Part 56

=dispache=, _n.f._, (insur.) assessment.

=dispacheur=, _n.m._, nautical assessor.

=disparaître=, _v.n._, to vanish; to vanish out of sight; to get out of the way; to elope; to abscond; to disappear.

=disparate=, _n.f._, incongruity, dissimilarity.

=disparate=, _adj._, incongruous, dissimilar, disparate; unlike, ill-matched.

=disparité=, _n.f._, disparity, dissimilarity.

=disparition=, _n.f._, disappearance.

=dispendieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, expensive; costly.

=dispensaire=, _n.m._, (med.) pharmacopœia; dispensary.

=dispensat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dispenser.

=dispensation=, _n.f._, dispensation, distribution.

=dispense=, _n.f._, dispensation, exemption, permission, license.

=dispenser=, _v.a._, to exempt; to dispense with; to dispense, to bestow. _Dispensez-moi de faire cela_; excuse me from doing that. _Le soleil dispense à tous sa lumière_; the sun bestows _or_ sheds his light upon all.

_se_ =dispenser=, _v.r._, to dispense with; to exempt _or_ excuse oneself from; to spare oneself; to be distributed.

=disperser=, _v.a._, to disperse; to scatter, to dispel, to break up.

_se_ =disperser=, _v.r._, to disperse; to be dispersed, to spread about, to be scattered, to dispel.

=dispersion=, _n.f._, dispersion, dispersing, scattering, breaking up.

=dispondée=, _n.m._, (poet.) dispondee.

=disponibilité=, _n.f._, (jur.) power of disposal (of property); (milit.) state of being unattached. _Être en —_; (milit.) to be unattached. _Fonds en —_; disposable funds.

=disponible=, _adj._, free, disposable, available, unoccupied, disengaged, vacant. _n.m._, goods in bond.

=dispos=, _adj.m._, active, nimble, cheerful, well, hearty.

=disposé=, =-e=, _part._, disposed, inclined; ready; prepared; apt, liable. _Un homme bien — pour quelqu’un_; a man well disposed towards any one. _Mal —_; ill-disposed.

=disposer=, _v.a._, to dispose, to order, to lay out; to prepare, to make ready, to fit; to incline, to prevail upon; to have at command.

_se_ =disposer=, _v.r._, to dispose oneself, to be disposed; to get ready, to prepare; to array oneself; to be about to.

=disposer=, _v.n._, to dispose of; to prescribe, to ordain, to order, to make over; (com.) to draw a bill. _Vous pouvez — de moi_; you may draw upon me. _L’homme propose et Dieu dispose_; man proposes and God disposes. _Disposez de moi_; make what use you like of me.

☉=dispositi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preparatory.

=dispositif=, _n.m._, (jur.) purview, terms (of an act, decree, etc.). _Le — d’un arrét_; the purview _or_ terms of a decree.

=disposition=, _n.f._, disposition, arrangement; order; provision; disposal; service; tendency; inclination, aptness; humor; mind, resolution; habit. _Les —s d’une loi_; the provisions of a law. _— testamentaire_; (jur.) will, bequest, devise. _Il a des gens à sa —_; he has people at his disposal. _Il a de très bonnes —s pour vous_; he is very well disposed towards you. _Être en bonne —_; to enjoy good health; to be very fit. _Cela est à votre —_; that is at your service.

=disproportion=, _n.f._, disproportion.

=disproportionné=, =-e=, _adj._, disproportionate.

=disproportionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, disproportional.

=disproportionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, disproportionally.

=disputable=, _adj._, disputable, controvertible, contestable, debatable; doubtful.

*=disputailler=, _v.n._, to wrangle about trifles.

*=disputaillerie=, _n.f._, wrangling, squabbling, bickering.

*=disputailleur=, _n.m._, caviler, wrangler.

=disputant=, _n.m._, disputant.

=dispute=, _n.f._, discussion, disputation, dispute, contest, wrangle, wrangling.

=disputer=, _v.n._, to discuss; to argue, to dispute; to contend, to contest, to wrangle. _— contre quelqu’un_; to dispute with any one. _Le — à_; to vie with. _— sur un point de droit_; to discuss a point of law. _De quoi dispute-t-on?_ what is the matter under discussion? _— de_; to contend for.

=disputer=, _v.a._, to contend for, to dispute, to call in question; to fight for. _Il lui dispute le pas_; he contends with him for precedence. _— le passage à quelqu’un_; to oppose any one’s passage.

_se_ =disputer=, _v.r._, to dispute; to contend for; to wrangle.

=disputeu-r=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, wrangler, disputant; disputatious, quarrelsome.

=disqualifier=, _v.a._, to disqualify.

=disque=, _n.m._, disc, quoit; (bot.) discus.

=disquisition=, _n.f._, disquisition.

=disruption=, _n.f._, disruption.

=dissecteur=, _n.m._, dissector.

=dissection=, _n.f._, dissection. _— des nerfs_; neurotomy.

=dissemblable=, _adj._, dissimilar, unlike, different.

=dissemblablement=, _adv._, dissimilarly.

=dissemblance=, _n.f._, dissimilitude, dissimilarity, difference.

=dissembler=, _v.n._, to differ, to be unlike.

=dissémination=, _n.f._, dissemination; (bot.) semination; scattering (of seeds).

=disséminer=, _v.a._, to disseminate, to scatter.

=dissension=, _n.f._, dissension, discord, disunion; strife, feud.

=dissentiment=, _n.m._, dissent, disagreement.

=dissentir=, _v.n._, to dissent.

=disséquer=, _v.a._, (surg.) to dissect; to analyze.

=disséqueur=, _n.m._, (iron.) dissector. _V._ =dissecteur=.

=dissertat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dissertator.

=dissertati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dissertative, disquisitive.

=dissertation=, _n.f._, dissertation, treatise (in schools); composition, essay.

=disserter=, _v.n._, to dissert. _— sur un point d’histoire_; to expatiate on a point of history.

=dissidence=, _n.f._, scission, dissidence, difference of opinion, dissent.

=dissident=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissident, dissenter; dissentient, dissident, dissenting.

=dissimilaire=, _adj._, dissimilar, different, unlike.

=dissimilitude=, _n.f._, dissimilitude, difference, unlikeness.

=dissimulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, dissembler, hypocrite.

=dissimulation=, _n.f._, dissimulation, dissembling; double-dealing. _User de —_; to dissemble. _— de naissance_; concealment of birth.

=dissimulé=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, dissembler; dissembling, double-faced, artful. _Homme profondément —_; man extremely double-faced. _Caractère —_; artful disposition.

=dissimuler=, _v.a._, to dissemble, to conceal, to hide; to play the hypocrite; to feign to take no notice of; to pretend not to do. _— sa haine_; to dissemble one’s hatred. _— une injure_; to take no notice of an insult.

_se_ =dissimuler=, _v.r._, to conceal; to be concealed _or_ suppressed _or_ hid.

=dissimuler=, _v.n._, to dissemble. _Il dissimula qu’il s’en fût aperçu_; he pretended not to have perceived it.

=dissipat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, squanderer, spendthrift, prodigal, waster; lavish, wasteful, extravagant.

=dissipation=, _n.f._, dissipation, wasting; waste; recreation, relaxation, diversion. _Vivre dans la —_; to lead a dissipated life.

=dissiper=, _v.a._, to dissipate, to scatter, to dispel, to disperse; to consume, to waste, to squander _or_ fritter away, to spend; to recreate, to divert, to relax. _— les factions_; to quell factions. _— son bien_; to squander away one’s wealth.

_se_ =dissiper=, _v.r._, to divert, recreate, _or_ relax one’s self; to be dispersed, dispelled, _or_ dissipated; to vanish, to pass away; to clear off.

=dissolu=, =-e=, _adj._, dissolute, profligate, lewd, loose, licentious.

