mâchemoure, n.f., ship biscuit dust.
mâcher, v.a., to chew, to masticate, (of a horse) to champ (the bit); to eat ravenously. — à vide; to chew the air; (fig., fam.) to delude one’s self with false expectations. — de haut; (fam.) to eat without appetite. Il faut lui — tous ses morceaux; everything must be ready made to his hand. Ne pas — ce qu’on pense; not to hesitate saying what one feels, not to mince matters, to speak one’s mind. On lui avait mâché sa besogne; the work had been cut and dried for him.
se mâcher, v.r., to be chewed.
mâcheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., high feeder, trencher-man, muncher. — de tabac; chewer of tobacco.
machiavélique, adj., Machiavelian.
machiavélisme, n.m., Machiavelism.
machiavéliste, n.m., Machiavelian.
mâchicatoire, n.m., masticatory.
mâchicoulis, n.m. V. mâchecoulis.
machinal, -e, adj., mechanical, automatic, instinctive.