Part 95

=justice=, _n.f._, justice; righteousness; probity, integrity; jurisdiction; fairness; impartiality, reason; courts of justice; execution; gibbet, gallows. _Faire — à_; to do justice to. _Rendre — à_; to do justice to. _Rendre la —_; to administer justice. _Se faire — à soi-même_; to take the law into one’s own hands. _Cour de —_; court of law, of judicature. _Appeler_, _citer_, _traduire_, _poursuivre quelqu’un en —_; to sue at law, to proceed against. _Déni de —_; refusal of justice. _La — de paix_; court of the justice of the peace. _Que — soit faite_; let execution be done. _Faire — de_; to punish, to expose, to be avenged on; to refute, _or_ confute; to do away with; to sweep away. _Se faire rendre —_; to obtain justice.

=justiciable=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person amenable to a tribunal; amenable. _Devenir le — de_; to come under the jurisdiction of.

=justicier=, _v.a._, to punish corporally; to execute; to lash.

=justicier=, _n.m._, justiciary; judge; lover of justice.

=justifiable=, _adj._, justifiable; warrantable.

=justifiant=, =-e=, _adj._, justifying.

=justifiablement=, _adv._, warrantably, justifiably.

=justificati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, justificative, documentary. _Pièce —ve_; proof, voucher, documentary evidence.

=justification=, _n.f._, justification, vindication, proof; (print.) justification, length of line.

=justifier=, _v.a._, to justify, to vindicate, to prove, to make good; (print.) to justify; to clear.

_se_ =justifier=, _v.r._, to justify, to clear, to vindicate, one’s self.

=justifier=, _v.n._, (print.) to justify.

=jute=, _n.m._, jute.

=juteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, juicy.

=juvénile=, _adj._, juvenile, youthful.

=juvénilement= (-nil-mān), _adv._, boyishly, childishly, in a juvenile manner.

=juvénilité=, _n.f._, youth, youthfulness.

=juxtaposer=, _v.a._, to place side by side.

_se_ =juxtaposer=, _v.r._, to be in juxtaposition.

=juxtaposition= (juks-ta), _n.f._, juxtaposition.

K

=k=, _n.m._, the eleventh letter of the alphabet, k.

=kabak=, _n.m._, public-house (in Russia).

=kahouanne=, _n.f._, loggerhead turtle.

=kaïmac=, _n.m._, (_—s_) sherbet.

=kaiserlick=, _n.m._, imperial, Austrian.

=kakatoès=, _n.m._, (orni.) cockatoo. _V._ =cacatois=.

=kaléidoscope=, _n.m._, kaleidoscope.

☉=kalendes=, _n.f.pl._ _V._ =calendes=, kalends.

=kali=, _n.m._, (bot.) kali.

=kamichi= (-shi), _n.m._, (orni.) horned-screamer.

=kan=, _n.m._, khan.

=kandjar= _or_ =kangiar=, _n.m._, (_—s_) dagger.

=kanguroo= _or_ =kangourou= (-goo-roo), _n.m._, (mam.) kangaroo.

=kantisme=, _n.m._, Kantism.

=kantiste=, _n.m._, Kantist.

=kaolin=, _n.m._, porcelain clay; china-clay.

=karabé=, _n.m._ _V._ =carabé=.

=karat=, _n.m._ _V._ =carat=.

=karata=, _n.m._, (bot.) a variety of aloe.

=kari=, _n.m._, a kind of spice.

=katakoua=, _n.m._ _V._ =kakatoès=.

=keepsake=, _n.m._, keepsake.

=képi=, _n.m._, military cap; cap.

=kermès= (-mès), _n.m._, (ent.) kermes; (chem.) kermes-mineral.

=kermesse=, _n.f._, a country fair (in the Netherlands).

=kérosène=, _n.m._, kerosene.

=ketch=, _n.m._, (nav.) ketch, lugger.

=khédive=, _n.m._, (_—s_) Khedive, viceroy of Egypt.

=kilo=, _n.m._, (ab. of _kilogramme_) kilo.

=kilogramme=, _n.m._, kilogram (2·2055 lbs. avoirdupois).

=kilolitre=, _n.m._, kilolitre (220·09668 gallons).

=kilomètre=, _n.m._, kilometer (1093·6389 yards).

