Part 96

=langue= (lāng), _n.f._, tongue; language; neck, tongue, strip (of land). _Une mauvaise —_; a slanderous tongue. _C’est une mauvaise —_; he, she, is a tale-bearer. _Tirer la —_; to put out one’s tongue; (fig.) to be in distress. _Avoir la — liée_; to be tongue-tied. _Avoir la — bien pendue_; to have the gift of the gab. _Avoir la — grasse_; to speak thick. _Avoir la — trop longue_; not to be able to hold one’s tongue. _Avoir un mot sur le bout de la —_; to have a word on the tip of one’s tongue. _La — lui a fourché_; his, her, tongue tripped. _Prendre —_; to obtain intelligence of what is going on, to make inquiries. _Coup de —_; backbiting, sarcasm. _Donner des coups de — à_; to slander, to cast reflections on. _Jeter sa — aux chiens_; to give up guessing. _Votre énigme est trop difficile, je jette ma — aux chiens_; your riddle is too difficult, I give it up. _Beau parler n’écorche point la —_; civility costs nothing. _— vivante_; living language. _— morte_; dead language. _— vulgaire_; vulgar tongue. _Maître de —s_; teacher of languages. _Quelle —!_ what a tongue he, she has! _Sa — va toujours_; his or her tongue never stops. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one his cue.

=langue-de-serpent=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) (bot.) serpent’s-tongue, adder’s tongue; (geol.) serpent’s-tongue, petrified fish teeth.

=languette= (-ghèt), _n.f._, tongue, strip, valve; partition (thing shaped like a tongue); key (of musical instruments); index (of a balance).

=langueur= (-gheur), _n.f._, languidness, languor, weakness, weariness. _pl._, debility. _Maladie de —_; lingering illness; decline.

=langueyer= (-ghé-ié), _v.a._, to examine the tongue of a hog. _— des valets_; (fig.) to pump servants (so as to get at their masters’ secrets).

=langueyeur= (-ghè-ieur), _n.m._, examiner of hogs’ tongues.

=languier= (-ghiè), _n.m._, smoked hog’s tongue.

=languir= (-ghir), _v.n._, to languish, to linger, to pine, to pine away, to droop, to be sickly, to fade; to flag. _— de misère_; to languish in misery. _— d’amour_; to pine away for love. _La conversation languit_; the conversation flags. _Ne nous faites pas —_; don’t keep us waiting; or out with it.

=languissamment= (-ghi-sa-mān), _adv._, languishingly, droopingly, lingeringly.

=languissant=, =-e=, _adj._, languid, languishing, lingering, pining, drooping, sickly, fading; (com.) dull.

=lanice=, _adj._, of wool. _Bourre —_; flock of wool.

=lanier=, _n.m._, (orni.) lanner, lanneret, shrike.

=lanière=, _n.f._, thong, lash.

=lanifère=, _adj._, lanigerous, laniferous.

=lanigère=, _adj._ _V._ =lanifère=.

=laniste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) lanista.

=lansquenet= (lans-kĕ-nè), _n.m._, lansquenet (card game); German foot soldier.

=lantanier=, _n.m._, (bot.) lantana.

=lanter=, _v.a._, to emboss, to chase (copper ware).

=lanterne=, _n.f._, lantern; (arch.) lantern, lantern-tower, lantern-light; spy-place; (mec.) lantern-wheel; trundle; assay-balance; glass-case. _pl._, fooleries; idle stories, nonsense. _— sourde_; dark-lantern. _— magique_; magic-lantern. _Il veut faire croire que des vessies sont des —s_; he would have one believe that the moon is made of green cheese. _Mettre à la —_; to hang up at the lamp-post, to lynch (French revolution). _À la —!_ to the lamp-post with him, her, them! lynch him!

=lanterner=, _v.n._, to dally, to trifle, to shuffle, to trifle away one’s time; to be irresolute.

=lanterner=, _v.a._, to trifle with, to make a fool of; to put off; to bore.

=lanternerie=, _n.f._, irresolution; trifling; dallying; shuffling; nonsense.

=lanterni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, trifler, babbler; (l.u.) lantern-maker, lamplighter.

=lantiponnage=, _n.m._, nonsense, stuff, rigmarole, twaddle.

=lantiponner=, _v.a.n._, to talk nonsense; to talk stuff and nonsense to; to bother any one.

=lanturelu= _or_ =lanturlu=, _adv._, stuff! fudge! fiddle-sticks! _Il lui a répondu —_; stuff and nonsense! he said to him.

=lanugineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lanuginous, downy.

=lapement=, _n.m._, lapping.

=laper=, _v.a.n._, to lap, to lick up.

=lapereau= (la-prô), _n.m._, young rabbit.

=lapidaire=, _n.m._, lapidary.

=lapidation=, _n.f._, lapidation, stoning.

=lapider=, _v.a._, to lapidate, to stone to death, to pelt with stones; (fig.) to tear to pieces.

=lapidification=, _n.f._, lapidification.

=lapidifier=, _v.a._, to lapidify.

_se_ =lapidifier=, _v.r._, to lapidify, to become lapidified.

=lapidifique=, _adj._, lapidific.

=lapin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, rabbit, buck-rabbit; doe-rabbit. _Monter en —_; to ride beside the driver, _or_ on the box. _— de clapier_; tame rabbit. _— de garenne_; wild rabbit.

=lapis= _or_ =lapis lazuli= (-pis), _n.m._, (_—_) lapis lazuli.

=lapon=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Laplander.

=laps= (laps), _n.m._, lapse (of time).

=laps=, =-e=, _adj._, lapsed, fallen. _— et relaps_; fallen back into heresy.

=lapsus=, _n.m._, slip (of the tongue). _— calami_; slip of the pen. _— linguæ_; slip of the tongue.

=laquais= (la-kê), _n.m._, lackey, footman, flunkey.

=laque=, _n.f._, lac, lake. _Gomme —_; gum-lac. _— en bâtons_; stick-lac. _— en grain_; seed-lac.

=laque=, _n.m._, lacker. _Vernis —_; japan.

=laquelle=, _pron._ _f._, which, who, that.

=laquer=, _v.a._, to lacquer, to varnish, to japan.

=laquet=, _n.m._, lakelet, little lake.

=laqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, of the nature of lac; lake-colored.

=larcin=, _n.m._, larceny; theft, pilfering; robbery; plagiarism. _Faire un —_; to commit a theft. _Faire un doux —_; to steal a kiss.

=lard= (lâr), _n.m._, bacon, pork, pig’s fat. _Flèche de —_; flitch of bacon. _Tranche de —_; rasher of bacon. _Il fait du —_; he grows fat (by sleeping).

=larder=, _v.a._, to lard, to stick; to interlard; to run through, to pierce. _— un discours de citations_; to interlard a speech with quotations. _— de coups d’épée_; to run through with a sword. _— de la viande_; to lard meat.

=lardoire=, _n.f._, larding-needle _or_ pin.

=lardon=, _n.m._, thin slice of bacon; joke, cut, jest, jibe.

=lare= (lâr), _n.m._, (myth.) Lar, household god. _pl._, (fig.) fireside, hearth.

=large=, _adj._, broad, wide, large; great, grand; extensive, liberal, ample, generous, easy; lax, loose.

=large=, _n.m._, breadth, width; (nav.) offing, open sea. _Porter au —_; (nav.) to bear off from the land. _Au —!_ keep off! _Gagner le —_; _courir au —_; _prendre le —_; to stand out to sea, to put out to sea. _Pousser au —_; to put off, to push off; to sheer off. _Cette rue a soixante pieds de —_; this street is sixty feet wide. _Au —_; spaciously, abroad, comfortably, at one’s ease, well off; (_int._) keep off! _Être au —_; to be abroad, to be at one’s ease. _Être logé au —_; to have a great deal of room. _Au long et au —_; in length and width, far and wide. _De long en —_; to and fro; backwards and forwards; up and down.

=large=, _adv._, wide; grandly; largely. _Ce cheval va trop —_; that horse goes too wide.