=dissolubilité=, _n.f._, dissolubility.

=dissoluble=, _adj._, dissoluble, dissolvable.

=dissolument=, _adv._, dissolutely, loosely, lewdly, licentiously, riotously.

☉=dissoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._ _V._ =dissolvant=.

=dissolution=, _n.f._, dissolution; solution; dissoluteness, looseness of manners, licentiousness, lewdness; riot. _— des simples_; dissolution of herbs. _La — d’un mariage_; the annulling of a marriage. _— de société_; dissolution of partnership.

=dissolvant=, _n.m._, dissolvent, resolvent, solvent. _L’eau est un grand —_; water is a powerful dissolvent.

=dissolvant=, =-e=, _adj._, dissolvent, resolvent, solvent.

=dissonance=, _n.f._, (mus.) dissonance, discord.

=dissonant=, =-e=, _adj._, dissonant, discordant, jarring.

=dissoner=, _v.n._, (mus.) to make discord, to jar, to be discordant _or_ dissonant.

=dissoudre= (dissolvant, dissous), _v.a._, to dissolve; to break, to break up. _— un mariage_; to annul a marriage.

_se_ =dissoudre=, _v.r._, to dissolve, to be dissolved, to melt; to break up.

=dissou-s=, =-te=, _part._, dissolved, broken up.

=dissuader=, _v.a._, to dissuade, to advise to the contrary.

=dissuasi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dissuasive.

=dissuasion=, _n.f._, dissuasion.

=dissyllabe=, _adj._, (gram.) dissyllabic.

=dissyllabe=, _n.m._, (gram.) dissyllable.

=dissyllabique=, _adj._, dissyllabic.

=distance=, _n.f._, distance. _Tenir à —_; to keep at a distance. _Garder sa —_; to keep one’s distance.

=distancé=, =-e=, _part._, distanced.

=distancer=, _v.a._, to distance, to outdo.

=distant=, =-e=, _adj._, distant, remote, far off.

=distendre=, _v.a._, (med.) to distend.

_se_ =distendre=, _v.r._, (med.) to be distended.

=distension=, _n.f._, (med.) distension, tension.

=distillable=, _adj._, distillable.

=distillateur=, _n.m._, distiller.

=distillation=, _n.f._, distillation.

=distillatoire=, _adj._, distillatory.

=distiller=, _v.a._, to distill; to discharge, to vent. _— deux fois_; to rectify. _— son esprit sur quelque chose_; to puzzle one’s brains over a thing. _— son venin sur quelqu’un_; to vent one’s spite upon any one.

=distiller=, _v.n._, to drop, to distill, to drizzle, to trickle; to be discharged, to be vented.

=distillerie= (-til-rî), _n.f._, distillery, still-house.

=distinct= (-tinct), =-e=, _adj._, distinct, different; separate; plain; clear.

=distinctement=, _adv._, distinctly, clearly, plainly.

=distincti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, distinctive, distinguishing, characteristic. _Caractère —_, _marque —ve_; characteristic.

=distinction=, _n.f._, distinction, division; difference; eminence, superiority. _Sans —_; promiscuously, indiscriminately. _Faire — de l’ami et de l’ennemi_; to distinguish between a friend and a foe. _Un homme de —_; a man of refinement. _Défaut de —_; want of distinction. _Par —_; for distinction, for distinction’s sake.

=distingué=, =-e=, _adj._, distinguished, eminent, conspicuous; gentlemanly; ladylike; genteel. _Naissance —e_; high birth.

=distinguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to discern, to distinguish; to make a distinction, to discriminate; to make eminent, to single out, to honor; to take notice of, to treat with marks of distinction.

_se_ =distinguer=, _v.r._, to distinguish _or_ signalize one’s self, to make oneself eminent; to be distinguished _or_ conspicuous, to gain distinction. _Il se distingue par ses talents_; he is conspicuous for his talents.

=distique=, _n.m._, distich, couplet.

=distique=, _adj._, (bot.) having flowers _or_ leaves in double and opposite rows.

