Heath's French and English dictionary

Part 83

Chapter 832,935 wordsPublic domain

=gras=, =-se=, _adj._, fat, fleshy, plump, full of fat, corpulent, obese; greasy, oily, unctuous; rich; broad, indecent; (paint.) thick; (print.) thick-faced (of letters). _— comme un moine_; as fat as butter. _Dormir la —se matinée_; to sleep all the morning; to get up late. _Il en fait ses choux —_; he feathers his nest with it. _Ce cheval a la vue —se_; this horse is dim-sighted. _Cette sauce est trop —se_; this gravy is too rich. _Soupe —se_; meat soup. _Dîner —_; meat dinner. _Du vin —_; thick, ropy wine. _De l’encre —se_; thick ink. _Terre —se_; heavy, clayey soil. _Terres —ses_; rich land. _Du son —_; fine bran. _Jour —_; meat-day. _Les jours —_; shrove days, shrove-tide. _Avoir la langue —se_; to speak thick. _Temps —_; hazy weather. _Cette comédie est trop —se_; this comedy is too broad. _Le pavé est —_; the pavement is slippery. _Cet homme n’en est pas plus —_; this man is none the better for it.

=gras=, _n.m._, fat, fat part, fleshy part; meat; meat diet; calf (of the leg). _Faire —_, _manger —_; to eat meat.

=gras-cuit=, _adv._, (of bread) heavy.

=gras-double=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tripe.

=gras-fondu=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) _or_ =gras-fondure=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (vet) molten grease.

=gras-mollet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (ich.) lump-fish.

=grassement= (grâs-mān), _adv._, plentifully, largely, liberally; comfortably. _Payer —_; to pay generously. _Vivre —_; to live comfortably, to live well.

=grasset=, =-te=, _adj._, fattish, pretty fat, pretty plump; (of meat) thin flank.

=grasset=, _n.m._, (vet.) stifle; stifle-joint.

=grassette=, _n.f._, (bot.) butterwort, sanicle.

=grasseyement=, _n.m._, burring, rolling of r’s.

=grasseyer=, _v.n._, to burr; to roll one’s r’s.

*=grassouillet=, =-te=, _adj._, plump.

=grat= (gra), _n.m._, place scratched by fowls.

=grateron=, _n.m._, (bot.) scratch-weed; goose-grass; cleavers.

=graticuler=, _v.n._, (paint.) to square.

=gratification=, _n.f._, gratuity, reward, encouragement; present.

=gratifier=, _v.a._, to confer on, to bestow on; to favor; to attribute, to ascribe. _— quelqu’un de ses bévues_; to father one’s blunders upon somebody else. _— quelqu’un d’un coup de poing_; to favor any one with a hiding.

=gratin=, _n.m._, burnt part; scraping. _Au —_; (cook.) dressed with bread crumbs.

=gratiné=, =-e=, _adj._, burnt; browned.

=gratiole= (-ci-), _n.f._, (bot.) gratiola, hyssop. _— officinale_; hedge-hyssop.

=gratis= (gra-tis), _adv._, gratis, for nothing, gratuitously; free of cost.

=gratis=, _n.m._, exemption from cost; free gift.

=gratitude=, _n.f._, gratitude, thankfulness.

=gratte=, _n.f._, (nav.) scraper. _— double_; double-headed scraper.

=gratté=, =-e=, _part._, scratched.

=gratte-bosse=, _n.f._, (_—_) scratch-brush.

=gratte-bosser=, _v.a._, to scratch with the brush in gilding.

=gratte-cul=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (bot.) canker, dog-rose. _Il n’est point de si belle rose qui ne devienne —_; all beauty is subject to decay.

=gratte-langue=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) tongue-scraper.

=gratteleu-x=, =-se= (gra-tleû, -z), _adj._, itchy.

=grattelle=, _n.f._, (med.) rash, itching.

=gratte-navire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) ship-scraper.

=gratte-papier=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) scribbling drudge, quill driver.

=gratter=, _v.a._, to scratch, to scrape, to claw, to dig, to paw. _Trop — cuit, trop parler nuit_; the least said the soonest mended. _— quelqu’un où il lui démange_; to talk of a thing that pleases any one. _— le papier_; to drive the quill.