=kilométrique=, _adj._, kilometric.

=kilostère=, _n.m._, kilostere (1000 stères).

=king=, _n.m._, king (sacred book of the Chinese).

=kinine=, _n.f._ _V._ =quinine=.

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

=kiosque=, _n.m._, kiosk, news-stall.

=kirsch-wasser=, _n.m._, kirschwasser.

=klephte=, _n.m._ _V._ =clephte=.

=knout= (knoot), _n.m._, knout.

=knouter=, _v.a._, to knout.

=kola=, _n.m._, kola (bean).

=kolao=, _n.m._, high mandarin (in China).

=kopeck=, _n.m._, (_—s_) kopeck (Russian coin worth about half a penny).

=koran=, _n.m._, Koran. _V._ =coran=.

=kouan=, _n.m._, (bot.) cochineal, cochineal-fig.

=kremlin= (krèm-lin), _n.m._, Kremlin (the palace of the czars at Moscow).

=kreutzer= (-zèr), _n.m._, kreutzer (German coin).

=kurtchis=, _n.m.pl._, a Persian cavalry corps.

=kymrique=, _adj._ _V._ =cymrique=.

=kynancie=, _n.f._, (med.). _V._ =cynancie=.

=kyrielle=, _n.f._, litany; (fig.) string (long list of words); long tedious story.

=kyste=, _n.m._, (med.) cyst, cystis.

=kystique=, _adj._, (med.) cystic.

=kystotome=, _n.m._, (surg.) _V._ =cystotome=.

=kystotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.). _V._ =cystotomie=.

L

=l=, _n.m.f._, the twelfth letter of the alphabet, l.

=l’=, _art._, (contraction of _le_ and _la_) the. _V._ =le=.

=l’=, _pron._, (contraction of _le_ and _la_) him, her, it.

=la=, _art.f._, the. _V._ =le=.

=la=, _pron._, her, it. _V._ =le=.

=là=, _adv._, there, thither, then (of time). _—-bas_; down there. _—-haut_; above, up there. _Cà et —_; here and there, up and down, all about. _—-dessus_; on there; upon that; thereupon. _Mettez le livre —-dessus_; put the book on there. _—-dessus, il me dit_; upon that, _or_ thereupon, he said to me. _—-dessous_; under there. _— dedans_; within. _De —_; thence, from thence; from that time, from that cause. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not there, he is away. _Par —_; that way. _Jusque-—_; till then, till that time; as far as there. _Ce n’est pas — que je vise_; that is not the thing I am aiming at. _Celui-là_, _celle-là_; that. _Ceux-là_, _celles-là_; those. _— même_; in that very place. _D’ici —_; by that time, in the interval. _C’est —_; it is _or_ was there; there is, such is; that’s the place. _Ce sont —_; such are, those are. _— où_; where, there where.

=là là=, _int._, now then! there! there now!

=là là=, _adv._, so so, indifferently.

=la=, _n.m._, (mus.) la; A. _Prendre le —_; to tune one’s instrument.

=labarum= (-rom), _n.m._, labarum (standard).

=labbe=, _n.f._, (orni.) skua gull.

=labeur=, _n.m._, labor, work, toil; (print.) book-work. _Terres en —_; lands under cultivation.

=labial=, =-e=, _adj._, labial. _Offres —es_; (jur.) offer to pay without showing the money.

=labiale=, _n.f._, (gram.) labial.

=labié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) labiate, labiated.

=labiée=, _n.f._, labiated plant.

=labile=, _adj._, labile, bad; slippery, failing; (bot.) deciduous. _Mémoire —_; failing memory.

=laboratoire=, _n.m._, laboratory.

=laborieusement= (-eûz-mān), _adv._, laboriously, painfully.

=laborieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, laborious, industrious, hard-working, assiduous, toilsome, painful.

=labour=, _n.m._, plowing, tillage, dressing. _Terres de —_; plowed lands. _Donner un — à une terre_; to till, to dress, a piece of ground. _Donner un — à une vigne_; to dress a vine. _Bœufs de —_; yoke-oxen. _Mettre en —_; to plow.

=labourable=, _adj._, arable.

=labourage=, _n.m._, tillage, husbandry; plowing, tilling.

=labourer=, _v.a._, to plow, to till; to dig, to turn up; to rip up; to rip open; to toil through.

=labourer=, _v.n._, to plow, to till; to drudge; to toil and moil; (nav.) to come home, to drag (of anchors); (of ships) to graze the bottom; (of horses) to stumble.

=laboureur=, _n.m._, husbandman, plowman, tiller.

=labre=, _n.m._, rock-fish.

=labyrinthe=, _n.m._, labyrinth, maze.

=labyrinthique=, _adj._, labyrinthic.

=lac=, _n.m._, lake; (of rupees) lac.

=laçage=, =lacement=, _n.m._, lacing.

=lacé=, _n.m._, braid, beading.

=lacer=, _v.a._, to lace; (nav.) to attach; to line (of dogs).

_se_ =lacer=, _v.r._, to lace one’s self.

=lacérable=, _adj._, lacerable, tearable.

=lacération=, _n.f._, laceration.

=lacéré=, =-e=, _part._, (bot.) lacerate, lacerated.

=lacérer=, _v.a._, to lacerate, to tear; (jur.) to tear up, to destroy.

=laceret=, _n.m._, small auger.

=lacerne=, _n.f._, (antiq.) lacerna, a kind of cloak worn by the Romans.

=laceron=, _n.m._, (bot.) sow-thistle. _V._ =laiteron=.

=lacet=, _n.m._, lace; springe; braid; bow-string (to strangle); zigzags, windings, turnings of mountain-roads. _pl._, toils. _Ferrer un —_; to tag a lace. _Mouvement de —_; (rail.) oscillation.

=lâche=, _adj._, loose, slack, lax; slothful, sluggish; faint-hearted; mean-spirited, dastardly; cowardly, base, mean, shameful. _Ce nœud est trop —_; this knot is too loose.

=lâche=, _n.m._, coward, craven, dastard.

=lâché=, =-e=, _part._, slackened, loose, loosened.

=lâchement= (lâsh-mān), _adv._, sluggishly, slothfully; loosely, slackly; dastardly, cowardly, basely.

=lâcher=, _v.a._, to slacken, to relax, to loose, to make loose, to loosen; to let go, to let slip, to cast off, to throw off; to let out, to unbind; to let loose, to release; to utter, to blurt out; to fire, to discharge; to turn on. _— la bride à un cheval_; to loosen the reins of a horse. _— pied_, _— le pied_; to retreat, to turn tail; to waver, to be irresolute. _— sa proie_; to let go one’s prey. _— un prisonnier_; to release a prisoner. _— prise_; to let go one’s hold. _— une arme à feu_; to fire off a gun. _— un soufflet à quelqu’un_; to give any one a box on the ear. _— une parole_, _— un mot_; to let out a word. _— le mot_, _la parole_; to speak the word. _— une bordée_; (nav.) to fire a broadside.

_se_ =lâcher=, _v.r._, to slacken, to grow loose; to become loose, to slip; to go off; to let one’s tongue run riot, to let out. _Se — d’un cran_; to give the slip.

=lâcher=, _v.n._, to slacken, to grow slack, to become slack, to grow loose, to become loose; to slip, to go off. _Si le fusil vient à —_; if the gun happens to go off.

=lâcheté= (lâsh-té), _n.f._, cowardice, dastardliness, baseness; base action; meanness, act of cowardice.

=lâcheur=, _n.m._, raftsman, wood-floater; (fig.) shabby, mean, cowardly fellow.

=lacinié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) laciniate, laciniated, jagged.

=laciniure=, _n.f._, (bot.) jag.

=lacis=, _n.m._, net-work; (anat.) plexus.

=lack=, _n.m._, (_—s_) lac, lack. _Un — de roupies_; a lac of rupees (_i.e._, 100,000).

=laconique=, _adj._, laconic, laconical.

=laconiquement= (-nik-mān), _adv._, laconically; briefly, concisely.

=laconisme=, _n.m._, laconism, laconicism.

=lacrymal=, =-e=, _adj._, lachrymal. _Sac —_; (anat.) lachrymal bag.

=lacrymatoire=, _n.m._, (Roman antiq.) lachrymatory.

=lacrymatoire=, _adj._, (Roman antiq.) lachrymary.

