Part 5

a., active, _actif_. ab., abbreviation, _abréviation_. Acad., Academy, _Académie_. adj., adjective, _adjectif_. adject., adjectively, _adjectivement_. adv., adverb, _adverbe_. agri., agriculture, _agriculture_. alch., alchemy, _alchimie_. alg., algebra, _algèbre_. anat., anatomy, _anatomie_. antiq., antiquity, _antiquité_. arch., architecture, _architecture_. arith., arithmetic, _arithmétique_. art., article, _article_. artil., artillery, _artillerie_. astrol., astrology, _astrologie_. astron., astronomy, _astronomie_. auxil., auxiliary, _auxiliaire_. bookbind., bookbinding, _reliure_. bot., botany, _botanique_. b.s., bad sense, _mauvaise part_. carp., carpentry, _charpenterie_. chem., chemistry, _chimie_. coin., coining, _monnayage_. com., commerce, _commerce_. conch., conchology, _conchologie_. conj., conjunction, _conjonction_. cook., cookery, _cuisine_. c.rel., catholic religion, _religion catholique_. dy., dyeing, _teinture_. ecc., ecclesiastical, _ecclésiastique_. engr., engraving, _gravure_. ent., entomology, _entomologie_. exc., exclamation, _exclamation_. f., feminine, _féminin_. fam., familiar, _familier_. fenc., fencing, _escrime_. fig., figuratively, _au figuré_. fin., finance, _finances_. fort., fortification, _fortification_. foss., fossils, _fossiles_. gard., gardening, _jardinage_. geog., geography, _géographie_. geol., geology, _géologie_. geom., geometry, _géométrie_. gold., goldsmith’s work, _orfèvrerie_. gram., grammar, _grammaire_. her., heraldry, _blason_. hist., history, _histoire_. horl., horology, _horlogerie_. hort., horticulture, _horticulture_. hunt., hunting, _chasse_. hydr., hydraulics, _hydraulique_. ich., ichthyology, _ichtyologie_. imp., impersonal, _impersonne_. indecl., indeclinable, _invariable_. int., interjection, _interjection_. iron., ironically, _ironiquement_. jest., jestingly, _par plaisanterie_. jur., jurisprudence, _jurisprudence_. l.ex., low expression, _terme bas_. lit., literature, _littérature_. log., logic, _logique_. l.u., little used, _peu usité_. m., masculine, _masculin_. mam., mammalogy, _mammalogie_. man., manege, _manège_. manu., manufacture, _manufactures_. mas., masonry, _maçonnerie_. math., mathematics, _mathématiques_. mec., mechanics, _mécanique_. med., medicine, _médecine_. metal., metallurgy, _métallurgie_. milit., military art, _art militaire_. min., mineralogy, _minéralogie_. mol., mollusk, _mollusque_. mus., music, _musique_. myth., mythology, _mythologie_. n., noun-substantive, _nom substantif_. nav., navy, _marine_. opt., optics, _optique_. orni., ornithology, _ornithologie_. paint., painting, _peinture_. part., participle, _participe_. pers., person, _personne_. persp., perspective, _perspective_. pharm., pharmacy, _pharmacie_. philos., philosophy, _philosophie_. phys., natural philosophy (physics), _physique_. pl., plural, _pluriel_. poet., poetry, _poésie_. pol., politics, _politique_. pop., popular, _populaire_. prep., preposition, _préposition_. print., printing, _imprimerie_. pron., pronoun, _pronom_. prov., proverbially, _proverbialement_. r., reflected, _réfléchi_. rel., religion, _religion_. rhet., rhetoric, _rhétorique_. sculpt., sculpture, _sculpture_. sing., singular, _singulier_. st.e., elevated style, _style soutenu_. subst., substantively, _substantivement_. surg., surgery, _chirurgie_. tech., technology, _technologie_. thea., theater, _théâtre_. theol., theology, _théologie_. triv., trivial, _trivial_. v., verb, _verbe_. v.a., verb active, _verbe actif_. vet., veterinary art, _art vétérinaire_. v.imp., verb impersonal, _verbe impersonnel_. v.n., verb neuter, _verbe neutre_. v.r., verb reflected, _verbe réfléchi_. V., vide, _voir_. zoöl., zoölogy, _zoologie_.