_se_ =gratter=, _v.r._, to scratch one’s self; to scrape one’s self. _Qui se sent galeux se gratte_; let him whom the cap fits wear it.

=grattoir=, _n.m._, scratching-knife, scraper, eraser.

=gratton=, _n.m._, (bot.) _V._ =grateron=.

=gratuit=, =-e=, _adj._, gratuitous, free. _Supposition —e_; gratuitous supposition.

=gratuité=, _n.f._, gratuity, free gift.

=gratuitement= (-tui-tmān), _adv._, gratuitously; free, for nothing; groundlessly.

=grauwacke=, _n.f._, (geol., min.) graywacke, greywacke; grit-rock.

=gravatier= (-tié), _n.m._, rubbish-carter.

=gravati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) dull, heavy.

=gravats= (-vâ), _n.m.pl._ _V._ =gravois=.

=grave=, _adj._, heavy; grave, serious, solemn, sedate, demure, sober; weighty, of importance; dangerous; low, deep, hollow, (mus.) flat. _Contenance_, _mine_, _—_; solemn look. _Blessure —_; dangerous wound. _Note —_; low note. _Ton —_; deep tone. _Accent —_; grave accent.

=grave=, _n.m._, gravity; heavy body. _Passer du — au gai_; to pass from the grave to the gay. _Chute des —s_; (phys.) descent of bodies.

=grave=, _n.f._, beach, strand in Newfoundland.

=gravé=, =-e=, _part._, engraved. _Être — de petite vérole_; to be pitted with small-pox; to be pock-marked.

=gravelage=, _n.m._, graveling.

=gravelée= (gra-vlée), _adj.f._, crude. _Cendre —_; pearl ash.

=graveleu-x=, =-se= (gra-vleû, -z), _adj._, troubled with gravel; gravely, sandy, gritty; obscene, smutty. _Terroir —_; gravely soil. _Fruit —_; stony fruit. _Crayon —_; gritty pencil.

=graveleux=, _n.m._, (med.) person affected with gravel.

=gravelle=, _n.f._, (med.) gravel.

=gravelure= (gra-vlur), _n.f._, obscenity, broadness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness.

=gravement= (gra-vmān), _adv._, gravely, seriously, solemnly, soberly; grievously; (mus.) deeply.

=graver=, _v.a._, to engrave; to grave; to impress, to imprint. _— à l’eau-forte_; to etch. _— en creux_; (engr.) to sink. _— au burin_; to engrave.

_se_ =graver=, _v.r._, to be engraved; to be graven, to be impressed, imprinted. _Se — quelque chose dans l’esprit_; to impress anything on one’s mind.

=graveur=, _n.m._, engraver. _— à l’eau-forte_; etcher.

=gravier=, _n.m._, gravel, grit. _pl._, (med.) gravel. _Couvrir de —_; to gravel.

=gravière=, _n.f._, gravel pit; (agri.) vetch and lentils; (orni.) plover.

=gravimètre=, _n.m._, (phys.) gravimeter.

=gravir=, _v.a._ and _n._, to clamber, to clamber up, to climb, to climb up, to scale, to ascend.

=gravitation=, _n.f._, (phys.) gravitation.

=gravité=, _n.f._, gravity; seriousness, solemnity, demureness, sedateness, graveness; weight, importance, (mus.) flatness, lowness. _Centre de —_; centre of gravity. _— de son_; deepness of sound.

=graviter=, _v.n._, (phys.) to gravitate.

=gravois=, _n.m._, _pl._, coarse plaster, mortar; rubbish (of plaster). _Enlever les —_; to carry away the rubbish.

=gravure=, _n.f._, engraving, graving, cut, print. _— sur pierre_; stone-engraving. _— au burin_; stroke-engraving. _— en creux_; die-sinking; intaglio. _— en taille-douce_; copperplate-engraving. _— au trait_; line-engraving. _— sur acier_; steel engraving. _— sur bois_; wood-engraving. _— en caractères d’imprimerie_; letter-engraving. _— en pierres fines_; seal-engraving; engraving on precious stones.

=gré=, _n.m._, will, wish; liking, pleasure; mind, taste, inclination; accord, consent. _De bon —_; willingly. _De mauvais —_, or _contre son —_; unwillingly, against the grain. _Il y est allé de son —_; he went of his own accord. _Cela est-il à votre —?_ is that to your liking? _Elle est assez à mon —_; I like her well enough. _Bon — mal —_, or _de — ou de force_; whether one will or no, willing or unwilling, willy nilly, nolens volens. _Au — des flots_; at the mercy of the waves. _Ses crins flottaient au — du vent_; his mane waved in the wind. _Prendre_, _avoir_, _recevoir en —_; to take in good part, to approve of. _Prendre en —_; to receive with resignation; to take a liking to. _Savoir —_, _bon —_, _beaucoup de —_, _à quelqu’un de quelque chose_; to be thankful to any one for anything. _Savoir mauvais — à quelqu’un de quelque chose_; not to thank any one for anything _or_ to resent interference. _Je lui en sais bon —_; I am deeply grateful to him. _Plein —_; free-will, own free-will. _Vendre de — à —_; to sell by private contract.

=gréage=, _n.m._, (nav.) rigging.

=grèbe=, _n.m._, (orni.) grebe. _— huppé_; great-crested grebe.

=gre-c=, =-que=, _adj._, Greek, Grecian.

=gre-c=, _n.m._, =-que=, _n.f._, Greek, Grecian. _m._, miser; sharper, black-leg, cheat. _Être — en quelque chose_; to be a dab at anything.

=grec=, _n.m._, Greek language. _C’est du — pour moi_; that is Greek, Hebrew, to me.

=gréciser=, _v.a._, to Hellenize.

=grécisme=, _n.m._, grecism.

=gréciste=, _n.m._, Grecian; Hellenist, Greek scholar.

=grecque=, _n.f._, Greek woman, Grecian woman; (arch.) fret, fret-work; bookbinder’s saw; saw. _Orner de —s_; (arch.) to fret. _Orné d’une —_; (arch.) fretted.

=grecquer=, _v.a._, (bookbind.) to saw-bind.

=gredin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, villain, scamp, scoundrel, blackguard; lapdog; slut.

=gredinerie= (-di-n-rî), _n.f._, blackguardism, villainy, rascality.

=gréement=, _n.m._, (nav.) rigging. _V._ =agrès=.

=gréer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to rig.

=gréeur=, _n.m._, (nav.) rigger.

=greffe=, _n.m._, (jur.) registry, record-office; registrar’s office, clerk’s office.

=greffe=, _n.f._, graft, grafting, engraftment. _— à l’anglaise_; whip-grafting. _— par approche_; graft by approach. _— en couronne_; crown-graft. _— en écusson_; shield-graft; graft by gems; budding. _— en fente_; chink-graft, cleft-graft, shoulder-graft. _— en flûte_; flute-graft. _Lever une —_; to take a graft.

=greffer=, _v.a._, to graft.

=greffeur=, _n.m._, grafter.

=greffier=, _n.m._, registrar, recorder, clerk of the court.

=greffoir=, _n.m._, grafting-knife.

=grégaire=, _adj._, gregarious.

=grège=, _adj._, raw (of silk).

=grégeois= (-joâ), _adj._, only used in _Feu —_; Greek fire; wild fire.

=grégorien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Gregorian.

☉=grègues= (grèg), _n.f._, breeches. _Tirer ses —s_; to run away, to cut one’s sticks, to take to one’s heels.

=grêle=, _n.m._, highest note (of a horn).

=grêle=, _n.f._, hail, hail-storm; (of the eyelid), stye. _Grain de —_; hailstone. _— de coups_; shower of blows.

=grêle=, _adj._, slender, slim, lank; shrill. _Des jambes —s_; spindle legs. _Voix —_; shrill voice. _Intestins —s_; (anat.) small intestines.

=grêlé=, =-e=, _part._, ravaged by hail; pock-marked, pitted with small-pox. _Cet homme a été —_; that man has suffered great losses. _Un homme —_; a man pitted with small-pox.

=grêler=, _v.imp._, to hail. _Il grêle_; it hails.

=grêler=, _v.a._, to ravage by hail, to ruin.

=grelet=, _n.m._, granite hammer.

=grêlet=, =-te=, _adj._, thinnish, puny.

