tly, gently, softly, quietly.
douceur, _f._ gentleness, softness, mildness; avec --, softly.
douer, _v._ to endow.
douleur, _f._ pain, grief, sorrow.
douloureux, -euse, _adj._ painful.
doute, _m._ doubt.
douter, _v._ to doubt; se -- (de), suspect.
douteux, -euse, _adj._ doubtful, uncertain.
doux, douce, _adj._ sweet, gentle, soft, mild.
douzaine, _f._ dozen, twelve successive numbers in roulette.
douze, _card._ twelve.
doyen, _m._ dean, provost.
dragee, _f._ sugared almond (used especially at christenings).
dragon, _m._ dragon, dragoon.
dramatique, _adj._ dramatic.
drame, _m._ drama, tragedy.
drap, _m._ cloth, sheet:
drapier, _m._ draper; doyen des drapiers, dean (chief officer) of
the guild of clothiers.
dresser, _v._ to erect, raise, straighten up; se --, draw
oneself up, fisc, straighten up; faire -- les cheveux sur la tete,
make the hair stand on end.
dressoir, _m._ sideboard.
droguerie, _f._ drugs.
droit, -e, _adj., adv. and m._ straight, erect, right, upright; a
bon --, by good right; il allait tout -- devant lui, he was
going straight ahead; droite, _f._ right hand.
drole, _adj._ droll, comical, ludicrous, odd; m. rascal; un --
d'homme, a droll or strange fellow.
du=de le.
ducat, _m._ ducat (about $2.25).
duel, _m._ duel.
dune, _f._ dune, downs.
Dupotet, proper name (_cf. potet_=little pot, in Old French).
duquel, _de lequel_.
dur, -e, _adj._ hard, harsh, rough.
durant, _prep._ during.
durer, _v._ to last.
durete, _f._ hardness.
duvet, _m._ down.
dyspeptique, _adj. and s._ dyspeptic.

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eau, _f._ water; -- -de-vie, brandy; etre tout en --, to
be dripping with perspiration.
ebahi, -e, _adj._ aghast, amazed.
ebaucher, _v._ to sketch, delineate, outline, make only part way or
awkwardly.
ebene, _m._ ebony.
eblouir, _v._ to dazzle.
eblouissement, _m._ dazzling, giddiness.
ebouriffe, -e, _adj._ in disorder, with disheveled hair, unkempt.
ebrancher, _v._ to strip the branches off, lop.
ebranler, _v._ to shake.
ecaille, _f._ scale, shell.
ecarlate, _m._ (used adjectively), scarlet.
ecarquiller, _v._ to open wide.
ecarter, _v._ to turn aside, put or draw or rush aside, spread keep
from; s'--, withdraw, separate, draw away, part; ecarte, -e,
wide apart, projecting, flaring.
echafauder, _v._ to erect scaffolding, build up.
echalas, _m._ vine-prop.
echanger, _v._ to exchange.
echantillon, _m._ sample, specimen.
echapper, _v._ to escape; s'--, escape.
echarper, _v._ to slash, cut to pieces.
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