Part 57

=domesticité=, _n.f._, domesticity, the being in service; domestic servants; domesticated state.

=domestique=, _adj._, domestic, homely, home-bred; menial; tame; domesticated.

=domestique=, _n.m._, servant, domestic; servants, domestics (of a house); household; home. _Il a changé tout son —_; he has changed all his servants. _Il aime son —_; he is fond of his home. _— de place_; guide. _— à_, or _pour tout faire_; general servant.

=domestique=, _n.f._, woman-servant, maid-servant, servant. _— pour tout faire_; maid, servant, of all-work.

=domestiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, servant-like, menially.

=domestiquer=, _v.a._, to domesticate, to tame. _Se —_; to become domesticated.

=domicile=, _n.m._, domicile, abode, residence. _— politique_; political residence. _— civil_; ordinary residence, dwelling. _À —_; at one’s own house, _or_ at people’s houses, at home. _— légal_; settlement, legal settlement. _De l’eau à —_; water brought to the house. _Elire —_, or _faire élection de —_; to choose one’s residence; to settle down.

=domiciliaire=, _adj._, domiciliary. _Faire une visite — chez quelqu’un_; to search anyone’s house.

=domicilié=, =-e=, _adj._, resident, domiciled. _Il est —_; he is settled, he has taken a house.

_se_ =domicilier=, _v.r._, to settle down, to dwell in a place.

=dominance=, _n.f._, preponderance, dominance, rule.

=dominant=, =-e=, _adj._, dominant, predominant, reigning, prevalent. _Passion —e_; ruling passion. _Goût —_; reigning taste. _La religion —e_; the established religion.

=dominante=, _n.f._, (mus.) dominant. _Dans le mode d’ut, sol est la —, et fa la sous-dominante_; in the key of C, G is the dominant, F the subdominant.

=dominat-eur=, =-rice=, _n._ and _adj._, dominator, ruler, tyrant; ruling, governing, dominant, domineering, arrogant.

=domination=, _n.f._, domination; dominion, rule, sway.

=dominer=, _v.n._, to rule, to bear rule _or_ sway, to have the mastery; to dominate, to preponderate, to prevail; to domineer, to lord it; to rise above; to command a view of, to look over, to tower above; to command; to predominate. _Il faut que la raison domine sur les passions_; reason must prevail over the passions. _Sa tête domine au-dessus de la foule_; his head rises above the crowd. _Cette tour domine sur tous les environs_; that tower overlooks all the surrounding country.

=dominer=, _v.a._, to rule, to govern, to sway, to prevail over, to domineer over; to rise above, to command a view of; to command, to keep in subjection. _La citadelle domine la ville_; the citadel commands the town.

=dominicain=, _n.m._, Dominican, Dominican friar.

=dominicain=, =-e=, _adj._, Dominican.

=dominicaine=, _n.f._, Dominican nun.

=dominical=, =-e=, _adj._, dominical. _Lettre —e_; dominical letter. _L’oraison —e_; the Lord’s prayer.

=dominicale=, _n.f._, Sunday sermon.

=domino=, _n.m._, domino. _En —_; in a domino. _Jouer aux —s_; to play at dominoes. _Faire —_; to play out, to win.

=dominoterie=, _n.f._, stained papers.

=dominotier= (-tié), _n.m._, paper-stainer; dealer in stained papers.

=dommage=, _n.m._, damage, injury, hurt, detriment, loss; harm. _Cela me porte —_; that is a loss to me. _Faire du —_; to do harm. _C’est —_; it is a pity. _—s et intérêts_, _—s-intérêts_; (jur.) damages.

=dommageable= (-jabl), _adj._, hurtful, prejudicial, injurious.

=domptable= (don-tabl), _adj._, tameable; governable, manageable.

=dompter= (don-té), _v.a._, to subdue, to subjugate, to quell, to tame. _— ses passions_; to overcome one’s passions. _— des animaux_; to tame animals. _— un cheval_; to break in a horse.