=distordre=, _v.a._, (med.) to distort, to sprain. _Se —_, _v.r._, to become distorted.

=distors=, =-e=, _adj._, distorted.

=distorsion=, _n.f._, distortion, sprain.

=distraction=, _n.f._, separation, subtraction; abstraction, absence of mind, wandering, heedlessness, inattention; recreation, diversion, relief. _— de dépens_; (jur.) awarding of expenses. _À t-on fait — des dépens_; have costs been allowed? _Il est sujet à des —s_; he is subject to fits of absence of mind. _Par —_; inadvertently; by way of amusement.

=distraire=, _v.a._, to separate, to subtract; to call off, to take off, to divert from, to distract, to disturb; to divert; to entertain; to turn from; to deprive. _La moindre chose le distrait_; the least thing diverts his attention. _— des études_; to disturb from study.

_se_ =distraire=, _v.r._, to divert one’s attention; to be disturbed; to divert oneself, to amuse oneself, to take some relaxation.

=distrait=, =-e=, _adj._, absent-minded; heedless, wandering; distracted, vacant. _Un homme —_; an absent-minded man. _Air —_, _regards —s_; absent air, vacant looks.

=distrait=, _n.m._, absent-minded man.

=distrayant=, =-e=, _adj._, diverting, pleasing, entertaining.

=distribuable=, _adj._, distributable.

=distribuer=, _v.a._, to distribute, to divide, to deal out, to portion out, to serve out; to dispose, lay out, arrange; (print.) to distribute; (theat.) to cast, to allot. _— des aumônes_; to distribute alms. _— un appartement_; to lay out a suite of rooms.

=distributaire=, _n.m.f._, recipient, receiver, sharer.

=distribut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, distributer, bestower, dispenser. _— des vivres_; (nav.) purser’s steward, purser’s mate.

=distributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, distributive.

=distribution=, _n.f._, distribution; division; laying out, disposition; delivery (of letters by post); (print.) distribution; (theat.) cast. _Ordre de —_; roll of creditors (for dividends). _La — de cet appartement est commode_; this suite of rooms is conveniently laid out.

=distributivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, distributively.

=district= (-trik), _n.m._, district; (fig.) province, jurisdiction.

=dit=, _n.m._, maxim; saying; ☉fable, tale. _Les —s et faits des anciens_; the acts and sayings of the ancients. _Avoir son — et son dédit_; to be able to say and unsay.

=dit=, =-e=, _part._, said, spoken; surnamed, alias, called. _Ce qui fut — fut fait_; he made his words good. _Aussitôt —, aussitôt fait_; no sooner said than done. _Susdit_; above-mentioned. _Autrement —_; in other words. _Cela —_; thereupon. _Se le tenir pour —_; to take it for granted.

=dithyrambe=, _n.m._, dithyramb; dithyrambic, dithyrambus.

=dithyrambique=, _adj._, dithyrambic.

=dito=, _adv._, (com.) Do (ditto).

=diton=, _n.m._, (mus.) ditone.

=ditriglyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) ditriglyph.

=diurétique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) diuretic.

=diurnal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) diurnal, daily prayer-book.

=diurne=, _adj._, (astron., med., ent.) diurnal, daily.

=diurne=, _n.m._, (ent.) diurnal insect. _—s_; diurna.

=divagant=, _adj._, wandering, rambling.

=divagat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, desultory, rambling speaker; desultory, rambling.

=divagation=, _n.f._, divagation; wandering, rambling, disconnected, straying; (jur.) straying (of animals). _Se perdre dans les —s_; to lose sight of the question.

=divaguer= (-ghé), _v.n._, to be incoherent (either in writing or speaking), to ramble, to stray, to wander, to rave; to digress, to wander from the question; to go astray; to stray (of cattle).

=divan=, _n.m._, divan, sofa.

=divarication=, _n.f._, (med.) divarication.

=divariqué=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) straggling.

