Excerpt from Dictionnaire Historique de l'Ancien Langage Fran ois, ou Glossaire de la Langue Fran oise Depuis Son Origine Jusqu'au Si cle de Louis XIV, Vol. 3: Contenant, Signification Primitive Et Secondaire des Vieux Mots, Vieux Mots Employ s dans les Chants des Trouv res, Acceptions M taphoriques ou Figur es des Vieux Mots Fran ais, Mots Dont la Signification Est Inconnue; Bid-Chic Ce mot subsiste dans le premier sens. On dit m me encore comme autrefois: Pousser son bidet, pour aller son chemin, continuer ce que l'on a commenc . About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.