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Prices, a., precise, exact; (ball.) Holding well together (said of bullets all of which fall close to the center of impact, though all may be off the target, as distinguished from right, accurate, i.e., on the target). Precision, f., precision, accuracy; (ball.) precision (v. justesse); arme de, v. s. v. atelier; de, accurate; instrumcn de, v. s. v. instrument. precompte, m., stoppage or deduction of pay. prefecture, f., office, jurisdiction, functions, term of office, headquarters, residence, city of residence, of a prefect; maritime, headquarters of a maritime district; de police, functions, office, of the prefect of police; sous, v. sous-prefecture. prefect, m., prefect; maritime, (Fr. nav.) maritime prefect (a vice-or rear-admiral); de police, police commissioner; sous, v. sous-prefect. prehender, v. A., to seize. prejudice, m., harm, damage, injury, loss. prejudice, m., prejudice; (law) preceden. prejudice, m., tarpaulin; de crin, haircloth for the floor of a powder magazine. (The form prelat is used by the French artillery.) prevention, m., selection, as of specimens for test; retention of pay, of money, for any specific purpose; installment. prejudice, m., to select from, pick out of, a lot; to retain (a sum of money, part of a soldier's pay). preminalre, a. m., preliminary; les s de la paix, (mil.) preliminaries of peace. premier, a., m., first (in rank, order, time, or grace); former, early, next; prime (of numbers); leader, chief; first story of a house (second, U. S.); (W!7.) first drum, first call; au, on the first floor (second, U. S.); le de Van, New Year's day; stage, first floor (second, U. S.); itre regu le, to pass first; figure e, a (geometrical) figure, not susceptible of subdivision into simpler figures; les sjuges, judges of the lower courts; lieutenant, lieutenant en, (mil.) first lieutenant; matitres es, raw materials; ministre, prime minister, first minister; le du mois, first day of the month; Paris, leading article of a newspaper; pont, (nav.) lower deck. premunir, v. a. r., to warn, caution. prenant, a., (fort.) that may be captured. prenant, a., n ans, (hipp.) rising n years; partie e, v. prendre, v. a. n. r., to take, take, take hold of, lay hold of, seize, obtain; to catch, take, a disease; to arrest, take, a person; to surprise, overtake, catch at; to take quarters, to occupy; to carry, go, turn; to take fire, burn, begin to burn; to congeal; to freeze (of a river, etc.); to set (of mortar, cement); to bite (of an anchor); to take hold (of a screw); (cord.) to become entangled; to get foul; (mil.) to take, capture (a fort, town, stores, arms, guns, prisoners, etc.); (art.) to take (in flank, in reverse, etc.); prendre les aides des jambes, (man.) to become legwise; ... ans, (hipp.) to be rising — years; les armes, (mU.) to get under arms; to take up arms; to turn out (of a guard); I'armée d, la main, (mil.) to trait arms; d'assaut, (mil.) to take by storm; de l'avantage pour monter d, cheval, v. s. v. avantage; chair, (hipp.) to take on flesh after a long sickness; cri charge, (adm.) to take up (property, etc.); ciasse, (nav.) to run away from a pursuing enemy; la clef des champs, to run away; les coins, (man.) to take corners in riding hall; un cordage b, retour, (cord.) to take a turn with a rope; ail corns, to arrest, make prisoner; le corps mort, to make fast to moorings; le corps mort, to turn soldier; ses degres, to take one's degree; le deuil, to go into mourning; les distances, (mil., etc.) to open out; a dos, (art.) to take in reverse; h droite, (gauche), to go to the right (left); sa droite, to place one's self on the right of any one; d'enchère, (art.) to take obliquely; d'en filade, (art, etc.) to enulade; son equipage, (nav.) to ship the crew; faire le feu, to make the fire burn; faire le mortier, (mas.) to set the mortar; (le) fait et cause pour, (law, gen.) to side with; (le) fait et cause pour, (law, gen.) to side with; (le) fait et cause pour, (law, gen.) to scamper off, run away; le galop, (man.) to break into a gallop; les grades, v. ses degres; la haute mer, (nav.) to get out to sea; hauteur, to take an altitude; les inlervalles, (mil.) to extend intervals; les jambes a son cou, v. fuite; jusqu'à, de diametre, (mach.) to swing (so many inches, etc.) in diameter; la lame debout, to head the sea. L'langue, to obtain intelligence by secret Le large, v. suite; Du ligne de mire, (art., sm. a.) to aim; La mire, (art., sm. a.) to take aim; Le mors aux dents, (man.) to take the bit Between the teeth; to run away; Mouillage, (nav.) to take up an anchoring Ground; Des nivellements, (surv.) to level, to take a line of levels; Des observations, to take observations; La parole, to take the floor; Varti, (mil.) to enlist; Le parti de l'epee. (mil.) to turn soldier; Le pas sur, to take precedence of; Les pieds, to get the feet entangled (e.g. Horse, in the traces, etc.); une position, (mil.) to take up a position; les raiures, dans les rayures, (art. sm. a.) to take the grooves; H remorque, to be towed, to take the tow; H la remorque, to take in tow; H fevers, (art. sm. a.) to take in reverse; En rouage, (art.) to take in reverse; En rouage, (art.) to take a line or mass of materiel in tank; to sweep by enulade fire; La semaine, (mil.) to go on duty for the week- — -Sur le temps, (fenc.) to thrust while the adversary is busy with a movement of