poisser, v.a., to pitch, to do over with pitch; to make sticky.
poisseu-x, -se, adj., pitchy, gluey, sticky.
poisson, n.m., fish; half a gill. pl., (astron.) Pisces. — de mer, de rivière; sea-fish, river-fish. Colle de —; isinglass. — d’avril; April fool. — rouge; gold-fish. — juif; hammer-fish. Donner un — d’avril à quelqu’un; to make an April fool of any one. Être comme un — sur la paille; to be like a fish out of water.
*poissonnaille, n.f., small fish or fry.
poissonnerie (-so-n-rî), n.f., fish-market.
poissonneu-x, -se, adj., abounding in fish, full of fish.
poissonnier, n.m., fishmonger, fish-salesman.
poissonnière, n.f., fishmonger (woman); fish-kettle.
poitrail, n.m., breast (of a horse); breast-piece (of harness); (arch.) breast-summer.
poitrinaire, n.m.f. and adj., consumptive.