_se_ =dompter=, _v.r._, to quell, to overcome one’s passions.

=dompteur= (don-teur), _n.m._, subduer; tamer; breaker in; vanquisher.

=dompte-venin=, _n.m._, (_—_) (bot.) swallow-wort.

=don=, _n.m._, gift, donation, present, endowment; knack, talent. _Les —s du ciel_; the gifts of heaven. _—s de la nature_; natural endowments. _— gratuit_; free gift. _Le — de la parole_; the gift of speech. _Il a le — de plaire_; he has the knack of pleasing.

=don=, _n.m._, don.

=dona=, _n.f._, (_—s_) dona, donna.

=donataire=, _n.m.f._, donee.

=donat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, donor, giver.

=donation=, _n.f._, donation, free gift; deed of gift. _—s de la couronne_; grants of the crown. _Faire — de ses biens_; to make over one’s property by deed of gift.

=donatisme=, _n.m._, Donatism.

=donatiste=, _n.m._, Donatist.

=donc=, _conj._, therefore; accordingly, hence; then, consequently; eh, of course, to be sure. _Répondez —_; answer, I tell you. _Qu’ai-je — fait?_ whatever have I done?

=dondon=, _n.f._, (fam., b.s.) plump, jolly, fresh-colored woman _or_ girl.

=donjon=, _n.m._, keep, turret, castle-keep; dungeon; pavilion.

=donjonné=, =-e=, _adj._, turreted.

=donnant=, =-e=, _adj._, generous. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not generous. _— donnant_; give and take, tit for tat.

=donne=, _n.f._, deal (at cards).

=donné=, =-e=, _part._, given.

=donnée=, _n.f.sing._, données, _n.f.pl._, datum, data, principles, facts admitted _or_ known; notion, idea, information; (math.) known quantity, datum; theme of a play, a poem, etc.

=donner=, _v.a._, to give, to bestow, to present with, to make a present of; to give away; to cause; to grant, to confer upon; to ascribe; to deal (at cards); to wish (good day, etc.); to devote; (com.) to sell, to let have. _— en échange_; to give in exchange. _— tort à quelqu’un_; to blame any one. _— sa fille en mariage_; to give one’s daughter in marriage. _Qui donne tôt, donne deux fois_; he gives twice who gives in a trice. _— la vie_; to grant, to spare life. _— le bonjour à quelqu’un_; to wish any one good day. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to box any one’s ears. _— rendez-vous_; to appoint a place of meeting. _— quittance_; to give a receipt. _— le branle à une affaire_; to set an affair going. _— le ton_; to set the fashion. _— la chasse_; to pursue. _— sa parole_; to give one’s word. _— du chagrin_; to vex. _— de la peine_; to trouble. _— les mains à une chose_; to give one’s consent to a thing. _— de l’altesse a quelqu’un_; to “style” or “dub” any one highness. _— une baie_; to humbug. _— sa voix_, _son suffrage_; to give one’s vote, one’s suffrage. _— gain de cause_; to decide in favor of. _Donnez des sièges_; bring chairs. _Il en donne à tout le monde_; he makes a fool of everybody. _Je donne beaucoup au hasard_; I attribute a good deal to chance. _Donner à boire_; to give to drink. _Donnez-nous à manger_; give us something to eat. _— à penser_, _à réfléchir_; to set thinking, to give food for reflection. _C’est à vous à —_; it is your turn to deal. _En — à quelqu’un_; to beat, to maul, any one; to cheat any one, to take any one in.

_se_ =donner=, _v.r._, to give one’s self; to procure; to take place (of battles); to get; to abandon, to attach, one’s self; to give one’s self out as. _Se — à quelqu’un_; to abandon, to devote, one’s self to any one. _Se — la peine de_; to take the trouble to. _Se — des airs_; to give one’s self airs. _Se — de la tête contre les murs_; to run one’s head against a stone wall. _S’en — à cœur joie_; to indulge one’s self to one’s heart’s content; to take one’s fill of anything.

