*peigneu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., (manu.) comber.
*peignier, n.m., comb-maker.
*peignoir, n.m., dressing-gown, wrapper; bathing-gown.
*peignures, n.f.pl., combings.
peindre (peignant, peint), v.a., to paint, to portray; to describe, to depict; to draw, to represent; to express. — d’après nature; to paint from nature. — à l’huile; to paint in oils. — l’histoire; to paint historical subjects. — le portrait; to take likenesses, to paint portraits. Se faire —; to sit for one’s portrait. Fait à —; very handsome. Il nous a peint sa détresse; he described his distress to us.
se peindre, v.r., to paint one’s self; to be represented, to be expressed or described, to be depicted. La douleur se peignait sur son visage; grief was depicted on his face.
peine, n.f., punishment, penalty, pain; affliction, grief, sorrow, misery; uneasiness, trouble, anxiety, labor; pains; reluctance. Sous les —s de droit; on pain of being punished according to law. Partager les —s de quelqu’un; to share any one’s troubles. Il n’y a que des —s dans la vie; the world is full of sorrow. Cela fait — à voir; it hurts one to see it. À chaque jour suffit sa —; sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. Je suis en — de savoir ce qu’il deviendra; I am at a loss to know what will become of him. Faire de la — à quelqu’un; to pain any one. Être dans la —; to be in trouble. Se mettre en — de; to trouble one’s self about. Je voudrais vous épargner cette —; I would willingly spare you that trouble. Cela n’en vaut pas la —; it is not worth while. Il a de la — à parler; he is scarcely able to speak. Il a de la — à marcher; he can scarcely walk. Il a eu beaucoup de — à en venir à bout; he had much trouble to bring it about, to get through it. J’ai — à le croire; I can hardly believe it. Un homme de —; a laborer. Ce n’est pas la —; it is not worth while. À —; hardly, scarce, scarcely. À — sait-il lire; he can hardly read. À grand’—; with great trouble, with much difficulty. Mourir à la —; to die in harness or to work one’s self to death.
peiné, -e, part., pained, grieved; labored, elaborate, stiff. Un ouvrage —; a labored piece of work.
peiner, v.a., to pain, to make uneasy, to put to trouble; to fatigue, to labor.
se peiner, v.r., to take pains; to grieve, to fret.