A GENERAL FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

A

=a=, _n.m._, the first letter of the alphabet, a. _Panse d’a_; oval of an a. _Il ne sait ni ~a~ ni ~b~_; he does not know _a_ from _b_. _Il n’a pas fait une panse d’a_; he has not done a letter, a stroke. _Un homme marqué à l’a_; the beau-ideal of a man, a man thoroughly reliable. _C’est un homme marqué à l’a_; he is the soul of honor.

=a= (ab.), _Altesse_; Highness.

=aa= (ab.), _Altesses_; Highnesses.

=a=, at the beginning of French words, often comes from the privative α of the Greeks, and denotes privation; as, _atonie_, debility; _acéphale_, acephalous.

=à=, _prep._, denotes the end or term of the action of the verb, and indicates the person or thing this action tends to. _Aller à Paris_; to go to Paris. _Parler à quelqu’un_; to speak to some one.

=à= denotes extraction, separation. _Oter une bague à quelqu’un_; to take a ring from any one. _Se soustraire aux poursuites de la justice_; to abscond.

=à= denotes property, possession. _Cette montre est à mon frère_; this watch is my brother’s. _Il a un style_, _une manière_, _à lui_; he has a style, a manner, all his own. _Cette ferme appartient à mon père_; that farm belongs to my father.

=à= denotes period, time. _Au lever du soleil_; at sunrise. _À l’aube du jour_; at daybreak. _Arriver à temps_; to arrive in time. _À mon retour_; on my return.

=à= indicates what stops on the surface, or penetrates beyond it. _Il a une bague au doigt_; he has a ring on his finger. _Blessé à l’épaule_; wounded in the shoulder.

=à= establishes the relative distance between things and persons. _À portée de canon_; within cannon-shot. _Il demeure à vingt lieues d’ici_; he lives twenty leagues off. _De vous à moi_; between you and me, from you to me. _De Paris à Rouen_; from Paris to Rouen.

=à= points out whatever furnishes an inference or ground for conjecture. _À l’œuvre on connait l’ouvrier_; the workman is known by his work. _Attendre à l’œuvre_; to await results.

=à= denotes succession, gradation, order. _Petit à petit_; little by little. _Un à un_; one by one. _Traduire mot à mot_; to translate word for word, _i.e._, literally.

=à= is used in speaking of goods sold or bought by weight, measure, or quantity. _Vendre du vin à la bouteille_; to sell wine by the bottle. _Vendre de la viande à la livre_; to sell meat by the pound.

=à= denotes value, price. _Dîner à trois francs par tête_; to dine at three francs a head.

=à= denotes conformity, manner. _S’habiller à la Française_; to dress after the French fashion. _A l’instar de la capitale_; after the manner of the capital. _À mon avis_; in my opinion. _Aller à pied_, _à cheval_; to go on foot, to ride on horseback. _Marcher à reculons_; to walk backwards.

=à=, between two nouns, makes the second serve to denote the species or quality of the first. _Canne à sucre_; sugar-cane. _Vache à lait_; milch-cow.

=à=, between two numeral adjectives, signifies _between_, or _about_. _Un homme de quarante à cinquante ans_; a man between forty and fifty. _Il y a quatre à cinq lieues_; it is about four or five leagues distant.

Remark.—The French say _quatre à cinq lieues_, because leagues are things which may be divided into fractions; but, in speaking of things which cannot be divided, _ou_ must be used. For instance, _Quatre ou cinq personnes_; four or five persons.