=donner=, _v.n._, to give, to give away; to addict one’s self; to give one’s self up; to get into the head (of liquor); to hit, to strike; (milit.) to charge, to be engaged, to attack (of troops); to deal; to yield, to bear, to produce; to look out; to look into, to overlook. _— contre un banc de table_; to strike on a sand-bank. _Mes fenêtres donnent sur la rue_; my windows look out into the street. _— à penser à quelqu’un_; to set any one thinking. _— à parler_; to furnish matter for talk. _— dedans_; to fall into a snare. _— dans une embuscade_; to fall into an ambuscade. _— dans le piège_, or _dans le panneau_; to fall into the snare. _Le soleil donne dans ma chambre_; the sun shines into my room. _Ce vin donne dans la tête_; that wine gets up into one’s head. _Le régiment a donné_; the regiment is in action, is under fire.

=donneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, giver, donor. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not fond of giving; he is close-fisted. _— d’eau bénite de cour_; man of promises only.

=don quichotte=, _n.m._, (_— —s_) Don Quixote, madcap; lanky fellow.

=don quichottisme=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) quixotism.

=dont=, _pron._, whose, whereof, of which, of whom, for whom, etc. _Dieu — nous admirons les œuvres_; God whose works we admire. _Ce — il s’agit_; the business in hand. _L’affaire — je vous ai parlé_; the business I spoke to you about.

=donte=, _n.f._, body (of a lute).

=donzelle=, _n.f._, damsel, wench.

=dorade=, _n.f._, (astron., ich.) dorado, swordfish.

=doradille=, _n.f._ _V._ =cétérac=.

=doré=, =-e=, _part._, gilt, gilt over, gilded, golden. _Langue —e_; silver tongue; winning, deceitful tongue. _— sur tranche_; gilt-edged _or_ with gilt edges.

=dorée=, _n.f._, (ich.) doree, John-Dory; slice of bread and jam.

=dorénavant=, _adv._, henceforth, hereafter, for the future, from this time forward.

=dorer=, _v.a._, to gild, to gild over. _— un pâté_; to glaze a pie with the yolk of eggs. _— la pilule_; to gild the pill.

_se_ =dorer=, _v.r._, to gild; to assume a golden hue _or_ tinge.

=doreu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gilder.

=dorien= (-in), _n._ and _adj._ _m._, Dorian; Doric.

=dorine=, _n.f._, (bot.) golden saxifrage.

=dorique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Doric.

=doris=, _n.f._, (conch.) doris (a sort of mollusk).

=dorloter=, _v.a._, to cocker, to fondle, to pamper; to coddle, to pet, to make much of.

_se_ =dorloter=, _v.r._, to coddle one’s self; to indulge one’s self.

=dormant=, =-e=, _adj._, sleeping, dormant, stagnant; (com.) dull; unemployed (of money). _Eau —e_; stagnant water. _Manœuvre —e_; (nav.) standing part of a tackle. _Châssis —_; fixed sash.

=dormant=, _n.m._, (tech., carp.) dormant, dormer, sleeper, post, fixed frame; epergne.

=dormeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, (pers.) sleeper; sluggard.

=dormeuse=, _n.f._, easy traveling carriage; lounging chair.

*=dormille=, _n.f._, (ich.) loach.

=dormir= (dormant, dormi), _v.n._, to sleep, to be asleep; to be supine; to be still; to be dormant (of money); to be stagnant (of water); to do nothing. _— d’un bon sommeil_, _d’un bon somme_; to sleep soundly. _— trop longtemps_; to oversleep one’s self. _— la grasse matinée_; to lie late in bed. _— tout debout_; not to be able to keep one’s eyes open. _Qui dort, dîne_; sleeping is as good as eating. _Il dort comme une marmotte_ or _comme un sabot_; he sleeps like a top. _Il n’y a point de pire eau que l’eau qui dort_; still waters run deep. _— sur les deux oreilles_; to sleep soundly. _Qui a renommée de se lever matin peut — jusqu’à midi_; a good reputation covers a multitude of sins. _Ce sont des contes à — de bout_; they are old wives’ tales (_i.e._, tedious, nonsensical).