=grelin=, _n.m._, (nav.) warp; stream-cable; (ich.) coal-fish. _— en queue de rat_; pointed stream-cable.

=grêlon=, _n.m._, large hail-stone.

=grelot=, _n.m._, little bell, hawk bell, rattle. _Attacher le —_; to bell the cat (to take the first step in a difficult enterprise). _Trembler le —_; to tremble, to shake (till one’s teeth chatter).

=grelotter=, _v.n._, to quake, to shiver.

=greluchon=, _n.m._, favored lover.

=grément= _or_ =gréement=, _n.m._, (nav.) rigging.

=grémial=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) gremial, (eccl.) bishop’s apron.

=grémil=, _n.m._, (bot.) gromwell, gromil.

=grémillet=, _n.m._, (bot.) scorpion-grass, scorpion’s tail.

=grenade=, _n.f._, pomegranate; (milit.) grenade.

=grenadier=, _n.m._, pomegranate-tree; pomegranate; (milit.) grenadier. _— sauvage_; (bot.) wild pomegranate. _Jurer comme un —_; to swear like a trooper. _C’est un —_, _c’est un vrai —_; she is a regular termagant.

=grenadière=, _n.f._, ☉grenade-pouch; upper band (of a rifle). _Mettre son fusil à la —_; (milit.) to sling one’s musket.

*=grenadille=, _n.f._, (bot.) grenadilla, passion-flower.

=grenadin=, _n.m._, (cook.) small fricandeau.

=grenadine=, _n.f._, grenadine (silk).

*=grenaille=, _n.f._, granulated metal; refuse corn.

*=grenailler=, _v.a._, to granulate.

*_se_ =grenailler=, _v.r._, to granulate.

=grenat=, _n.m._, (min.) garnet; great humming-bird; dried lemon-peel. _Couleur —_; garnet-red.

=grené=, _n.m._, (engr.) stippling, blending.

=greneler=, _v.a._, to grain (leather).

=grener=, _v.n._, to seed, to run to seed; to produce seed.

=grener=, _v.a._, to granulate, to corn; to grain (leather); (engr.) to stipple. _— de la poudre à canon_; to corn gunpowder.

=grèneterie= (grè-n-trî), _n.f._, seed trade.

=grèneti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (grè-n-tié), seedsman; seedswoman.

=grènetis= (grè-n-tî), _n.m._, milling, milled edge; milling punch, stamp.

=grenettes=, _n.f.pl._, Avignon-berry, French-berry.

=grenier=, _n.m._, granary, corn-loft, loft, cock-loft; garret; (nav.) floor-ceiling (of a ship). _— au foin_; hayloft. _En —_; in the granary, in store; (nav.) in bulk, unpacked. _Aller du — à la cave_, _de la cave au —_; to talk in a disjointed way, to tell a long rigmarole, to write up and down hill. _Charger en —_; (nav.) to load in bulk.

*=grenouille=, _n.f._, frog; (print.) frog.

*=grenouillère=, _n.f._, place full of frogs; marshy place; fen; (b.s.) damp, unhealthy house.

*=grenouillet=, _n.m._, (bot.) Solomon’s seal, knee-grass.

*=grenouillette=, _n.f._, (med.) ranula; (bot.) buttercup; frogbit. _V._ =ranule=.

=grenu=, =-e=, _adj._, seedy, full of corn; granulous. _Epi bien —_; ear very full of corn. _Cuir bien —_; leather that has a good grain. _Huile —e_; clotted oil. _Marbre —_; grained marble.

=grès=, _n.m._, sandstone; stoneware; (min.) grit, grit-stone, grit-rock. _— à bâtir_; free-stone. _— des rémouleurs_; grindstone.

☉=gréseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, sandy, gritty.

=grésière=, _n.f._, sandstone quarry.

*=grésil=, _n.m._, sleet.

*=grésillement=, _n.m._, shriveling, shriveling up; wrinkling, pattering, crackling (as parchment does in the fire); shriveled state; chirping (of crickets).

*=grésiller=, _v.imp._, to sleet, to patter, to crackle.

*=grésiller=, _v.a._, to shrivel, to shrivel up, to wrinkle, to chirp (of crickets).

=gresserie= (grè-srî), _n.f._, sandstone, grit, free-stone; stoneware; sandstone quarry.

=grève=, _n.f._, strand; Grève (a square at Paris, where capital punishments formerly took place); strike of workmen. _Faire_ or _se mettre en —_; to strike, to go out on strike (of workmen). _En —_; on strike.

=grevé=, _n.m._, (jur.) heir of entail.

=grever=, _v.a._, to wrong, to injure; to burden; to encumber (with debt, etc.). _Un pays grevé d’impôts_; a country burdened with taxes. _Terre grevée d’hypothèques_; estate encumbered with mortgages. _Terre non grevée_; unencumbered estate.

=grianneau=, _n.m._, young heath-cock; young grouse.

=griblette=, _n.f._, (cook.) hash of broiled meat.

*=gribouillage=, _n.m._, scrawl; daub (paint.).

*=gribouille=, _n.m._, simpleton, blockhead.

*=gribouiller=, _v.a._, to scrawl, to scribble (writing); to daub (paint.).

*=gribouillette=, _n.f._, scramble, scrambling. _Attraper quelque chose à la —_; to scramble for anything. _À la —_; negligently; carelessly; higgledy-piggledy.

=gribouilleu-r=, =-se=, _n.m.f._, scrawler, scribbler. _adj._, scrawling, scribbling, daubing.

=gribouri=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) vine-grub.

=grièche=, _adj._, (l.u.) prickly. _Ortie-—_ (_—s-—s_); sting-nettle. _Pie-—_ (_—s-—s_); shrew, scold, vixen.

=grief= (gri-èf), _n.m._, grievance, wrong, injury; complaint. _Faire un — à quelqu’un_; to do any one an injury. _Redresser un —_; to redress an injury. _—s_, _—s et contredits_; (jur.) plea.

=grièvement= (-èv-mān), _adv._, grievously, sorely, gravely, greatly, sadly, badly.

=grièveté= (-èv-té), _n.f._, enormity, gravity, heinousness.

=griffade=, _n.f._, clawing, scratch.

=griffe=, _n.f._, claw; fang; pounce, talon; grasp; (gard.) bulb; stamped facsimile of a signature; (tech.) catch; music-pen. _Je suis sous ses —s_; I am in his clutches. _Donner un coup de — à quelqu’un_; to do any one an ill office; to speak ill of any one. _Apposer sa — à_; to put one’s signature to.

=griffer=, _v.a._, (falconry) to take with the claws, to claw; to scratch (of cats); (pop.) to clutch, to grab.

=griffon=, _n.m._, griffin, griffon (also a kind of water dog).

=griffonnage=, _n.m._, scrawl, scrawling, scribbling, scribble.

=griffonner=, _v.a._, to scrawl; to scribble.

=griffonneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scrawler, scribbler.

*=grignon=, _n.m._, hard crust; residuum.

*=grignoter=, _v.a._, to nibble; to get pickings.

*=grignotis= (-ti), _n.m._, (engr.) crispness.

=grigou=, _n.m._, beggarly fellow, miserable wretch; sordid miser.

=gril= (gri), _n.m._, gridiron. _Être sur le —_; to be upon thorns, to be in a mess; to be on tenter hooks.

*=grillade=, _n.f._, grilling, grill; broil; toast. _Mettre à la —_; to broil.

*=grillage=, _n.m._, grilling, broiling, toasting; light iron railing; wire lattice; wire guard; (metal.) roasting. _— de bois_; (arch.) frame of timber.

=grillager=, _v.a._, to lattice, to grate, to wire; to inclose with lattice work.

*=grille=, _n.f._, grate; grating; railing, gate (garden). _— de fer_; iron railing.

=grille-pain=, _n.m._, toasting-fork.

*=griller=, _v.a._, to inclose with iron rails; to rail in; to grate; (cook.) to broil, to grill, to toast; (metal.) to roast; to scorch (of the sun).

*_se_ =griller=, _v.r._, to be scorched; to be parched; to be roasted.

*=griller=, _v.n._, (cook.) to broil; (fig.) to be on thorns, in hot water.

*=grillet=, _n.m._, _or_ *=grillette=, _n.f._, (her.) hawk’s bell.

*=grilleté=, =-e=, _adj._, (her., falconry) belled.

