bougran, n.m., buckram.
bougre, n.m., blackguard; fellow. Bon —; good sort of fellow. Mauvais —; nasty fellow, ugly customer.
*bouillabaisse, n.f., Provençal fish-soup with garlic, &c.; mish-mash.
*bouillant, -e, adj., boiling, boiling-hot, scalding-hot, piping-hot; hot, fiery, hasty, eager, fierce, hot-headed. Jeunesse —e; fiery youth. — de colère; boiling with anger. — d’impatience; burning with impatience.
*bouille, n.f., fishing-pole.
*bouiller, v.a., to stir the water with a pole.
*bouillerie, n.f., boilery.
*bouilleur, n.m., boiler-tube (of an engine).
*bouilli, n.m., boiled beef, bouilli.
*bouillie, n.f., pap (for infants); pulp (to make paper). Faire de la — pour les chats; fruitless labor, profitless undertaking.