FENÊTRE, _f._ (popular), boucher une ---- à quelqu’un, _to give one a black eye_, “to put one’s eyes in half-mourning.” Faire la ----, _is said of a prostitute who lies in wait at a window, and who by sundry alluring signs seeks to entice passers-by into entering the house_. Mettre la tête à la ----, _to be guillotined_. An allusion to the passing the head through the lunette or circular aperture of the guillotine. FENÊTRIÈRE, _f._ (popular), _prostitute who lies in wait at a window, whence she invites passers-by to enter_. FENOUSE, or FELOUSE, _f._ (thieves’), _meadow_. FÉODEC, _adj._ (thieves’), _unjust_. FER À REPASSER, _m._ (popular), _shoe_, or “trotter-case.” See RIPATON. FER-BLANC, _m._ (familiar), de ----, _worthless_. Des rognures de ----, _inferior theatrical company_. Un écrivain de ----, _author without any ability_, “penny-a-liner.” FERBLANTERIE, _f._ (familiar), _decorations_. FERBLANTIER, _m._ (naval), _official_. FERLAMPIER, or FERLANDIER, _m._ (thieves’), bandit; sharper, or “hawk;” _thief_, or “prig;” _lazy humbug_; _rogue_, or “bad egg.” Ferlampié formerly had the signification of _dunce_. FERLINGANTE, _f._ (thieves’), _crockery_. FERLOQUES, _f. pl._ (popular), _rags_. FERMER (popular), maillard, _to sleep_, “to doss.” An allusion to M. Maillard, the inventor of iron-plate shutters; ---- son compas, _to stop walking_; ---- son parapluie, _to die_. See PIPE. Fermer son plomb, son égout, or sa boîte, _to hold one’s tongue_. Ferme ta boîte, “shut up!” “hold your jaw!” A synonymous but more polite expression, “Tace is Latin for a candle,” is used by Fielding. “Tace, madam,” answered Murphy, “is Latin for a candle; I commend your prudence.”--=FIELDING=, _Amelia_. FÉROCE, _m. and adj._ (familiar), être ---- sur l’article, _to be strict_. Pas ----, _made of poor stuff_. Un ----, _one devoted to his duty_. FERRÉ, _adj._ (thieves’), être ----, _to be locked up_, or “put away.” FERRER LE GOUJON (popular), _to make one swallow the bait_. FERTANGE, or FERTILLE, _f._ (thieves’), _straw_. Tu es un rude mion; le môme pantinois n’est pas maquillé de fertille lansquinée.--=V. HUGO=, _Les Misérables_. (_You are a stunner; a child of Paris is not made of wet straw._) FERTILLANTE, _f._ (thieves’), _feather_; _pen_; _tail_. FERTILLE, _f._ (thieves’), _face_, or “mug;” _straw_, or “strommel.” FERTILLIERS, _m. pl._ (thieves’), _wheat_. FESSE, _f._ (popular), _woman_, “laced mutton.” Ma ----, _my better half_. Magasin de fesses, _brothel_, or “nanny-shop.” (Bullies’) Fesse, _paramour_, “moll.” Ma ---- turbine, _my girl is at work_. FESSER (popular), _to do a thing quickly_; ---- le champagne, _to partake freely of champagne_, “to swig sham or boy.” Rabelais has the expression, “fouetter un verre,” _to toss off the contents of a glass to the last drop_. Fouette-moi ce verre galentement.--=RABELAIS=, _Gargantua_.