=largement=, _adv._, largely, abundantly, amply, fully, plentifully, grandly, liberally.

=largesse=, _n.f._, largess, liberality, bounty, munificence, gratuity, fee. _Faire des —s_; to be liberal. _Pièces de —_; largess money; dole.

=largeur=, _n.f._, breadth, width; wideness, broadness.

=larghetto= (-ghèt-tô), _adv._, (mus.) larghetto.

=largo=, _adv._, (mus.) largo.

=largue= (larg), _n.m._, (l.u.) (nav.) offing, open sea.

=largue=, _adj._, (nav.) slack, large; flowing. _Ecoutes —s_; (nav.) flowing sheets. _Vent —_; leading wind, side wind, wind on the quarter. _Porter_ or _courir —_; (nav.) to sail large.

=larguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (nav.) to cast off; to let run (ropes); to let out (reefs).

=larigot=, _n.m._, ☉flute, flageolet. _Boire à tire-—_; to drink hard.

=larix= (la-riks), _n.m._ _V._ =mélèze=.

=larmaire=, _adj._, (bot.) tear-shaped.

=larme=, _n.f._, tear; drop. _Pleurer à chaudes —s_; to shed bitter tears; to weep bitterly. _Verser des —s_; to shed tears. _Fondre en —s_; to melt into tears. _À chaudes —s_; bitterly. _Avoir le don des —s_; to have tears at command.

=larmier=, _n.m._, (arch.) larmier, corona, drip-stone; coping; eye-vein (of the horse).

=larmières=, _n.f.pl._, _or_ =larmiers=, _n.m.pl._, tear-pit (of the stag).

=larmoiement= (-moa-mān), _n.m._, watering of the eyes.

=larmoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, weeping, in tears, lachrymose, whining, whimpering; (fig.) pathetic, tragic.

=larmoyer=, _v.n._, to cry, to shed tears, to whine, to whimper; to water (of the eyes).

=larmoyeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, weeper, whimperer, whiner.

=larron=, _n.m._, thief; (print.) bite; (book-bind.) leaf folded in and not cut. _S’entendre comme —s en foire_; to be as thick as thieves. _L’occasion fait le —_; opportunity makes the thief.

=larronneau=, _n.m._, little thief; pilferer.

=larronnesse=, _n.f._, a female thief.

=larve=, _n.f._, (ent.) larva, grub, worm, caterpillar.

=larves=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) ghosts, specters, hobgoblins.

=laryngé=, =-e=, _adj._, laryngean.

=laryngien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, laryngean.

=laryngite=, _n.f._, (med.) laryngitis.

=laryngotomie=, _n.f._, (surg.) laryngotomy.

=larynx= (la-rinks), _n.m._, (anat.) larynx.

=las!= (lâ) _int._, alas!

=las=, =-se=, _adj._, tired, weary, fatigued. _— de travailler_; tired of working. _Un — d’aller_; a lazy fellow. _Faire quelque chose de guerre —se_; to do a thing for the sake of peace and quiet.

=lascar=, _n.m._, lascar (East Indian sailor).

=lasci-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lascivious, lewd, lustful, wanton, lecherous.

=lascivement= (las-siv-mān), _adv._, lasciviously, lewdly, wantonly, lecherously.

=lasciveté= (las-siv-tè), _n.f._, lasciviousness, lewdness, lust, lustfulness.

=laser= (-zèr), _n.m._, (bot.) laserwort.

=lassant=, =-e=, _adj._, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, tedious.

=lasser=, _v.a._, to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to wear out; to catch with a lasso; to lasso.

=lasser=, _v.n._, to be tiring, wearying.

_se_ =lasser=, _v.r._, to tire, to grow tired, to be fatigued, to be wearied.

=lassitude=, _n.f._, lassitude, weariness.

=last= _or_ =laste=, _n.m._, (com., nav.) last (two tons weight, 4,000 kil.).

=lasting= (-tīngh), _n.m._, lasting (stuff).

=latanier=, _n.m._, fan-palm, latania.

=latent=, =-e=, _adj._, latent, hid, concealed, secret.

