Part 49

=défection=, _n.f._, defection, falling off, disloyalty.

=défectivité=, _n.f._, (gram.) defectiveness.

=défectueusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, defectively.

=défectueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, defective, imperfect.

=défectuosité=, _n.f._, defect, imperfection, flaw.

=défendable=, _adj._, defensible, tenable.

=défendant=, _part._, defending. _Il l’a tué à son corps —_; he killed him in self-defense. _Faire une chose à son corps —_; to do a thing reluctantly, in self-defense.

=défende-ur=, _n.m._, =-resse=, _n.f._, (jur.) defendant; respondent.

=défendre=, _v.a._, to defend, to protect; to shelter, to shield, to support, to uphold, to vindicate; to forbid, to prohibit. _— son ami_; to defend one’s friend. _On a défendu le port des armes_; the carrying of arms is prohibited. _La raison nous défend de faire une injustice_; reason forbids us to do an injustice. _— sa maison à quelqu’un_; to forbid any one the house.

=défendre=, _v.n._, (jur.) to defend. _Il a été condamné faute de —_; he was cast for want of being defended; (nav.) to fend off.

_se_ =défendre=, _v.r._, to defend one’s self; to excuse one’s self from doing a thing; to clear one’s self; to deny a thing; to keep, to shield one’s self from; to help, to forbear. _Cet accusé a voulu se — lui-même_; that prisoner wanted to conduct his own defense. _Il ne peut se — de tant de reproches_; he cannot clear himself from so many imputations. _Ne pas s’en —_; to acknowledge, admit anything. _Je ne m’en défends pas_; I admit it, own it.

=défens=, _n.m._, (forestry) defense (of forests).

=défendures=, _n.f.pl._, hurdles, fences.

=défense=, _n.f._, defense, protection; prohibition, interdiction; apology, vindication, justification; warning, notice; task; (nav.) fender; skid; boom. _pl._, (fort.) outwork, defense; tusk, fang (of boars); tusk (elephants). _Se mettre en —_; to stand upon one’s defense. _Être hors de —_; not to be in a condition to defend one’s self. _Bois en —_; a wood so far grown that cattle may be let into it without danger to the trees. _Cordes de —_; fenders of junk _or_ old cable. _Faire —_; to forbid, to prohibit. _Preuves alléguées pour la — d’une cause_; plea. _Donner ses —s_; to answer. _Arrêt de —_; decree to suspend the execution of a former decree. _Armé_, _muni_, _de —s_; tusked, fanged (of boars, elephants). _— d’entrer_; no admittance except on business. _— de fumer_; no smoking allowed. _— d’uriner_; commit no nuisance.

=défenseur=, _n.m._, defender, supporter, vindicator, advocate; defender, counsel. _Un — nommé d’office_; a defender appointed by the court.

=défensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, defensive.

=défensive=, _n.f._, safeguard, defensive. _Se tenir sur la —_; to stand upon the defensive.

=déféquer=, _v.a._, to defecate.

=déférant=, =-e=, _adj._, complying, condescending, yielding.

=déférence=, _n.f._, deference, regard, respect.

=déférent=, _adj.m._, deferent. _Cercle —_; (anc. astron.) deferent. _Canal —_; (anat.) deferent.

=déférer=, _v.a._, to confer, to bestow; to tender, to inform against. _— le serment à quelqu’un_; to tender an oath to, to bring before any one, to put any one on his oath. _— quelqu’un en justice_; to impeach any one in court. _— quelqu’un à l’inquisition_; to report any one to the inquisition.

=déférer=, _v.n._, to defer, to yield, to comply, to condescend. _— aux sentiments des autres_; to defer to the sentiments of others. _— à quelqu’un_; to pay deference to one.

=déferler=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unfurl.

=déferler=, _v.n._, to break into foam, to roll in (of the sea). _La lame déferle_; the wave bursts into foam, rolls in shore.