=lacs= (lâ), _n.m._, string, rope, tape, bow-string; gin, springe; (fig.) noose, toils. _— d’amour_; love-knot.

=lactate=, _n.m._, (chem.) lactate.

=lactation=, _n.f._, lactation.

=lacté=, =-e=, _adj._, lacteal, milky, lacteous. _La voie —e_; (astron.) the Milky-Way.

=lactescence=, _n.f._, lactescence.

=lactescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lactescent.

=lactifère=, _adj._, lactiferous.

=lactique=, _adj._, (chem.) lactic.

=lactomètre=, _n.m._, lactometer. _V._ =galactomètre=.

=lactucarium=, _n.m._, (pharm.) lettuce-opium.

=lacune=, _n.f._, gap, deficiency, break, omission, hiatus; interruption, blank; desideratum; (bot.) air-cell, lacuna.

=lacustre=, _adj._, lacustral, lacustrine.

=ladanum=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ladanum, gum-resin.

=ladite=, _adj.f._, the same, the said.

=ladre=, _adj._, leprous; measly (of pigs); insensible, unfeeling; mean, sordid, stingy, scurvy, scaly; niggardly; churlish. _Lièvre —_; fen-hare.

=ladre=, _n.m._, =-sse=, _n.f._, leper; sordid person; scurvy person, shabby person, niggard, curmudgeon. _Maison de —s_; lazar-house. _Un vrai —_; a regular curmudgeon. _— vert_; sordid fellow, stingy churl.

=ladrerie=, _n.f._, leprosy; measles; sordid avarice, stinginess, sordidness, scurviness, scaliness; lazar-house.

=lady= (lè-di), _n.f._, (_English_) lady.

=lagon=, _n.f._, lagoon.

=lagope=, _n.m._, (bot.) hare-foot.

=lagopède=, _n.m._, (orni.) ptarmigan.

=lagostome=, _n.m._, (anat.) hare-lip.

=lagune=, _n.f._, lagune, lagoon.

=lai=, =-e=, _adj._, lay.

=lai=, _n.m._, layman; lay (small poem); lay, complaint, lament.

=laïc=. _V._ =laïque=.

=laiche=, _n.f._, (bot.) sedge.

=laid=, =-e=, _adj._, ugly, ill-favored, ill-looking; plain; unseemly, unhandsome, unbecoming. _— comme le péché_; as ugly as sin. _Ce que vous dites là est bien —_; what you say is very unseemly _or_ improper.

=laid=, _n.m._, (the) ugly; ugly part, ugliness; ugly side; naughty boy.

=laide=, _n.f._, plain girl; naughty girl.

=laidement=, _adv._, uglily.

=laideron= (lè-dron), _n.f._, ugly girl, ugly woman; ugly creature.

=laideur=, _n.f._, ugliness, uncomeliness; plainness; deformity; unseemliness.

=laie=, _n.f._, wild sow; path (in a forest); (mech.) stone-cutter’s hammer.

=lainage=, _n.m._, woolen stuff, woolen goods; fleece; teasling.

=laine=, _n.f._, wool; worsted. _— à broder_; Berlin wool. _— d’agneau_; lamb’s-wool. _Flocon de —_; flock of wool. _Bêtes à —_; wool-bearing animals. _Se laisser manger la — sur le dos_; to let one’s self be fleeced; to put up with everything. _De —_; woolen. _Manger la — sur le dos à quelqu’un_; to fleece, to cheat, any one.

=lainer=, _v.a._, to tease, to teasel (wool).

=lainerie= (lè-n-rî), _n.f._, woolen goods; woolens; place for shearing sheep; woolen-trade; wool-market; teaseling-shop.

=laineu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, teaseler. _f._, gig (machine for teaseling wool).

=laineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, woolly, fleecy; (bot.) downy, woolly; lanate, lanated.

=laini-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of wool, woolen.

=lainier=, _n.m._, wool-stapler; wool-comber, wool-sorter.

=laïque=, _n.m._ and _adj._, layman; lay, laic, laical. _Les —s_; the laity.

=lais=, _n.m._, standard-tree; standard; alluvion; accretion.

=laisse=, _n.f._, string; leash; slip; (hawking) lune. _— de lévriers_; leash of greyhounds. _Mener quelqu’un en —_; to hold any one in leading-strings, to lead any one by the nose. _En —_; in leash, leashed.

