Part 74

=fermer=, _v.a._, to shut, to shut up, to fasten, to close, to close up; to encompass; to inclose. _— la porte au nez de quelqu’un_; to shut the door in any one’s face. _— la porte à clef_; to lock the door. _— la porte à double tour_; to double-lock the door. _— la porte au verrou_; to bolt the door. _— un robinet_; to stop a cock. _— la marche_; to bring up the rear. _— de haies_; to hedge in. _— de palissades_; to rail in, fence in. _— de murs_; to wall in. _— les yeux sur quelque chose_; to wink at anything. _— les yeux à la lumière_; to shut one’s eyes to the truth. _— l’oreille aux médisances_; to ignore slander. _— la bouche à quelqu’un_; to stop any one’s mouth. _— boutique_; to shut up shop. _— les yeux à_ or _de quelqu’un_; to close the eyes of any one (in death). _— l’écurie quand les chevaux sont partis_; (prov.) to shut the stable when the steed is out.

_se_ =fermer=, _v.r._, to shut, to shut up, to close, to be closed, to be inclosed, to be encompassed. _Cette plaie se fermera bientôt_; that wound will soon close up.

=fermer=, _v.n._, to shut, to be shut.

=fermeté=, _n.f._, firmness; constancy, steadiness, stability; vigor, resolution.

=fermeture=, _n.f._, closing, shutting; (carp., locksmith) fastening. _À la — des chambres_; at the end of the session (parliament).

=fermeur=, _n.m._, (anat.) closer.

=fermier=, _n.m._, husbandman, farmer; tenant. _— général_; farmer-general (of revenues). _— à bail_; tenant-farmer.

=fermière=, _n.f._, farmer’s wife.

=fermoir=, _n.m._, clasp, snap.

=fermure=, _n.f._ _V._ =fermeture= (nav.).

=féroce=, _adj._, ferocious, fierce, savage. _Bête —_; wild beast.

=férocement=, _adv._, ferociously.

=férocité=, _n.f._, ferocity, fierceness.

*=ferraille=, _n.f._, old iron, scrap iron.

*=ferrailler=, _v.n._, to forge, to hammer; to dabble in fencing; to fence badly; (b.s.) to fight (with swords); to wrangle.

*=ferrailleur=, _n.m._, dealer in old iron; fighter (with a sword); wrangler.

=ferrandinier=, _n.m._, silk-weaver.

=ferrant=, _adj._ _Maréchal —_; farrier; shoe-smith.

=ferré=, =-e=, _part._, shod; metaled; stoned; ferruginous; chalybeate (of water); skilled, versed in, thoroughly up in. _Chemin —_; metaled road. _Eau —e_; chalybeate water. _— à glace_; rough-shod; skilled in. _Voie —e_; railroad.

=ferrement= (fèr-mān), _n.m._, iron tool; ironing; putting the irons on (convicts). _pl._, iron-work, iron fitting.

=ferrer=, _v.a._, to bind, to hoop, with iron. _— une canne_; to put a ferrule on, to tip, a cane. _— un lacet_; to tag a lace. _— un cheval_; to shoe a horse. _— à glace_; to rough-shoe.

=ferret=, _n.m._, tag (of a lace). _Je ne voudrais pas en donner un — d’aiguillette_; I would not give a fig, a rush, for it.

=ferreur=, _n.m._, tagger (of laces).

=ferrière=, _n.f._, tool-bag (of farriers).

=ferrifère=, _adj._, ferriferous.

=ferron=, _n.m._, dealer in bar-iron.

=ferronnerie= (fé-ro-n-ri), _n.f._, iron-store; iron-foundry; ironmongery.

=ferronni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, ironmonger.

=ferronnière=, _n.f._, coronet; lady’s head-dress.

=ferrugineux=, _n.m._, (pharm.) iron, steel.

=ferrugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ferruginous. _Eau —se_; chalybeate water.

=ferrure=, _n.f._, iron-work; iron binding; shoeing (animal); pelt, pelting (of boots).

=fertile=, _adj._, fertile, fruitful, teeming.

=fertilement= (-til-mān), _adv._, fertilely, abundantly, fruitfully, plenteously.

