Vocabulary
foule
crowd; the thronging of a crowd; a great number, multitude, mass; host; the act or process of treading or milling; oppression, vexation
Noun
fraise
strawberry; nipple; bulwark, palisade (defensive rampart of earth with sharpened wooden stakes set in at an angle); calf's mesentery; fraise (ruff collar); milling cutter; dental drill
Noun
fouler
to stamp, to impress, to dent; to mill; to walk on, to tread, to trample; to oppress, to mistreat; to injure by knocking, bumping or dinting; to sprain; to wear oneself out, to overdo it
Verb
mille-feuille
mille-feuille, vanilla slice; something layered, entangled and complex; common yarrow, yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
Noun
Tourandocte
Tourandocte (a fictional Chinese princess appearing in "Histoire du prince Calaf et de la princesse de la Chine" ('Story of Prince Calaf and the Princess of China') collected in Les Mille et Un Jours (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix)
Name
apporter de l'eau au moulin de
to add grist for the mill, to bring grist for the mill, to provide ammunition for someone (to provide extra arguments in support of someone's stance)
Verb
merranderie
stave-milling (trade of preparing staves that are then used by a cooper to make barrels)
Noun
en baver
to go through hell, to suffer, to have a hard time, to have a rough time of it; to go through the mill (with a purpose)
Verb
donner du grain à moudre
to add grist for the mill, to bring grist for the mill, to provide ammunition (to provide extra arguments in support of (someone's) stance)
Verb
Moulin
an occupation surname transferred from the common noun, equivalent to English Mill or Spanish Molina
Name
en baver des ronds de chapeau
to go through hell, to suffer, to have a hard time, to have a rough time of it; to go through the mill (with a purpose)
Verb
millepertuis
St. John's wort (Hypericum L.); synonym of millepertuis perforé (“St. John's wort”) (Hypericum perforatum)
Noun