=laissées=, _n.f.pl._, dung (of bears, wild boars).

=laisser=, _v.a._, to leave, to quit, to desert, to abandon; to part with; to leave, to bequeath; to suffer, to permit, to let, to allow; to let alone; to omit; to leave off; to leave out; to give up. _— tout à l’abandon_; to leave everything in disorder. _— tout aller_; to neglect everything. _— tout traîner_; to let everything lie about in disorder, to keep nothing in its proper place. _— la vie à quelqu’un_; to spare any one’s life. _— quelqu’un en paix_, _en repos_; to let any one alone, to let any one be. _— là quelqu’un_; to leave any one in the lurch, to give up any one. _— là quelque chose_; to leave off, to discontinue, to give up, any thing. _— quelqu’un pour ce qu’il est_; to take no notice of, not to mind, a person. _Il y a à prendre et à — dans ces choses_; you must pick and choose among all these things. _Avoir le prendre ou le —_; to have the choice. _À prendre ou à laisser_; to be taken or left alone; take it or leave it. _— une chose à un certain prix_; to dispose of a thing for a certain price. _On n’a qu’à le — faire_; he only needs being let alone. Laissez donc! stuff, nonsense! _Laissez-moi donc tranquille!_ do leave me alone! stuff and nonsense! _Laissez-moi faire_; leave it _or_ him _or_ her to me. _— aller_; to let go. _— sortir_; to let out. _Cela ne laisse pas que d’être vrai_; it is true, nevertheless. _— à désirer_; room for improvement.

_se_ =laisser=, _v.r._, to allow one’s self, to suffer one’s self. _Se — conduire_; to let one’s self be led. _Se — aller à ses passions_; to give one’s self up to one’s passions. _Se — tomber_; to let one’s self fall. _Se — mourir_; to die. _Se — aller à la tentation_; to give one’s self up to temptation. _Se — aller à la douleur_; to abandon one’s self to grief. _Se — lire_; to be readable, pleasant to read. _Se — manger_, _se — boire_; to be palatable. _Se — faire_; to offer no resistance. _Se — dire_; to allow one’s self to be told. _Se — prendre_; to allow one’s self to be taken _or_ to allow something to be taken from one.

=laisser-aller=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) ease, freedom, unrestraint, negligence; indulgence, indolence; unconstraint.

=laisser-courre=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (hunt.) starting-place (where the dogs are loosed).

=laisser-faire=, =laissez faire=, _n.m._, non-intervention, non-interference.

=laissez-passer=, =laisser-passer=, _n.m._, (_—_) permit, leave, permission, permit for transit.

=lait=, _n.m._, milk, milk-duct; white, glair (of eggs). _Fièvre de —_; milk-fever. _Frère de —_; foster-brother. _Sœur de —_; foster-sister. _Cochon de —_; sucking-pig. _Petit-—_, (_n.p._), _— clair_; whey. _— coupé_; milk and water. _— de beurre_; buttermilk. _— de poule_; mulled egg, egg-flip. _— écrémé_; skim-milk. _Gros —_; curd. _Être au —_; to be made with milk; to be restricted to milk diet. _Vache à —_; dairy-cow, milch cow. _Bouillir du — à quelqu’un_; to please, to pamper, any one. _— de chaux_; whitewash. _Riz au —_; rice milk.

=laitage=, _n.m._, milk food. _Régime de —_; milk diet.

=laitance= _or_ =laite=, _n.f._, (ich.) milt, melt, soft roe; lime-wash, whitewash.

=laité=, =-e=, _adj._, soft-roed.

=laitée=, _n.f._, litter (of a bitch). _V._ =portée=.

=laiterie= (lè-trî), _n.f._, dairy; dairy-room; dairy-farm, milk-farm.

=laiteron= (lè-tron), _n.m._, (bot.) sow-thistle; hare’s-lettuce.

=laiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lacteous, milky.

=laitier= (-tié), _n.m._, (metal.) dross; slag, clinkers. _— des volcans_; fragments of lava.

=laitier= (-tié), _n.m._, milkman.

=laitière=, _n.f._, milkwoman, milkmaid, dairy-maid; milch cow; woman with a great deal of milk. _Cette vache est une bonne —_; this cow gives a great deal of milk.

