frenches
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of french
• Fechners
Frenches
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of French
• Fechners
Source: Wiktionary
French, a. Etym: [AS. frencisc, LL. franciscus, from L. Francus a Frank: cf. OF. franceis, franchois, fran, F. franFrank, a., and cf. Frankish.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean (Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
– French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment.
– French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window.
– French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used for drawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.
– French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear.
– French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running it backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.
– French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H. coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.
– French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in France cor de chasse.
– French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
– French pie Etym: [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + pie a magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zoöl.), the European great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); -- called also wood pie.
– French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or shellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by the application of the above.
– French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure.
– French red rouge.
– French rice, amelcorn.
– French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
– French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood;
– called also plum tub. Ure.
– French window. See under Window.
French, n.
1. The language spoken in France.
2. Collectively, the people of France.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
