foudre, n.m., thunderbolt; great orator; great warrior, captain, hero; a large cask, a tun. Un — de guerre; a great captain.
foudroiement or foudroîment (foo-droa-mān), n.m., thunder-striking, crushing; overwhelming.
foudroyant, -e, adj., terrible, crushing, dreadful; fulminating, thundering; withering.
foudroyer, v.a., to thunder-strike; to batter with cannon and mortars; to riddle with shot; to fulminate, to blast; to crush, to overwhelm, to ruin, to confound.
fouée, n.f., bat-fowling; oven-fire; fagot.
fouenne, n.f. V. faîne.
fouet, n.m., whip, horsewhip, lash; whipcord; whipping; whisk; cat, cat-o’-nine-tails. — à blancs d’œufs; egg-whisk. Faire claquer un —; to crack a whip. Faire claquer son —; to sound one’s own trumpet. Donner le — à quelqu’un; to whip any one. Donner des coups de — à; to whip. Se faire donner le —; to get whipped. Poulie à —; (nav.) tail-block. Coup de —; sudden contraction of muscles of leg.
fouetté, -e, part., whipped; streaked (of flowers and fruit). De la crème —e; whipped cream. Tulipe —e; streaked tulip.
fouette-queue, n.m., star-lizard.
fouetter, v.a., to whip, to horsewhip, to lash, to scourge, to flog; to whisk; to flick; to toss off, to quaff; (nav.) to lash; (nav.) to flap back against the masts (of sails). Il n’y a pas là de quoi — un chat; it is a mere trifle. Il a bien d’autres chiens à —; he has other fish to fry. Fouette! cocher; whip up or faster, coachman.