=fertilisable=, _adj._, that can be fertilized.

=fertilisant=, =-e=, _adj._, fertilizing.

=fertilisation=, _n.f._, fertilization.

=fertiliser=, _v.a._, to fertilize, to manure.

=fertilité=, _n.f._, fertility, fruitfulness.

=féru=, =-e=, _part._, smitten; stung to the quick.

=férule=, _n.f._, ferule, rod; stroke, cut; (bot.) ferula, giant-fennel.

=fervemment= (-va-mān), _adv._, fervently.

=fervent=, =-e=, _adj._, fervent.

=ferveur=, _n.f._, fervor, fervency.

=fescennin=, =-e=, _adj._, (antiq.) Fescennine.

=fesse=, _n.f._, buttock, breech, rump, bottom. _—s_; rump, bottom; (nav.) tuck.

=fesse-cahier=, _n.m._, (_—_ or _—-—s_) quill driver; literary hack.

=fessée=, _n.f._, whipping, flogging.

=fesse-mathieu=, _n.m._, (_—-—x_) miser, old hunks, skinflint, close-fist, pinch-fist.

=fesser=, _v.a._, to whip; to flog, to spank. _— le cahier_; to drive the quill, to be a literary hack.

=fesseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whipper, flogger.

=fessier=, _n.m._, breech, bottom; (anat.) gluteal.

=fessi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, (anat.) gluteal.

=fessu=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) large-breeched.

=festin=, _n.m._, feast, banquet, entertainment. _Faire —_, _faire un —_; to feast, to banquet. _Salle de —_; banqueting hall. _Pour tout —_; as only fare.

=festiner=, _v.a._, (jest.) to feast, to entertain.

=festiner=, _v.n._, (jest.) to banquet, to feast, to make merry.

=festival=, _n.m._, festival (musical).

=feston=, _n.m._, festoon; scallop.

=festonner=, _v.a._, to festoon; to scallop.

=festoyer=, _v.a._, to entertain; to feast.

=fête=, _n.f._, holiday, festival; saint’s day; festivity; feast, merry-making. _— carillonnée_; high jinks; great holiday. _— patronale_; patron saint’s day. _Jour de sa —_; one’s saint’s day; one’s birthday. _Un jour de —_; a holiday. _—s mobiles_; moveable feasts. _— légale_; bank holiday. _Troubler la —_; to mar the pleasure (of the company). _Trouble —_; mar- _or_ kill-joy, wet blanket. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to make any one welcome. _Se faire de —_; to intermeddle. _Se faire une — de_, _se faire — de_; to look forward with pleasure to. _Payer sa —_; to keep one’s birthday _or_ saint’s day. _Ce n’est pas tous les jours —_; Christmas comes but once a year.

=fête-dieu=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) Corpus Christi.

=fêter=, _v.a._, to keep holiday, to keep, to celebrate, to observe, as a holiday; to entertain, to feast. _— quelqu’un_; to receive any one with open arms; to make any one very welcome. _C’est un saint qu’on ne fête pas_; he is a person without credit _or_ authority.

=fetfa=, _n.m._, fetwah (decision of a mufti).

=fétiche=, _n.m._, fetich.

=fétichisme=, _n.m._, feticism, fetichism.

=fétide=, _adj._, fetid, rank, offensive.

=fétidité=, _n.f._, fetidness, offensiveness.

=fêtoyer=, _v.a._ _V._ =festoyer=.

=fétu=, _n.m._, straw, wisp; (fig.) pin; rap. _Tirer au court —_; to draw lots, to draw cuts. _Cela ne vaut pas un —_; that is not worth a fig _or_ rap. _Un cogne-—_; a fussy person.

=fétu-en-cul=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =paille-en-queue=.

=fétus=, _n.m._ _V._ =fœtus=.