his own- tour, (cord.) to take a turn; le train, (r. r.) to take the train; le vent, (rmv.) to get the weather gauge of. preneury m., captor; lessee; a bail, lessee; vaisseau, (nav. Ship that has taken a prize. Preparateur, m., coach (for examinations). Preparation, m., preparations; de guerre, preparations for war. Preparation, f., preparation; de Vattaque par Vartillerie, (mil.) artillery preparation for the infantry attack; des bois, steeping, impregnation, injection of wood; mecanique des minerals, (met.) dressing (rf ores; du temps de guerre, (fort.) in France, assumption of command by designated c. o., and adoption of all measures to put a fortress on a war footing as soon as mobilization is ordered; du temps de pair, (fort.) in France, preparation in time of peace of plans of defense by the governor of a fortress, aided by the commission de defense, q. v. Preparatory, a. m., preparatory, preliminary: commandement, (mil.) cautionary command; machine, (met.) dressing machine; signal, (mil.) cautionary signal. Preparer, v. a., to prepare, arrange; (cord.) to see all clear; Vattaque, (mil.) to prepare the (infantry) attack by artillery fire; machined, (met.) dressing machine. preponderance, f., (art.) preponderance. preponderant, a., preponderant; voix e, casting vote. prepose, m., officer or person in charge; (adm.) agent or representative of a contractor at the place specified in the contract; de la douane, custom-house officer. pris, adv., near; au plus, (nav.) close to the wind; faire plus, (art.) to depress. presbyte, a., m., far-sighted; far-sighted person. presbytie, f., long-sightedness. prescription, f., precept; prescription; (law) prescription; expiration by limitation of the right to prosecute, to punish; (Fr. law) closing of accounts, etc., in favor of the state if not settled after five years; (med.) prescription; par, by the statute of limitation. prescribe, v. a., to order, command; (law) to Acquire by prescription; (med.) to prescribe. Presence, f., precedence; avoir la, to take precedence of. Presence, f., presence; (mil.) status of being present for duty; solde de, (mil.) full pay, active-duty pay. Present, a., m., present, "here;" la e, this letter; le porteur, the bearer of this; les 5 et les absents, the present and absent. Presentation, f., presentation; submission (as of a list of candidates for the Legion of Honor, etc.). presenter, v. a., to present, offer, hold out, bring forward, introduce; to try a piece of work to see if it is right before fixing it in its place; to submit (as a list of candidates for the Legion of Honor); Parme (les armes), (mil.) to present arms; la bionnette, (mil.) to charge bayonets; la balaille, (mil.) to offer battle; un cheval, to show, present, a horse to a buyer, to his rider; la gaule, (of a groom) to salute with the whip; une manoeuvre, (cord.) to snatch a rope, put it into a snatch block. preservateur, a., preservative. presidence, f., presidency. president, m., president; (tow;) senior, presiding judge. presque, f., peninsula. pressage, m., pressing. presse, f., press; crowd; the press; (nav.) press gang; (mach.) press, printing press; hamorcer, {sm. a.) priming machine, priming press; approche rapide, (mach.) quick advance press; d, bras, hand press; d coins, wedge press; d copier, copying press; d, cylindre, (mach.) roller press; decoupoir, (mach.) punch, punching press; d, desamorcer, {sm. a.) impriming press; detachement de la, {nav.) press gang; h emboutir, {mach.) stamping press; detachement de la, {nav.) press gang; h emboutir, {mach.) stamping press; afusre, {artif.) rocket press;  collar de, stuffing box; collier de, collar or hoop of a stuffing box; a chapeau en ecrou, screw-gland stuffing box; h, contre-chapeau, counter-gland stuffing box; faire le, to pack a stuffing box; grain de, collar or hoop of a stuffing box; h lanterne, lantern-brass stuffing box; serrer un, to press down the packing of a stuffing box; siège de, v. couronne de. presse-fusé, m., {art.) fuse setter (obs.). presse-garniture, m., {mach.) (leather) packing box; stuffing box; collar screwed into cylinder heads and keeping packing in position. presse-papier, m., compression. presse-papier, m., paper weight. presser, v. a. n., to press, compress, squeeze, jam; to urge, hasten; to crowd, throng; (man.), to ride hard; un cheval. (man.) to urge a horse, keep him from slackening his gait; le pas, to hasten on. presseur, a., m., pressing, pressman. Prescription, pressure; (fence) slight pressure of point on point to deflect the adversary's blade; — absolue, absolute pressure; actuelle. Actual pressure; atmospheric pressure; avoir de la, to have steam up; barometrique, barometric pressure; expression, basse, (steam) low pressure; centre de, center of pressure; de chaudihre, boiler pressure; constante, constant pressure; contre, back pressure; courbe des s, curve of pressures; echelle de, scale of pressure; déclatement, bursting pressure; effective, useful, effective, working, pressure; en — -, (steam) with steam up, under pressure, under steam; irréuve de, pressure test; irréuve de, pressure test; irréuve de, pressure test; irréuve de, pressure test; inter. Insure, internal pressure; Inter mediaire, medium pressure; Umite, limiting pressure; Mettre en (steam) to get up steam; Mise en, (steam) act, operation, of getting up Steam; Mopenne, (steam, gen.) mean pressure; Normale, normal pressure; Pleine, full