=, _v.n._, to swing (of bells); to waddle, to slouch.

_se_ =dandiner=, _v.r._, to waddle; to twist (one’s body) about; to strut, to slouch; to dilly-dally, to dally.

=dandy=, _n.m._, dandy.

=dandysme=, _n.m._, dandyism.

=danger=, _n.m._, danger, peril, risk, hazard, jeopardy. _Braver les —s_; to brave dangers. _Affronter les —s_; to face dangers. _Être en — de_; to be in danger of.

=dangereusement= (danj-reuz-mān), _adv._, dangerously.

=dangereu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dangerous.

=danois=, =-e=, _adj._, Danish.

=danois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, Dane.

=danois=, _n.m._, Danish; dane (dog).

=dans=, _prep._, in, within, into; with, according to, formerly. _Il fait cela — le dessein de s’établir_; he does so with the intention of establishing himself. _J’ai beaucoup travaillé — le temps_; I used to study a good deal formerly.

=dansant=, =-e=, _adj._, dancing. _Soirée —e_; dancing party, evening party.

=danse=, _n.f._, dance, dancing; beating, hiding. _Aimer la —_; to like dancing. _— de corde_; rope-dancing. _Il a une — contrainte_; he has a stiff way of dancing. _Donner une — à quelqu’un_; to give any one a drubbing. _Entrer en —_; to join the dance. _— de St. Guy_; St. Vitus’s dance.

=danser=, _v.n._, to dance. _— en mesure_; to keep time in dancing. _Faire — quelqu’un_; to lead any one a dance. _Il ne sait sur quel pied —_; he does not know which way to turn. _Il en dansera en l’air_; he will swing for it. _Se —_; to be danced.

=danser=, _v.a._, to dance. _— un menuet_; to dance a minuet.

=danseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, dancer, ballet-girl. _— de corde_; rope-dancer.

=dansotter=, _v.n._, to dance a little, to skip, to hop, to dance stiffly.

=danubien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Danubian.

=daphné=, _n.m._, (bot.) daphne.

=darce=, _n.f._ _V._ =darse=.

=dard=, _n.m._, dart; sting; (bot.) pistil. _Le — d’une abeille_; the sting of a bee; (pisc.) dace.

=darder=, _v.a._, to dart; to shoot forth, to beam, to hurl; to spear, to harpoon. _Le soleil darde ses rayons_; the sun darts forth his rays.

☉=dardeur=, _n.m._, shooter, dart-flinger.

=dardillon=, _n.m._, barb (of a fish-hook).

=dariole=, _n.f._, cream-cake.

=darne=, _n.f._, slice of fish.

=darse=, _n.f._, (nav.) wet-dock.

=dartre=, _n.f._, skin disease; eruption (of the skin); blotch, tetter; herpes. _— farineuse_; pityriasis, dandriff.

=dartreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, herpetic, scurfy, scabby.

=dartreu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, person affected with skin disease; scabby fellow.

=dataire=, _n.m._, datary (chancery officer of Rome).

=date=, _n.f._, date, period. _À courte —_; short-dated. _À longue —_; long-dated. _Prendre —_; to fix a day. _Je suis le premier en —_; I have the priority. _En — de_; under date of, bearing the date. _D’ancienne_, or _de vieille_, _de longue —_; of long standing, long since.

=dater=, _v.a._, to date.

=dater=, _v.n._, to date; to date from; to form a period; to reckon. _— de loin_; to date far back; to happen long ago. _À — de_; reckoning from. _Se —_; to be dated.

=daterie= (da-trî), _n.f._, datary’s office.

=datif=, _n.m._, (gram.) dative, dative case.

=dati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) dative. _Tutelle —ve_; dative guardianship.

=dation=, _n.f._, (jur.) giving. _— en payement_; giving in payment.

=datisme=, _n.m._, tautology.

=datte=, _n.f._, (bot.) date.

=dattier=, _n.m._, date-tree.

=datura=, _n.m._, (bot.) datura stramonium, thorn-apple.

=daube=, _n.f._, (cook.) stew, daube.

=dauber=, _v.a._, (pop.) to cuff, to drub; (fig.) to banter; to jeer.

=daubeur=, _n.m._, jeerer, banterer, sneerer.

=daubière=, _n.f._, long stew-pan.

=dauphin=, _n.m._, (ich.) dolphin; dauphin (eldest son of the kings of France).

=dauphine=, _n.f._, dauphiness.

=dauphinelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) lark-spur.

=daurade=, _n.f._, (ich.) gilt head.

=d’autant=. _V._ =autant=.

=davantage=, _adv._, more; longer, further. _Pas —_; no more. _Je n’en dirai pas —_; I shall say no more. _Je n’en sais pas —_; I know nothing more about it. _Ne restez pas —_; do not stay any longer.

=davier=, _n.m._, dentist’s forceps; (nav.) davit.

=de=, _prep._, of, from, by, with, in, upon, out of, some, any, for, at, to. _Un plat d’argent_; a silver dish. _De Paris à Londres_; from Paris to London. _De près_, _de loin_; near, afar. _Faire de son mieux_; to do one’s best. _Vivre de fruits et de légumes_; to live on fruit and vegetables. _Sauter de joie_; to leap for joy. _Se moquer de quelqu’un_; to laugh at any one. _Il y eut cent hommes de tués_; there were a hundred men killed. _Il n’y a personne de blessé_; there is no one wounded. _Plus d’effets et moins de paroles_; more deeds and fewer words. _Quelque chose de bon_; something good. _Indigne de vivre_; unworthy to live. _Le désir d’apprendre_; the wish to learn. _Avoir besoin d’argent_; to be in want of money. _Qu’est-ce que de nous!_ what poor creatures we are! _L’un d’entre eux_; one of them. _D’après l’original_; from the original. _De chez vous_; from your house. _De par le roi_; in the king’s name. _De ce que_; because. _Les hommes d’à-présent_ or _d’aujourd’hui_; the men of the day. _Un coup de bâton_; a blow with a stick. _Trait de plume_; dash of the pen. _Un coup de fusil_; a shot. _Signe de tête_; nod. _Leçons de danse_; lessons in dancing. _Un enfant d’un bon naturel_; a good-natured child. _Une lame d’épée_; a sword-blade. _Une prise de tabac_; a pinch of snuff. _Un collier de perles_; a pearl necklace. _Être d’un repas_; to make one at a banquet. _N’avez-vous point d’enfants?_ have you no children? _Être —_; to be one of a party. [_De_ is changed into _d’_ before a vowel or silent _h_.]

=dé=, _n.m._, die (for playing); thimble; (arch.) coin, block, dado; (nav.) cock (of blocks); (coin.) die. _— fermé_; woman’s thimble. _— ouvert_; tailor’s thimble. _Jouer au —s_; to play at dice. _—s pipés_; cogged or loaded dice. _Avoir le —_; to be one’s turn to play. _Flatter le —_; to slide the dice; to soften a thing down. _À vous le —_; now it is your turn, your throw. _Le — en est jeté_; the die is cast. _Tenir le — de la conversation_; to engross the conversation.

=déalbation=, _n.f._, (chem.) dealbation.

=débâchage=, _n.m._, untilting, uncovering.

=débâcher=, _v.a._, to uncover, to untilt.

=débâclage=, _n.m._, clearing, opening (of a port).

=débâcle=, _n.f._, breaking up (of the ice); clearing (of a harbor); (fig.) overthrow, shock, downfall, collapse, disaster.

=débâclement=, _n.m._, breaking up of the ice.