=dormir=, _n.m._, sleep.

=dormiti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, soporific, somniferous. _Une potion —ve_; a sleeping draught.

=dormitif=, _n.m._, dormitive. _L’opium est un dangereux —_; opium is a dangerous sleeping-draught.

=doronic=, _n.m._, (bot.) doronicum, leopard’s-bane.

=dorsal=, =-e=, _adj._, dorsal.

=dorsténie=, _n.f._, (bot.) dorstenia, contrayerva.

=dortoir=, _n.m._, dormitory.

=dorure=, _n.f._, gilding; glazing (of pastry).

=dos=, _n.m._, back, rear, top, ridge. _Sur le —_; upon the back, pickaback. _— courbé_, _voûté_; bent back. _L’épine du —_; the spine, backbone. _— d’une montagne_; ridge of a mountain. _Avoir quelqu’un sur le —_; to be saddled with somebody. _Tourner le —_; to take to flight. _Tourner le — à quelqu’un_; to turn one’s back on _or_ to forsake any one. _Avoir bon —_; to have a strong back. _Faire le gros —_; to set up its back (of a cat); to give one’s self airs. _— d’âne_; shelving ridge. _En — d’âne_; with a shelving ridge. _Le juge les renvoya — à —_; the judge non-suited them both. _En avoir plein le —_; to be sick and tired of anything. _Se mettre le juge à —_; to make an enemy of the judge, _or_ to set the judge against one.

=dosable=, _adj._, measurable.

=dosage=, _n.m._, (chem., pharm.) dosing, proportioning; quantitative analysis.

=dose=, _n.f._, dose; quantity, portion.

=doser=, _v.a._, to dose, to proportion.

=dossier=, _n.m._, back (of a seat); brief (of a barrister); bundle of papers. _— d’un lit_; headboard of a bed, back-board (of a boat).

=dossière=, _n.f._, back-band, ridge-band (of harness); back-plate (of a cuirass).

=dot= (dot), _n.f._, marriage portion; dowry. _La — d’une religieuse_; what a nun pays for being admitted into a nunnery. _Coureur de —s_; fortune-hunter.

=dotal=, =-e=, _adj._, dotal, concerning dowry.

=dotation=, _n.f._, endowment, dotation.

=doter=, _v.a._, to endow, to give a portion, to give a dowry. _— une église_; to endow a church.

=douaire=, _n.m._, jointure, dower, marriage-settlement. _Il lui a assigné dix mille livres de —_; he has settled ten thousand francs upon her.

=douairi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, dowager.

=douairière=, _n.f._, dowager; jointress.

=douane=, _n.f._, custom-house, custom-duty, duty. _Préposé à la —_; custom-house officer. _Conseil des —s_; board of customs. _Droit de —_; customs duty.

=douaner=, _v.a._, to clear goods at the custom-house; to pass through the custom-house.

=douanier=, _n.m._, custom-house officer; tide-waiter.

=douani-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, relating to the custom-house, of customs.

=doublage=, _n.m._, lining, plating; (nav.) sheathing. _— de cuivre_; copper-sheathing; (print.) double.

=double=, _adj._, double, duplicate; twofold, twice as much, twice as many; strong (of quality); double, deceitful, arrant; downright, regular. _Partie —_; (com.) double entry. _C’est un — coquin_; he is a downright, arrant scoundrel.

=double=, _n.m._, double; duplicate, replica; counterpart (of a deed), double-faced; (theat.) substitute, understudy; an old French coin worth two deniers; (mus.) a turn. _Plus du —_; more than the double. _Mettre une chose en —_; to double a thing. _Jouer quitte ou —_; to play double or quits. _Parier — contre simple_; to bet two to one.