=feu=, _n.m._, fire, burning, conflagration, combustion; fire-place; chimney; set of fire-irons; family, household, house; light, signal-light, torch-light; brunt (of fire-arms); brilliancy, luster; heat, ardor, flame, passion; vivacity, spirit; animation, mettle; liveliness, sprightliness; (feudalism) hearth; (milit.) firing; (vet.) fire; (theat.) extra pay. _— follet_; ignis fatuus, Jack-o’-lantern, will-o’-the-wisp. _— grisou_; fire-damp. _— de joie_; bonfire. _Mettre le — à une chose_; to set a thing on fire. _Prendre l’air du —_; to warm one’s self. _Se tenir au coin du —_; to keep in the chimney-corner. _Mettre le pot au —_; to set the dinner going. _Couleur de —_; flame-color. _— grégeois_; Greek fire. _— Saint-Elme_; corposant, Castor and Pollux. _— Saint-Antoine_; St. Anthony’s fire. _Il n’a jamais vu le —_; he has never smelt gunpowder. _Mettre tout à — et à sang_; to put everything to fire and sword. _Brûler un homme à petit —_; to kill a man by inches. _C’est le — et l’eau_; they are as opposite as fire and water. _J’en mettrais ma main au —_; I would stake my life upon it. _Il n’y a point de — sans fumée_; there is no smoke without fire. _Se jeter dans le — pour éviter la fumée_; to jump from the frying-pan into the fire. _Il y a tant de —x dans ce village_; there are so many chimneys, so many families, in this village. _Garniture de —_; set of fire-irons. _N’avoir ni — ni lieu_; to have neither house nor home. _Le — dont il brûle_; the flame that consumes him. _Ce vin a trop de —_; that wine is too fiery. _Il prend — aisément_; he takes fire easily. _Il jette — et flamme_; he frets and fumes. _Il a jeté tout son —_; he has spent all his fire. _— bien nourri_, _— bien servi_; (milit.) galling, well-sustained fire. _— rasant_; (milit.) flank fire. _— coulant_; (milit.) running-fire. _Triste —_, _— triste_; dull fire. _— vif_; (milit.) brisk fire. _— d’artifice_; fireworks. _—x de Bengale_; blue-lights. _— de cheminée_; chimney on fire. _— d’enfer_; scorching, scathing fire. _Boîte à —_; coal-box (locomotive). _Bouche à —_; piece of ordnance. _Coffre à —_; (nav.) fire-chest. _Coup de —_; shot; shot-wound. _Fer à donner le —_, _fer à mettre le —_; cauterizing iron. _Lance à —_; match. _À l’épreuve du —_; fire-proof. _Sous le — de_; upon the spur of. _Activer le —_; to stir the fire. _Attiser le —_; to poke the fire. _Cesser le —_; (milit.) to leave off firing _or_ to cease fire. _Condamner au —_; to condemn to the stake. _Crier au —_; to cry fire! _Donner le — à_; (vet.) to sear. _Faire —_; (milit.) to fire. _Faire du —_; to make a fire. _Courir comme au —_; to run after eagerly. _Faire — qui dure_; to husband one’s property; to take care of one’s health. _Faux —_; flash in the pan. _Faire faux —_; to miss fire, to flash in the pan. _Faire long —_; to hang fire; to be protracted; to miscarry. _Faire — des quatre pieds_; to strain every nerve. _Jeter ses premiers —x_; to sow one’s wild oats. _Jeter de l’huile sur le —_; to add fuel to the flame. _Se jeter dans le — pour quelqu’un_, _se mettre au — pour quelqu’un_; to go through fire and water for any one. _Jouer avec le —_; to play with edged tools. _Mettre le — au four_; to heat the oven. _Mettre le — sous le ventre à quelqu’un_; to urge any one to do a thing. _Donner le — trop chaud_, _trop ardent_, _à la viande_; to roast meat before too fierce a fire. _Montrer une chose au —_; to dry anything by the fire; to warm anything through by the fire. _Soutenir le —_; (milit.) to stand fire. _Soutenir un —_; (milit.) to keep up a fire. _Ne voir que du — à quelque chose_; to be dazzled by anything, not to make it out. _Le — a pris à la maison_; the house has caught fire. _Le — lui sort par les yeux_; his eyes flash fire. Feu! (milit.) fire! _Il n’est — que de bois vert_; none are so active as the young. _Il ne faut pas jouer avec le —_; one should not play with edged tools.

