ourdir, v.a., to warp; to plot, to brew, to hatch, to concoct. — une toile; to warp a cloth. — une trahison; to plot a treacherous deed. — un complot; to hatch a plot.
ourdissage, n.m., warping.
ourdisseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., warper.
ourdissoir, n.m., warp-beam.
ourdissure, n.f., warping.
ourler, v.a., to hem (needlework). — à jour; to hemstitch.
ourlet, n.m., hem.
ours (oors), n.m., bear. Un — mal léché; an unlicked cub, an ill-bred fellow. Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’— avant qu’on l’ait pris; you must not count your chickens before they are hatched. C’est un —; he is a bear. Chasse à l’—; bear-hunt.
ourse, n.f., she-bear; (astron.) Ursa. La grande —; Ursa Major, the Greater Bear. La petite —; Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear.