contour, n.m., circuit, circumference; contour, outline; (carp.) curtail; (mas.) quirk.
contourné, -e, adj., outlined; spiral; twisted; distorted; deformed; ill-shaped.
contournement, n.m., outlining; twisting; winding, rounding, convolution.
contourner, v.a., to outline, to give the proper contour to; to distort, to twist, to deform; to twine round, to twist round; to turn around, to wind round; to round.
se contourner, v.r., to grow crooked, to become bent, twisted, deformed.
contourneuse, n.f., shaping-machine.
contractant, -e, adj., contracting. Partie —e; contracting party; (jur.) covenanter.
contractant, n.m., -e, n.f., contractor, stipulator; (jur.) covenanter.
contracté, -e, part., (gram.) contracted, shortened.
contracter, v.a., to contract; to covenant, to stipulate, to bargain, to make a contract; to shrink, to straiten; to shorten, to abridge; to acquire, to get; to catch. — de bonnes habitudes; to acquire good habits.