; -- de mer, sea-dog.
lourd, -e, _adj._ heavy, dull, drowsy, clumsy, burdensome.
lourdement, _adv._ heavily.
lourdeur, _f._ heaviness, weight.
louvoyer, _v._ to tack (of a ship).
loyal, -e, _adj._ loyal.
lucarne, _f._ dormer-window.
lubine, _f._ popular name for the fish called bar, umbrine (usually
written lubin or loubin).
Lucien, Lucian.
Ludwig = Louis (German).
lueur, _f._ gleam, light.
lugubre, _adj._ mournful, lugubrious.
lugubrement, _adv._ dolefully, lugubriously.
lui, _conj. pr., see_ le; _disj. pr._ him, it, he, on his part,
himself, itself.
lui-meme, elle-meme (eux-memes, elles-memes, _pl.), pr._ himself,
herself, itself, etc.
luire, _v._ to shine.
lumiere, _f._ light; il faut que la -- se fasse, it must be
cleared up.
lumineux, -euse, _adj._ luminous.
lundi, _m._ Monday.
lune, _f._ moon, moonlight.
lunette, _f._ telescope; _pl._ spectacles.
Luneville, town in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
luthier, _m._ lute-maker, seller of musical instruments.
lutte, _f._ struggle, wrestling.
luxe, _m._ luxury.
lys, _m._ lily (s pronounced; now written lis).

M

M., abbreviation for Monsieur; m', _see_ me.
ma, _see_ mon.
macher, _v._ to chew.
machinal, -e, _adj._ mechanical.
machinalement, _adv._ mechanically.
machoire, _f._ jaw.
machonner, _v._ to munch, chew.
maconner, _v._ to build, wall up; voute maconnee, vaulted
masonry.
madame (mesdames, _pl.), f._ Mrs., Madam.
Madeleine (la), _f._ one of the principal and richest churches in
Paris, having the form of a Greek temple, built between 1764 and 1842.
mademoiselle, _f._ Miss, young lady.
madrigal, _m._ madrigal (love poem).
maestro, _m._ composer (Italian, = master).
magasin, _m._ warehouse, store, shop, storehouse.
mage, _m._ magian, astrologer; _pl._ magi, Wise Men (Bible).
magicien, _m._ magician, wizard.
magique, _adj._ magic.
magistrat, _m._ magistrate.
magistrature, _f._ magistracy; -- assise, judicial magistracy.
magnanime, _adj._ magnanimous, high-minded.
magnetique, _adj._ magnetic.
magnetiser, _v._ to magnetize.
magnificence, _f._ magnificence, splendor.
magnifique, _adj._ magnificent.
Mahnoud-Ben-Ahmed, Mahmud-Ben-Ahmed (the first and last names have
been borne by several Sultans of Turkey; Ben is the Hebrew word for son,
it is not Arahic).
Mahomet, Mohammed (founder of the Mohammedan religion, born in Mecca
c. 571, died in 632).
mai, _m._ May.
maigre, _adj. and s._ thin, scanty, meager, thin person.
maigreur, _f._ thinness.