cuit, -e, part., cooked, done, roasted, boiled, baked; (fig.) done for, dished. Cela est trop —; that is done too much, overdone (of meat). — au four; baked. — à point; done to a turn.
cuite, n.f., baking; burning (of bricks, etc.); (manu.) boiling.
cuivre, n.m., copper, brass. — jaune; brass. — rouge; copper. — vierge; native copper. — battu; wrought copper. — fondu; cast copper. — en barres; bar copper. — en planches; sheet copper. Fonte de —; pig copper. —s; brass instruments.
cuivré, -e, adj., copper-colored; (fig.) ringing, clear, sonorous.
cuivrer, v.a., to cover with sheet copper, to copper.
cuivrerie, n.f., copper wares, brass-wares.
cuivreu-x, -se, adj., coppery.
cul (ku), n.m., (very l.ex.) breech; backside; posterior; rump; bottom; tail (of carts); top; cylinder head (mech.). — par-dessus tête; head over heels. Donner du pied au — à quelqu’un; to kick any one. Être à —; not to know what to do. Faire le — de poule; to pout. — de basse-fosse; dungeon. —-de-jatte, (—s-—) cripple (seated on a wooden bowl). —-de-lampe, (—s-—) (arch.) bracket, pendant; (print.) tail-piece. — de porc, (nav.) wall-knot. —-de-sac, (—s-—) blind alley. —-de-four, (—s-—) (arch.) demi-cupola. —-blanc, (—s-—s) (orni.) wheat-ear, white-tail, fallow-chat, fallow-finch; snipe.
culasse, n.f., breech (of a cannon, musket, etc.); pavilion (of diamonds).
culbutant, n.m., (orni.) tumbler.