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Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. French bean(Bot.), the common kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).-- French berry (Bot.), the berry of a species of buckthorn (Rhamnuscatharticus), which affords a saffron, green or purple pigment.-- French casement (Arch.) See French window, under Window.-- French chalk (Min.), a variety of granular talc; -- used fordrawing lines on cloth, etc. See under Chalk.-- French cowslip (Bot.) The Primula Auricula. See Bear's-ear.-- French fake (Naut.), a mode of coiling a rope by running itbackward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run freely.-- French honeysuckle (Bot.) a plant of the genus Hedysarum (H.coronarium); -- called also garland honeysuckle.-- French horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a longtube twisted into circular folds and gradually expanding from themouthpiece to the end at which the sound issues; -- called in Francecor de chasse.-- French leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure; esp., theleaving a place without paying one's debts.-- French pie Etym: [French (here used in sense of "foreign") + piea magpie (in allusion to its black and white color)] (Zoöl.), theEuropean great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); -- called alsowood pie.-- French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork,consisting of gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, orshellac with other gums added. (b) The glossy surface produced by theapplication of the above.-- French purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used forcoloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure.-- French red rouge.-- French rice, amelcorn.-- French roof (Arch.), a modified form of mansard roof having anearly flat deck for the upper slope.-- French tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and logwood;-- called also plum tub. Ure.-- French window. See under Window.