Heath's French and English dictionary

Part 81

Chapter 812,802 wordsPublic domain

=genévrette=, _n.f._, juniper wine.

=genévrier=, _n.m._, juniper-tree.

=géniculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) geniculated.

=génie=, _n.m._, genius; spirit; nature; bent, talent; (milit.) engineers. _Suivre son —_; to follow the bent of one’s genius. _Le — d’une langue_; the genius of a language. _Le corps du —_; (milit.) the engineers. _Soldat du —_; sapper and miner. _Garde du —_; barrack-master.

=genièvre=, _n.m._, juniper-berry; juniper-tree; gin.

=génisse=, _n.f._, heifer.

=génital=, =-e=, _adj._, genital.

=géniteur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) generator.

=génitif=, _n.m._, (gram.) genitive. _Au —_; in the genitive case.

☉=géniture=, _n.f._, (jest.) offspring.

=génois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Genoese.

=genope=, _n.f._, (nav.) seizing, lashing, belaying.

=genoper=, _v.a._, (nav.) to seize, to lash, to belay.

=genou=, _n.m._, knee; (nav.) lower futtock; (mec.) bail and socket. _pl._, lap. _Être à —x_; to be on one’s knees. _Se mettre à —x_; to kneel. _Tenir un enfant sur ses —x_; to hold a child on one’s lap. _Fléchir le —_; to bend the knee. _Tomber aux —x de quelqu’un_; to fall at any one’s feet. _— de la rame_; arm of an oar.

*=genouillère=, _n.f._, knee-piece (of armor); top (of a boot); knee-cap; pulley-piece.

=génovéfain=, _n.m._, canon of St. Geneviève.

=genre=, _n.m._, genus; species; kind, sort; fashion, taste; style, manner; course, line; airs, affectation, mannerism, attitudinizing; gender; (paint.) genre. _Le — humain_; mankind. _Un — de vie_; a course of life. _Il a un — qui lui est propre_; he has a style peculiar to himself. _Le — tragique_; tragedy. _Le — comique_; comedy. _De bon —_; gentlemanly, ladylike. _De mauvais —_; ungentlemanly, unladylike.

=gens= (jān), _n.m._, people, persons, folk, men, hands; domestics, servants, attendants. _Ce sont des — fort dangereux_, _de fort dangereuses —_; they are very dangerous people. _Des — fins_, _de fines —_; cunning folk. _Tous les — de bien_; all honest people. _Tous les habiles —_; all clever people. _Toutes les vieilles —_; all old people. _Les petites —_; humble people. _— de lettres_; men of letters. _— de guerre_; soldiers. _— d’église_; churchmen. _— d’affaires_; men of business. _Le droit des —_; the law of nations. _Il y a — et —_; there are people of all sorts. _Les vieilles — sont prudents_; old people are prudent. _À — de village trompette de bois_; rough tools for rough work. [_Gens_ requires all adjectives that follow it to be in the _masculine_, and all those that precede it to be in the _feminine_. The masculine, however, is used before _gens_, when the word _tous_ alone precedes it, or when _tous_ is accompanied by an adjective having the same termination for both genders. When _gens_ more particularly refers to men, as in the expressions, _gens de lettres_, _gens de loi_, etc., the adjectives that precede _gens_ are also put in the masculine.]

=gent=, _n.f._, (jest.) nation, people, race, tribe. _La — marécageuse_; the marshy tribe.

=gentiane=, _n.f._, (bot.) gentian.

=gentianelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) gentianella.

=gentil= (-ti), _n._ and _adj._ _m._, Gentile.

=gentil=, =-le=, _adj._, pretty, nice, amiable; graceful, pleasing; (iron.) ridiculous, pretty, fine. _Un — métier!_ a fine occupation, indeed! _Un — enfant_; a pretty, amiable child.

=gentil=, _n.m._, =-le=, _n.f._, pretty person. _Faire le —_; to affect graceful manners.

*=gentilhomme= (-ti-iom), _n.m._, (_gentilshommes_) (-ti-zom), nobleman, gentleman. _— à lièvre_; poor country squire.

*=gentilhommerie= (-ti-io-mrî), _n.f._, nobility, gentry, gentility.

*=gentilhommière= (-ti-io-mièr), _n.f._, small country-seat.