=double=, _adv._, double. _Voir —_; to see double.

=doublé=, _n.m._, (billiards) doublet.

=doubleau=, _n.m._, (carp.) binding joist. _V._ =arc-doubleau=.

_à_ =double emploi=, _adv._, for a double purpose.

=doublement=, _n.m._, doubling.

=doublement=, _adv._, doubly, in a double manner.

=doubler=, _v.a._, to double; to line (clothes); (arch.) to fur; (milit., nav., print., theat.) to double; to sheathe (a ship). _— le pas_; to go faster.

=doublet=, _n.m._, (billiards, jewelry, trictrac) doublet; (linguistics) doublets.

=doublette=, _n.f._, coupler (of organs).

=doubleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, doubler.

=doublon=, _n.m._, doubloon, Spanish pistole; (print.) double.

=doublure=, _n.f._, lining; (theat.) substitute, understudy.

=douce-amère=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) woody nightshade, bitter-sweet.

=douceâtre=, _adj._, sweetish.

=doucement= (doos-mān), _adv._, slowly, leisurely; gently, softly, tenderly, quietly; blandly; peaceably, calmly, smoothly, placidly; mildly; melodiously; meekly; patiently; comfortably; indifferently, not very well, so so. _Aller tout —_; to be so so.

=doucerette=, _n.f._, bland-looking creature.

=doucereu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sweetish, mawkish; mealy-mouthed.

=doucet=, =-te=, _adj._, demure, mild, affected. _Faire le —_; to look demure.

=doucette=, _n.f._, (bot.) corn salad, lamb’s lettuce, Venus’s looking-glass.

=doucettement= (-sèt-mān), _adv._, (pop.) gently, softly, only so so. _Il va tout —_; he’s only so so.

=douceur=, _n.f._, sweetness; fragrance; softness; mildness; kindness, good-nature; melodiousness, harmony; mellowness; calmness; smoothness; peacefulness; meekness, gentleness; sweet thing; delight, pleasure, comfort; douceur. _Employer la —_; to use gentle means. _Prendre quelqu’un par la —_; to treat anyone with kindness. _Goûter les —s de la vie_; to taste the comforts of life. _Les —s de la société_; the delights of society. _Plus fait — que violence_; kindness does more than harshness.

=douche=, _n.f._, douche, shower-bath.

=doucher=, _v.a._, to give a douche, a shower-bath.

=doucine=, _n.f._, (arch.) doucine; (carp.) molding-plane.

=doucir=, _v.a._, to polish (looking-glasses).

=doucissage=, _n.m._, polishing.

=douelle=, _n.f._, (arch.) archivolt, curve; stave (of a cask).

=douer=, _v.a._, to endow, to bestow upon, to favor.

*=douille=, _n.f._, socket, hose, pipe; case _or_ shell (of cartridges).

*=douillet=, =-te=, _n._ and _adj._, effeminate, delicate person; soft, downy; nice; tender; effeminate; delicate. _C’est un —_; he loves to indulge himself.

*=douillette=, _n.f._, wadded dress, wadded great coat.

*=douillettement= (doo-lèt-mān), _adv._, softly, tenderly, delicately, effeminately.

=douleur=, _n.f._, pain; ache; soreness; anguish, pang, grief, sorrow, affliction; woe. _— aiguë_; acute pain.

☉_se_ =douloir=, _v.r._, to grieve, to wail, to lament.

=douloureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, grievously.

=douloureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, painful, tender, smarting, sore; grievous, afflicting, sorrowful; sad. _Cri —_; mournful cry.

=doupion=, _n.m._, double cocoon; coarse, raw silk.

