ajusté, -e, part., adjusted, fitted, accommodated, dressed. Un style bien —; a very elaborate style. Comme vous voilà —! what a figure you cut.
ajustement, n.m., adjustment, adjusting, fitting, regulation, settlement; laying out; attire, garb, apparel, dress, garment; accommodation, agreement, reconciliation. L’— d’un poids; the adjusting of a weight. L’— d’une machine; the regulating a machine. Elle n’est pas belle, elle a besoin d’—; she is not handsome, she needs dress or adornment.
ajuster, v.a., to adjust, to regulate, to square, to size, to tally; to aim, to take aim at, to aim at; to fit, to adapt, to set in order, to accommodate; to trim, to bedeck, to dress. — un lièvre; to take aim at a hare. — de nouveau; to recompose. — ses cheveux; to put one’s hair in order. — deux personnes; to reconcile two people, to make them agree. — un différend; to reconcile a différence. Ajustez vos flûtes; understand one another. On l’a bien ajusté; they have given it him well. — des passages d’un livre; to make passages of a book agree.
s’ajuster, v.r., to prepare one’s self, to get one’s self ready; to dress, to deck, one’s self out; to agree, to take measures, to concert together.
ajusteur, n.m., weigher at the mint, fitter, sizer.
ajustoir, n.m., a pair of scales (used in the mint); assay scales.
ajutage, ajutoir, n.m., adjutage, a tube or pipe (for water-works).
alacrité, n.f., alacrity.
alambic, n.m., alembic, still. Faire passer par l’—; to distill, to draw by distillation. Passer par l’—; to undergo a careful examination.