boïard, n.m. V. boyard.
boire (buvant, bu), v.a., to drink, to imbibe; to absorb. — un affront; to pocket an affront. — le calice jusqu’à la lie; to drain the cup to the dregs. Qui fait la folie, la boit; as you brew, so you must drink.
boire, v.n., to drink, to tipple; to blot, to be puckered (of needlework). — à la ronde; glasses round. — à la santé de quelqu’un; to drink any one’s health. C’est un homme qui boit; he is a drunkard. — à longs traits; to drink long draughts. — sec; to drink hard, neat. — comme un trou; to drink like a fish. A —; some drink. Ce papier boit; this paper blots. Qui a bu, boira; habit is second nature. Le vin est tiré, il faut le —; in for a penny, in for a pound.
boire, n.m., drink, drinking. Le — et le manger; eating and drinking. Elle lui apprête son — et son manger; she prepares his meals for him.
bois, n.m., wood, forest; timber; horns (of a deer, &c.); cross (of Christ); bedstead; stock (of a gun); staff (of a lance). Un — de haute futaie; a wood of lofty trees. Un — taillis; a copse. — mort sur pied; dead wood. Mort-—; wood of little value, such as hawthorn, bramble, &c. La lisière d’un —; the skirt, edge of a wood. La faim chasse le loup du —; hunger will break through stone walls. — puant; beau trefoil. — de rose; tulipwood. — de gaiac; lignum vitæ. — de Sainte-Lucie; Mahaleb. — de palissandre; violet ebony. — sur pied; standing wood. — d’équarrissage; square timber. — en grume; round timber. Le fil du —; the grain of the wood. — de sciage; sawn timber. — de refend; cleft timber. — chablis; wind-fallen wood. — de charpente; timber, straight timber. — de charronnage; wheel-wrights’ timber. — de construction pour la marine; ship timber. — de chauffage; firewood. — flotté; floated wood. — d’araignée; crow-foot. Faire du —; to get wood. Une voie de —; load of wood. Un train de —; a float of wood. Il ne sait plus de quel — faire flèche; he does not know which way to turn, what to be at. Je sais de quel — il se chauffe; I know what metal he is made of. Il est du — dont on fait les flûtes; he will chime in with anything. Trouver visage de —; to find no one at home. Un — de lit; a bedstead. Le — tortu fait le feu droit; the end justifies the means.
boisage, n.m., wood-work.
boisé, -e, adj., woody, abounding with wood, wooded. Chambre —e; wainscoted room.
boisement, n.m., planting land with trees, timbering, afforestation.
boiser, v.a., to put woodwork to; to timber.
boiserie (boaz-rî), n.f., wainscot, wainscoting.