=laitière=, _adj._, milch, yielding milk (of cows). _Vache —_; milch cow.

=laiton=, _n.m._, latten, brass. _Fil de —_; brass wire.

=laitue=, _n.f._, (bot.) lettuce. _— pommée_; cabbage-lettuce. _— romaine_; cos-lettuce. _— de mer_; oyster-green.

=laize=, _n.f._, width (of cloth, etc.).

=lakiste=, _n.m._, _adj._, lakist, lake-poet. _—s_; lakists, lake school.

=là là=, _adv._ _V._ =là=.

=là là!= _int._ _V._ =là=.

=lama=, _n.m._, Lama (of the Tartars).

=lama= _or_ =llama=, _n.m._, (mam.) lama (goat).

=lamanage=, _n.m._, harbor-pilotage.

=lamaneur=, _n.m._, harbor-pilot.

=lamantin=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) _V._ =lamentin=.

=lambdoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) lambdoidal.

=lambeau=, _n.m._, rag, tatter; shred, strip, fragment, scrap; remains (of flesh); bit. _Mettre en —x_; to tear into rags.

=lambel=, _n.m._, (her.) label.

=lambin=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, loiterer, dawdler; slowcoach, slow, dawdling.

=lambiner=, _v.n._, to linger, to loiter, to dawdle, to trifle, to dilly-dally.

=lambourde=, _n.f._, (carp.) joist; (mas.) soft stone.

=lambourder=, _v.a._, to joist.

=lambrequins=, _n.m.pl._, (her.) mantling; (arch.) scallop; valance, hanging fringe.

=lambris=, _n.m._, paneling; wainscot; ceiling; dado, canopy; (poet. st.e.) mansion, palace; sumptuous decoration of a mansion. _— feint_; imitation paneling.

=lambrissage=, _n.m._, wainscoting, paneling.

=lambrisser=, _v.a._, to panel; to wainscot.

=lambruche= _or_ =lambrusque=, _n.f._, (bot.) wild vine, fox grape.

=lame=, _n.f._, plate, sheet (metal.); (anat.) lamina; blade; sword, swordsman; (nav.) billow, surge, wave; (pers.) hussy, jade, blade; (bot.) gill; wire (of gold, of silver). _Fine —_; sly hussy (of a woman). _Entre deux —s_; in the trough of the sea. _Emporté par une —_; washed away. _— de fond_; ground-swell. _La — use le fourreau_; the steel wears away the scabbard; the mind wears out the body. _Bonne —_; good swordsman.

=lamé=, =-e=, _adj._, laminated.

=lamelle=, _n.f._, lamella.

=lamellé=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =lamelleux=.

=lamelleu-x=, =-se= (la-mèl-leû), _adj._, lamellated, lamellar; scaly.

=lamentable=, _adj._, lamentable, woeful; mournful, rueful, sad, distressing.

=lamentablement=, _adv._, lamentably, mournfully, woefully, ruefully.

=lamentation=, _n.f._, lamentation, bewailing, wailing; lament, whining.

=lamenter=, _v.a._, to lament, to bewail, to bemoan, to mourn, to mourn over.

_se_ =lamenter=, _v.r._, to lament, to mourn, to moan, to bewail, to whine.

=lamenter=, _v.n._, (l.u.) to lament.

=lamentin=, _n.m._, lamantin, sea-cow, sea-maid, mermaid, manatee.

=lamie=, _n.f._, (antiq., ent.) lamia; (ich.) white shark.

=lamier=, _n.m._, foil-maker; (bot.) dead-nettle; archangel.

=laminage=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattening (of gold); rolling.

=laminer=, _v.a._, (metal.) to flatten (of gold); to roll.

=laminerie=, _n.f._, (metal.) rolling-mills. _V._ =laminoir=.

=lamineur=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattener, roller.

=lamineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._ _V._ =cellulaire=.

=laminoir=, _n.m._, (metal.) flattening-mill, rolling-mill.

=lampadaire=, _n.m._, lamp-post, sconce; (antiq.) torch-bearer.

=lampadiste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) lampadist.

=lampadophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) torch-bearer.

=lampas= (-pâss), _n.m._, (vet.) lampas (horse disease); silk damask, figured silk. _S’humecter le —_; to wet one’s whistle (pop.).