=feu=, =-e=, _adj._, late, the late deceased, defunct. _Le — roi_; the late king. _La —e reine_, _— la reine_; the late queen. _— les princes_, _les —s princes_; the late princes.

=feudataire=, _n.m.f._, _adj._, feudatory.

=feudiste=, _n.m._ and _adj._, feodist.

*=feuillage=, _n.m._, foliage, leaves, leafage; (bot.) frond; frondescence.

*=feuillaison=, _n.f._, (bot.) foliation.

*=feuillant=, _n.m._, feuillant, monk.

*=feuillantine=, _n.f._, feuillantine (nun); (cook.) a kind of puff-paste.

=feuillard=, _n.m._, hoop-wood.

*=feuille=, _n.f._, leaf; sheet (of paper, metal); paper, newspaper, journal; foil (of mirrors); way-bill (of public coaches, etc.); list; veneer (cabinet-making). _pl._, (arch.) foils; foliation; feathering. _L’aisselle d’une —_; the axil of a leaf. _Trembler comme la —_; to shake like an aspen-leaf. _Vin de deux —s_; wine two years old. _— de papier_; sheet of paper. _— volante_; loose sheet; flying sheet. _— de décharge_, _— de rebut_; (print.) waste-sheet. _— à plaquer_; veneer. _— morte_; sere leaf. _— hebdomadaire_; weekly paper. _— quotidienne_; daily newspaper. _— de route_; way-bill; (milit.) route of the road.

*=feuillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) leafy; (bot.) foliate.

*=feuillé=, _n.m._, (paint.) foliage, leafage.

*=feuillée=, _n.f._, bower, green arbor, foliage.

*=feuille-morte=, _n.m._, feuillemort.

*=feuille-morte=, _adj. invariable_, feuillemort (of a yellow brown color).

*=feuiller=, _v.n._, to come into leaf; (paint.) to paint the foliage of a picture.

*=feuilleret=, _n.m._, fillister, fillister-plane.

*=feuillet=, _n.m._, leaf (two pages of a book); (com.) folio; (mam.) fech; (min.) thin plate; (bot.) gill, gills. _— à poing_; hand-saw. _Tournez le —_; turn over the leaf. _— refait_; (print.) cancel. _Faire une corne à un —_; to turn down a leaf.

*=feuilletage= (feu-î-taj), _n.m._, puff-paste, flaky paste.

*=feuilleté=, =-e=, _part._, (min.) foliated. _Gâteau —_; flaky-puff; buttered-roll.

*=feuilleter= (feu-i-té), _v.a._, to turn over, to peruse, to run over; to thumb.

*_se_ =feuilleter=, _v.r._, (min.) to split into thin plates; to be thumbed (of books).

*=feuilletis=, _n.m._, the cutting edge (of diamonds).

*=feuilleton= (feu-i-ton), _n.m._, feuilleton (the bottom part of journals devoted to literary articles, critiques, etc.); fly-sheet; (parl.) list (of petitions).

*=feuilletoniste=, _n.m.f._, writer of feuilletons.

*=feuillette=, _n.f._, quarter-cask.

*=feuillu=, =-e=, _adj._, leafy; (bot.) folious.

*=feuillure=, _n.f._, (carp.) cheek (of a door), rabbet.

=feurre=, _n.m._, straw (for chair bottoms).

=feutier=, _n.m._, fire-attendant.

=feutrabilité=, _n.f._, felting quality.

=feutrage=, _n.m._, felting.

=feutre=, _n.m._, felt; hat; tile; (saddlery) packing.

=feutrer=, _v.a._, to felt; to pad; to pack.

=feutrier=, _n.m._, felt-maker.

=feutrière=, _n.f._, felt-cloth.

=fève=, _n.f._, bean; broad bean; berry; chrysalis (of silk-worms); (vet.) lampas. _—s de haricot_; kidney-beans. _—s de marais_; broad beans. _— de Tonka_; Tonquin bean. _Roi de la —_; twelfth-night king. _Rendre — pour pois_; to give tit for tat. _Donner un pois pour avoir une —_; to give a sprat to catch a herring. _Trouver la — au gâteau_; to hit the mark; to make a lucky discovery.