=à=, before an infinitive, commonly denotes what is proper to be done. _Un avis à suivre_; an opinion worth following. _Un homme à récompenser ou à pendre_; a man that deserves to be rewarded or hanged.

=à=, used in speaking of vehicles, signifies _and_. _Une voiture à quatre chevaux_, _grandes guides_; a carriage and four.

=à= is used in description instead of the English _with_. _Un homme à barbe blanche_; a man with a white beard. _Une maison à pignon_; a house with a gable, gabled.

=a=, has.

=abaca=, _n.m._, abaca, Manila hemp.

=abacus= (-kuss), _n.m._, abacus.

=abaisse=, _n.f._, the under-crust of pastry, piece of rolled paste.

=abaissé=, =-e=, _part._, lowered, brought low; dejected; diminished, flattened. _Le pal est —_ (her.); the pale is abased.

=abaissement= (-bèss-man), _n.m._, lowering, falling, abatement, depression; humiliation, abasement; (surg.) couching. _L’— des eaux_; the abatement of the waters. _Opération de la cataracte par —_; couching.

=abaisser=, _v.a._, to let down, to let fall, to lower; to bring low down; to diminish, to reduce; to pull down; (gard.) to lop out; to debase, to cry down; to humble; to roll (paste); (surg.) to couch. _— un pont-levis_; to let down a drawbridge. _— la voix_; to lower the voice. _Dieu abaisse les superbes_; God humbles the proud. _Abaisser une cataracte_; (surg.) to couch a cataract.

_s’_=abaisser=, _v.r._, to fall, to decrease, to subside, to abate, to decline; to humble one’s self, to stoop, to sink, to cringe. _S’— à le prier_; to stoop so low as to entreat him.

=abaisseur=, _n.m._, (anat.) depressor.

=abaisseur=, _adj._, (anat.) depriment. _Muscle —_; depriment muscle.

=abait=, _n.m._, bait. _V._ =appât=.

=abaiter=, _v.a._, to bait. _V._ =appâter=.

=abajoue=, _n.f._, (mam.) cheek-pouch; gill, gills.

=abalourdir=, _v.a._, (fam.) to make dull and stupid.

=abandon=, _n.m._, forsaking, relinquishment, surrender; leaving things at random; abandonment, the being forsaken, forlornness, destitution, ease, unconstraint. _Avoir un — séduisant_; to have seductive manners. _Se livrer avec — à_; to indulge in.

_à l’_=abandon=, _adv._, at random, in confusion, at sixes and sevens. _Laisser ses enfants à l’—_; to neglect one’s children. _Un champ qui est à l’—_; a field left to run wild.

=abandonnataire=, _n.m.f._, (jur.) relessee.

=abandonné=, =-e=, _part._, abandoned, forsaken, given over. _Un malade abandonné_; a patient given up.

=abandonné=, =-e=, _adj._, abandoned, lost to decency, shameless, graceless, profligate.

=abandonné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, profligate, rake; lewd, wicked, abandoned person.

=abandonnement= (-do-n-mān), _n.m._, abandonment, abandoning, forsaking; desertion, the being forsaken; the giving up one’s effects; leaving, quitting; dissoluteness, debauchery.

=abandonner=, _v.a._, to abandon, to quit, to leave, to desert, to forsake; to give up, to give over; to leave one at the disposal of; to deliver up; to let loose, let go. _Il abandonna le pays_; he left the country. _— une cause_; to give up a cause. _— ses prétensions_; to give up one’s claims. _Mes forces m’abandonnent_; my strength is failing me. _— une corde_; to let go a rope. _— la partie_; to give up the struggle.

_s’_=abandonner=, _v.r._, to give one’s self up, to addict one’s self, to give way to; to indulge in; to commit one’s self to; to prostitute one’s self; to be easy in one’s manners, to throw off all restraint. _S’— à la colère_, _au plaisir_, _au hasard_; to give way to anger, to indulge in pleasure, to trust to fortune.

