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The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural.]

also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.

fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.

A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86.

by birth; an animal, a fruit, or vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of France.

A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; -- so called from Neufchâtel- en-Bray in France.

Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right. Kent.

A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.

One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.

have served ourselves and our own occasions. Jer. Taylor. When my occasions took me into France. Burke.

rsons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. Shak. The venerable order of the Knights Templars. Sir W. Scott.

The ancient royal standard of France.

To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. Ford.

Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. "The paleotechnic men of central France." D. Wilson.

Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry. Palissy ware, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief.

eyard, for drawing off the electricity in the atmosphere in order to prevent hailstorms. [France] Knight.

The chief city of France. Paris green. See under Green, n. -- Paris white (Chem.), purified chalk used as a pigment; whiting; Spanish white.

A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.

In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts. Parliament heel, the inclination of a ship when made to careen by shifting her cargo or ballast. -- Parliament hinge (Arch.), a hinge with so great a projection from the wall or frame as to allow a door or shutter to swing back fla…