=féverole= (fèv-rol), _n.f._, horse-bean; dried kidney-bean; bean.

=févier=, _n.m._, (bot.) three-horned acacia, honey-locust, etc., genus gleditchia.

=février=, _n.m._, February.

=fez=, _n.m._, (_—_) fez (worn by Turks).

=fi!= _int._, fie! fie. _— donc_; fie! for shame. _Faire — d’une chose_; to turn up one’s nose at anything.

=fiacre=, _n.m._, hackney-coach; cab. _Place de —s_; cab-stand. _Cocher de —_; cabman.

*=fiançailles=, _n.f.pl._, betrothal, engagement.

=fiancé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, betrothed.

=fiancer=, _v.a._, to betroth, to affiance. _Se —_; to become engaged.

=fibre=, _n.f._, fiber, filament; (fig.) feeling.

=fibreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fibrous, fibrose; stringy.

*=fibrille=, _n.f._, (anat.) fibril.

*=fibrilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, fibrillous.

=fibrine=, _n.f._, (chem.) fibrine.

=fic=, _n.m._, (med.) ficus; tumor.

=ficelé=, =-e=, _part._, tied, tied up; (pop.) dressed; dressed out. _Comme le voilà —!_ what a guy he looks!

=ficeler= (fi-slé), _v.a._, to bind, to tie, with string; to do up, to dress up. _— de fil de fer_; to wire.

=ficeleur=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, packer.

=ficelier=, _n.m._, reel, roller (for string).

=ficelle=, _n.f._, pack-thread, twine, string; dodge; stage-trick. _Montrer la —_; to betray the secret motive.

=fichant=, =-e=, _adj._, (fort.) darting. _Feu —_; darting, plunging fire; (fig.) annoying.

=fiche=, _n.f._, hook, peg, pin (for a hinge); fish (at cards). _— de consolation_; small compensation; sop.

=fiché=, =-e=, _part._, driven in; (her.) fitchee. _Aller se faire —_; to go and be hanged. _Envoyer faire —_; to send to the deuce.

=ficher=, _v.a._, (_past part._, fiché, fichu), to drive in, to thrust in, to fasten in; (mas.) to pin up; (pop.) to give in a rude manner; to throw aside. _— un clou_; to drive in a nail. (fam.) _— le_, or _son_, _camp_; to decamp, to run away; to be off. _Je vous en fiche!_ Is it though! Would you though!

_se_ =ficher=, _v.r._, (pop.) to throw one’s self down, on, etc.; to laugh at, to make game of.

=ficheron=, _n.m._, iron-pin.

=fichet=, _n.m._, ivory peg (to mark with).

=fichoir=, _n.m._, peg, clothes-peg.

=fichtre!= _int._, (pop.) the deuce! the devil; hang it! confound it!

=fichu=, _n.m._, neckerchief. _Corps de —_; habit-shirt.

=fichu=, =-e=, _part._, (pop.) pitiful; deuced; done for; thrown aside; dressed, got up. _Comme le voilà —!_ what a guy he looks!

=fichure=, _n.f._, harpoon.

=ficiforme=, _adj._, fig-shaped.

=ficoïde=, _n.f._, (bot.) ice-plant.

☉=fictice=, _adj._ _V._ =fictif=.

=ficti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, supposed, fictitious, imaginary.

=fiction=, _n.f._, fiction, figment, fabrication; fable.

=fictionnaire=, _adj._, fictitious, founded on fiction.

=fictivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, fictitiously.

=fidéicommis=, _n.m._, (jur.) trust.

=fidéicommissaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) trustee.

=fidéjusseur=, _n.m._, (jur.) surety; guarantor.

=fidéjussion=, _n.f._ _V._ =cautionnement=.

=fidèle=, _adj._, loyal, true, trusty, faithful, exact, accurate, safe, sure. _Traducteur —_; correct _or_ accurate translator. _Copie —_; exact copy. _Mémoire —_; retentive _or_ good memory.

=fidèle=, _n.m.f._, faithful friend. _pl._, (rel.) believers; worshipers; congregation.

=fidèlement= (fi-dèl-mān), _adv._, faithfully, truly, loyally, trustily; accurately, exactly.

