General French and English dictionary, newly composed from the French dictionaries of the French Academy ... / from the English dictionaries of Johnson, Webster ... etc.
- Alexander Spiers
- Date:
- 1849
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: General French and English dictionary, newly composed from the French dictionaries of the French Academy ... / from the English dictionaries of Johnson, Webster ... etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TON — insensiblement, i.| (de) fo slide 1/ ,front); 2. $ (dans) to glide (into); C <° shde y/; — lentement, ( K. senses) S f° distil; — à plat, t. || to = Ilot to the grounrl ; 2. S to — to thi ground ,not to succeed). — de Charybde en Scylla, ta = from Charybdis into Scy lia ; — du ciel, to = from Heaven ; to rain down; —les quatre fers en l'air, 1. || to = sprawling ; 2. S lo astounded ; — au fond, î. to = to the bottom : 2. to sink <J to the bottom ; to sink \J down; —de son liant. S 1° be astounded ; •—sur ses pieds. || § to = «pou o.’s feet : — à rien §, to sinlc \t down to nothing ; —à terre, to — to the ground ; to = down ; — par terre, to = upon the ground ; ( to = down ; ) to tumble down ; — l’un après l’autre. ( F. senses) || § to drop aivny ; — l’un sur l'autre, F. senses) || (th.) to col- lapse. Faire —. i. || to throw F down; 2. ( to give \J(a. th.) a fait; 3. (en abat- tant) to strike y/ down; ' to lay y/ low : 4. (par un coup) to knork down ; 5. (par un coup) to knork off ; 0. (en ébranlant) to shake y/ down; 7. (en ébranlant) to shake y/ off; 8. (en fau- chant) to mow down ; 9. to mow down. off : to. (au fond) to sink y/; to sinlc y/ to the bottom; il. (en poussant) to push down; 12. (en renversant) to tlirow y/ down: 13. (en renversant) to tnp ya. o.): laisser —, (K. senses) î. || fo Zef y/ /o/ffo drop ; to tel y/ drop; 2. § to drop; lo let y/ drop; 3. (of trees) 10 shed y/ (o.’s leaves); menacer de — , to threaten to fait: to menace a fait. 11 tombe de, (impers.) there is a fall of (hall, rain, snow); il tombe beaucoup de, there is a qreal fall of (bail. rain , snow); qui tombe (F. senses) (did.) 1. codent ; 2. dec.tduous. [Tombf.h is conj. with être. Grammarians dis- tinguish between tliis verb exnvessing an action or a State and confine to the latter the use of êtrebut in practice tbis distinction is not observed.] TOMBEREAU [tonbro] n. ni. rubbish cart ; tumbrel. — à boue, 1. scavenger’s-carl ; 2. mud, muck-cart. Roulage au —, cart- ing. TOMBOUA f tonboia ] n. f. tombola (game Sc lottery). TOME, n. m. l. | volume (of a set); 2. volume (book). 1. Un ouvrage en plusieurs —5, a work in se- ver al volumes. Faire le second — de q. u. §, to be a. o.’s countcrpart. [Tome must not be confounded with volume.) TOMENTEU-X [—teù]SE, adj. (bot.) tomentose : tomentous ; douons). TON, adj., possessive, m. sing.; Ta, f. sing.; Tes, m. f. pl. ; 1. thy;2. pour. 2 — frère, ta sœur et tes cousins, your àrother , sister and cousins; — âme, your soûl ; bon et digne ami, your good and worthy friend. [Toit is used among near relations, very intimnte friends and scliool-fellows for rou. Tou is used in the f. before a vowel or silent h - it is also used poetically. Ton. ta. tes are ge- nerally repeated before each noun having a different sensé ; they are not repeated before adjectives that relate to the same noun (F.E*).) TON, » .m. l. ( fl fone (degree of sound); 2. fl Zone (of voice) ; accent: voice: 3. j lone (manner of speaking); strain ; 4. || lune (sound); note; strain; 5. 