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SECT. XI.

DES POISSONS ET DES INSECTES.

Of Fishes and Insects.

Un poisson,

une alose,

un anchois,

une anguille, un barbeau,

une barbue, un brochet,

une carpe, un carrelet, une crevette, une écrevisse, écrevisse de mer, un éperlan, un goujon, un hareng, une huître, une limande, un maquereau, une melette, un merlan, une merluche,

une morue,

une moule,

une perche,

une pétoncle, une plie, un rouget, une sardine, un saumon, une sole, une tanche,

une truite, un turbot, un insecte,

une abeille,

une araignée,

a fish

un bourdon,

a shad

une cantharide,

an anchovy un cerf volant,

a

an eel une chenille, barbel un ciron,

a dab un cloporte,

a pike, jack un cousin,

a carp

a flounder

un crapaud,

un escarbot,

a shrimp une fourmi, a crawfish un frélon, a lobster une grenouille, a smelt un grillon, a gudgeon une guêpe, a herring un hanneton, an oyster un limaçon, a burt, bret une limace, a mackerel une mouche, a sprat un papillon,

a

a whiting un perce-oreille,

haddock

a codfish

a muscle

un pou,

une puce,

une punaise,

a perch une sangsue,

a cockle

une sauterelle, a plaice un taon,

a roach

un ver,

a pilchard un vermisseau,

a salmon

a soal, sole

a tench

un ver-à-soie, un ver-luisant, une vipère,

a trout a turbot an insect a bee

a spider a drone a Spanish fly a horned beetle

a caterpillar a hand-worm a wood-louse

a gnat a toad a beetle

an ant a hornet

a frog

a cricket

a wasp

a cock chafer

a snail

a slug

a fly

a butterfly

an ear-wig

a louse a flea a bug a leech

a grasshopper an ox-fly

a worm

a small worm

a silk-worm a glow-worm a viper

A LIST OF ADJECTIVES NOT FOUND IN GRAMMARS
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED

OF THE

{ UNIVERSITY

{ amiable, agreeable

lovely, charming

drinks no wine aise, glad, jouful, well pleased, happy

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Jabstemious, one who

abstême,

absent, e.

absent

absolu, e.

abstrait, e.

absurde,

absolute aisé, e.

abstruse, inat- alarmant, e. tentive, absent alègre,

nonsensical, absurd

accablant, e. troublesome, very heavy

alerte,

acceptable, worth alisé or alizé,
accepting "les vents alisés,"
accessible alité, e.

acceptable,

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accessible,

accommodant, e.

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accordable,

acéphale,

complaisant, altéré, e.

complying altier, e.

that may be granted ambigu, e. without a head or chief ambitieux, se. a statue with- ambulant, e.

“statue acéphale”, {

acide,

acrimonieux, se.

adorable,

adoptif, ve.

adoucissant, e.

adroit, e

adventif, ve.

aérostatique,

affable,

affairé, e.

affecté, e. affectif, ve. affectionné, e.

affectueux, se.

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out a head un comédien ambulant,
acid, sharp

acrimonious amer, e.

adorable, divine ami, e.

adoptive amiable,

emollient

skillful, dexterous

{ concerning aerial

à l'amiable,

adventitious, causal
concerning aerial amoureux, se.
navigation ample,
courteous, affable ampoulé, e.
full of business analogue,

affected ancien, ne.
pathetic angélique,

affectionate, loving angulaire,

ambitious

friendly, courteous kind, friendly amicably, in a

{

in love, smitten, fond of, amorous large, wide, plentiful bombastic, high-flown

ancient, of former times.

full of kindness "Pierre angulaire,"

"des manières affecteuses," kind

manners

trusty

appétissant, e.

frightful, dread ardent, e.

ful, shocking ardoisé, e.
alluring, enticing aride,

aged, stricken in years arqué, e.
an agent

affidé, e.

affreux, se.

agaçant, e. âgé, e.

agent, e.

aigre,
ailé, e.
aimantin, e.

aîné, e.