=fidélité=, _n.f._, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty, fealty; secrecy; exactness, accuracy; retentiveness (of the memory); (jur.) allegiance. _— éprouvée_; tried fidelity. _Prêter serment de —_; to take an oath of fidelity.

=fiduciaire=, _n.m._, (jur.) fiduciary. _Circulation —_; paper currency. _Monnaie —_; paper-money.

=fiduciaire=, _adj._, (jur.) in trust.

=fief= (fièf), _n.m._, fee, fief. _Franc —_; freehold.

=fieffé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., pop.) arrant, downright, regular. _Fripon —_; arrant knave.

=fieffer=, _v.a._, to enfeoff, to invest with a fee.

=fiel=, _n.m._, gall; hatred, bitterness, rancor, spleen. _Vésicule du —_; gall-bladder. _Amer comme —_; as bitter as gall. _Un homme plein de —_; a man full of malice. _Il a vomi tout son —_; he has vented all his spleen.

=fiente=, _n.f._, dung. _Appliquer un banc de —_; (manu.) to dung.

=fienter=, _v.a._, to dung.

=fier=, _v.a._, to trust, intrust.

_se_ =fier= (=à=), _v.r._, to trust to; to rely, to depend upon; to put one’s trust in. _Je me fie à vous_; I trust to you. _Je me fie sur vous_; I depend on you. _Fiez-vous-y_; (iron.) do not trust to that. _Bien fou qui s’y fie_; more fool he who relies upon it.

=fi-er= (fi-èr), =-ère=, _adj._, proud, high-spirited, haughty, stout, bold; (her.) fierce, extreme, remarkable; famous, fine, capital. _Il est — comme Artaban_; he is as proud as Lucifer. _J’ai fait un — déjeuner_ or _dîner_; I have had a capital breakfast, dinner; I have dined like a lord.

=fier-à-bras=, _n.m._, (_—_) bully, hector, braggart.

=fièrement= (fièr-mān), _adv._, proudly, arrogantly, haughtily, soundly, stoutly, boldly; (pop.) preciously, finely, famously.

=fierté=, _n.f._, pride, haughtiness, arrogance; boldness, dignity. _Rabaisser_, _rabattre_, _la — de quelqu’un_; to bring down, to humble, any one’s pride.

=fièvre=, _n.f._, fever, feverishness, ague, restlessness, excitement; heat. _pl._, (med.) ague. _— ardente_; burning fever. _— d’hôpital_; typhus fever; gaol fever. _— hectique_; hectic fever. _— intermittente_; intermittent fever, ague. _— lente_; low fever; hectic. _— de lait_; milk fever. _— tierce_; tertian fever. _— tremblante_; ague. _— de cheval_; violent fever. _Accès de —_; fit of fever; fit of the ague. _Trembler la —_; to shake with fever. _Sortir de —_; to recover from a fever. _Donner la —_; to put in a fever. _Tomber de — en chaud mal_; to fall from the frying-pan into the fire. _Que la — le serre!_ plague take him! plague on him! _Avoir la —_; to be feverish.

=fiévreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, feverish; liable to fever; full of fever; restless.

=fiévreux=, _n.m._, fever-patient. _Salle des —_; fever-ward.

=fiévrotte=, _n.f._, slight fever.

=fifre=, _n.m._, fife; fifer.

=fifrer=, _v.n._, to fife.

=figaro=, _n.m._, barber; go-between, knavish valet.

=figement= (fij-mān), _n.m._, congealing, congealment, coagulation, curdling.

=figer=, _v.a._, to congeal, to coagulate, to curdle, to curd.

_se_ =figer=, _v.r._, to congeal, to coagulate, to curdle, to curd.

=figue= (fig), _n.f._, (bot.) fig. _Moitié —, moitié raisin_; so so; not quite the thing; half well, half ill. _Faire la — à_; to despise, to treat with contumely; to brave, to defy.

=figuerie= (fi-grî), _n.f._, fig-ground.

=figuier= (fi-ghié), _n.m._, fig-tree; (orni.) fig-eater. _— d’Adam_, _— des banians_; (bot.) banian, banian-tree. _— d’Inde_; opuntia, Indian fig-tree.