=doute=, _n.m._, doubt; scruple, fear, dubiousness; apprehension, misgiving, distrust. _Mettre en —_; to call in question. _Faire naître des —s_; to give rise to misgivings. _Jeter des —s dans l’esprit_; to fill the mind with distrust. _Sans —_; without doubt, no doubt, doubtless, unquestionably, to be sure. _Sans — que_; no doubt that. _Cela ne fait aucun —_; there is no doubt about it.

=douter=, _v.a._, to doubt, to question, to hesitate, to suspect, to scruple. _Il doute de tout_; he doubts everything. _Je doute que cela soit_; I doubt whether it be so. _Je doute qu’il veuille le faire_; I doubt whether he will do it. _Je ne doute pas qu’il ne le fasse_; I do not doubt but that he will do it. _Ne — de rien_; to be over confident, credulous.

_se_ =douter=, _v.r._, to suspect, to surmise, to conjecture; to distrust, to mistrust, to fear. _Je m’en doutais bien_; I thought as much. _Je me doutais qu’il viendrait_; I suspected he would come. _Pouvais-je me — qu’il dût venir sitôt?_ could I imagine that he was to come so soon? _Ne se — de rien_; to suspect nothing; to be unconscious of what is going on.

=douteur= (doo-), _n.m._, doubter.

=douteusement= (doo-teûz-mān), _adv._, doubtfully.

=douteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, doubtful, dubious, ambiguous, questionable. _D’une manière —se_; doubtfully. _Il est — qu’il le fasse_; it is doubtful whether he will do it.

=douvain=, _n.m._, stave-wood.

=douve=, _n.f._, stave; trench, moat; salt-marsh; (bot.) spearwort.

=dou-x=, =-ce=, _adj._, sweet; soft, smooth; easy; gentle, mild; fragrant, agreeable, comfortable, charming, pleasant; harmonious; peaceful, calm; unfermented; fresh (of water); mellow. _Eau —ce_; fresh water, soft water. _Poisson d’eau —ce_; fresh-water fish. _Senteur —ce_; sweet smell. _Une taille douce_; a copper-plate. _Un billet —_; a love-letter. _Faire les yeux —_; to cast amorous glances. _Il fait bien —_; the weather is very mild. _—ce rêverie_; sweet musing. _Mener une vie —ce_; to lead an easy, agreeable life. _Un — sourire_; a gracious smile. _Il est — comme un agneau_; he is as gentle as a lamb.

=doux=, _adv._, gently; submissively. _Filer —_; to knuckle under; to eat humble pie. _Tout —_; softly, gently.

=douzaine=, _n.f._, dozen. _Une demi —_; half a dozen. _À la —_, _Par —_; by the dozen. _C’est un poète à la —_; he is a sorry poet, a rhyming hack.

=douze=, _adj._, twelve, twelfth. _Les — signes du zodiaque_; the twelve signs of the zodiac. _Charles —_; Charles the twelfth. _C’est le — aujourd’hui_; to-day is the twelfth.

=douze=, _n.m._, twelve, twelfth. _Le — du mois_; the twelfth instant. _Un in-—_; a duodecimo.

=douzième=, _n.m._ and _adj._, twelfth.

=douzièmement=, _adv._, twelfthly, in the twelfth place.

*=douzil=, _n.m._, spigot, peg.

=doxologie=, _n.f._, doxology.

=doyen=, _n.m._, dean; senior, oldest member.

=doyenné= (doa-ié-né), _n.m._, deanship, deanery; dean’s-pear.

=drachme= (drakm), _n.f._, drachma; dram.

=dracocéphale=, _n.m._, (bot.) dragon’s-head.

=draconien=, =-ne= (-in, è-n), _adj._, draconian.

=draconte=, _n.m._, (bot.) dragon’s-wort.

=dragage=, _n.m._, dragging (of a river).

=dragée=, _n.f._, comfit, sugar-plum, sugar-almond; small shot. _—s lissées_; plain sugar-plums. _Grosse —_; buck-shot. _Avaler la —_; to swallow the pill. _Tenir la — haute à quelqu’un_; to keep in suspense; to make a person pay dearly for.

