amure, n.f., (nav.) tack of a sail. Première — de misaine; fore-tack. Grande —; main-tack.
amurer, v.a., (nav.) to haul or bring aboard the tack of a sail. Amure la grande voile! aboard the main tack!
amusable, adj., capable of being amused, amusable.
amusant, -e, adj., amusing, diverting, entertaining.
amusement (-mān), n.m., amusement, pastime, entertainment, sport, diversion; sham, trick, mere put off; fooling, trifling. Pas tant d’—; less trifling.
amuser, v.a., to amuse, to divert, to entertain, to recreate, to solace, to beguile; to put one off with fair words and promises; to trifle with; to stop, to detain; to deceive. Ne m’amusez pas; don’t detain me. — le tapis; to talk the time away, to be long in coming to the point. — l’ennemi; to deceive the enemy.
s’amuser, v.r., to amuse one’s self, to busy one’s self; to disport, to sport, to tarry, to stay, to trifle, to stand trifling. S’— de quelqu’un; to trifle with any one. Ne vous amusez pas en chemin; don’t loiter on the way. S’— à des bagatelles; to care for nothing but trifles. S’— à la moutarde; to stand at trifles.
amusette, n.f., amusement, trifling, child’s play.
amuseur, n.m., entertainer, deceiver.
amusoire, n.f., something amusing, toy, trifle.