pierre, n.f., stone, flint; (fig.) steel, rock; gem; (med.) calculus. — de taille; freestone. — à aiguiser; grindstone. — précieuse; gem, precious stone. — fausse; paste. — à fusil; flint. — à cautère; potential cautery. — d’achoppement; stumbling-block. — de touche; touchstone. Première —; foundation-stone. La — philosophale; the philosopher’s stone. Il gèle à — fendre; it is freezing extremely hard. Jeter la — à quelqu’un; to attack any one (in words). Jeter des —s dans le jardin de quelqu’un; to throw out insinuations against any one. — d’attente; (mas.) toothing; (fig.) stepping-stone. — angulaire; corner-stone. — d’évier; gutter-stone, kitchen-sink. — milliaire; milestone. Faire d’une — deux coups; to kill two birds with one stone. — qui roule n’amasse pas de mousse; a rolling stone gathers no moss. Faire rire un tas de —s; to make a cat laugh.
pierrée, n.f., (engineering) rubble drain.
pierreries (pièr-rî), n.f.pl., jewels, precious stones.
pierrette, n.f., little stone, pebble; (orni.) hen-sparrow.
pierreu-x, -se, n. and adj., stony, flinty, gritty, gravely; calculous.
pierrier, n.m., stone drain, swivel-gun.
pierrot, n.m., house-sparrow; clown, merry-andrew.
pierrures, n.f.pl., (hunt.) pearls; bur (of deer).
piété, n.f., piety, godliness; love, affection.