=déferrer=, _v.a._, to unshoe (a horse); to nonplus, to confound.

_se_ =déferrer=, _v.r._, to come off, to fall off, to lose a shoe; to be nonplused _or_ confounded. _Mon lacet se déferre_; the tag is coming off my lace.

=défet=, _n.m._, waste sheet (in bookselling).

*=défeuillaison=, _n.f._, defoliation.

*=défeuiller=, _v.a._, to take off the leaves. _Le vent a défeuillé les arbres_; the wind has blown off the leaves.

_se_ =défeuiller=, _v.r._, to lose, to shed their leaves (of trees). _Les arbres se défeuillent_; the trees are losing, shedding their leaves.

=défi=, _n.m._, defiance, challenge. _Un cartel de —_; a written challenge. _Envoyer un — à quelqu’un_; to send any one a challenge. _Je lui ai fait un — aux échecs_; I challenged him to a game at chess. _Mettre au —_; to set at defiance.

=défiance=, _n.f._, distrust, mistrust; diffidence, caution. _Concevoir de la —_; to entertain distrust. _Être dans la —_; to have one’s misgivings. _Une sotte — le retient_; he is held back by a foolish diffidence.

=défiant=, =-e=, _adj._, distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious.

=déficient=, =-e=, _adj._, (arith.) deficient.

=déficit= (-sit), _n.m._, deficit, deficiency. _Combler le —_; to make up the deficit.

=défier=, _v.a._, to defy, to challenge; to brave, to face, to dare; to set at defiance. _— quelqu’un au trictrac_; to challenge any one to play at backgammon. _— les dangers_, to face dangers. _Il ne faut jamais — un fou_; never bid defiance to a madman. _Je vous défie de m’en donner la preuve_; I defy you to give me a proof of it.

=défier=, _v.n._, (nav.) to bear off, to fend.

_se_ =défier=, _v.r._, to defy, to challenge, each other; to distrust, to mistrust; to suspect. _Je me défie de cet homme_; I distrust that man. _Se — de ses forces_; to distrust one’s own strength. _Se — de soi-même_; to distrust one’s self.

=défigurement=, _n.m._, disfigurement; defacement.

=défigurer=, _v.a._, to disfigure, to mar, to distort, to spoil. _La petite vérole l’a tout défiguré_; the small-pox has quite disfigured him. _— la vérité_; to distort the truth.

_se_ =défigurer=, _v.r._, to disfigure one’s self, to become disfigured, to become deformed.

=défilade=, _n.f._, filing past; going off _or_ past; marching past.

=défilé=, _n.m._, defile, narrow pass; strait, difficulty; (milit.) defiling, filing off _or_ past, marching past. _Je ne vois aucun moyen de sortir de ce —_; I see no way of getting out of this difficulty.

=défilement=, _n.m._, filing off, marching past _or_ going past; (fort.) defilading.

=défiler=, _v.a._, to unstring, to unthread; to untwist. _— des perles_; to unstring pearls. _— son chapelet_; to say all one has to say (on a subject). _Elle a défilé son chapelet_; she has given up devotion. _Le chapelet se défile_; the association is falling to pieces. _— un ouvrage_; (fort.) to defilade.

=défiler=, _v.n._, to defile, to file off, march past, go past. _Les soldats ne pouvaient — que deux à deux_; the soldiers could only go past two by two.

=défiler=, _n.m._, (milit., l.u.) filing off, marching past.

=défini=, _n.m._, the definite.

=défini=, =-e=, _part._, determined, definite, defined. _Nombre —_; definite number.

=définir=, _v.a._, to define, to determine; to decide; to explain, to describe. _— une personne_; to give an idea of a person. _Se —_; to be defined, to be determined, to be made out.

=définissable=, _adj._, definable.

=définisseur=, _n.m._, definer.

=définiteur=, _n.m._, definitor (in convents).

=définiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, definitive, final; ultimate, eventual, peremptory, positive. _En —ve_; definitively, after all, in short. _En —ve, que voulez-vous?_ in a word, what do you want?