☉=abannation= (-ba-na-), _n.f._, (jur.) abannition.

☉=abaptiste= (-ba-tist), _adj._, (surg.) abaptiston.

=abaque=, _n.m._, (arch. antiq.) abacus, plinth, the uppermost part of the capital of a column.

=abarticulation=, _n.f._, (anat.) abarticulation, diarthrosis.

=abas=, _n.m._, shower (bath), blight (in wheat). _V._ =teigne=.

=abasourdir=, _v.a._, (fam.) to stun, to dumfound, to astound; to stupefy.

=abâtardir=, _v.a._, to render degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to spoil, to mar, to adulterate. _La servitude abâtardit le courage_; slavery debases courage. _Un homme abâtardi_; a degenerate man.

_s’_=abâtardir=, _v.r._, to degenerate, to grow worse.

=abâtardissement= (-mān), _n.m._, degeneracy.

=abat-chauvée=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) flock-wool.

=abat-faim= (-fin), _n.m._, (_—_) large joint, substantial dish.

=abat-foin=, _n.m._, (_—_) opening above the rack to put the hay through; loft-trap.

=abat-jour=, _n.m._, (_—_) (arch.) sky-light, trunk-light; shade for a lamp; window-blind; (bot.) opening.

=abattage=, _n.m._, cutting down, felling, clearance (of a forest); (nav.) heaving down; careening; slaughtering (of animals).

☉=abattant=, _n.m._, shutter; flap (of a counter); lid.

=abattée=, _n.f._, (nav.) casting; falling off to leeward. _Faire son —_; to cast; to fall off.

=abattement= (-mān), _n.m._, faintness, low state, weakness, prostration; dejection, despondency, low spirits; (her.) abatement. _Tomber dans l’—_; to become low-spirited. _Jeter dans l’—_; to deject. _Qui jette dans l’—_; depressive.

=abatteur=, _n.m._, feller, knocker-off, slaughterer. _C’est un grand — de bois_; he is a great braggart.

=abattis=, _n.m._, houses, walls, trees, thrown down; the killing of game; giblets (of poultry); garbage; stones hewn down in a quarry; raw hides; slaughter, destruction. _Abattis en ragoût_; stewed giblets.

=abattoir=, _n.m._, slaughter-house.

=abattre=, _v.a._, to throw down, to hurl down; to pull down; to beat, to batter down; to bring down; to fell, to cut down, to hew down, to cut off; to knock down; to blow down; to lay (the dust); to let down; to soak (skins); to couch (the cataract); to waste (strength); to dispirit; to dishearten; to unman; to cast down, to depress; to humble. _Le vent abattra le blé_; the wind will throw the corn down. _— un rideau_; to let a curtain down. _— les cuirs_; to skin dead animals. _— le pantalon_; to remove the trousers. _— les peaux_; to soak the skins. _— un vaisseau pour le caréner_; to careen a ship. _Un vaisseau dur à —_; a ship hard to swing round. _— un mât_ (nav.); to carry away a mast. _La moindre chose l’abat_; the least thing unmans him. _Elle a l’air bien abattu_; she looks very dejected. _— l’orgueil de quelqu’un_; to humble any one’s pride.

=abattre=, _v.n._, to lay down one’s cards (at play); (nav.) to fall off to leeward, to cast. _Le vaisseau s’abat_; the ship is driving to leeward.

_s’_=abattre=, _v.r._, to fall, to tumble down; to stoop; to abate; to be cast down, dejected; to break down (of horses); to burst (of a storm); to despond; to pounce upon. _Le vent s’abat_; the wind is falling. _La chaleur s’abat_; the heat is abating. _Un orage terrible va s’abattre sur nous_; a dreadful storm is about to burst upon us.

=abattu=, =-e=, _adj._, pulled, broken, cast down; depressed, dejected; humbled, crest-fallen. _Je me sens tout —_; I am quite out of spirits. _Un visage —_; a woe-begone countenance.