☉=figuline=, _n.f._, pot, vase (of earthenware).

=figurabilité=, _n.f._, figurability.

=figurant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (theat.) figurant (dancer), supernumerary, super.

=figurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, figurative, typical.

=figurative=, _n.f._, (Grec. gram.) characteristic.

=figurativement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, figuratively.

=figure=, _n.f._, figure, form, shape; countenance, face, appearance, show; court-card, diagram; representation; symbol, type; (mus.) figured passage. _Faire —_; to make, to cut, a figure. _À la —_; to one’s face, in one’s teeth. _Être bien de —_; to be good-looking. _Être mal de —_; to be ill-looking.

=figuré=, _n.m._, (gram.) figurative sense.

=figuré=, =-e=, _part._, figured; figurative; (mus.) figured; (math.) figural. _Sens —_; figurative meaning.

=figurément=, _adv._, figuratively.

=figurer=, _v.a._, to figure, to represent, to typify.

_se_ =figurer=, _v.r._, to imagine, to fancy, to picture to one’s self. _Figurez-vous que_; would you believe that. _Se figure-t-il que...?_ does he imagine for a moment that...?

=figurer=, _v.n._, to look well, to match, to suit; to make, to cut, a figure; to flourish, to dance in figures; (theat.) to be a supernumerary.

=figurine=, _n.f._, (paint.) little figure, miniature figure; postage stamp.

=figuriste=, _n.m._, figurist.

=fil=, _n.m._, thread, wire; yarn; edge; grain; chain, string, series; crack, flaw (in marble, stone); stream, current (of water). _— de caret_; rope-yarn. _— retors_; twine. _— à voile_; sail-twine. _— d’emballage_; pack-thread. _— à plomb_; plumb-line, plumb-rule. _— de la bonne Vierge_; air-thread, gossamer. _— d’archal_, _— de fer_; iron wire. _— de laiton_; brass wire. _— d’Ecosse_; cotton. _Le — d’une épée_; the edge of a sword. _— d’Ariane_; Ariadne’s thread; clew. _Grillage en — métallique_; wire-work. _À — fin_; fine-grained (of wood). _A gros —_; coarse-grained. _Aller de — en aiguille_; to go from point to point; minutely. _Aller contre le —_; to go against the stream; to go against the grain. _Aller de droit —_; to go straightforwardly. _Avoir du — à retordre_; to have work cut out for one. _Donner du — à retordre à quelqu’un_; to give no end of trouble to any one, to annoy any one. _Donner le — à_; to whet, to sharpen, to put an edge on. _Faire un —_; to spin a yarn. _Mettre_, _passer_, _au fil de l’épée_; to put to the edge of the sword. _Oter le — de_; to take the edge off. _Suivre le — de l’eau_ or _du courant_; to go with the stream. _Ne tenir qu’à un —_; to hang upon a thread. _A toile ourdie Dieu envoie le —_; make a beginning; God will provide for the ending. _Finesses cousues de — blanc_; tricks easily found out.

=filage=, _n.m._, spinning; (bot.) cotton-rose; cud-weed.

=filagramme=. _V._ =filigrane=.

=filaire=, _n.f._, (ent.) filaria.

=filament=, _n.m._, filament, thread; fiber.

=filamenteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, thready, stringy.

=filandière=, _n.f._, spinster, spinner. _Les sœurs —s_; the fates, the fatal sisters.

=filandres=, _n.f.pl._, gossamer, air-threads; strings (of leguminous plants).

=filandreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, stringy, thready.

=filant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing, ropy; (of stars) shooting.

=filasse=, _n.f._, harl, tow (of flax, hemp).

=filassi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, flax-dresser.

=filateur=, _n.m._, mill-owner; spinner.

=filatrice=, _n.f._, (tech.) silk-winder (pers.).

=filature=, _n.f._, spinning; spinning-mill; rope-walk.

=file=, _n.f._, row, rank, file. _Ranger par —_; to draw up in file. _Chef de —_; front-rank man. _Par — à droite_, _à gauche_! right _or_ left wheel! _À la —_; one after another.

=filé=, _n.m._, thread (of gold or silver).