=latéral=, =-e=, _adj._, lateral, side.

=latéralement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, laterally; sideways.

_a_ =latere=. _V._ =légat=.

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

=laticlave=, _n.m._, (antiq.) laticlave.

=latin=, =-e=, _adj._, Latin; (nav.) lateen. _Voile —e_; lateen sail. _La langue —e_; the Latin language.

=latin=, _n.m._, Latin. _Il est au bout de son —_; he is at his wit’s end. _Du — de cuisine_; dog Latin. _Y perdre son —_; not to be able to make it out.

=latiniser=, _v.a._, to latinize.

=latinisme=, _n.m._, latinism.

=latiniste=, _n.m._, latinist.

=latinité=, _n.f._, latinity. _La basse —_; low Latin.

=latitude=, _n.f._, latitude; extent; room, space, margin; (fig.) freedom of action; climate.

=latitudinaire=, _adj._, latitudinarian.

=latomie=, _n.f._, (antiq.) latomia.

=latrie=, _n.f._, latria.

=latrine=, _n.f._, privy, water-closet.

=latte=, _n.f._, lath.

=latter=, _v.a._, to lath.

=lattis=, _n.m._, lathing, lath-work.

=laudanisé=, =-e=, _adj._, containing laudanum.

=laudanum=, _n.m._, laudanum.

=laudati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, laudatory.

=laudes= (lôd), _n.f.pl._, (c.rel.) lauds.

=lauréat=, _adj._, laureate. _n.m._, prizeman.

=lauréole=, _n.f._, (bot.) spurge-laurel.

=laurier=, _n.m._, laurel, bay-tree; (fig.) glory, honor. _—-rose_; oleander, rose-bay. _— tin_; wild laurel. _Couronné de —s_; crowned with laurels, glory.

=laurose=, _n.m._, (bot.) oleander, rose-bay.

=lavable=, _adj._, washable.

=lavabo= (-bô), _n.m._, wash-stand.

=lavage=, _n.m._, washing; slops; wash; diluting, dilution. _En —_; diluted.

=lavanche= _or_ =lavange=, _n.f._ _V._ =avalanche=.

=lavande=, _n.f._, (bot.) lavender. _— commune_, _— officinale_; common lavender.

=lavanderie=, _n.f._, (old) laundry, wash-house.

=lavandier=, _n.m._, yeoman of the laundry.

=lavandière=, _n.f._, (l.u.) laundress, washer-woman; (orni.) wagtail; (local) barge, boat.

=lavanèse=, _n.f._, (bot.) goat’s-rue.

=lavaret=, _n.m._, (ich.) gwiniad, fresh-water herring.

=lavasse=, _n.f._, sudden shower of rain (l.u.); sloppy sauce; wash, wish-wash.

=lave=, _n.f._, lava.

=lavé=, =-e=, _part._, washed, pale, faint. _Couleur —e_; (paint.) light color. _Cheval bai —_; light bay horse.

=lavement= (la-vmān), _n.m._, (c.rel.) washing; (med.) injection, clyster.

=laver=, _v.a._, to wash, to wash off, to cleanse; to wash up; to lave, to bathe; to absolve, to declare innocent. _— la tête à quelqu’un_; to blow any one up; to rate any one soundly.

_se_ =laver=, _v.r._, to wash, to wash one’s self. _Se — les mains_; to wash one’s hands. _Se — d’un crime_; to clear one’s self of a crime. _Je m’en lave les mains_; I will have nothing to do with it, I wash my hands of the business.

=lavette=, _n.f._, dish-cloth, dish-clout.

=laveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, washer, scourer. _—se de vaisselle_; scullion, scullery-maid. _— de mines_; buddler. _— de cendres_; metal-refiner.

=lavis=, _n.m._, wash, coloring, tinting. _Dessin fait au —_; washed drawing; (engr.) aquatint.

=lavoir=, _n.m._, washing-place, wash-house; scullery; (metal.) buddle; rubbing-board.