=lampassé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) langued.

=lampe=, _n.f._, lamp, light. _— d’Argand_; Argand lamp. _— d’argent_; silver lamp. _— de sûreté_, _— de Davy_; safety-lamp. _— à esprit de vin_; spirit-lamp. _Dessous de —_; lamp-stand. _Arranger une —_; to trim a lamp. _Sentir la —_; to smell of the lamp, of the midnight oil. _Culs de —s_; (print.) tail-pieces.

=lampée=, _n.f._, (pop.) tumblerful, bumper.

=lamper=, _v.a._ and _n._, (pop.) to toss off (drink); (of the sea) to phosphoresce, to be phosphorescent.

=lamperon= (lanp-ron), _n.m._, wick-holder.

=lampette=, _n.f._, (bot.) corn-cockle.

=lampion=, _n.m._, grease-pot, illumination-lamp; church-lamp; (pop.) three-cornered hat, cocked hat.

=lampiste=, _n.m._, lamp-maker; lamp-lighter.

=lampisterie=, _n.f._, lamp-room.

*=lamprillon=, _n.m._ _V._ =lamproyon=.

=lamproie=, _n.f._, lamprey.

=lamproyon=, _n.m._, young lamprey.

=lampsane=, _n.f._, (bot.) nipple-wort.

=lampyre=, _n.m._, lampyris, glow-worm.

=lançage= _or_ =lancement=, _n.m._, darting, throwing; (nav.) launch, launching.

=lance=, _n.f._, lance, spear; staff; flagstaff; nozzle (of a fire-hose). _Rompre une — pour quelqu’un_; to take up the cudgels for any one. _Baisser la —_; to strike one’s flag, to give in.

=lancéolaire=, _adj._, (bot.) lanceolate, lanceolated, lance-shaped (of leaves).

=lancéolé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) lanceolate.

=lancer=, _v.a._, to dart, to fling, to hurl, to throw, to cast, to launch; to shoot, to shoot forth; to issue (a warrant). _— un javelot_; to dart a javelin. _— une pierre_; to fling a stone. _— un regard de colère_; to dart an angry look. _— des regards_; to cast looks. _— une flèche_; to shoot an arrow. _— un cheval_; to push on a horse. _— un vaisseau_; to launch a ship. _— un arrêt_; to issue a warrant _or_ fiat.

_se_ =lancer=, _v.r._, to dart, to spring; to rush, to make a rush; to launch; to start; to fly; (fig.) to make a start. _Se — dans les affaires_; to launch out (into business).

=lancer=, _v.n._, (of a ship) to yaw, to sheer.

=lancette=, _n.f._, (surg.) lancet. _Donner un coup de —_; to lance.

=lanceur=, _n.m._, pushing fellow. _— d’affaires_; company promoter, speculator.

=lanceuse=, _n.f._, procuress, go-between.

=lancier=, _n.m._, (milit.) lancer.

=lancière=, _n.f._, waste-gate (of a mill-dam).

=lancinant=, =-e=, _adj._, shooting (of pain).

=lançoir=, _n.m._, mill-gate (of water-mills).

=landamman=, _n.m._, landamman (Swiss magistrate).

=landau=, _n.m._, (landaus), landau.

=lande=, _n.f._, waste land, moor, heath, common.

=landgrave=, _n.m._, landgrave.

=landgraviat=, _n.m._, landgraviate.

=landgravine=, _n.f._, landgravine.

=landier=, _n.m._, kitchen fire-dog, andiron.

=landière=, _n.f._, booth, stall (erected on commons).

=landwehr=, _n.f._, (_—s_) landwehr.

=laneret= (la-n-rè), _n.m._, (orni.) lanneret, shrike.

=langage=, _n.m._, language, tongue, speech, diction; talk, words, style, expression. _Changer de —_; to change one’s tone. _Ils tiennent tous le même —_; they all say the same thing.

=lange=, _n.m._, swaddling-cloth. _pl._, swaddling-clothes, swaddling bands.

=langoureusement= (-reûz-mān), _adv._, languishingly.

=langoureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pining, languishing, melancholy. _n.m._, languishing lover.

=langouste=, _n.f._, spiny lobster, crawfish.