=gentilité=, _n.f._, or =gentilisme=, _n.m._, Gentile nations; heathenism.

*=gentillâtre=, _n.m._, lordling; squireen.

*=gentillesse=, _n.f._, prettiness, gracefulness; pretty thing, pretty thought; (b.s.) pretty trick; fine trick. _Voilà de vos —s_; these are some of your fine tricks.

=gentillet=, =-te=, _adj._, rather nice; rather pretty.

=gentiment=, _adv._, prettily, gracefully; (iron.) nicely, like a good boy or girl.

=génuflexion=, _n.f._, genuflexion, kneeling.

=géocentrique=, _adj._, (astron.) geocentric.

=géodésie=, _n.f._, geodesy.

=géodésique=, _adj._, geodesical.

=géognosie=, _n.f._, geognosy.

=géognostique=, _adj._, geognostic.

=géogonie=, _n.f._, geogony.

=géogonique=, _adj._, geogonic.

=géographe=, _n.m._, geographer. _Ingénieur-—_; (_—s-—s_) geographical engineer.

=géographie=, _n.f._, geography. _Cartes de —_; (geographical) maps.

=géographique=, _adj._, geographical.

=géographiquement=, _adv._, geographically.

=geôlage= (jô-), _n.m._, gaol fee.

=geôle= (jôl), _n.f._, gaol, jail, prison.

=geôlier= (jô-lié), _n.m._, gaoler, jailer.

=geôlière=, _n.f._, gaoler’s wife.

=géologie=, _n.f._, geology.

=géologique=, _adj._, geological.

=géologue= (-log), _n.m._, geologist.

=géomance= _or_ =géomancie=, _n.f._, geomancy.

=géomancien= (-ci-in), _n.m._, geomancer.

=géométral=, =-e=, _adj._, geometrical. _Plan —_; ground-plan.

=géométralement= (-tral-mān), _adv._, geometrically.

=géomètre=, _n.m._, geometrician, geometer.

=géométrie=, _n.f._, geometry.

=géométrique=, _adj._, geometrical.

=géométriquement= (-trik-mān), _adv._, geometrically.

=géoponique=, _adj._, geoponic.

=géorama=, _n.m._, georama.

=géorgien=, =-ne=, _n._ and _adj._, Georgian.

=géorgique=, _adj._, Georgic.

=géorgiques=, _n.f.pl._, Vergil’s Georgics.

=géoscopie=, _n.f._, geoscopy.

=gérance=, _n.f._, management; managership; editorship.

=géranium= (-om), _n.m._, (bot.) geranium.

=gérant=, _n.m._, manager, conductor; (com.) principal; responsible editor. _— à bord_; (nav.) ship’s husband.

=gerbe=, _n.f._, sheaf; bundle, lot.

=gerbée=, _n.f._, bundle of straw (unthrashed).

=gerber=, _v.a._, to make up, to bind into sheaves. _— des tonneaux_; to pile casks upon each other.

=gerbier=, _n.m._, corn-stack.

=gerbière=, _n.f._, harvest-wagon.

=gerbillon=, _n.m._, small sheaf.

=gerboise=, _n.f._, (mam.) jumping mouse.

=gerce=, _n.f._, (ent.) (pop.) tinea, clothes-moth; chap, crack.

=gercer=, _v.a._, to chap; to crack. _Le froid gerce les lèvres_; cold weather chaps the lips.

_se_ =gercer=, _v.r._, to chap, to crack.

=gercer=, _v.n._, to chap, to crack.

=gerçure=, _n.f._, chap; crack; chink, cleft.

=gérer=, _v.a._, to manage, to administer, to conduct.

=gerfaut=, _n.m._, (orni.) gerfalcon.

=germain=, =-e=, _adj._, german, first. _Cousin —_, _cousine —e_; cousin-german, first-cousin. _Issu de —_; second-cousin. _Il a le — sur moi_; he is cousin-german to my father, to my mother.

=germain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) brother, sister (of the whole blood).

=germain=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, German (native of ancient Germany).

=germandrée=, _n.f._, (bot.) germander.

=germanique=, _adj._, Germanic.

=germanisme=, _n.m._, germanism.

=germe=, _n.m._, germ; bud; seed; sprout, shoot; (bot.) ovarium. _Pousser des —s_; to sprout.