=définition=, _n.f._, definition; decision, determination. _Faire une —_; to give a definition.

=définitivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, definitively, positively, decidedly, ultimately, eventually.

=définitoire=, _n.m._, chapter (of monks).

=déflagration=, _n.f._, (chem.) deflagration.

=défléchi=, =-e=, _adj._, turned aside, deflected.

=défléchir=, _v.n._, to turn from _or_ aside, to deflect.

_se_ =défléchir=, _v.r._, to deflect.

=déflegmation=, _n.f._, (chem.) dephlegmation.

=déflegmer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to dephlegmate.

=défleuraison=, _n.f._, fall of the blossom.

=défleurir=, _v.n._, to shed blossoms.

=défleurir=, _v.a._, to nip or strip off blossoms; to take off the bloom of fruit (by handling it).

=déflexion=, _n.f._, (phys.) deviation, deflection.

=défloration=, _n.f._, defloration.

=déflorer=, _v.a._, to deflour, to deflower. _— un sujet_; to take the freshness off a subject.

☉=défluer=, _v.n._, (astrol.) to flow, to recede.

=défonçage=, _n.m._, (agri.) subsoil plowing; trenching.

=défoncé=, =-e=, _part._, broken, battered in. _Chemin —_; broken road.

=défoncement= (-fons-mān), _n.m._, (tech.) staving in, beating in of the head of casks; (agri.) digging up; deep plowing.

=défoncer=, _v.a._, to stave in (a cask); to bilge; to cut up; to knock in (the head of a cask). _— un terrain_; to dig up, to trench ground. _— une peau_; to dip a hide. _— un chapeau_; to batter in a hat.

_se_ =défoncer=, _v.r._, to give way at the bottom; to break up (of roads); to get cut up.

=déformation=, _n.f._, deformation.

=déformé=, =-e=, _adj._, deformed, out of shape.

=déformer=, _v.a._, to put out of form, to throw out of shape.

_se_ =déformer=, _v.r._, to lose the proper form or shape, to get out of shape. _Sa taille se déforme_; her figure is losing its shape, its litheness.

=défortifier=, _v.a._, to dismantle.

_se_ =défortifier=, _v.r._, to get dismantled.

=défouetter=, _v.a._, (book-bind.) to untie.

=défournement=, _n.m._, drawing out of the oven.

=défourner=, _v.a._, to draw out of an oven. _— le pain_; to draw the batch.

=défourrer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unwrap, to take off the envelope.

=défrai=, _n.m._, (pop.) defraying, settling expenses.

=défraîchi=, _adj._, no longer fresh; faded.

=défraîchir=, _v.a._, to destroy, to take off, the brilliancy, gloss, _or_ freshness of a thing.

_se_ =défraîchir=, _v.r._, to lose its brilliancy, freshness.

=défranciser=, _v.a._, to unfrenchify.

=défrayement=, _n.m._, defraying.

=défrayer=, _v.a._, to defray, to bear, the cost of; to amuse; to be the laughing-stock of. _— la compagnie_; to be the laughing-stock of the company.

=défrayeur=, _n.m._, defrayer.

=défrichage= _or_ =défrichement= (-frish-mān), _n.m._, clearing, grubbing up; land so cleared. _Faire le — d’un terrain_; to clear a piece of ground. _Ce — est en plein rapport cette année_; this piece of cleared land is in full bearing this year.

=défriché=, _adj._, cleared (of land).

=défricher=, _v.a._, to clear, to grub up; to unravel (l.u.). _— un champ_; to clear a field.

=défricheur=, _n.m._, clearer, digger.

=défrisement= (-friz-mān), _n.m._, uncurling.

=défriser=, _v.a._, to uncurl, to put out of curl; (pop.) to disappoint, to ruffle.

_se_ =défriser=, _v.r._, to uncurl, come out of curl.