=abattures=, _n.f.pl._, (hunt.) abature; foiling (of a stag).

=abat-vent=, _n.m._, penthouse (of a steeple); pentice, wind-screen, louvre window.

=abat-voix=, _n.m._, sounding-board (of a pulpit).

=abbatial= (-cial), =-e=, _adj._, abbatial, abbatical.

=abbaye= (abéi), _n.f._, monastery, abbey. _Administration d’une —_; abbacy.

=abbé=, _n.m._, abbé, abbot, priest. _Monsieur l’abbé_, your Reverence.

=abbesse=, _n.f._, abbess. _Dignité_, _fonctions_, _d’abbé_, _d’abbesse_; abbotship.

=abc=, _n.m._, a, b, c, alphabet, primer; a, b, c, book; elements, rudiments, spelling-book. _Apprendre son —_; to learn one’s letters. _Être à l’— de_; to be at the a, b, c, of. _Renvoyer quelqu’un à l’—_; to make a person begin all over again.

=abcéder=, _v.n._, to form into an abscess, to apostemate, to gather, to come to a head.

=abcès=, _n.m._, abscess, apostem, gathering. _Former_, _vider_, _un —_; to form, to take the matter out of, an abscess. _— aux gencives_; gumboil.

=abcisse=, _n.f._ _V._ =abscisse=.

=abdication=, _n.f._, abdication; (jur.) disinheritance of a son during his father’s life-time; renunciation of (property). _Faire —_; to abdicate.

=abdiquer=, _v.a._, to abdicate, to resign, to forswear.

=abdomen= (-mè-n), _n.m._, abdomen.

=abdominal=, =-e=, _adj._, abdominal.

=abducteur=, _adj._, (anat.) abducent.

=abducteur=, _n.m._, abductor.

=abduction=, _n.f._, (anat. and log.) abduction.

_s’_=abéausir=, _v.n._, (nav.) to become fine (of weather at sea).

=abécédaire=, _adj._, of the a, b, c. _Ouvrage —_; child’s first-book.

=abécédaire=, _n.m._, alphabet, primer, spelling-book.

=abecquer=, _v.a._, to feed a bird.

=abée=, _n.f._, mill-dam.

*=abeille=, _n.f._, bee. _— bourdon_; bumble-bee. _— domestique_; hive bee. _— mère_; queen bee. _— ouvrière_; working bee. _Ruche d’—s_; bee-hive. _Eleveur d’—_; bee-master. _Essaim d’—s_; swarm of bees.

=abeillé=, =-e=, _adj. & part._, covered, ornamented with bees.

=abéquer=. _V._ =abecquer=.

=aberration=, _n.f._, aberration; (sciences) alienation. _— de réfrangibilité_; Newtonian aberration. _Cercle d’—_; crown of aberration.

=abêtir=, _v.a._, to stupefy; to stultify. _V._ =hébéter=.

=abêter=, _v.n._, _s’_=abêtir=, _v.r._, to grow stupid.

=ab hoc et ab hac=, _adv._, at random; confusedly.

=abhorrer=, _v.a._, to abhor, detest, loathe.

_s’_=abhorrer=, _v.r._, to abominate, loathe one another.

=abîme=, _n.m._, unfathomable depth, abyss, hell; a thing most abstruse _or_ obscure; dipping-mold (for candles); (her.) the middle of the shield; fesse-point, heart point.

=abîmé=, =-e=, _part._, swallowed up, ingulfed, destroyed, spoiled. _— de dettes_; over head and ears in debt.

=abîmer=, _v.a._, to overthrow, to ingulf, to swallow up; to destroy entirely, to cut up, to crush; to spoil, to injure.

=abîmer=, _v.n._, to be destroyed, to be swallowed up, to sink; to perish, to be crushed.

_s’_=abîmer=, _v.r._, to fall into an abyss, to sink; to ruin, to undo one’s self; to be spoiled.