=germer=, _v.n._, to shoot, to spring up, to sprout, to bud. _Le blé commence à —_; the corn is beginning to spring up.

=germinal=, =-e=, _adj._, germinal.

=germinal=, _n.m._, Germinal, the seventh month of the calendar of the first French republic, from March 21st to April 19th.

=germinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, germinal.

=germination=, _n.f._, (bot.) germination.

=germoir=, _n.m._, malt-house.

=géroflier=, _n.m._, clove-tree.

=gérondif=, _n.m._, (gram.) gerund.

=géronte=, _n.m._, (_—s_) silly old man, old dotard.

=gerzeau=, _n.m._, (bot.) (pop.) fennel-flower.

=gésier=, _n.m._, gizzard; pannel (of a hawk).

☉=gésir=, _v.n._, to lie. _Ci-gît_; here lies. _C’est là que gît le lièvre_; there’s the rub; that’s the main point.

=gesse=, _n.f._, (bot.) vetch.

=gestation=, _n.f._, gestation.

=gestatoire=, _adj._, gestatory. _Chaise —_; Pope’s sedan chair.

=geste=, _n.m._, gesture; action; movement, sign. _Faire des —s_; to gesticulate.

=geste=, _n.f._, (old French literature). _Chanson de —_; heroic poem.

☉=gestes=, _n.m.pl._, great deeds, heroic achievements, exploits.

=gesticulat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, gesticulator.

=gesticulation=, _n.f._, gesticulation.

=gesticuler=, _v.n._, to gesticulate.

=gestion=, _n.f._, management, administration, conduct.

=geyser=, _n.m._, (_—s_) geyser.

=giaour=, _n.m._, (_—s_) giaour.

=gibbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, gibbous, convex.

=gibbon=, _n.m._, (mam.) gibbon, ape.

=gibbosité=, _n.f._, gibbosity, gibbousness, hunch.

=gibecière= (ji-bsièr), _n.f._, game-bag; pouch, bag, poke; juggler’s pocket. _Tours de —_; leger-de-main, or sleight of hand tricks.

=gibelet=, _n.m._, gimlet, borer. _Il a un coup de —_; he is cracked.

=gibelin=, _n.m._, (Italian hist.) Ghibelline.

=gibelotte=, _n.f._, (cook.) rabbit-stew.

=giberne=, _n.f._, cartridge-box.

=gibet=, _n.m._, gibbet, gallows.

=gibier=, _n.m._, game. _— à plume_; feathered game. _Gros —_; forest game. _Menu —_; small game. _— dérobé_; poached game. _— de galère_, _— de potence_, _— de grève_; Newgate-bird, jail-bird, gallows-bird, gallows-swinger. _Pièce de —_; head of game. _Ce n’est pas là votre —_; that is no affair of yours. _Ce n’est pas de son —_; that is not his fancy; that is beyond his capacity.

=giboulée=, _n.f._, shower, hail-shower. _— de mars_; April shower.

=giboyer=, _v.n._, to go out shooting; to hunt, to shoot; to poach.

=giboyeur=, _n.m._, fowler, sportsman; dealer in game.

=giboyeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, full of game.

=gibus=, _n.m._, crush-hat; opera-hat, top-hat.

=gifle=, _n.f._, slap in the face; box on the ear.

=gifler=, _v.a._, to slap in the face; to box the ears of.

=gigantesque=, _adj._, gigantic, colossal.

=gigogne=, _n.f._ _Mère —_; woman with many children. _La mère —_; the old woman who lived “in a shoe.”

=gigot=, _n.m._, leg of mutton. _pl._, (man.) hind legs of a horse; legs, shanks (of persons). _Étendre ses —s_; to stretch one’s legs. _Des manches à —_; leg of mutton sleeves.

=gigotté=, =-e=, _adj._, strong-limbed.

=gigotter=, _v.n._, to kick about; (fig.) to fidget, to dance, to cut capers.

=gigue= (jig), _n.f._, shank; jig.

=gilet=, _n.m._, waistcoat, vest. _— de flanelle_; flannel waistcoat. _— d’armes_; fencing-jacket. _— de force_; strait-jacket. _— de sauvetage_; life-jacket. _Donner un — à_; (fencing) to beat outright.

=gileti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, waistcoat maker.

