pouacre, n.m. and adj., (pop.) niggardly; nasty fellow; filthy; nasty.
pouah! int., faugh! ugh!
pouce, n.m., thumb; inch. Il s’en mordra les —s; he will rue it, or regret it. Serrer les —s à quelqu’un; to wrest a secret from any one. Mettre les —s; to give in; to knuckle under. Manger sur le —; to have a snack.
poucet, n.m., small thumb. Le petit —; Tom Thumb.
poucettes, n.f.pl., manacles (for the thumbs).
poucier, n.m., thumb-stall.
pou-de-soie, n.m., (—x-—) or poult-de-soie, n.m., (—s-—) (silk) paduasoy; stout silk.
pouding, n.m., pudding.
poudingue (-dingh), n.m., pudding-stone.
poudre, n.f., dust, sand; powder; gunpowder. — d’or; gold dust. Sucre en —; castor sugar. Réduire en —; to pulverize. Jeter de la — aux yeux de quelqu’un; to throw dust into the eyes of any one, to impose on any one. Du tabac en —; snuff. — de chasse; shooting-powder. Du café en —; ground coffee. — à canon; gunpowder. La soute aux —s; (nav.) the powder magazine. Les —s; the powder magazine. Il n’a pas inventé la —; he is no conjurer; he will never set the Thames on fire. Mettre le feu aux —s; (fig.) to fan the flame.