5 lotie; strain; style; manner; 6. J laste ; manner; 7. S ton; fashion: 8. (med.) lone : 9. (mus.) lone ; pitch ; note ; to. (paint.) lone. aigu, perçant, slirill tone, — bas, u nier =; bon —, (sing.) good man- ners, pl.; demi—, (mus.) semtlone; half-note : — doux, soft, sweet = ; — éclatant, élevé, high -; — faible, un ier =; mauvais —, (sing.) t II man- TON nerj, pl.; unmannerliness, sing.; vul- garity. sing.; —perçant, slirill =; — plaintif, = ; plaintive, querulous = ; — pleureur, whining =. Quart de —, (mus.) quarter =. À. —.... ...-toned; à élevé, higli-toned ; avec mauvais —, unmannerly ; vulgarly ; de , du demi , (mus.) stmi-tonic ; de mau- vais —, l. unmannerly ; 2. ungentle- manly: ungentlemanhke ; 3. unlady- like: sur un — élevé, tn a high strain. Avoir le — de la bonne compagnie, t. to be gent/cmanly, a gentleman; 2. to be lady-like, a lady, faire baisser le — à q. u. , fo lower a. o ’s = ; changer de — , Zo change o.'s = ; ( to sing <J anolher tune; donner le —, t. to give y/ the = ; to lead y/ the fashion : 2. (à) to tone (regulaie ...); 3. (mus.) to pitch: to tone; donner un — affecté à ||, to tune : se mettre au — de q. u., lo conform o 's self to a. o.’s taste; prendre un — , to assume a — , manner; le prendre sur un —, 1. to assume airs; togive y/o.'sself airs; 2. to talk in a ... strain, style : le prendre sur un haut — , to assume a high = ; ( to ride y/ a high horse; ( to carry it high. C’est le — qui fait la musique , it is the manner thaï shows the intention. Qui a un — ..., ...-toned. TONDAISON, n. f. V. Tonte. TONDEUR, n. m. l. shearer (man); 2. clipper. — de drap, shearman. TONDEUSE [tondeùi] n. f. 1. shearer (woman); 2. clipper (woman); 3. (a. & m.) shearing-machine. — mécanique, (a. ÔC m.) shearing- machine. TONDRE, V. a. l. lo shear y/ (sheep, cloth); 2. to shave (animais in gene- ral) ; 3. to trop (dogs. horses) ; to clip; 4. lo trim (hedges. trees); to clip ; 5. to crop feut a. o.'s hair short). — sur un oeuf, to skin a flint; — q. n. jusqu’au vif, to strip a. o. to the skin. Tondu, e, pa. p. F. senses of Tondre. Non —, (F. senses) l. unshorn; 2. uncropped ; unclipped. Il n’v avait que trois —s et un pelé O, there was nothing but tag-rag and bobtail. TONIQUE, adj. l (gram.) tonie; 2. (med.) tonie; 3. (mus.) tonie. TONIQUE, n. m. (med.) tonie. TONIQUE, n. f. (mus.) tonie; key- note : key. TON1SME , n. ni. (med.) tonie State. TONLIEU, n. m. sum paid for stand- ing in a market. TONNAGE, n. m. tonnage. Droit de —, tonnage. TONNANT, E, adj. l. thundering ; 2. (myth.) (of Jupiter) “ tonans TONNE, n. f. t. tun (wooden vessel); 2. (conch.) spotted tun; 3. (nav.) can- buoy: 4. (nav.) nun-buoy. — d’extraction , (mining) corb; corf. Quart de —. quarter. TONNEAU, n. m. t. tun (wooden ves- sel); 2. ensk; 3. cask (liquid conlained); 4 ton (indeterminate quanlity ) ; 5. tun (drunkard); 6. tun (measure); 7. (nav.) tun; 8. (play) “ tonneau. — percé, l. || leaky cask ; 2. § (pers.) spendthrifl. — des