*=grilletier= (-tié), _n.m._, grate-maker.

*=grillon=, _n.m._, (ent.) cricket. _— domestique_; house-cricket. _—-taupe_ (_—s-—s_), _taupe-—_ (_—s-—s_); fen-cricket, mole-cricket.

*=grillotter=, _v.n._, to chirp (like the cricket).

=grimaçant=, =-e=, _adj._, grimacing, grinning, (fig.) gaping, ill-fitting (of shoes).

=grimace=, _n.f._, grimace, wry face; humbug, cant; pin-cushion, wafer-box. _Faire la —_; to make faces. _Faire des —s à quelqu’un_; to make faces at any one, to grin at any one. _Faire la —_; to be disgusted, not to like it. _Cet habit fait la —_; that coat puckers.

=grimacer=, _v.n._, to make faces, wry faces; to grin; to simper, to mince; to sham; to pucker.

=grimacerie= (-ma-srî), _n.f._, (l.u.) grimaces; grinning.

=grimaci-er=, =-ère=, _adj._ and _n._, grimacing; simpering; dissembling; canting, finical, mincing; simperer; dissembler, hypocrite, humbug.

=grimaud=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) (of children) cross, ill-tempered, peevish.

=grimaud=, _n.m._, urchin, brat, dunce; scribbler, sorry writer, pedant.

=grime=, _n.m._, ☉brat; (thea.) old man, old fogy. _Il joue les —s_; (thea.) he plays old men’s parts.

_se_ =grimer=, _v.r._, (thea.) to paint, to make up, to play old men, old women’s parts, duennas, etc.

=grimoire=, _n.m._, conjuring book, black-book; obscure language; illegible scrawl. _Il sait le —_; he knows what he is about. _C’est du — pour lui_; it is Greek to him.

=grimpant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) climbing.

=grimpart=, _n.m._, (orni.) nut-hatch.

=grimper=, _v.n._, to climb, to climb up, to clamber up, to creep up (of plants).

=grimpereau=, _n.m._ _V._ =grimpart=.

=grimpeurs=, _n.m.pl._, (orni.) climbers.

=grincement= (grins-man), _n.m._, gnashing, grinding (of the teeth); grating.

=grincer=, _v.a._, to gnash (the teeth); to grate. _Faire — les dents_; to make the teeth grate, to set the teeth on edge.

=grincer=, _v.n._, to grind; to gnash; to grate. _— des dents_; to grind one’s teeth. _La porte grinça sur ses gonds rouillés_; the door grated on its rusty hinges.

=grincheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ill-tempered, peevish, crabbed, surly.

=gringalet=, _n.m._, weak, puny man, bit of a fellow, stripling, nobody.

=gringolé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) snake-headed.

=gringotter=, _v.n._, to twitter; to hum.

=gringotter=, _v.a._, to hum a tune badly.

=gringuenaude=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) dirt, filth.

=griot=, _n.m._, (of meal _or_ flour) seconds.

=griotte=, _n.f._, marble with red and brown spots; morella cherry.

=griottier=, _n.m._, (bot.) egriot-tree, morella tree.

=grippe=, _n.f._, (l.u.) fancy, whim; hobby; crotchet, dislike; (med.) influenza. _Prendre quelqu’un en —_, _se prendre de — contre quelqu’un_; to take a dislike to any one. _— argent_; money-grubber.

=grippé=, _part._, (med.) shrunk, contracted (of the face); (of persons) ill with influenza.

=grippeminaud= (grip-minô), _n.m._, grimalkin (of a cat).

=gripper=, _v.a._, to gripe, to clutch, to seize, to snatch up; to nab; to crib.

_se_ =gripper=, _v.r._, to shrivel; to take a dislike to.

=grippe-sou=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) pinch-penny; curmudgeon.

=gris=, =-e=, _adj._, gray; gray-headed; tipsy, fuddled. _Cheveux —_; gray hair. _Lettres —es_; (print.) flourished letters. _Temps —_; raw, dull, cloudy weather. _Faire mine —e à quelqu’un_; to look black at any one. _Papier —_; brown paper. _En voir de —es_; to have an unpleasant time of it. _En faire voir de —es à_; to lead any one a dance.