☉=dive=, _adj._, divine. _n.f._, goddess, diva.

=divergence=, _n.f._, divergence, divergency; difference of opinion.

=divergent=, =-e=, _adj._, divergent; different; (bot.) spreading.

=diverger=, _v.n._, to diverge; to branch off; to spread.

=divers=, =-e=, _adj._, diverse, various, different, multifarious, miscellaneous; divers, sundry, several.

=divers=, _n.m.pl._, (com.) sundries.

=diversement=, _adv._, diversely, variously, differently.

=diversifier=, _v.a._, to diversify, to variegate, to vary. _— l’entretien_; to give variety to the conversation.

_se_ =diversifier=, _v.r._, to be varied, diversified.

=diversion=, _n.f._, diversion.

=diversité=, _n.f._, diversity, variety, difference.

=divertir=, _v.a._, to divert; to embezzle, to convert to one’s own use, to make away with, to convey away; to amuse, to recreate, to delight, to exhilarate. _— des fonds_; to misapply funds. _Deniers divertis_; embezzled money.

_se_ =divertir=, _v.r._, to amuse oneself, to make merry, to divert _or_ recreate oneself; to be diverted _or_ amused, to be merry; to make sport with. _Divertissez-vous bien_; enjoy yourself.

=divertissant=, =-e=, _adj._, diverting, entertaining, amusing.

=divertissement= (-tis-mān), _n.m._, diversion, pastime, relaxation; amusement; entertainment; purloining, embezzlement. _Une comédie avec des —s_; a farcical comedy. _— de deniers_; embezzling of money.

=dividende=, _n.m._, dividend. _— arriéré_; unclaimed dividend. _Faire un —_; (com.) to declare a dividend.

=divin=, =-e=, _adj._, divine; godlike; heavenly; admirable, exquisite. _L’office —_; divine service. _Ouvrage —_; most admirable work. _Beauté —e_; heavenly beauty.

=divinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, diviner. _adj._, prophetic, divining, foreseeing.

=divination=, _n.f._, divination. _— par le feu_; pyromancy.

=divinatoire=, _adj._, divinatory; divining.

=divinement= (di-vi-n-mān), _adv._, divinely, admirably, exquisitely.

=diviniser=, _v.a._, to deify; to laud to the skies.

=divinité=, _n.f._, Divinity, Godhead, deity. _Adorer la —_; to worship the Divinity. _C’est une — que cette femme_; that woman is an angel.

=divis=, _n.m._, (l.u.) division, share. _Posséder par —_; to possess a portion of.

=divise=, _n.f._, (her.) narrow band.

=diviser=, _v.a._, to divide; to parcel out; to part, to portion out; to disunite, to set at variance. _— le tout en ses parties_; to divide the whole into its parts.

_se_ =diviser=, _v.r._, to divide; to be divided; to be split into parts; to be disunited; to be at variance.

=diviseur=, _n.m._, (arith.) divisor; divider.

=diviseur=, _adj.m._, divisive, dividing.

=divisibilité=, _n.f._, divisibility.

=divisible=, _adj._, divisible.

=division=, _n.f._, division; partition; dividing; (math., print., rhet., milit., parliament) division; (nav.) squadron. _Être en —_; to be at variance.

=divisionnaire=, _adj._, divisional; divisionary, of a division.

=divorce=, _n.m._, divorce; variance. _Faire — avec sa femme_; to divorce one’s wife. _Faire —_; to renounce. _Ils sont dans un continuel —_; they are always at variance.

=divorcer=, _v.n._, to be divorced. _Elle a divorcé d’avec lui_; she has been divorced from him.

=divulgation=, _n.f._, divulgence; revelation; publishing.

=divulguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to divulge, to blaze abroad, to reveal, to publish _or_ make public.

=dix=, _adj._, ten, tenth. _Innocent —_; Innocent the tenth.

=dix=, _n.m._, ten; tenth.

=dix-huit=, _adj._, eighteen, eighteenth.

=dix-huit=, _n.m._, eighteen, eighteenth.