=gille=, _n.m._, clown, ninny, simpleton; large fishing-net. _Faire —_; to run away, to become bankrupt.

=gimblette=, _n.f._, ring-biscuit, jam-roll.

=gingas=, _n.m._, ticking, tick.

=gingembre=, _n.m._, (bot.) ginger.

=gingeolier=, _n.m._, (bot.) lote, jujube-tree.

=ginglyme=, _n.m._, hinge, joint; (anat.) hinge-joint.

=ginguet=, =-te= (-ghè, -ghèt), _adj._, weak, sorry, worthless, short, scanty. _Habit —_; scanty coat. _Esprit_, _style —_; frivolous mind, frivolous style.

=ginguet=, _n.m._, weak _or_ thin wine, bad wine.

=ginseng=, _n.m._, (pharm.) ginseng.

=gipsy=, _n.m.f._, (_gipsies_) gipsy.

=girafe=, _n.f._, (mam.) giraffe, camelopard.

=girande=, _n.f._, girande (cluster of water-jets); bouquet (fireworks).

=girandole=, _n.f._, girandole, branched candle-stick; (of gems) sprig; (fireworks) girandole; (bot.) whorl.

=girasol=, _n.m._, (min.) girasol.

=giration=, _n.f._, gyration.

=giratoire=, _adj._, gyral, gyratory.

=giraumon= _or_ =giraumont=, _n.m._, (bot.) pumpkin.

=girofle=, _n.m._, (bot.) clove. _Un clou de —_; a clove. _Griffe de —_; clove-stalk.

=giroflée=, _n.f._, gilliflower, stock. _— jaune_; wallflower. _Une — à cinq feuilles_; (pop.) slap in the face.

=giroflée=, _adj._, of clove. _Cannelle —_; (com.) clove-bark.

=giroflier=, _n.m._, (bot.) clove-tree.

=girolle=, _n.f._, edible agaric.

=giron=, _n.m._, lap; (arch.) tread (of a step); (her.) gyron. _Le — de l’église_; the bosom, pale, of the Church.

=gironde=, _n.f._, (French hist.) Girondist party.

=girondin=, _n.m._, (French hist.) Girondist.

=gironné=, _adj._, rounded; (her.) gyronny.

=girouette=, _n.f._, weathercock, vane. _— à fumée_; smoke-disperser. _Fer de —_; spindle of a vane. _C’est une —_; he is a mere weathercock, a mere time-server.

=gisant=, =-e=, _adj._, lying (ill, dead); stretched. _Meule —e_; bed, nether millstone.

=gisement= (jiz-mān), _n.m._, (nav.) bearing; (min.) layer, bed. _—s houillers_; coal-measures.

=gisent=, _third person pl. present indicative of old verb gésir_; lie, are lying.

=gît=, _third person sing. present indicative of old verb gésir_; lies (sick, dead). _Son cadavre — sur la terre_; his body lies on the ground. _Ci —_; here lies.

=gitan-o=, _n.m._, =-a=, _n.f._, (_—s_) Spanish gipsy.

=gîte=, _n.m._, home, lodging-place, refuge, shelter; lodging, resting-place, quarters; nether millstone; form, seat (of hares); (mining) layer, stratum, bed, deposit. _Un lièvre va toujours mourir au —_; a person likes to come home to die. _Dernier —_; long home; (of beef) round. _— à la noix_; silver-side.

=gîter=, _v.a._, to lodge, to house, to put up, to shelter.

_se_ =gîter=, _v.r._, to lodge, to sleep; to shelter one’s self, to take up one’s abode.

=givre=, _n.m._, hoar-frost, rime.

=givre=, _n.f._, (her.) serpent; wyvern.

=givré=, =-e=, _adj._, rimy, white with frost.

=glabre=, _adj._, (bot.) glabrous, smooth, without down.

=glaçage=, _n.m._, (tech.) frosting, glazing.

=glaçant=, =-e=, _adj._, freezing; icy, chilling.

=glace=, _n.f._, ice; glass, plate-glass; looking-glass; (carriage) window; flaw (in a diamond); frost-work. _Banc de —_; field of ice. _Clarté de la —_; ice-blink. _Montagne de —_; iceberg. _Froid comme —_; as cold as ice. _Mettre du vin à la —_ or _frapper de —_; to ice wine. _Champagne frappé de —_; iced champagne. _Boire à la —_; to drink iced water. _Rompre la —_; to break the ice. _Prendre une —_; to take an ice. _Baisser les —s_; to lower the windows (of a carriage).