=gris=, _n.m._, gray. _— cendré_; ash-gray. _— pommelé_; dappled gray. _— brun_; drab.

=gris-gris=, _n.m._, amulet.

*=grisaille=, _n.f._, cameo with a gray ground; hair partly gray.

*=grisailler=, _v.a._, to paint gray.

*=grisailler=, _v.n._, (of hair) to turn gray.

=grisâtre=, _adj._, grayish.

=griser=, _v.a._, to give a gray tint to; to make tipsy, to fuddle.

_se_ =griser=, _v.r._, to be intoxicated, to get tipsy, to be fuddled.

=griser=, _v.n._, (dy.) to turn gray.

=griset=, _n.m._, (orni.) young goldfinch.

=grisette=, _n.f._, gray gown, russet gown; (orni.) white-throat; grisette, gay work girl.

=grisoller=, _v.n._, to warble, to carol (of the lark).

=grison=, =-ne=, _adj._, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed.

=grison=, _n.m._, gray-beard (old man); donkey, ass (person); footman in gray livery; private agent; detective.

=grisonnant=, _adj._, getting gray.

=grisonner=, _v.n._, to grow gray (of hair).

=grisou=, _n.m._, (mining) fire-damp.

=grive=, _n.f._, (orni.) thrush. _Il est soûl comme une —_; he is as drunk as a fiddler. _Faute de —s on mange des merles_; half a loaf is better than no bread.

=grivelé=, =-e= (gri-vlé), _adj._, speckled.

=griveler=, _v.a.n._, to pilfer, to filch.

☉=griveleur=, _n.m._, pilferer.

=grivois=, =-e=, _adj._, jolly; broad, obscene. _Conte —_; broad story.

=grivois=, _n.m._, jolly dog.

=grivoise=, _n.f._, jolly wench.

=grog=, _n.m._, grog. _— américain_; hot punch.

*=grognard=, =-e=, _adj._, grumbling, growling.

*=grognard=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, grumbler, growler; veteran of the first French Empire.

*=grognement=, _n.m._, grunt, grunting, growling, grumbling.

*=grogner=, _v.n._, to grunt, to growl, to grumble.

*=grogneu-r=, =-se=, _adj._ and _n._, grumbling, growling; grumbler, growler.

*=grognon=, _adj.m.f._, grumbling, growling.

*=grognon=, _n.m.f._, grumbler, growler.

=groin=, _n.m._, snout (of a hog).

=groisil=, _n.m._, broken or pounded glass.

=grolle=, _n.f._, (orni.) rook.

=groller=, _v.n._, to croak, to grumble.

=grommeler= (grom-lé), _v.n._, to grumble, to mutter; to grunt.

=grondant=, =-e=, _adj._, scolding; roaring, rumbling.

=grondement=, _n.m._, rumbling, roaring, growling; snarl, snarling; roaring, peal.

=gronder=, _v.n._, to growl, to grumble, to mutter; to snarl, to rumble, to roar, to peal.

=gronder=, _v.a._, to chide, to scold, to reprimand.

=gronderie= (-drî), _n.f._, scolding, chiding.

=grondeu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, grumbling, scolding.

=grondeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, scold; grumbler.

=grondin=, _n.m._, (ich.) red gurnet.

=groneau=, _n.m._, gray gurnet.

=groom=, _n.m._, (_—s_) groom, buttons, tiger.

=gros=, =-se=, _adj._, large, big, great, bulky; pregnant, with child; loud (of laughter); dark (of color); rough (of the voice); heavy (of cavalry); coarse, thick; rich, substantial; foul, bad, heavy (of the weather); high. _— bon sens_; plain common sense. _— mots_; oaths, high words. _—se somme d’argent_; large sum of money. _— drap_; coarse cloth. _— souliers_; thick shoes. _— rhume_; bad cold. _—se viande_; butcher’s meat. _— lourdaud_; blockhead. _Un — marchand_; a substantial tradesman. _— bonnet_; big-wig. _— temps_; foul, rough, heavy weather. _La mer est —se_; the sea runs high. _Une —se femme_; a stout woman. _Une femme —se_; a pregnant woman. _Toucher la grosse corde_; to come to the main point. _Jouer — jeu_; to play high. _À la —se_; roughly; (com.) on bottomry.