pressure; De regime, working pressure; Requise, v. exigee; Sous, with steam lip; Tenir de la, to keep steam up; De travail, working pressure; De la vapeur, tension or pressure of steam; Voulue, V. exigee. Pressoir, m., rolling or pressing mill; Prestation, f., swearing fidelity, taking an oath; Compulsory labor on the public roads; Stores, supplies, (Fr.a.) generic term for pay and allowances, supplies; En denier s, (mil.) pay and allowances; En nature, (mil.) supplies in kind furnished by the government. pret, m., action of lending money, loan, sum of money lent; (Fr. a.) pay of n. c. o. and privates; franc, {Fr. a.) pay free from any detention whatever, given to men not living at the mess; ti la grosse, {law) respondentia. pré, a., ready, prepared; se tenir, to be ready, in readiness, prepared, etc. préter, V. a. n., to lend, give, attribute; to yield, stretch (as cloth); le cote, {nav.) to prepare for action; le flanc, {mil.) to expose one's flank; la main, les mains, to help, lend a hand; main-forte, {law) to carry out a verdict; secours, to help; serment, to take an oath. préve, m., priest (esp. Roman Catholic priest); bonnet de, {forty outwork with three salients in front (obs.). preuve, f., proof, trial, evidence, testimony; commencement de, incomplete proof; s par ecrit, written. Proof; faire ses s, to give proof of one's ability, courage, etc.; induce des cir Constances, circumstantial evidence; litterale, written proof; resultant des presomptions, presumptive evidence; testimoniale, proof by witnesses, oral proof. preux, a., valiant. prevenir, v. a., to precede, anticipate; to forewarn; prévenir un chal, (man.) to stop a horse when about to change the foot. prvention, f., (law) accusation; (Fr. mil. law) confinement of a man until publication of verdict; mise en, (law) commitment for trial. prvention, p. p., (law) accused; m., prisoner before trial: (mil.) person ordered to be tried on charges preferred. prvention, f., prediction; du temps, weather prediction. prtv6t, m., (mil.) pro-ost marshal; (Fr. a.) c. o. ol gendarmerie of a corps d'armée; (fenc.) fencing master; d'armes, (fenc.) fencing master's assistant; brigadier d'armes, (cav.) assistant fencing master; drague de, cat-o'-nine tails; elbve, (mil.) soldier candidate for fencing master; des etapes, (Fr. a.) c. o. of gendarmerie of a direction d'etapes, q. v.; grand, (Fr. a.) c. o. of gendarmerie of an army in the field; provost-marshal-general. provost, a., (mil.) relating to provost duty; cour e, (in gen.) temporary criminal court sitting without appeal; service, (mil.) pro ost duty; unite e, (mil.) any unit on provost duty; (in France) the various units of the gendarmerie serving with troops in the field. provost, f., (mil.) pro "ost-marshal's troops; (in France) the gendarmerie attached to The various headquarters and under the orders of a previous military, pro ost duty, (in France) carried on by the gendarmerie. Prévotément, adv., by martial law. Prévotément, adv., by martial law. Prévotément, f., (mil.) seniority, "rank"; de grade, seniority in one's grade. Prévotément, f., (mil.) seniority; (mil.) bounty; any amount allowed for some special service, or to keep up a fund (masse); (fenc.) prime; d'assurance, insurance premium; de chargeement, primage; de enquête, enlistment bounty; de fonctions, (Fr. a.) allowance to bandsmen; parade de, (fenc.) prime parry; de reniaqement, (mil.) reenlistment bounty; de travail, (mil.) extra-duty pay (Fr.  take advantage of the tide. prince, m., prince; (mach.) tilt-hammer beam; de V Eglise, cardinal; bishop; royal, crown prince; dii sang, prince of the blood royal. princesse, f., princess; royal, princess royal. du sang, princess of the blood royal. principal, a., capital, principal; (Fr. a.) chief (used in the designation of the grades of various services and departments); m., capital; somme e, capital. principat, m., principality. principat, m., principality. principat, m., principle; (hipp.) white marking surrounding the log, and not rising above the coronet; beginning of white foot; de Vetat initial et de l'état final, (chem.) (in thermo-chemistry) principle of the calorific equilibrium of chemical transformations, principle of the initial and final stales; du, travail maximum, (chem.) in thermo-chemistry, the principle of maximum work; principe des travaux moleculaires, (chem.) in thermo-chemistry, the principle of molecular work. pris, p. p., taken, caught; fixed, settled (as an hour); made, formed, shaped; congealed, set, frozen; entangled (as a horse in the traces, in the halter); de calme, (nav.) becalmed, de chaleur, (hipp.) suffering a pulmonary congestion; cheval Men, (hipp.) well-made, well-built, horse; des tpaules, (hipp.) stiff in the shoulders; de la fumte, (hipp.) affected by staggers; par les glaces, frozen (of rivers, ports, etc.); ice-bound, frozen in (of a boat, ship); non, loose; de la nuit, overtaken by night; — dans ceuvre, measured in the clear, inside measure; — hors d'oeuvre, outside measure. prise, f., talring, hoM, purchase, gripe, handle; quarrel; (lech.) ^al e, coc'c; (mas.) setting (of mortar); (cons.) end of stair seated in wall of case; (m'^ch.) hold, bearing; (m27.) capture, conquest, taking; v ay in which fire has reached the enemy, a,s,pri^ed'echarpe, defianc, etc.; (ai;.) capture; pri e; d'air, (tech.) air passage; draught passare; d'armes, (mil.) taking arms, getting under arms, for