=ab intestat=, _adv._, abintestate. _Succession —_; intestate’s estate; intestacy.

=ab irato=, _adv._, in an angry fit. _Parler_, _agir_, _—_; to speak, to act, under the influence of anger.

=abject=, =-e= (-jékt), _adj._, abject, base, mean, low, vile, despicable.

=abjectement=, _adv._, abjectly.

=abjection=, _n.f._, abjection, baseness; humiliation; vileness, meanness.

=abjuration=, _n.f._, solemn renunciation, abjuration.

=abjuratoire=, _adj._, abjuratory. _— acte_; act of abjuration.

=abjurer=, _v.a._, to abjure, to deny, to forswear, to renounce. _— une opinion_; to abandon an opinion.

=ablactation=, _n.f._, (med.) ablactation, weaning.

=ablais=, _n.m._, (jurisp.) corn, either standing or cut down, but not carried or carted away.

=ablaquéation=, _n.f._, (gard.) ablaqueation.

=ablatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) ablative.

=ablation=, _n.f._, (surg.) ablation.

=ablativo=, (triv.) _adv._, in confusion; higgledy-piggledy.

=able=, _n.m._, _or_ =ablette=, _n.f._, (fish) ablet, bleak.

=ablégat=, _n.m._, ablegate.

☉=ablégation=, _n.m._, ablegation.

=ablepsie=, _n.f._, (med.) ablepsy.

=ablier=, _n.m._, (fish.) purse-net; hoop-net.

☉=abluant=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) abluent, cleansing.

☉=abluer=, _v.a._, to revive old writing, to wash with gall-nut.

=ablution=, _n.f._, ablution, washing, purification. _Faire ses —s_; to perform one’s ablutions.

=abnégation=, _n.f._, abnegation, renunciation, sacrifice. _— de soi-même_; self-denial. _Faire — de_; to renounce, set aside.

=aboi=, _n.m._, barking, baying.

=aboiement= _or_ =aboîment= (-boa-mān), _n.m._, barking, baying.

=abois=, _n.m.pl._, despairing condition, last shift, distress. _Aux —_; at bay, hard up, at one’s wits’ end. _Mettre aux —_; to drive to extremities. _La place est aux —_; the place, citadel, can hold out no longer, is in desperate straits.

=abolir=, _v.a._, to abolish, to repeal, to annul. _— un impôt_; to take off a tax.

_s’_=abolir=, _v.r._, to fall into disuse, to become obsolete.

=abolissable=, _adj._, abolishable.

=abolissement= (-mān), _n.m._, abolishment.

=abolition=, _n.f._, abolition; royal pardon; repeal.

=abolitionniste=, _n.m._, abolitionist.

=abominable=, _adj._, abominable, execrable.

=abominablement=, _adv._, abominably.

=abomination=, _n.f._, abomination, detestation. _Avoir en —_; to abominate, to hold in detestation. _Être en —_; to be detested.

=abondamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, abundantly.

=abondance=, _n.f._, abundance, plenty, copiousness, plentifulness; multitude, affluence; richness, fullness (of language); weak wine-and-water (in schools). _Corne d’—_; horn of plenty, cornucopia. _— de biens_; opulence. _Vivre_, _être_, _dans l’—_; to live in plenty. _Parler avec —_; to speak fluently. _Ecrire_, _parler_, _d’—_; to write, to speak, extempore, offhand. _— de biens ne nuit pas_; store is no sore.

=abondant=, =-e=, _adj._, abounding, plentiful, copious; fruitful, exuberant, teeming, voluble, diffusive. _Une langue —e_; a copious language.

=abonder=, _v.n._, to abound in _or_ with, to be full of; to overflow. _Il abonde dans votre sens_; he supports your opinion; he has come round to; he concurs in. _— dans son sens_; to be wedded to one’s own opinion.

=abonné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, subscriber (to periodicals, theatres, &c.).