=défroncement=, _n.m._, unplaiting, unfolding.

=défroncer=, _v.a._, to undo gathers, folds, or plaits; to unknit (the brows). _— le sourcil_; to smooth one’s brow.

=défroque=, _n.f._, old clothes; old things, effects; cast-off clothes.

=défroquer=, _v.a._, to unfrock.

_se_ =défroquer=, _v.r._, to forsake, to renounce one’s order (of monks).

=défruiter=, _v.a._, to strip of its fruit.

=défuner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to strip (a mast).

=défunt=, =-e=, _adj._, defunct, deceased, late. _Les enfants du —_; the deceased’s children.

=dégagé=, =-e=, _part._, disengaged; redeemed (of a pledge); flippant; bold; easy; slender, graceful. _Chambre —e_; room that has a back-door. _Escalier —_; back stairs. _Taille —e_; free, easy figure (pers.). _Air —_; free, easy way _or_ manner.

=dégagement= (-gaj-mān), _n.m._, redeeming, disengagement, clearance; (fenc.) disengaging; release, liberation, discharge. _Le — d’effets déposés au mont-de-piété_; the redeeming of articles at the pawnbroker’s. _Le — de sa parole_; the calling in of one’s word. _Le — de la voie publique_; the clearing of the street. _Le — de la poitrine_; the easing of the chest. _Escalier de —_; private staircase. _Tuyau de —_; waste pipe.

=dégager=, _v.a._, to redeem; to take out of pawn; to free, to clear, to disengage, to extricate, to disentangle, to separate; to evolve; to deliver, to rescue. _— sa parole_; to redeem one’s word; to withdraw one’s word. _— quelqu’un de sa parole_; to release any one from his word. _— une porte_; to clear a doorway. _— la tête_, _la poitrine_; to ease, relieve, _or_ lighten the head, the chest. _Il l’a dégagé de ses ennemis_; he rescued him from his enemies. _Je le dégageai de ses liens_; I freed him from his bonds. _— le fer_; (fenc.) to disengage. _Cet habit dégage la taille_; that coat shows off the figure to advantage. _— les cheveux_; to disentangle the hair.

_se_ =dégager=, _v.r._, to be cleared from; to extricate, to disengage, to free, to disentangle, to loose one’s self; to break loose; to get away, to get clear; (chem.) to be evolved.

=dégaine=, _n.f._, (fam.) awkwardness; ridiculous manners, deportment, awkward gait, &c. _Quelle —!_ what a figure for you.

=dégainer=, _n.m._, unsheathing, drawing (of a sword). _Être brave jusqu’au —_; to be brave till it comes to the push.

=dégainer=, _v.a._, to draw, to unsheath one’s sword; to fork out.

=dégaineur=, _n.m._, fighter, bully, quarrelsome fellow, professed duelist.

=dégaler=, _v.a._, to pick clean (of skins).

=dégalonner=, _v.a._, to unlace, unstrip.

=déganter=, _v.a._, to pull off gloves.

_se_ =déganter=, _v.r._, to take off one’s gloves.

=dégarni=, =-e=, _adj._, unfinished; bare, naked; empty.

=dégarnir=, _v.a._, to untrim, to unfurnish, to strip; to thin; to uncover; to dismantle. _— une chambre_, _une maison_; to unfurnish a room, a house. _— le cabestan_; (nav.) to unring the capstan. _— un vaisseau de ses agrès_; to strip a vessel of its rigging. _— un arbre_; to thin a tree. _— une robe_; to untrim a gown.

_se_ =dégarnir=, _v.r._, to strip one’s self; to empty, become empty; to grow thin; to lose; to part with; to wear lighter clothes. _Sa tête se dégarnit_; his hair is growing thin. _La salle se dégarnit_; the house is getting empty. _Il ne faut pas trop se hâter de se —_; people should not be in too great a hurry to put on lighter clothing.

=dégasconner=, _v.a._, to teach a Gascon to speak good French, to acquire French manners, &c.