a duty; parading, turning out, under arms; duty performed under arms; arrtt de, v. s. v. arrH; d'assaut, (mil.) capture by storm, by assault; avoir sur, to have hold, to have a hold on; (mach.) to bear upon, engage with; beaucoup (mous) de, greater (lesser) object or mark presented; honne, (nav.) lawful prize; capitaine de, (nav.) prize master; en charge, (ad m.) taking up (of property, etc.); code des s, (nav.) prize code; consacrer une, (nav.) to le-alize a capture; de corps, arrest, apprehension; de courant, (elec.) point at which a current comes in; droit de, (nav.) right of capture; d'eau, source of supply of water for manufacturing purposes; supply of water for manufacturing purposes; water channel, or gutter, or pipe; (r. r.) water tank; d'eau d, à la mer, sea cock; etre aux s às s às s às s, to clash, come to blows, fight; etre aux s às s, avec, to struggle, be struggling, with; etre de bonne, (nav.) to be a lawful prize; etre en avec. (mach.) to have engaged; itre en au-eu de, (mil.) to be exposed to the fire of; itre hors de, to be out of reach; faire, (of mortar, cement, etc.) to set; faire une, (nav.) to make a capture. de feu, (art.) flame passage (in the head of certain cartridge cases); lacher, to let go, let go one's hold; (mil.) to quit the combat; lente, slow setting (of mortar, etc.); lente, slow setting (of mortar, etc.); mortier lente (rapide), slow setting mortar; part (s) de, (nav.) prize money; ne point donner au feu, (mil.) not to expose one's self to fire; de possession, act of taking possession; (mil.) capture (of a town or position); departure (of a town or position); station d'eau. (r. prismatique, a., prismatic, prisma, m., prism; d, reflexion Male, (opt.) total reflection prism; de remplissage, volume of water (of a canal); telemUre, (mil.) (Souchier) range finder. prison, f., prison, jail; imprisonment, captivity; (mil.) coniinement, (punishment of n. c. o., corporal, and men); (powd.) collar (of the stamper of a powder mill); bris de , breach of prison; conduire en , to take to jail; directeur de , governor of a jail; en , in confinement; forcer une , to break jail, break out of prison; gardien de , jailer; mettre en , to jail; de quartier, (mil.) confinement to barracks; sortir de , to come out of jail, be released from confinement. prisonnier, m., prisoner; (mil.) prisoner; (mach.) set bolt; stud-bolt, -pin; (adjectively, much.) fixed; (fond.) piece .(e. g., a band on a pro- jectile) set in position in the mold before cast- ing, and which after casting is in its proper place on the object cast; avoir (tant de) — — s, (mil.) to lose (so many) prisoners; de cabestan, drop bolt; de chapeau de presse-etoupes, (steam) stuffing- box gland stud; se constituer , (mil.) to surrender one's self prisoner; faire — , to take into custody; (mil.) to take prisoners; fers de , fetters; garder , v. tenir ; de guerre, (mil.) prisoner of war; sur parole, (mil.) prisoner on parole; se rendre ■, v. se constituer ; tenir , to keep in custody. privation, f., privation; de soriir, (mil.) stoppage of pass. priv6, a., private; m., privy; acte sous seing , document not drawn before a public officer; homme , private citizen. prix, m., price, cost; reward; prize; d'achat, v. coméant; de Varmee, v. de tir de Varmee; courant, current price; price current; coutant, first cost, prime cost; d'évaluation, valuation; fait, price agreed on; ferme, fixed and unalterable price; fixe, fixed price; fort, full price; de journe, daily wages; juste, moderate price; limite, limiting price; -limite, limiting price; -limite, limiting price; -limite, public sale; -sur place, v. de marche; de recousse, salvage money for recapture; de remorquage, towage; — de revient, net cost; de tir de Varmee, (Fr. a.) prize. In target practice; vendre d non, to sell at a loss. De vente, selling price. Probability, f., probability; d'atteindre, (ball.) probability of hitting; du tir, V. d'atteindre. Probability, a, conclusive in proof. Probability, t., probation, trial; probational, on probation. Probability, m., problem; poser un, to state a problem; probabilité, ris'udre un, to solve a problem. Probability, p. p., (law) tried; bienjuge, mal, (law) judgment sound, procedure wrong. procédé, m., process; proceeding, procedure; conduct, behavior; operation; tip of a billiard cue; Bessemer, (met.) Bessemer process; au charbon, (phot.) carbon process; au collodion humide (sec), (phot.) wet (dry) collodion process; contondant, (art.) racking method; de la double (simple) cuisson, double (single) calcination (of lime); ——du double transfer, (phot.) double transfer carbon process; au gilatino-bromure d'argent, (phot.) gelatino-bromide process; negadf, (phot.) blue-print process (white lines on blue ground); perforant, (art.) perforating method; positif, (phot.) blue-print process (blue lines on white ground); Siemens, (met.) Siemens process; par le transparent, (ball.) method of determining the vulnerability of a given target by applying to the plot of the results of practice a transparent figure of the target and noting the hits that fall within it. procurer, v. n., to proceed, pass on; to arise from, originate in; to act, behave; (law) to try; criminelle, (law) to proceed criminally against; murder, (law) to proceed without observing due forms; par-devant un tribunal, (law) to proceed judicially. procedure, f., procedure, proceedings; (law) legal proceedings; civile, criminelle, (law) civil, criminal, proceedings. proceedings, m., (law) trial; process, suit; civil, civil action; criminel, criminal action; faire le d, to bring to trial; faire un d, to involve in a lawsuit; intenter un-d, to institute proceedings; sans forme de —, without trial. proclamé verbal, m., proceedings, report, official report (as of a board); dresser un, to draw up a report. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report, make out proceedings. proclamé verbal, v. n., to draw up a report V. a, to proclaim. procuration, f, (law) power of attorney, proxy. procureur, m, proxy, authorized agent; general, solicitor-general, attorney-general. producteur, a., productive; m., producer; action trice, efficiency. produire, v. a., to produce, bring forward, introduce, show; de la vapeur, (steam) to generate steam. producive, m., product, produce, performance, output. profane, a., m., lay, profane. profession, f., profession, declaration; de, by profession. profession, f., profile, section; gauge; (art.) profile gauge; (fort.) profile (of a work, etc.); profile, (frame) used in constructing a parapet, etc.; americain, (art.) saw-tooth rifling; de, in profile; defensif, (fort.) defensive or protecting profile, one not intended for offensive action; directeur, (fort.) guiding, directing, profile; double gauge (to test the rectilinearity of the generatrices of a projectile); Clever des s, (fort.) to set up profiles; extensive, (art.) exterior gauge for a projectile; profil intireur, (art.) Interior gauge for a projectile; En lates, (fort.) lath profile; En long, longitudinal, longitudinal section; Turbé, natural section (horizontal and vertical dimensions on same scale); De niveau, (top.) vertical section; Primitif, (fort.) profile of the whole works; Proceder par s eehelonnes, (fort.) to construct A parapet progressively (i. e., when an attack threatens, to throw up a mere shelter, deepening and widening as time permits); De rayure, (art.) right section of the bore; Simple, (art.) single gauge; Surhausse, section in which the vertical is less than the horizontal scale; Surhausse, section in which the vertical is greater than the horizontal scale; En talus, (fort.) profile of the end face of a parapet (includes end slopes); En travers, transverse section; Triangulaire, (fort.) profile in which the scarp is suppressed and the ditch is reached by direct tire. From work; verificateur, (art.) rifling gauge. profile, m., iron, steel, of special cross section (generally in plural). profilement, m., (fort.) profiling. Profiler, v. a., to cut to a special profile; (fort.) to set up profiles; to establish profiles, to profile; (surv.) to run profiles, to profile, profond, a., deep, profound; complete, dark; (mil.) deep (of a formation). profondeur, f., depth; (mil.) depth (length) of a column; depth of a formation; de, deep, in depth; de foyer, depth of focus; de foyer, depth of focus; de foyer, depth of focus; de rayures, (art.) degree of the grooves. programme, m., programme; bill; de tir, (ball.) programme, order, of experimental firing, progressiveness, m., progress, course, improvement, efficiency. progressiveness, a., progressive; (art.) increasing; rayure ve, (art.) increasing twist. progressiveness, f., (expl.) progressiveness (of powers, etc.). projectivity, a., searchlight; electrique, searchlight; fixe, fixed searchlight; mobile, transportable searchlight. projectile, a., projectile; force, projectile force; impetus. projectile, m., projectile; (art.) projectile; hailettes, studded projectile (v. s. v. ohus), allonge, elongated projectile; d'amorce, (art.) in tests, a projectile destined to explode others near by, m test of explosibility; arrondi sur l'avant, round-nosed projectile; ceinture, banded projectile; ceinture deforcement, projectile fitted with a rifling band; charge en guerre, shell filled and fused; charge en guerre, shell filled and fused; charge, c/iemié, jacketed projectile; a chemise de plomb, lead-jacketed projectile; coiffe, (art.) soft-nosed shell, capped shell; concussion, racking shot; crcui, shell; creuxi charge brisante, shell and  shot; eclair ant, light ball; eclatant, shew; d'edatement, generic term for shell; enregistreur, (f)all.) registering projectile (fitted with a device registering law of motion); d, enveloppe, v. d, chemise; d'exercice, drill projectile; fxpanéi/, expanding projectile, one taking the grooves by expansion; explosif, shell filled with high explosive; fxux, dummy projectile; enfonte dure, chilled shot; force, projectile fitted with forcing bands; a fragmentation systcmatiue, shrapnel; incendiaire, carcass, incendiary projectile; Icnticulaire, lenticular projectile; d, main, hand, projectile (e.g., hand grenade); massif, solid shot; mine, term descriptive of modern shell of great capacity; torpedo shell; oblong elongated projectile; ojival, ogival projectile; ojivo-cylindrique, ogivo-cylindrical projectile; perce-cuirasse, armor-piercing projectile; plat sur l'avant, flat-nosed projectile; plat sur l'avant, flat-nosed projectile; plat sur l'avant, flat-headed projectile; d'un, de, rupture, armor-piercing projectile; sphérique, round shot; d'un, de, rupture, armor-piercing projectile; sphérique, round shot; d'un, a projectile with windage; verificateur, studded projectile, with handle, for testing bore and grooves of rifled guns. Projection, f., projection; (man.) the instant (in the trot) in which the animal is completely off the ground; (ball.) projection (fond.) pouring; centre, central projection; de coti., side view; cylindrique, cylindrical projection; de ceau, (steam) griming; deface, front view; horizontale, horizontal projection; isocylindrique, isocylindric projection; ligne de, (ball.) axis produced, line of projection; mouvement de —, projectile motion; orthogonale, orthographic projection; orthographique, orthographic projection; plane de, plane of projection; polaire, polar projection; stereographique, steregraphic projection; verticale, vertical projection. Projecture, f., projection; jutting out. Projecture, m., project, plan, design, scheme; rough draft; d'acée, rough draft of a legal paper on unstamped paper; d'aHaque et de defense, (fort.) (probable) plan of attack, (and hence) of defense, of a fortress; faire un de machine, to design. A machine; de loi, bill (in Parliament, Congress); de machine, machine design; de sihge, (siege) siege plan (based on information obtained). projeter, v. a. r., to project, project on, jut out; stand out; to scheme, plan, contrive. prolongation, f., prolongation, lengthening; extension, continuation of a certificate, etc.; de ceinture, v. s. v. ceinture; de conge, (mil.) extension of leave. prolonge prolonge, f., (art.) prolonge; (mil.) forage wagon, heavy general-service wagon; ammunition wagon; picket line; ae campement, (mil.) picket line; de plier les s, (art.) to fix prolonge; double, (Fr. art.) rope 25' long, used in mechanical maneuvers; ferree, (art.) prolonge fitted with its (iron) loops; replier les s, (art.) to unfix prolonge; d, ridelles, rack wagon; simple, (Fr. art.) rope 15™ Long, used in mechanical maneuvers. prolongement, m., prolongation of the faces of a work; (art.) Extension of a platform; de plate-forme, (art.) Extension of the platform to receive the trail; des rayures, (F. m. art.) prolongation of three grooves beyond origin of rifling in certain pieces (for which plaques isolantes are necessary); renforcement par, (mil.) reenforcing a line by extending it, using additional troops (infantry). prolonger, v. a., to prolong, extend; to lengthen, eke out, stretch out; (art.) to secure with a prolongation; vme cote, (nav.) to skirt a coast. promenade, f., walk; drive, road; en bateau, row; des cheval, (man.) horse exercise; sur leau, sail; gille, (St. Carsto) general marching out; militaire, (mil.) practice march; d. pied, walk; de plait, trip; d. la vo Je, sait; en voiture, drive. promener, v. a. r., to take out, lead; to take a walk (ride, drive, etc.); un cheval, to walk a horse up and down; un cheval en main, to lead a horse; un cheval dans la main et les talons, (man.) to control a horse by hand and spur; un cheval entre les deux talons, to walk a horse straight ahead; se d, cheval, to take a ride. promontoire, m., promontory, foreland, head-land. promotion, f., elevation of several persons to the same dignity; (mil.) promotion, (of military schools) class; camarade de, classmate; faire une, to make a promotion; la de 1900, at the Polytechnique, the class that enters in 1900; at St. Cyr, the class graduated in 1900. promouvoir, v. a., to promote, raise, advance. promulgation, f., promulgation (of a promulgus, v. a., to promulgate (a law, etc.). prononcio, m., (mil. law) verdict of a court-martial. prononcer, v. a., to pronounce; to decide; to render salient; to delmeate strongly, bring out, give prominence to; (law) to bring in a verdict; to adjudicate. pronunclamento, m., (mil.) military plot, fol- lowed by insurrectionary acts. propagation, f,, propagation (as of sound, light, etc.). propager, v. r., to be propagated (of light, soimd). propension, f., propensity; aciereuse, (met.) propensity of pig iron to be converted into steel. proportion, f., proportion, relation, ratio; (mach.) ratio or relation between two wheels gearing together; ^ -, in proportion; ^ de, in proportion to; compas de , proportional compasses. proposer, v. a., to propose; (mil, etc.) to recom- mend formally for promotion, the Legion of Honor, etc. proposition, f., formal recommendation for pro- Senra^yfete."' ''"^'''■' ""' '"^ "^^ ^'"^""y- exactly, neatly, propre, a., own, fit, proper; adapted, fitted to: clean, neat. ' proprement, adv., properly, cleanly; (cord.) snugly. propret€, f., neatness, cleanliness; revue de~~,(mil.) inspection of arms and cloth- mg (Saturday mommg inspection, U. S. A.). propriStalre, m., OA\Tier; fancier, landed proprietor. propri6t6, f., pmperty, distinctive quality, pro- priety, ownership; landed property; abindonnee, (nav.) derelict; * lilteraire, copyright. propulseur, a. m., propelling; (mach.) propeller, propelling apparatus; (nav.) screw; a helice, (nav.) screw propeller. propulsion, f., (mach., etc.) propulsion. prorogation, f., prolongation, postponement; adjournment (of Congress, etc.); d'enquete, (law) continuation of an investi- gation; de juridiction, (law) transfer of jin-isdiction. proroger, v. a., to prolong, put off; to adjourn (Congress, etc.). proscription, f., proscription. proscrire, v. a., to proscribe. proscrlt, m., outlaw; (political) refugee. protecteur, m., protector. protection, f., protection, cover, defense; sunport: (fort.) cover; commerciale, protection, high tariff; escadron de , (cav.) covering, protecting, squadron; au moyen du charbon, (nav.) coal protec- tion; systhme de , protective (high-tariff) system; sous la de, under cover of. protectionnlsme, m., high-tariff system. Protectionate, m., advocate of a high tariff. Protectorate, m., protectorate. Protectorate, p. p., protected; croiseur, (way.) protected cruiser. Protectorate, m., (sm. a.) hand guard (to protect against heating). Protectorate, m., to protect, defend, shield; (mil.) to cover, protect by cover. Protectorate, m., protest (of a note, check); de mer, shipmaster's protest. Protocole, m., protocol. Provoce, m., protest (of a boat); nose (of a torpedo). Provence, f., prow (of a boat); nose  alimony, (law) allowance for support granted by a court; alimony; de bouche, victuals; de guerre, war supplies. Provocation, a., temporary, provisional; (law) provisional; fortification, (fort.) temporary fortification; matikre, perishable material. Provocation, f., challenge; instigation; en duel, challenge to fight a duel. Provocation, v. a., to challenge, call out, instigate, promote, incite; (law) to initiate, originate, legal action, a suit. Prudhomme, m., expert, umpire, arbitrator. Prudhomme, m., expert, umpire, arbitrator. Prudhomme, m., psychrometer. Public, a., public; m., the public; le bien, the public good; vaulorite que, officials charged with the public administration; charges ques, taxes; lachose aue, the State: droit, science of government, constitutional law; edifices s, public buildings; femme que, prostitute; force que, v. s. v. force; maison que, house of ill-fame; ministère, v. s. v. ministère; personnes ques, public officials; puissance que, the national power; partie que, v. s. v. partie; oificier, public official; domaine, y. s. v. domaine. Publication, f., publication; periodique, periodical. publicistie, m., (p.) pitch pan, pitch ladle, pucheux, m., v. -pv/Aet. puddiage, m., (p.) pitch pan, pitch ladle, pucheux, v. chaud; au gaz, gas puddling; gas, v. chaud. humide, v. chaud; maigre, dry puddling; mecanique, mechanical puddling; sec, V. maigre. puddler, v. a., (met.) to puddle; four d,, puddling furnace, puddlerie, f., v. puddiage. puddleur, m., (met.) puddler (workman); puddling furnace. mecanique, puddling machine; rotatif, rotary puddler, furnace; revolving furnace. pudrolithe, f., (expl.) puddleithe. pueii, m., bois en, wood not three years old. pugilat, m., boxing. pueii, m., bois en, wood not three years old. pugilist, m., drawing water. puisage, m., drawing water. puisard, m., waste well; cesspool; drain well, trap, sink; drain pipe embedded in a wall; (mm.) sump; water sump; (nav.) well; — absorbant, sort of sink or catch basin (used when the slope is too gentle to carry off water). pulser, v. a., to draw, dip from, imbibe; (fig.) to borrow, take from; (farr.) to take off, remove, horn with the shank of the nail. puisette, f., sort of ladle or scoop. puisoir, m., ladle. puissance, f., power; force, authority; domination, empire; property; virtue; power (of a microscope); thickness (of a vein); government, sovereign state; effectiveness; (Jecft.) horsepower; (art.) effectiveness (as of a gun, shrapnel, etc.); quantity of explosive in a projectile; batistique, (art.) ballistic power; en bougies, (elcc.) canulepower; calorific, heating power; centrifuge, centrifugal force; de cheval, horsepower; en chevaux, horsepower; defensive, (nav.) armor; ditaniatrice, (expl.) rending strength; effective, actual power; actual, effective, horsepower; ilasticite de la, quality of a steam engine to furnish power carrying from nominal power; electnque utile, (elec.) net output; puissance d'evaporation, evaporatoire, (steam) evaporative power (of a boiler); executive, the executive (in a government) (in a government) D'expansion, expansive power; garante, guaranteeing power (government); hautes s contractantes, high contracting powers; hydraulique, water power; impulsive, impulsive, impelling, power; indiquée, indicated horsepower per second; legislative, the legislature; lorlstique d'une ligne, (r. r.) circulaté capacity of a railway (sixty to seventy trams a day in each direction of a double-track railway); de la machine, (mach.) power, efficiency, of the machine or engine; d'une machine en chevaux, (macA.) horsepower of an engine; maritime, naval power; mecanique, simple machine; meurtrière, (art.) killing power (as of a shrapnel); militaire d'un navire, (nav.) offensive qualities of a ship; motrice, motive power; (nav.) engine (generic term); nominale, nominal power; nominal horse-power; offensive, (nav.) armament; perforante, de perforante. Action, (art.)  (mil.) military pit; (mil.) military pit; (nav.) well; locker; absorbant, drain well; derage, air shaft; air, ventilating shaft; d'appel, (min.) uptake; upcast shaft; artesian, artesian well; à la barred mine, (auger-) bored well; h, la Boule, (mil.) shaft d, la Boule, one in which the frames (chassis coffrants) are placed one on top of the other; ftras, pump well; cha'ine, (nav.) chain locker; de chargement, (art.) shell-hoist shaft (of a turret); ammunition shaft; coffrage, (mil.) lined shaft; de descente, (mil.) unit; explosion, (met.) flue; de descente, (min.) footway shaft; veau, water tank; d'écatement, (art.) explosion chamber; dépende, (min.) sump shaft; d'extraction, (min.) hoisting shaft; de forage, fore, driven well, drive well tube well; defrettage, (art.) shrinkage pit; grand, (mil. min.) great gallery shaft; de Vhelice, (nav.) propeller A'ell; tb la hollandaise, (mil. min.) shaft lined with