=drageoir= (dra-jo-ar), _n.m._, comfit-dish.

=drageon= (-jon), _n.m._, (bot.) shoot, sucker.

=drageonner= (-jo-né), _v.n._, to put forth shoots _or_ suckers.

=dragme=. _V._ =drachme=.

=dragoman=. _V._ =drogman=.

=dragon=, _n.m._, dragon; vixen; (astron., erpetology) Draco. _— ailé_; flying dragon. _Sa femme est un vrai —_; his wife is a regular termagant _or_ virago. _— de vertu_; great prude.

=dragon=, _n.m._, dragoon.

=dragonnade=, _n.f._, dragonnade.

=dragonne=, _n.f._, sword-knot; violent woman. _À la —_; cavalierly, unceremoniously; with a high hand.

=dragonner=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to dragoon; to worry.

_se_ =dragonner=, _v.r._, (l.u.) to worry oneself.

=dragonnier=, _n.m._, dragon-tree.

=draguage= (-gaj), _n.m._ _V._ =dragage=.

=drague= (drag), _n.f._, dredge, dredger; dredging-machine, dredge-net; grains (of malt).

=draguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to drag, to dredge. _— une ancre_; to sweep the bottom for a lost anchor.

=draguette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, small dredge _or_ drag-net.

=dragueur= (-gheur), _n.m._, dredger.

=drain=, _n.m._, drain, draining-pipe.

=drainage=, _n.m._, drainage.

=draine=, _n.f._, (orni.) missel, missel-thrush.

=drainer=, _v.a._, to drain.

=dramatique=, _adj._, dramatic.

=dramatique=, _n.m._, drama, dramatic style.

=dramatiser=, _v.a._, to dramatize.

=dramatiste=, _n.m.f._, (l.u.) dramatist.

=dramaturge=, _n.m.f._, dramatist. [Often used ironically.]

=drame=, _n.m._, drama.

=drap= (dra), _n.m._, cloth, sheet, pall. _— fin_; superfine cloth, broadcloth. _Gros —_; coarse cloth. _Être dans de beaux —s_; to be in a fine mess or pickle. _— mortuaire_; pall. _Tailler en plein —_; to have abundance of means at command. _Il voudrait avoir le — et l’argent_; he would like to have his cake and eat it.

=drapé=, =-e=, _part._, covered, clothed; hung with black; (bot.) thick, close; woolen. _— à l’antique_; clothed after the antique.

=drapeau=, _n.m._, flag, standard, ensign, streamer, colors; rag. _Se ranger sous les —x de_; to serve under, to espouse the cause of. _Sous les —x_; serving in the army.

=draper=, _v.a._, to cover with cloth; to hang (a carriage) with black; to arrange, to ornament with drapery; (paint., sculpt.) to give drapery to; (fig.) to censure, to reflect on.

_se_ =draper=, _v.r._, to wrap one’s self up; (fig.) to make a show of; to parade; to assume an air of importance.

=draperie= (drap-rî), _n.f._, drapery, woolen cloths; cloth-trade, cloth-making.

=drapi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, draper, woolen-draper, clothier.

=drapière=, _n.f._, packing-pin _or_ skewer.

=drastique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med.) drastic.

=drave=, _n.f._, (bot.) whitlow-grass.

=drawback=, _n.m._, (_—s_) drawback.

=drayage=, _n.m._, fleshing (of hides).

=drayer=, _v.a._, to flesh (hides).

=drayoire=, _n.f._, fleshing-knife.

=drayure=, _n.f._, fleshings (of hides).

=drêche=, _n.f._, malt; malt-grains. _Four à —_; malt-kiln. _Faiseur de —_; maltster.

=drelin=, _n.m._, (_onomatopœia_) tinkling, jingling.

=dressage=, _n.m._, training (of horses).

=dresse=, _n.f._, underlay (of shoes).