_se_ =dégasconner=, _v.r._, to lose the Gascon accent.

=dégât=, _n.m._, havoc, damage, depredation, waste, ravage. _La grêle a fait un grand —_; the hail has caused great havoc. _Faire le —_; to ravage.

=dégauchi=, =-e=, _adj._, planed, smoothed, straightened.

=dégauchir=, _v.a._, to smooth, to plane, to level, to straighten; to form, to polish. _— un jeune homme_; to polish a young man.

=dégauchissage= _or_ =dégauchissement= (-shis-mān), _n.m._, planing, straightening, leveling, smoothing.

=dégazer=, _v.a._, (chem.) to free from gas.

=dégazonnement=, _n.m._, unturfing.

=dégazonner=, _v.a._, to unturf.

=dégel=, _n.m._, thaw. _Avoir du —_; to have a thaw. _Être au —_; to be thawing (of the weather). _Le vent est au —_; the wind will bring on a thaw.

=dégeler= (dé-jlé), _v.a.n._, to thaw.

_se_ =dégeler=, _v.r._, to thaw.

☉=dégénérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, degenerating.

=dégénération=, _n.f._, degeneration; degeneracy, deterioration.

=dégénérer=, _v.n._, to decline, to degenerate, to fall away (from). _— de ses ancêtres_; to degenerate from one’s ancestors.

=dégénérescence=, _n.f._, (med.). _V._ =dégénération=.

=dégénérescent=, =-e=, _adj._, degenerating.

=dégingandé=, =-e=, _adj._, tottering; awkward; gawky; swinging in one’s gait; clumsy; ill-formed; unconnected; disjointed.

_se_ =dégingander=, _v.r._, to get out of shape; to swing about.

=dégîter=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to dislodge, to start.

=dégluer=, _v.a._, to take off the bird-lime; to unglue.

_se_ =dégluer=, _v.r._, to get rid of bird-lime; to get unglued _or_ cleared (of the eyes).

=déglutition=, _n.f._, deglutition, swallowing.

*=dégobiller=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to bring up; to puke, to spew, to vomit, to throw up.

*=dégobillis=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) vomit, spew.

=dégoiser=, _v.a.n._, ☉to chirp, to twitter; to rattle; to blab out; to chatter; to prattle. _En dégoise-t-elle!_ how she does rattle on, to be sure! _Il a dégoisé tout ce qu’il sait_; he blabbed out all he knew.

=dégommage=, _n.m._, ungumming.

=dégommer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to wash out the gum; (pop.) to turn out of office; to oust; to kill.

=dégonder=, _v.a._, to unhinge, to take from its hinge.

_se_ =dégonder=, _v.r._, to come unhinged, to come off its hinges.

=dégonflement=, _n.m._, subsiding, falling, collapsing; reduction.

=dégonfler=, _v.a._, to cause a thing to collapse, to reduce a swelling; to discharge the gas from a balloon.

_se_ =dégonfler=, _v.r._, to go down, to be reduced, to subside, to unbosom one’s self.

=dégor=, _n.m._, a discharging tube.

=dégorgement=, _n.m._, breaking out, overflowing; unstopping; outfall, outflow. _— d’un tuyau_; cleansing, unstopping of a pipe.

=dégorgeoir= (-joar), _n.m._, priming-iron, vent-bit (for guns); outlet, issue; spout.

=dégorger=, _v.a._, to clear, to open; to cleanse, to scour.

=dégorger=, _v.n._, to discharge one’s self, to overflow. _Faire —_; to purge (fish); (fig.) to make any one stump up.

_se_ =dégorger=, _v.r._, to discharge, to empty itself; to get unstopped, to get clear.

=dégoter=, _v.a._, (pop.) to knock down; to oust, to displace, to push off.

=dégourdi=, =-e=, _adj._, quick, sharp, acute, shrewd (pers.); tepid (water). _C’est un homme bien —_; he is a shrewd fellow.

=dégourdi=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, quick, sharp, acute, shrewd man _or_ boy; pert, forward woman _or_ girl.

=dégourdir=, _v.a._, to quicken, to revive; to sharpen, to render shrewd; to polish. _— ses jambes_; to stretch one’s limbs. _Faire — de l’eau_; to take the chill off water. _— un jeune homme_; to polish a young man.

_se_ =dégourdir=, _v.r._, to remove the numbness from; to lose the numbness of; to stretch one’s self; to become sharp, polished, shrewd; to brighten up.

=dégourdissement= (-dis-mān), _n.m._, removal of numbness; return of circulation; quickening, reviving.

=dégoût=, _n.m._, disgust, disrelish, loathing; dislike, distaste; mortification. _Il lui a pris du — pour la viande_; he has taken a dislike to meat. _Avoir du — pour la vie_; to be disgusted with life. _On lui a donné bien des —s_; they made him swallow many a bitter pill.

=dégoûtant=, =-e=, _adj._, disgusting, loathsome, distasteful, nauseous, sickening; unpleasant, disheartening. _Plaie —_; disgusting sore.

=dégoûté=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, fastidious person, fastidious. _Faire le —_; to be squeamish, fastidious. _C’est un bon —_; he likes good things. _Vous n’êtes pas —!_ you’re not at all particular! I should rather think so!

=dégoûter=, _v.a._, to disgust; to put out of conceit. _Cela est bien fait pour — quelqu’un du métier_; that is well calculated to disgust any one with the trade. _Il est dégoûté de la vie_; he is disgusted with life.

_se_ =dégoûter=, _v.r._, to take a disgust, a dislike, a distaste to; to nauseate, to dislike, to lose courage, to be disheartened.

=dégouttant=, =-e=, _adj._, dropping, dripping.

=dégouttement=, _n.m._, dripping, falling in drops.

=dégoutter=, _v.n._, to drop, to trickle, to drip, to dribble. _La sueur lui dégouttait du front_; the perspiration was rolling off his forehead. _Faire — du beurre sur de la viande_; to drip butter upon meat.

=dégradant=, =-e=, _adj._, degrading, debasing.

=dégradation=, _n.f._, degradation; (mil.) cashiering, drumming out; damage, dilapidation; (jur.) waste; (paint.) diminution of light and shade.

=dégrader=, _v.a._, to debase, to degrade, to deface, to strip; (paint.) to diminish the light and shade; to damage, to dilapidate; (mil.) to cashier, to drum out. _— un bois_, _une maison_; to damage a wood, a house. _Le temps a dégradé ce monument_; time has defaced that monument.

_se_ =dégrader=, _v.r._, to degrade, to debase, to disgrace one’s self; to become damaged, defaced, dilapidated; (jur.) to waste.

=dégrafer=, _v.a._, to unclasp, to unhook.

_se_ =dégrafer=, _v.r._, to become unhooked, unfastened (of garments); to unbutton, unhook, unfasten one’s clothes.

=dégraissage= _or_ =dégraissement=, _n.m._, cleaning, scouring.

=dégraisser=, _v.a._, to scour, to remove greasy stains; to fleece any one; to impoverish land, to carry off the soil; (carp.) to beard, to thin; (cook.) to remove fat. _— un bouillon_; to skim the fat off broth. _— un habit_; to clean a coat. _La poudre dégraisse les cheveux_; powder cleans the hair. _Terre à —_; fuller’s earth. _Les ravines dégraissent les terres_; torrents impoverish land (by carrying off the soil).

=dégraisseur=, _n.m._, scourer, cleaner.

=dégraissis=, _n.m._, scourings.

=dégraissoir=, _n.m._, scraper.

=dégravoiement= _or_ =dégravoîment=, _n.m._, (arch.) baring, laying bare (by water).

=dégravoyer=, _v.a._, (arch.) to wash away, to bare, to lay bare (of water).