=glacé=, =-e=, _part._, frozen, frosted, iced; freezing, nipping, biting, icy; chilling, cold, icy-cold, clay-cold; (of stuffs) shot, shot-colored.

=glacée=, _n.f._, (bot.) ice-plant. _V._ =glaciale=.

=glacer=, _v.a._, to freeze, to ice; to freeze up, to congeal, to chill; to strike, to overpower, to paralyze; to glaze; to frost; to hide the seams (of a garment). _Ce récit nous glaça d’horreur_; this story struck us dumb with horror. _— des confitures_; to ice sweetmeats. _— de la viande_; to glaze meat. _— une doublure_; to stitch down a lining. _— la soie_; (dy.) to alum silk.

_se_ =glacer=, _v.r._, to freeze, to chill; to become weak, to grow feeble.

=glacer=, _v.n._, to freeze.

=glacerie=, _n.f._, ice-making; ice manufactory; looking-glass manufactory; coffee-house.

=glaceu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, glazer.

=glaceu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, having flaws, flawy (of gems).

=glaciaire=, _adj._, (geol.) of glaciers, glacial. _Période —_; ice period.

=glacial=, =-e=, _adj._, frozen, glacial, icy, frigid. _Air —_; nipping air. _Vent —_; biting wind. _Mine —e_; frigid countenance. _Mer —e_, _océan —_; (geog.) Frozen Sea, Arctic Ocean.

=glaciale=, _n.f._, (bot.) ice-plant.

=glacier=, _n.m._, glacier; field of ice; coffee-house keeper; dealer in ice; confectioner.

=glacière=, _n.f._, ice-house; freezing-machine; field of ice.

=glacis=, _n.m._, (paint.) glazing; (fort.) glacis; (arch.) slope, sloping bank, weathering; (needlework) serging.

=glaçon=, _n.m._, icicle, piece of ice, floe. _Petit —_; icicle.

=glaçure=, _n.f._, glazing.

=gladiateur=, _n.m._, gladiator.

=glaïeul=, _n.m._, (bot.) gladiole, sword-grass, corn-flag, iris. _— puant_; spurgewort, stinking gladwin. _— des marais_; gladwin iris.

=glaire=, _n.f._, glair, white of egg.

=glairer=, _v.a._, to glair.

=glaireu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, glairy.

=glaise=, _n.f._, clay; potter’s earth.

=glaise=, _adj._, loamy, clayey. _Terre —_; loam, clay.

=glaiser=, _v.a._, to loam, to marl. _— des terres_; to marl land.

=glaiseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, clayey, marly, loamy.

=glaisière=, _n.f._, marl-pit, clay-pit.

=glaive=, _n.m._, sword; blade, steel. _Puissance du —_; power of the sword; power of life and death.

=glanage=, _n.m._, gleaning.

=gland=, _n.m._, acorn; tassel; (anat.) glans. _— de mer_; (conch.) acorn-barnacle, acorn-shell. _— de terre_; (bot.) earth-nut.

=glande=, _n.f._, (anat.) gland; kernel. _Endurcissement des —s_; scirrhosity. _— lymphatique_; lymphatic gland.

=glandé=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) glandered; (her.) acorned.

=glandée=, _n.f._, pannage (duty); crop of acorns.

=glandulaire=, _adj._ _V._ =glanduleux=.

=glandule=, _n.f._, (anat.) glandule.

=glanduleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, glandulous, glandular.

=glandulifère=, _adj._, (anat.) glanduliferous.

=glane=, _n.f._, gleaning. _Faire —_; to glean. _— d’oignons_; rope of onions. _— de poires_; bunch of pears; (of straw) wisp.

=glaner=, _v.a._ and _n._, to glean.

=glaneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gleaner.

=glanure=, _n.f._, gleanings.

=glapir=, _v.n._, to yelp (of puppies and foxes); to screech, to scream, to squeak (of persons).

=glapissant=, =-e=, _adj._, (of puppies and foxes) yelping; shrill; screeching, screaming, squeaking.

=glapissement= (-pis-mān), _n.m._, yelping; screeching, scream, squeaking.

