fontange, n.f., topknot (ribbon).

fonte, n.f., melting, casting, cast; cast-iron; brass; smelting; (print.) font, fount; holster (of saddles). Fer de — or — de fer; cast-iron. Jeter en —; to cast. Métal de —; gun-metal; brass.

fontenier, n.m., fountain-maker; turncock.

fonticule, n.m., (surg.) issue.

fonts (fōn), n.m.pl., font. Tenir quelqu’un sur les —; to stand godfather, godmother, to any one.

for, n.m., (l.u.) tribunal, conscience. — extérieur; temporal jurisdiction of the church. — intérieur; spiritual jurisdiction; inner conscience.

forage, n.m., boring; drilling; wine dues.

forain, -e, adj., foreign, alien, outlandish, traveling, itinerant. Marchand —; hawker, peddler. Rade —e; (nav.) open roadstead. Spectacle —; traveling show. Marchand —; pork-salesman. Chemin —; carriage road. Propriétaire —; absentee landlord.

foraminé, adj., foraminous.

forban, n.m., pirate, sea-robber, corsair.