chassis hollandais; instantane, tube well; illustrative, (min.) winze; mauiodie, (mach.) crank pit; de marie, tide shaft (sort of tide indicator); militaire, (mil.) military pit; de mine, (mil. min., etc.) shaft; moyen, (mil. min.) common branch shaft; percer un, to sink a shaft; perdu, blind well (a well of sandy bottom, absorbing the water); petit, (mil. min.) shaft from which opens a cased branch; pleureur, seepage well; a poulté, draw well; d, roue, draw well. Irou-de-loup; Souterrain, imin.) svLvap) H tube-stitch, tube well; de tunnel, tunnel shaft. pulpere, m., (mach.) pulping. pulpere, m., (mach.) pulping. pulpere, m., (mach.) steam vacuum pump; pulpere. pulverin, m., (powd.) mealed powder; priming powder; d'amorce, priming powder; toile d, (mil. min.) linen or calico covered with mealed powder paste; tert, powder previous to pulverization; vieux, powder caked from damp, age, etc. pulverizer, m., pulverizer; (mach.) sprayer of an oil motor. pulverization, f., pulverizer. pulverizer, v. a., to pulverize, reduce to powder; (potvd.) to meal. pill virulence, f., pulverulence. pulverulent, a., pulverulent. punaise, f., thumb tack. punir, V. a., to punish. de mort, to punish by death. punishment, f. punishment; disse, (mil.) disciplinary punishment; lever une, to remit a punishment; litre de, (mil.) defaulter book; record of previous trials and convictions (U. S. A.); peLoton de, (mil.) punishment squad. pupille, m., (cons.) tail, uncovered or exposed part of a shingle or tile; distance between two laths. Purgation, f., (met.) refining of metals. purge, f., cleaning, disinfection; (steam) blowing through; (mach.) blow-through valve; robinet de, (mach.) blow-oil cock, pet cock. purge, m., filtering basin or tank. purge, v. a., to purge, to clean, purify, clear; to strip (bark and sap from wood); (law) to purge; (steam) to blow through; une condamnation, (law) to serve out a sentence; la coniumace, (law) to purge one's self of contempt; purgar la machine, (steam) to blow through; les metaux, (met.) to refine metals; la quaranfaine, to lie out the quarantine, to spend the quarantine; robinet d, (mach.) drain cocjc, blow-through cock; soupape de, (mach.) drain valve; blow-through valve. Ginger, purifier, v. a., to purify, cleanse. Purifier, v. a., to purify, cleanse. Purifier, m., (hipp.) thoroughbred (horse). Putzen, m., (met.) immelted ore sticking to sides of furnace. Puy, m., (mach.) supporting station or tower (of a rope transmission). pyr, m., (elec.) a bougie decimate; pyr (unit of intensity of light, producing one lux). pyramide, f., pyramid; (top.) mountain or elevation more or less pyramidal in shape. pyrotechnic, f., pyrobalistique. pyrochloric, f.,  white powder. pyroxyline, m., (expl.) gun cotton, pyroxylin. pyroxyline, f., (expl.) gun cotton; pyroxylin. pyroxylol, m., (expl.) name proposed for nitro-cellulose. quadrangle, m., quadrangle. quadrangular, m., quadrangular. quadrant, m., (inst.) quadrant; Hadley's quadrant; (elec.) henry. quadricycle, m., two bicycles side by side. quadrillar, m., quadrilateral; (mil.) quadrilateral, (esp.) the quadrilateral of northern Italy; italien, m., the Italian quadrilateral (Manutua, Peschiera, V'erona, Legnano). quadrillage, m., flagging; checkering (of cross section or profile paper); (sm. a.) checkering (on a hammer). quadrille, f., (man.) group of horsemen executing fanciful movements in a carousel. quadrille, a., m., checkered. Any checkered part of a mechanism, etc.; checker work. Crested, (sm. a.) checkered cocking piece; papier, cross-section paper; systhmes s, (cons.) framing by parallel pieces braced by other parallel pieces at right angles; d, tetc c, with checkered head. Quadruplet, f., quadruplet, (four-seat bicycle). Quadruplet, a., quadruplex; s.h.e., quadruplex telegraphy. qua, m., quay, wharf; (r. r.) platform; i charbon, coal wharf; qual de debarquement, (mil.) point where troops detrain; d'embarquement, (mil.) point where troops entrain; emplacement h, (nav.) quay berth; Hre h, (toov.) to be at the wharf; floitant, landing stage; h houille, coal wharf; de rive, river quay. qualification, f., qualification; name, style. qualifier, v. a., to qualify; to call, style. quality, f., quality; property; position, title, rank; (law) qualification; proposition, motion, of a litigant; avoir pour, to have legal or statutory competency or qualification; to be qualified to; bois de, (cons.) good timber; — s d' evolution, s evolutives d'un navire, (nav.) maneuvering qualities of a ship; s duiugement, (law) the facts of the case; smilitaires, (nav.) offensive qualities of a ship; s nautiques, S de navigation, (nav.) sea-wortliness of a ship. quantity, m., day of the month; date; montre à, watch giving the day of the month. quantity, f., quantity; (elec.) quantity, parallel; water; de ma motrice, quantity of driving en, (elec.) in quantity, in parallel monfer en, (elec.) to join up in a parallel, in quantity; quantity de mouvement, quantity of motion, momentum; de travail, quantity of work. quarantaine, f., quarantine; (cord.) ratline stuff; Stre en, to be quarantined; faire (la), to perform quarantine; lever la, to admit to pratique; d'observation, light quarantine, observation; prendre la, to begin quarantine; purer sa, to clear one's  a., to quarter round; to round off. quart, m., quarter; point of the compass; cup or tin; (mil.) soldier's driving cup; (nav.) watch (duty and party). 