=dix-huitième=, _adj._, eighteenth.

=dixième= (-zièm), _adj._, tenth. _Le — jour_; the tenth day. _La — fois_; the tenth time.

=dixième=, _n.m._, tenth.

=dixième=, _n.f._, (mus.) tenth.

=dixièmement= (di-zièm-mān), _adv._, tenthly.

=dixme=, _n.f._ _V._ =dîme=.

=dix-neuf=, _adj._, nineteen, nineteenth.

=dix-neuf=, _n.m._, nineteen, nineteenth.

=dix-neuvième=, _adj._, nineteenth.

=dix-neuvième=, _n.m._, nineteenth.

=dix-sept=, _adj._, seventeen, seventeenth.

=dix-sept=, _n.m._, seventeen, seventeenth.

=dix-septième=, _adj._, seventeenth.

=dix-septième=, _n.m._, seventeenth.

=dizain=, _n.m._, decastich; (c.rel.) rosary consisting of ten beads; ten packs (of cards); set of ten.

=dizaine=, _n.f._, some ten. _Il y avait une — de personnes_; there were ten or twelve people.

=dizeau=, _n.m._, shock of wheat (consisting of ten sheaves); ten trusses of hay.

☉=dizenier= _or_ =dizainier=, _n.m._, tithing-man.

=djinn=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (Arabian myth.) imp, evil spirit, demon. _Les —s_; swarm of demons.

=d.m.= (ab. for Docteur Médecin), M.D.

=do=, _n.m._, (mus.) C; do, ut.

=docile=, _adj._, docile, tractable, submissive, yielding, manageable.

=docilement= (do-sil-mān), _adv._, with docility, submissively.

=docilité=, _n.f._, docility, tractableness, manageableness; obedience.

=docimasie= _or_ =docimastique=, _n.f._, (metal.) docimacy.

=docimastique=, _adj._, docimastic.

=dock=, _n.m._, dock; bonded warehouse.

=docte=, _adj._, erudite, learned.

=doctement=, _adv._, learnedly, in a learned manner; pedantically.

=docteur=, _n.m._, doctor. _— en théologie_, _en droit_, _en médecine_; doctor of divinity, of laws, of medicine.

=doctissime=, _adj._, most learned.

=doctoral=, =-e=, _adj._, doctoral.

=doctoralement=, _adv._, doctorally.

=doctorat=, _n.m._, doctorate, doctor’s degree.

=doctorerie= (-tor-rî), _n.f._, examination for the degree of D.D.

=doctoresse=, _n.f._, (jest.) doctoress.

=doctrinaire=, _n.m._, lay brother; doctrinaire. _adj._, lay, stiff, formal, pedantic.

=doctrinairement=, _adv._, stiffly, formally, systematically.

=doctrinal=, =-e=, _adj._, doctrinal.

=doctrine=, _n.f._, doctrine.

=document=, _n.m._, document, title, title-deed, charter, certificate.

=dodécaèdre=, _n.m._, (geom.) dodecahedron.

=dodécagone=, _n.m._, (geom.) dodecagon.

=dodécagone=, _adj._, twelve-angled.

=dodécastyle=, _adj._, dodecastyle.

=dodelinement=, _n.m._, rocking, swinging; dandling, fondling.

=dodinage=, _n.m._, shaking up, stirring (of wine).

=dodiner= _or_ =dodeliner=, _v.a._, to rock; to swing, to fondle, to dandle.

=dodiner=, _v.n._, (horl., l.u.) to oscillate, to vibrate.

_se_ =dodiner=, _v.r._, to nurse oneself, to coddle oneself.

=dodo=, _n.m._, (fam.) by-by, lullaby; sleep, bed. _Aller à —_; to go to bed, to go to sleep.

=dodo=, _n.m._, (pop.) (orni.) dodo. _V._ =dronte=.

=dodu=, =-e=, _adj._, plump.

=dogaresse=, _n.f._, the wife of a doge.

