amarrage, n.m., (nav.) anchorage; mooring, lashing, seizure. Ligne d’—; lasher.
amarre, n.f., (nav.) cable, rope, hawser. — de fond; ground tackle.
amarrer, v.a., (nav.) to moor, to belay, to make fast, to lash, to tie, to seize.
amaryllis (-ril-lis), n.f., amaryllis, lily-asphodel.
amas, n.m., mass, heap, pile, collection, hoard, store, accumulation, cluster; congeries. Un — de peuple; a great mob. — de sable; heap of sand.
amasser, v.a., to heap up, to hoard up, to lay up, to treasure up, to gather up, to get together, to accumulate, to rake together; to assemble, to congregate, to put together, to cluster. — de l’argent; to hoard up money.
s’amasser, v.r., to gather, to get together, to accumulate, to be collected, to crowd, to assemble.
amassette, n.f., a small palette-knife.
amatelotage (-mat-lo-), n.m., (nav.) messmating.
amateloter (-mat-lo-), v.a., (nav.) to class (the crew).