[french] vt, often cap (1941) 1: to trim the meat from the end of the bone of (as a chop)
2: to cut (green beans) in thin lengthwise strips before cooking [1]French adj [ME, fr. OE frencisc, fr. Franca Frank] (bef. 12c) 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its people, or their language
2: of or relating to the overseas descendents of the French people -- French.ness n
[2]French n (12c) 1: a Romance language that developed out of the Vulgar Latin spoken in northern and central Transalpine Gaul and that became the literary and official language of France
2. pl in constr: the French people
3: strong language "pardon my ~"