=degré=, _n.m._, step, stair, staircase; stage, grade, gradation; degree, point, extent, pitch; (astron., geol., gram., math., phys.) degree; (of universities) degree. _À un très haut —_; to a very great extent. _Par —s_; gradually. _Au suprême —_; in the highest degree.

=dégréement=, _n.m._, (nav.) unrigging.

=dégréer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to unrig. _— un mât_; to strip a mast.

=dégrèvement= (-grèv-mān), _n.m._, reduction, relief; disencumbrance; redemption.

=dégrever=, _v.a._, to diminish, to reduce (a tax); to disencumber, to free, to redeem.

=dégringolade=, _n.f._, fall, tumble.

=dégringoler=, _v.n._, to run down, to tumble down; to topple down _or_ over; to go from bad to worse; to go to the dogs.

=dégrisement= (-griz-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) sobering, getting sober; cooling down.

=dégriser=, _v.a._, to sober; to cool, to bring to one’s senses.

_se_ =dégriser=, _v.r._, to sober down; to come to one’s senses; to cool down; to lose one’s illusions.

=dégrossage=, _n.m._, drawing fine; (wire-drawing) reducing, thinning.

=dégrosser=, _v.a._, to reduce; to thin (ingots).

=dégrossi=, _n.m._, (arts) roughing, rough-hewing, roughing down; dressing, drawing.

=dégrossir=, _v.a._, to chip, to chip off the grosser parts; to rough-hew, to hew down; to clear up, to unravel; to make a rough sketch of. _— un bloc de marbre_; to chip a block of marble.

=dégrossissage=, _n.m._, (arts) roughing, rough-hewing; roughening down; (carp.) dressing, trimming.

*=déguenillé=, =-e= (dég-ni-ié), _n.m.f._ and _adj._, tatterdemalion, ragged person; tattered, ragged, in rags. _Un grand —_; a big tatterdemalion. _Quelle est cette petite —e?_ who is that little girl in rags and tatters? _Elle était toute —e_; she was in rags and tatters. _Un habit —_; a ragged coat.

=déguerpir=, _v.a._, (jur.) to quit, to give up.

=déguerpir= (-ghèr-), _v.n._, to pack off, to move off; to be gone. _Je le ferai bien —_; I’ll make him pack off. _— au plus vite_; to be gone as fast as possible.

=déguerpissement= (-ghèr-pis-mān), _n.m._, (jur.) quitting; yielding, giving over, departure, removal.

=dégueuler= (-gheu-), _v.n._, (l.ex.) to spew, to vomit.

*=déguignonner= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to change ill-luck, to bring better luck to.

=déguisement= (-ghiz-mān), _n.m._, concealment, disguise. _Parlez sans —_; speak openly.

=déguisable=, _adj._, disguisable, concealable.

=déguiser= (-ghi-), _v.a._, to disguise, to conceal, to hide. _On le déguisa en femme_; they disguised him as a woman.

_se_ =déguiser=, _v.r._, to disguise one’s self; to conceal from one’s self.

=dégustateur=, _n.m._, taster (of wines).

=dégustation=, _n.f._, tasting (of wines).

=déguster=, _v.a._, to taste (wines); to sip. _Se —_; to be tasted, to be sipped.

=déhaler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to tow out _or_ back out.

=déhâler=, _v.a._, to take off sun-burns.

_se_ =déhâler=, _v.r._, to clear one’s complexion.

=déhanché=, =-e=, _adj._, hipped, hipshot; (fig.) ungainly. _n.m.f._, hipshot person; ungainly man, woman _or_ girl.

=déhanchement=, _n.m._, swinging about; twisting about.

_se_ =déhancher=, _v.r._, to waddle, to swing about, to twist one’s body about.

=déharnachement= (-nash-mān), _n.m._, unharnessing.

=déharnacher=, _v.a._, to unharness.

=déhiscence=, _n.f._, (bot.) dehiscence.