=glas=, _n.m._, knell; passing-bell, tolling. _— funèbre_; funeral-knell, death-bell. _Sonner le —_; to ring the knell, to toll the knell.

=glaucome=, _n.m._, (med.) glaucoma.

=glauque=, _adj._, glaucous.

=glèbe=, _n.f._, glebe, ground, land, earth, soil. _Être attaché à la —_; to be bound to the soil.

=gléchome= (-kom), _n.m._, ground-ivy.

=glène=, _n.f._, (anat.) glene, socket; (nav.) coil; (fish.) basket.

=gléner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to coil.

=glénoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) glenoid. _Cavité —e de l’omoplate_; glenoid cavity of the scapula.

=glénoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) glenoid.

=glénoïdien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, (anat.) glenoid.

=glette=, _n.f._, (metal.) litharge; dross.

=glissade=, _n.f._, sliding, slide; slipping; slip; (dancing) glissade. _Faire une —_; to have a slide; to make a slip.

=glissant=, =-e=, _adj._, slippery; (fig.) ticklish, delicate, tender. _Il fait —_; it is slippery walking. _Pas —_; dangerous step, ticklish affair. _Terrain —_; slippery, tender ground.

=glissé=, _n.m._, (dancing) glisse; slide.

=glissement= (glis-mān), _n.m._, slipping; sliding; gliding.

=glisser=, _v.n._, to slip, to slip over; to slide; to glance over; to slur over; to make little _or_ no impression; to glance; to pass (over). _L’échelle glissa_; the ladder slipped. _— sur la glace_; to slide. _Cela m’a glissé des mains_; that slipped through my fingers. _Glissons là-dessus_; let us pass over that.

=glisser=, _v.a._, to slip, to slip in; to slide, to slide in; to insinuate, to introduce. _Il glissa sa main dans ma poche_; he slipped his hand into my pocket.

_se_ =glisser=, _v.r._, to slip, to slide, to creep in, to steal in; to insinuate one’s self.

=glisseur=, _n.m._, slider.

=glissoire=, _n.f._, slide.

=globe=, _n.m._, globe, sphere, orb, glass-shade. _— de feu_; fire-ball.

=globeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, round.

_in_ =globo=. _V._ =in globo=.

=globulaire=, _n.f._, globularia, globe-daisy.

=globulaire=, _adj._, globular.

=globule=, _n.m._, globule.

=globuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, globulous, globular, globous.

=gloire=, _n.f._, glory, fame, honor; glorification, halo; vanity, pride; boast, boasting. _Être la — de_; to be the glory of. _Se faire une — de quelque chose_; to glory in anything; to pride one’s self upon. _Mettre sa — à_; to glory in.

=gloria=, _n.m._, (_—_) coffee (with brandy in it).

=gloriette=, _n.f._, pavillon, summer-house.

=glorieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, gloriously, honorably.

=glorieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, glorious, honorable; (rel.) glorified, blessed; vainglorious, conceited, self-conceited; proud.

=glorieu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, braggart, boaster; vainglorious person. _Faire le —_; to be a braggart.

=glorification=, _n.f._, glorification.

=glorifier=, _v.a._, to glorify, to give glory to; to honor.

_se_ =glorifier=, _v.r._, to glory in, to boast.

=gloriole=, _n.f._, vainglory, vanity. _C’est la — qui les tient_; they are eaten up with vanity.

=glose= (glôz), _n.f._, gloss; glozing; comment; carping; criticism; parody.

=gloser=, _v.a._, to gloss; to gloze, to criticise, to carp at, to find fault with.

=gloser=, _v.n._, to carp at, to find fault with.

=gloseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, carper; fault-finder.

=glossaire=, _n.m._, glossary, vocabulary.

=glossateur=, _n.m._, glossarist.

=glossite=, _n.f._, (med.) glossitis.

=glossographe=, _n.m._, glossographer.

=glossographie=, _n.f._, glossography.

=glossologie=, _n.f._, glossology.

=glossopètre=, _n.m._, (geol.) glossopetra.

=glotte=, _n.f._, (anat.) glottis.

=glouglou=, _n.m._, gurgling, gurgle; (of turkeys) gobble.

=glouglouter=, _v.n._, to gurgle; (of a turkey) to gobble.

=gloume=, _n.m._, _V._ =glume=.

