abaisseur, adj., (anat.) depriment. Muscle —; depriment muscle.
abait, n.m., bait. V. appât.
abaiter, v.a., to bait. V. appâter.
abajoue, n.f., (mam.) cheek-pouch; gill, gills.
abalourdir, v.a., (fam.) to make dull and stupid.
abandon, n.m., forsaking, relinquishment, surrender; leaving things at random; abandonment, the being forsaken, forlornness, destitution, ease, unconstraint. Avoir un — séduisant; to have seductive manners. Se livrer avec — à; to indulge in.
à l’abandon, adv., at random, in confusion, at sixes and sevens. Laisser ses enfants à l’—; to neglect one’s children. Un champ qui est à l’—; a field left to run wild.
abandonnataire, n.m.f., (jur.) relessee.
abandonné, -e, part., abandoned, forsaken, given over. Un malade abandonné; a patient given up.
abandonné, -e, adj., abandoned, lost to decency, shameless, graceless, profligate.