=lavure=, _n.f._, dish-water, hogwash; (gold.) washing. _pl._, goldsmith’s sweepings. _— de vaisselle_; dish-water; (fig.) weak, tasteless broth.

=laxati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, laxative, opening.

=laxatif=, _n.m._, (pharm.) laxative.

=laxité=, _n.m._, (med.) laxity, looseness.

=layer=, _v.a._, to cut a path through a forest.

=layetier= (-tié), _n.m._, box-maker, packing-case maker.

=layette=, _n.f._, (old) baby-linen; drawer, box.

=layetterie= (lè-iè-trî), _n.f._, box-trade; baby-linen trade.

=layeur=, _n.m._, forest-surveyor.

=layou=, _n.m._, tail-board (of a van); (hunt.) straight path.

=lazaret=, _n.m._, lazaretto, lazar-house.

=lazariste=, _n.m._, Lazarite, Lazarist (monk).

=lazarone=, _n.m._, (_lazaroni_) lazarone.

=lazuli=. _V._ =lapis=.

=lazulite=, _n.m._, (min.) lazulite, azure-stone.

=lazzi=, _n.m._, (_—_, or _—s_) piece of buffoonery, jest, joke, pun.

=le=, _art.m._, =la=, _f._, =les=, _pl.m.f._, the. _La nuit_; in the, during the night. _Le coquin!_ what a scoundrel!

=le=, _pron._ _m._, =la=, _f._, =les=, _pl.m.f._, him, her, it, them; so. _Je les vois_; I see them. _Je le vois_; I see him, it. _Il l’aime_; he loves him, it. _Je l’aime_; I love her. _Donnez-le-moi_; give it me. _La voici_; here she is. _Je suis enrhumée, mes femmes le sont aussi_; I have got a cold, so have my maids.

=lé=, _n.m._, breadth (of linen); tow-path.

=lèche=, _n.f._, thin slice. _— cul_; toady, lick-spittle.

=léché=, =-e=, _part._, licked. _Tableau —_; (paint.) labored picture.

_à_ =lèche-doigts=, _adv._, (l.u.) in small quantities, niggardly, meanly, sparingly, just enough to taste.

=lèchefrite= (lèsh-frit), _n.f._, dripping-pan.

=lécher=, _v.a._, to lick, to lick up; (paint.) to labor, to polish, to elaborate, to overdo.

_se_ =lécher=, _v.r._, to lick one’s self. _S’en — les doigts_; to lick one’s chops over it.

=lécheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, gormandizer; sponger.

=leçon=, _n.f._, lesson; lecture; reading. _Vraie —_; true reading (of a text). _—s publiques_; public lectures. _Il a pris des —s d’un tel_; he took lessons from such a one. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to give any one his cue, to lecture any one, to coach up any one.

=lect-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, reader, (old) lecturer, professor. _— bénévole_; gentle reader.

=lecture=, _n.f._, reading; perusal. _Il a beaucoup de —_; he is well-read. _Savant par la —_; well-read. _Cabinet de —_; reading-room, circulating library; newsroom.

=légal=, =-e=, _adj._, legal, lawful, legitimate.

=légalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, legally, lawfully, legitimately.

=légalisation=, _n.f._, (jur.) legalization, authentication.

=légaliser=, _v.a._, (jur.) to authenticate, to legalize, to render legal.

=légalité=, _n.f._, legality, lawfulness.

=légat=, _n.m._, legate. _— à latere_; legate à latere.

=légataire=, _n.m.f._, (jur.) legatee. _— universel_ or _— à titre universel_; sole _or_ residuary legatee.

=légation=, _n.f._, legateship, legation.

=légatoire=, _adj._, legatory.

=lége=, _adj._, (nav.) light.

=légendaire=, _n.m._, legendary.

=légende=, _n.f._, legend; inscription, motto, story; legend (of medals).

=lég-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, light; buoyant, easy; fleet, fast; nimble, active; fickle, unsteady, light-headed; feeble, faint, frivolous, trifling, slight, inconsiderate, giddy, thoughtless. _À la —e_; thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly. _Vin —_; light wine. _Être — à la course_; to be fleet of foot. _Cavalerie —e_; light-horse. _Avoir la tête —e_; to be hare-brained, light-headed. _Une faute —e_; a small fault. _Être vêtu à la —e_; to be lightly dressed.