{{

"agent de change", a stock broker assuré, e.

sour, shrill, sharp, severe atroce,

winged attaché, e. magnetic atteint, e. eldest brother, m. attenant, e. eldest sister, f. atténuant, e.

analogous

angelical

angular

Corner stone

{ relishing, love

ly, desirable ardent, very hot, fierce, violent slate colored,

dry, barren, unfruitful bent like a bow, crooked sure, confident,. bold, certain atrocious, highly wicked covetous, near, selfish. hit, struck, etc.. contiguous mitigating, weakening

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good toper"

chétif, ve.

azuré, e.

square

central

ceremonious

charitable

.

warm, hot bald dear

Badin, e.

basané, e.

bas, se.

beau,

belle

bel,

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fine, handsome comique,

beni, e, ite.

praised, blessed commercial, e.

of a blue color choisi, e.

"La voûte azurée," The azure sky civil, e.

frolicksome, full clair, e.

of play, sportive

tawny, sunburnt clairvoyant, e.

low, mean, dishonorable classique,
belle, beautiful, comble,

mean, pitiful, poor chosen, selected civil, political clear, bright, etc.

{ discerning, clear

classical

heaped to the top

comical

commercial

bienvenu, e.

bienvoulu, e.

bizarre,

bisulce,

blanc, che.

blessé, e.

blond, e. bon, ne.

boréal, e.

bossu, e. bot, (pied)

boiteux, se.

welcome commode, convenient, commodious

beloved, esteemed commun, e. common, usual, ordinary

capricious, fantastical compact, e.
cloven footed, comparable,
(Nat. Hist.) complaisant, e.
white complet, e.
wounded compliqué, e.
light, fair compréhensible,

good, kind, etc. compris, e.
northern comptant, e.

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muddy, miry, dirty concluant, e. convincing, conclusive

short confondu, e. confounded, perplexed

reconcilable

bouché, e.

short, brief

boueux, se.

bouffon, ne.

branlant, e.

full of drollery conditionné, e.
shaking confiant, e,

in good order

confiding

brief, ève.

brûlant, e.

hot, burning conjugal, e.

conjugal

brûlé, e.

burnt conséquent, e.

consistent

"vin brûlé",

mulled wine considérable,

considerable

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brown considérant, e. considerate, cautious

noisy contraint, e.

"le mal caduc," the falling sickness contraire,

cagot, e. calleux, se.

calomnieux, se.

hypocritical

callous, hardened contrariant, e.

slanderous, convenable,

calumnious

disputable

contrary, hurtful, ad-
verse, opposed
f of a contradictory
temper
suitable, seasonable
convenient, proper,

consolable

constrained, stiff

{

courageous, bold,

coriace,

as tough as leather différent, e. distinct, diverse, various

"un homme coriace," corrigible,

corrigible digne,

troublesome, difficult

prolix, diffuse

Sa tough fisted difficile, hard,
fellow
diffus, e.

deserving, worthy, honest, upright

courageux, se.

resolute discorde,

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discord, strife

ungraceful,

disagreeable, disgraceful

discret, e.

discreet, prudent,

considerate

divers, e.

various,

différent, remote

divine, excellent

couvert, e.

docile, submissive

craintif, ve.

timorous, fearful dodu, e.

fat, plump

creux, se.

hollow, deep douloureux, se.

painful, smarting

criant, e.

glaring, snameful douteux, se.

doubtful

criard, e.

clamorous, noisy doux, ce.

soft, sweet

criminel, le.

criminal, guilty droit, e. right, just, honest, straight

croyable,

croupisssant, e. standing, stagnating dur, e.
credile worthy of belief durable,
raw, crude, unmannerly Eblouissant, e.

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cru, e.

cruel, le. cruel, unkind, hardhearted échauffant, e.
used only in writing as échevelé, e.
"écriture cursive," a run- écumeux, se.
ning hand

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dishevelled

frothy, foamy

efficacious, powerful strayed, wild, out of on'es senses sprightly, mettlesome

high, lofty patient, who submits to insult

childish

wish causes weari

ness, tedious, tire

some

fine, thin, small ennuyeux, se. {wearisome, tiresome, disloyal, unfaithful enragé, e. desperate, mad, raging

unnatural

dense, close, compact entreprenant, e. { enterprising, bold,

désastreux, se. disastrous, unfortunate envieux, se. désavantageux, se. disadvantageous épais, se.

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daring

thick, dense

scattered, dispersed dismayed

grievous, afflicting épineux, se. difficult, thorny, prickly disconsolable éploré, e. all in tears, bathed in tears

désert, e. désirable,

désolant, e.

désolé, e.

despotique,

despotical équivoque,

(detestable, hateful, errant, e,

equivocal wandering

détestable,

dévolu, e. dévot, e.

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