=dogat=, _n.m._, dogate.

=doge=, _n.m._, doge.

=dogmatique=, _adj._, dogmatic.

=dogmatique=, _n.f._, dogmatics.

=dogmatiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, dogmatically.

=dogmatiser=, _v.n._, to dogmatize.

=dogmatiseur=, _n.m._, dogmatizer.

=dogmatiste=, _n.m._, dogmatist.

=dogme=, _n.m._, dogma, tenet, doctrine.

=dogre=, _n.m._, Dutch dogger, dogger-boat.

=dogue= (dog), _n.m._, mastiff, house-dog; bull-dog.

=doguin=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, (-ghin, -ghi-n), pug-dog, pug.

=doigt= (doa), _n.m._, finger; toe; hand; digit. _Les cinq —s de la main_; the five fingers of the hand. _Un — du pied_; a toe. _Donner sur les —s_; to give a rap on the knuckles. _Être à deux —s de sa ruine_; to be upon the brink of ruin. _Savoir quelque chose sur le bout du —_; to have a thing at one’s fingers’ ends. _Mon petit — me l’a dit_; a little bird told me so. _Se mordre les —s de quelque chose_; to repent of a thing. _Il est à deux —s de la mort_; he is at death’s door. _J’en mettrais le — au feu_; I would lay my life upon it. _Être servi au — et à l’œil_; to be served at a nod. _On le montre au —_; he is pointed at. _Vous avez mis le — dessus_; you have hit the nail on the head. _Un — de vin_; a toothful of wine. _S’en lécher les —s_; to lick one’s lips; to gloat over anything. _Il lui obéit au — et à l’œil_; he is at his beck and call. _Y mettre les quatre —s et le pouce_; to eat greedily; to do a thing clumsily. _Être comme les deux —s de la main_; to be hand and glove together; to be inseparable.

=doigter= (doa-té), _v.a.n._, (mus.) to finger.

=doigter=, _n.m._, (mus.) fingering.

=doigtier= (doa-tié), _n.m._, finger-stall, thumb-stall, thimble.

=doit=, _n.m._, (com.) Dr. (debtor). _— et avoir_; Dr. and Cr.

=doitée=, _n.f._, bit of thread.

=dol=, _n.m._, (jur.) deceit, fraud.

=dolabelle=, _n.f._, small hatchet.

=dolabre=, _n.f._, dowel-ax.

=dolage=, _n.m._, adzing, planing.

=dolce= (dol-cé), _adv._, (mus.) dolce.

=doléance=, _n.f._, complaint, lamentation; grievance. _Faire_, _conter_, _ses —s_; to tell one’s griefs, to pour out one’s troubles.

=dolemment= (do-la-mān), _adv._, mournfully, wofully, dolefully.

=dolent=, =-e=, _adj._, doleful, woful, piteous, mournful; whining.

=doler=, _v.a._, to smooth with the adz; to plane; to pare.

=doliman=, _n.m._, dolman.

=dollar=, _n.m._, dollar.

=dolman=, _n.m._, shell-jacket; hussar’s pelisse.

=dolmen=, _n.m._, (_—s_) dolmen, cromlech.

=doloir=, _n.m._, paring-knife, parer.

=doloire=, _n.f._, adz; chip-ax.

=dolomie= _or_ =dolomite=, _n.f._, (min.) dolomite.

=dom=, _n.m._, dom; don. _V._ =don=.

=domaine=, _n.m._, domain; estate, demesne, possession, property; department, province, compass, sphere. _Le — de la couronne_; the crown-lands. _Cela n’est point de mon —_; that is not in my province. _Tomber dans le — du public_; to become public property.

=domanial=, =-e=, _adj._, demesnial, domanial.

=domanialiser=, _v.a._, to annex to, to include in (a domain).

=dôme=, _n.m._, (arch.) dome, cupola; principal church, canopy; round top. _— de verdure_; verdant arch.

=domerie=, _n.f._, an abbey.

=domestication=, _n.f._, domestication.