maidan, n.m., (—s) market-place (in the East).
maie, n.f., (nav.) kneading-trough, bread-pan.
maïeur, n.m., (local ex.) mayor.
maigre, adj., meager, lean, thin, spare, slender; poor, sorry, scanty, dry, barren; (of coal) close-burning. — échine; bare-bones (pers.). — comme un hareng; as lean as a shotten herring, as thin as a lath. Jours —s; fish-days. Repas —; fish meal. Soupe —; herb soup (made without meat). — chère; poor living, poor fare. — repas; sorry meal. Sujet —; barren subject. Ecriture —; scraggy handwriting.
maigre, n.m., lean; (ich.) umbrina; any food save meat. Faire —; to abstain from meat. Traiter en —; to treat to a fish dinner, or to give no meat. En —; (carp.) sharply, scantily.
maigrelet, -te, adj., thin, thinnish, lean, spare.
maigrement, adv., meagerly, poorly, sorrily, sparingly.
maigret, -te, adj., lean, poor, thin, spare.
maigreur, n.f., leanness, meagerness; slenderness, thinness, sorriness, poorness, spareness, scantiness, barrenness.