=gloussement= (glous-mān), _n.m._, clucking; cluck, chuckle.

=glousser=, _v.n._, to cluck; to chuckle.

=glouteron= (glou-tron), _n.m._, (bot.) burdock.

=glouton=, =-ne=, _adj._, gluttonous, greedy.

=glouton=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, glutton.

=gloutonnement= (-to-n-mān), _adv._, gluttonously, greedily, ravenously.

=gloutonnerie= (-to-n-rî), _n.f._, gluttony, greediness.

=glu=, _n.f._, bird-lime, lime.

=gluant=, =-e=, _adj._, glutinous, sticky, slimy; adhesive.

=gluau=, _n.m._, lime-twig. _Tendre des —x_; to set lime-twigs.

=glucose=, _n.f._, (chem.) glucose, glycose.

=gluer=, _v.a._, to lime; to make sticky.

=glui=, _n.m._, barley straw.

=glume=, _n.f._, (bot.) glume, husk.

=gluten= (-tèn), _n.m._, gluten.

=glutinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, agglutinative.

=glutination=, _n.f._ _V._ =agglutination=.

=glutineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, glutinous, viscous.

=glutinosité=, _n.f._, glutinosity, glutinousness, viscidity; stickiness.

=glycérine=, _n.f._, glycerine.

=glycine=, _n.f._, (bot.) glycin, a Chinese plant.

=glyconien= _or_ =glyconique=, _adj._, glyconian.

=glycose=, _n.f._ _V._ =glucose=.

=glyphe=, _n.m._, (arch.) glyph.

=glyptique=, _n.f._, glyptics.

=glyptographie=, _n.f._, glyptography.

=gnaphale=, _n.m._, (bot.) cudweed, everlasting.

=gneiss=, _n.m._, (min.) gneiss.

=gnome=, _n.m._, gnome.

=gnomide=, _n.f._, gnome.

=gnomique=, _adj._, gnomical, sententious.

=gnomon=, _n.m._, gnomon, pin of a dial.

=gnomonique=, _n.f._, gnomonics, dialing.

=gnose=, _n.f._, (theol.) gnosis; (philos.) gnosticism.

=gnosticisme=, _n.m._, gnosticism.

=gnostiques=, _n.m.pl._, gnostics.

_tout de_ =go=, _adv._, freely, by itself, easily, unceremoniously.

=gobbe=, _n.f._, poisoned ball (for a dog); fattening ball (for poultry); wool-ball (in sheep).

=gobelet= (go-blè), _n.m._, goblet, mug, drinking-cup; juggler’s box; buttery (of palaces). _Officier du —_; officer of the buttery. _Joueur de —s_; juggler; thimble-rigger. _Tour de —_; juggler’s trick.

=gobelin= (go-blin), _n.m._, goblin, evil spirit.

=gobelins=, _n.m.pl._, Gobelins (manufacture of tapestry at Paris).

=gobelotter= (go-blo-té), _v.n._, to tipple.

=gobeloterie=, _n.f._, tippling.

=gobeloteur=, _n.m.f._, tippler.

=gobe-mouches=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) fly-catcher; (bot.) fly-trap; simpleton; gull; trifler, ninny.

=gober=, _v.a._, to gulp down, to swallow; to swallow down, to believe easily; to nab; to lay hold of; to put up with; to pocket. _Il gobe des mouches_; he trifles away his time. _Je ne vais pas — cela_; I am not going to swallow that. _— le morceau_; to swallow the bait, to be caught, taken in.

=goberge=, _n.f._, cross bar (of a bedstead); handle (of a joiner’s press); (pisc.) large cod.

_se_ =goberger=, _v.r._, to enjoy one’s self; to take one’s ease, to lounge.

=gobet=, _n.m._, gobbet. _Prendre au —_; to nab.

=gobetage=, _n.m._, (mas.) pointing, stopping.

=gobeter= (gob-té), _v.a._, (mas.) to point.

=gobeur=, _n.m._, swallower, gobbler, gulper; gull (person).

=gobin=, _n.m._, (fam., l.u.) a little hunchback.

=godage=, _n.m._, bagging, puckering (of a coat).

*=godaille=, _n.f._, tippling, drinking.

*=godailler=, _v.n._, to tipple.

*=godailleur=, _n.m._, tippler.