=abonnement= (-mān), _n.m._, subscription (to periodicals, theatres, &c.); agreement. _Les —s sont suspendus pour ce soir_ (of places of amusement); season-tickets not available this evening.

=abonner=, _v.a._, to subscribe for.

_s’_=abonner=, _v.r._, to subscribe; to compound for. _On s’abonne à_; subscriptions are received at.

☉=abonnir=, _v.a._, to better, to mend, to improve.

☉=abonnir=, _v.n._, _s’_=abonnir=, _v.r._, to mend, to grow better.

☉=abonnissement= (-nis-mān), _n.m._, (fam.), improvement, amelioration.

=abord=, _n.m._, landing; arrival; access; admittance, approach; attack, onset. _Avoir l’— facile_; to be easy of access. _De prime —_; at first sight.

=à bord=, _adv._, aboard, on board.

_d’_=abord=, _adv._, first, at first, at first sight. _Tout d’abord_, _au premier abord_, _dès l’abord_; at first, from the very first. _Dès l’abord, j’ai senti que je devais ..._ I felt, from the very first, that I ought ... _or_ was to ...

=abordable=, _adj._, accessible, accostable, of easy access; approachable.

=abordage=, _n.m._, (nav.) landing; boarding; fouling. _Aller_ or _sauter à l’—_; to board a ship, grapple.

=aborder=, _v.n._, to arrive at; to land.

=aborder=, _v.a._, to come near, to come to, to come up with; to board, to run foul of (a ship); to accost; to broach, handle (a subject). _— un vaisseau ennemi_; to board an enemy’s ship. _— par accident_; to run foul of. _Il m’a abordé dans la rue_; he accosted me in the street.

_s’_=aborder=, _v.r._, to run foul of each other; to come up with one another.

=abordeur=, _n.m._, boarding vessel.

=aborigène=, _adj._, first, original, aboriginal.

=aborigènes=, _n.m._, _pl._, aborigines.

=abornement=, _n.m._ _V._ =délimitation=.

=aborner=, _v.a._ _V._ =délimiter=.

=aborti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, abortive.

=abot=, _n.m._, clog (for horses’ fore feet).

=abouchement= (-boosh-mān), _n.m._, interview, conference, parley; (anat.) anastomosis, inosculation.

=aboucher=, _v.a._, to bring together, to confer.

_s’_=aboucher=, _v.r._, to have an interview; to confer with; to place one’s self in communication with; (anat.) to inosculate.

=about=, _n.m._, (carp.) end, butt-end.

=abouté=, =-e=, _adj._, placed end to end.

=aboutement= (-boot-mān), _n.m._, (carp.) but, abutment.

=abouter=, _v.a._, to join end to end.

=aboutir=, _v.n._, to join; to border upon; to meet; (surg.) to burst; to come to; to tend to; to end in. _N’— à rien_; to come to nothing; to end in smoke. _Ce champ aboutit à un marais_; this field borders upon a fen. _Faire — un abcès_; to bring an abscess to a head. _S’aboutir_ (gard.); to bud, be covered with buds.

=aboutissant=, =-e=, _adj._, bordering upon.

=aboutissants= (rarely used without the word _tenants_), _n.m._, _pl._, boundaries of an estate; abuttals, particulars; connections. _Je n’aime pas les tenants et — de cet homme_; I do not like the set by which that man is surrounded. _Savoir les tenants et — d’une affaire_; to know all about a thing.

=aboutissement= (-mān), _n.m._, eking piece (tailoring); (surg.) the drawing to a head.

=ab ovo=, _adv._, from the very beginning.

=aboyant=, =-e=, _adj._, barking.

=aboyer=, _v.n._, to bark, to bay, to yelp; to dun. _Il aboie après tout le monde_; he snarls at everybody. _— après quelque chose_; to long for a thing, covet a thing. _— à la lune_; to bark when one cannot bite; to complain in vain.