Danaides, (myth.) cask of the Danaides; — de Dio- gène, Diogenes’ tub. Gros comme un —, tun-bellied. TONNELElt [tonnl6] v. a. (hunt.) to tunnel. TONNELET [tonntè] n. m. small cask; cask. TONNELEUR ftonnleur] n. m. (hunt.) tunneller (person that catches partrid- ges in a tunnel-net). TONNELIER [tonèllé] n. m. cooper. TONNELLE, n. f. I. arbour: green arbour ; 2. ( arch. ) semi-circular , TOR &üii wagon-headed vault ; 3. (hunt.) tun- nel-net ; tunnel. Prendre à la —, to tunnel (catch in a tunnel-net). TONNELLERIE (tonèlri] n. f. 1. coop- erage; 2. (nav.) cooper's shed. TONNER, V. n. I. || S (0 thunder; 2. S (contre, against) to inveigh; tu ex- clatm. Faire —, § tn thunder (émit wilh noise). 11 tonne ||, it thunders. TONNERRE, n. rn. t. || J thunder; 2. \thunder-bolt: 3. S thundering (noise). Coup de —, 1.1| S ciap of thunder: 2. =i-clap; éclat de -, I 1 peal of =: 2. S =-clap: être qui lance le—, thunderer; nuage charge de —, =-cloud ; orage accompagné de —, =-storm ; pluie ac- compagnée de —, —-shower. Crier d’une voix de —, to thunder ou t; lancer le— .to hurllhe =-bolt. Le —gronde, the = mars. TONSILLE [tonsiijn. f. (anat.) tonsil. TONSURE, n. f. t. (cath. rel.) ton- sure ; 2. clergy. Bénéfice à simple —, bénéfice held by a. o. thaï has received the tonsure without being in holy orders. A simple —, unskilfui. Donner la —, fo give y/ tonsure. TONSURÉ, n. m. person that lias received tonsure. TONSURER, v. a. (cath. rel.) fo give y/ tonsure to. TONTE, n. f. 1. shearing; sheep- shearing: 2. shearing-ttme. Fête de la —, sheep-shearing. Faire la —, fo shear y/ sheep. TONTINE, n. f. tontine. TONT1N-1ER , n. m. 1ÈRE, n. f. holder, possessor of a tontine. TONT1SSE, adj. of shearinqs. Bourre —, (sing.) cloth-shearings, pl.; papier — , (a. & m.) flock-paper; poussière de laine —, (a. 8c ni.) vetvet- powder; tapisserie de —, (sing.) hang- ings coated, pl. TONT1SSE, n. f. (sing.) hangings coated. pl. TONTURE. n. f. f. (sing.) cloth- shearings: shearings , pl.; 2. jlock (of cloth); 3. (sing.) clippings, pl.; 4. (nav.) sheer. — de drap, floclc. TOPAZE [topâz] n. f. (min.) topaz. TÔPER, v. n. l (dice) fo stakc as much as o.’s adversnry; 2. ( (À) fo ac- cept '...) ; fo agréé (to). Tôpe! ) agreed I donc! Tôpeettingue! ) agreed ! donel TOPHACÊ, E, adj. (med.) lopha- ceous ; gouty. Concrétion —e, = concrétion; to- phus ; gouty valculus : ( chalk-stone. TOPHUS |iofu»s] n. m. (med.) toplius. TOPINAMROUR [topinanbour] n. m. (bot.) Jérusalem ctrticholce. TOPIQUE, adj. (med.) topic; topical. TOPIQUE, n. m. i. (log.) topic; 2. (med ) topic. TOPOGRAPHE, n. m. topogravher. TOPOGRAPHIE, n. f. topography. Reconnaître, relever la — de, fo fo- p ographize. TOPOGRAPHIQUE, adj. topographie; topographical. TOQUE, n. f. t. cap (fiat on the top and plaited ail round); 2 cap (of of- fice). TOQUER, v. a. + to offend. TOQUET, n. m. toquel (head-dress). TORCHE, n. f. t. Il torch; link; 2. S torch. TORCHE-NEZ, n. m., pl. —,(man.) F. Tord-nez. TORCHE-POT, n. m., pl. —, (orn.) nuthatcli. TORCHER, v. a. 1. Il fo wipe : 2. S to beat y/ (a. o.). N’avoir qu'it s’en — le bec, never to get \J il-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2201391x_0601.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
