Bouillante, f. (soldiers’), soup.
Bouillie, f. (popular), pour les chats, unsuccessful undertaking. Faire de la —— pour les chats, to do any useless thing.
Bouillon, m. (familiar and popular), rain; unsold numbers of a book or newspaper; financial or business losses; —— aveugle, thin broth; —— de canard, water; —— de veau, mild literature; —— d’onze heures, poison; drowning; —— gras, sulphuric acid (an allusion to a case of vitriol-throwing by a woman named Gras); —— pointu, bayonet thrust; clyster; —— qui chauffe, rain-cloud. Boire le ——, to die. (Fishermens’) Bouillon de harengs, shoal of herrings.
Bouillonner (popular), to suffer pecuniary losses consequent on the failure of an undertaking; to have a bad sale; to eat at a bouillon restaurant.
Bouillonneuse, f., female who prepares bouillon at restaurants.
Bouillote, f. (popular), vieille ——, old fool, “doddering old sheep’s head.”
Bouis, m. (thieves’), whip.
Bouiser, to whip, “to flush.”
Boulage, m. (popular), refusal; snub.
Boulange, f., for boulangerie.