=légèrement= (lé-jèr-mān), _adv._, lightly, slightly; nimbly, swiftly, cursorily, thoughtlessly.

=légèreté= (lé-jèr-té), _n.f._, lightness, nimbleness, swiftness, fickleness, unsteadiness; instability; levity, frivolity, airiness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness; slight fault. _La — d’un cerf_; the fleetness of a stag.

=légiférer=, _v.n._, to legislate.

=légion=, _n.f._, legion. _— d’honneur_; Legion of Honor (a French order of knighthood, civil and military). _— de parents_; host of relations.

=légionnaire=, _n.m._ and _adj._, legionary; knight of the Legion of Honor.

=législat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._ and _n._, legislating, law-giving, regulating; legislator; legislatrix; law-giver, law-maker.

=législati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, legislative.

=législation=, _n.f._, legislation.

=législature=, _n.f._, legislature.

=légiste=, _n.m._, legist, civilian.

=légitimaire=, _adj._, (jur.) secured by law.

=légitimation=, _n.f._, legitimation; legalization; recognition.

=légitime=, _adj._, just, lawful, legitimate, rightful, justifiable. _Part —_; legal share. _Enfant —_; child born in wedlock.

=légitime=, _n.f._, (jur.) lawful portion of a child.

=légitimement= (-tim-mān), _adv._, legitimately, lawfully, justly, rightfully, fairly, justifiably.

=légitimer=, _v.a._, to legitimate; to justify; to legalize; to recognize. _L’ivresse ne légitime aucune mauvaise action_; drunkenness does not justify any bad action.

=légitimiste=, _n.m.f._, legitimist.

=légitimité=, _n.f._, legitimacy, lawfulness, rightfulness, fairness, justifiableness.

=legs= (lê), _n.m._, legacy, bequest, gift by will.

=léguer= (lé-ghé), _v.a._, to leave, to leave by will, to devise, to bequeath. _Se —_; to be bequeathed.

=légume=, _n.m._, vegetable, pot-herb; pulse; legume, legumen.

=légumi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, of vegetables. _n.m._, vegetable-dish, vegetable-garden.

=légumineuses=, _n.f.pl._, (bot.) leguminous plants.

=légumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, leguminous.

=légumineux=, _n.m.pl._, vegetables.

=lemme= (lèm), _n.m._, (geom.) lemma.

=lemne=, _n.f._, (bot.) lemna, duckweed.

=lémures=, _n.m.pl._, (Roman antiq.) lemures.

=lémuriens= (-in), _n.m.pl._, (mam.) lemuridæ.

=lémuries=, _n.f.pl._, (Roman antiq.) lemuria.

=lendemain= (lān-dmin), _n.m._, morrow, next day, day after, following day. _Le — de ses noces_; the day after one’s marriage. _Penser au —_; to think of the morrow.

=lendore=, _n.m.f._, dawdle, humdrum, dawdling person.

=lénifier=, _v.a._, (med.) to lenify.

=léniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) lenitive.

=lénitif=, _n.m._, (med.) lenitive, emollient.

=lent=, =-e=, _adj._, slow, tardy; remiss; lingering, slack, dull. _— à parler_; slow of speech. _— à payer_; slack in one’s payments. _Fièvre —e_; slow fever, low fever.

=lente=, _n.f._, (ent.) nit.

=lentement= (lān-tmān), _adv._, slowly, tardily, remissly; sluggishly.

=lenteur=, _n.f._, slowness, tardiness, remissness.

=lenticulaire= _or_ =lenticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, lenticular, lentiform.

=lenticule=, _n.f._, (bot.) duckweed.

=lentiforme=, _adj._, lentiform, lenticular.

=lentigineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) lentiginous; freckled, freckly.

=lentigo=, _n.m._, (med.) lentigo; freckles.

*=lentille=, _n.f._, (bot.) lentil; freckle; lens; pendulum-bob. _Visage couvert de —s_; face freckled all over.

