*bouillotte, n.f., bouillotte (game at cards).
bouin, n.m., (dy.) head of silk.
bouis, n.m., glazing-stick.
boujaron, n.m., tot, about half a gill (nav.).
boulaie, n.f., (l.u.) birch plantation.
boulang-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., baker; baker’s wife.
boulanger, v.a., to make bread. Du pain bien boulangé; well-made bread.
boulanger, v.n., to bake.
boulangerie (-lan-jrî), n.f., baking, bakers’ business; bakehouse.
boule, n.f., bowl, ball, pate, head, noddle, sconce. Il est rond comme une —; he is as round as a ball. Un jeu de —; a bowling-green. Jouer à la —; to play at bowls. Avoir la —; to play first. Boule-de-neige, (—s-—) (bot.) snow-ball. — d’eau chaude; hot water bottle. ☉A la — vue; in haste, carelessly. —; (for voting) ballot. (pop.) Perdre la —; to lose one’s head.