*=lentilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (l.u.) freckled.

=lentisque=, _n.m._, (bot.) lentisk, mastic-tree.

=léonin=, =-e=, _adj._, leonine.

=léonure= _or_ =léonurus=, _n.m._, (bot.) motherwort.

=léopard=, _n.m._, leopard.

=lépas=, _n.m._, (conch.) limpet, patella.

=lépidoptère=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (ent.) lepidopter, lepidoptera; lepidopterous.

=lépisme=, _n.m._, (ent.) book-worm, mite.

=lèpre=, _n.f._, leprosy.

=lépreu-x=, =-se=, _n._ and _adj._, leper; leprous.

=léproserie= (lé-prô-zrî), _n.f._, lazar-house.

=lepte=, _n.m._, (ent.) leptus. _— automnal_; wheal-worm.

=lequel=, _pron._ _m._, =laquelle=, _f._, =lesquels=, _pl.m._, =lesquelles=, _pl.f._, who, whom, that, which; (interrogatively) which one, which. _Lequel_, _laquelle_, _vous plaît davantage?_ which pleases you best? _Lequel_, _laquelle_, _préférez-vous?_ which one do you prefer?

=lérot= _or_ =liron=, _n.m._, (mam.) garden-dormouse.

=les=, _definite art._ and _pers. pr. pl._, the; them. _V._ =le=.

=lèse=, _adj._, high-treason. [Only used in connection with some other word.]

=lèse-faculté=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) (jest.) disregard of a physician’s advice.

=lèse-humanité=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason against humanity.

=lèse-majesté=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason; (jur.) leze-majesty.

=lèse-nation=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) high-treason against the nation.

=léser=, _v.a._, to wrong, to injure, to hurt, to aggrieve.

=lésine=, _n.f._, niggardliness; stinginess.

=lésiner=, _v.n._, to be niggardly, parsimonious, stingy, mean; to higgle, to haggle.

=lésinerie= (lé-zi-n-rî), _n.f._, stinginess, meanness, niggardliness; stingy act.

=lésineu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, niggardly, stingy, mean, parsimonious.

=lésion=, _n.f._, wrong, in jury; (surg.) lesion, hurt; loss (at play).

=lesse=, _n.f._ _V._ =laisse=.

=lessive=, _n.f._, lye-washing, wash; washing; linen washed; (chem.) lixivium. _Donner sa — à laver_; to give one’s dirty linen to be washed. _Faire la — du gascon_; (prov.) to turn one’s shirt _or_ neckerchief when it is dirty. _À laver la tête d’un More, on perd sa —_; it is useless trying to wash a blackamoor white; _or_, do what you will, you’ll never change him. _Faire une —_, _une forte_, _une furieuse_, _—_; to sustain a loss, a heavy loss (at play).

=lessiver=, _v.a._, to wash (in lye); (chem.) to lixiviate. _Se faire —_; (fig.) to get beaten; to lose heavily (at play).

=lessiveu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, lye-washer.

=lessiveuse=, _n.f._, lye-washing machine; laundress.

=lest= (lèst), _n.m._, (nav.) ballast.

=lestage=, _n.m._, (nav.) ballasting.

=leste=, _adj._, brisk, nimble, active; clever; unceremonious, unscrupulous; indecorous; improper, free.

=lesté=, =-e=, _adj._, ballasted; (fig.) with well-lined stomach.

=lestement=, _adv._, briskly, cleverly; freely; indecorously; improperly.

=lester=, _v.a._, (nav.) to ballast.

_se_ =lester=, _v.r._, to take in ballast; to line one’s stomach, to lay in a stock of provisions. _Je me suis bien lesté avant de me mettre en route_; I made a square meal before setting out.

=lesteur=, _n.m._, lighter, ballast-lighter; (pers.) ballast-heaver.

=léthargie=, _n.f._, lethargy.

=léthargique=, _adj._, lethargic, lethargical.

=léthé=, _n.m._, (myth.) Lethe.

=léthifère=, _adj._, lethiferous.