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Pulitzer. To pile; to sprinkle piles; to strengthen it with pill; to pile a pile. — - U iirrtiiii. to drive lalt's into the ground (as for a foundation). PIPITI. 111., pilot apprentirp piles, rn., piles; set of piles, piling; d'un. re. unchoiint; picket; — df b'lrdnip, lK>rder piio; i-.'ii//. lioilfA. pile; di ijnrdi, feiiii<'r piles: ouvr<n de, pile work; pout de. v. s. V. iioni: de rtttn'if, cofferdam piling; 17 'ix, screw pile. pin, in., pine (Free and wick); binnr, white pine; iiiiine, yellow pine; <lf vithfi, Norway pine; (I Irmhti. V. (/< ptiii. pinasse, f., [uniiace. pinard, m., horse that wears his shoe fast at the toe; {man.) rider that sits tight, with a firm seat. Place, f., pinchers; pliers; nippers; damn screw; clamp; pinch bar, crowbar; toe or wedge (of a lever) or pinch bar; tongs; hold, square, of a handspike; trowsers clip (bicycle); purchase; twibill; Uarr.) toe (of a horseshoe); (hipp.) pinch, foretooth; toe of the foot; (r. /. art.) clip, catch (Maxim automatic 25 mm.) Amorqage, (expl.) fuse pliers, cutters, or pinchers; d'assemblage, riveting flange, shoulder, or rim (French boiler); automatique, (Ft. art.) automatic fuse punch; avoir de la, (man.) to sit tight; en bois, vise chops, vise claws, vise clamps; cliches, (phot.) plate lifter; cliches, (phot.) plate lifter; coupan, cutting pliers; coupan, cutting pliers; A couper el h sertir, cutting and crim Pling Pliers; I crochet, small hooked lever; dibouchoir, {art.) adjustable fuse pinchers, fuse punch; declic, tonps of a pile driver; d. desamorcer, (am. a.) unpriming pliers or pinchers, unpriming machine (reloading tool); double cran, cutting and crimping pliers (for Bickford and other fuses); defer i chevat, (farr.) toe; d, fil defer, wire pinchers; deferon, smith's tongs; himee, {art.) fuse drawer; hgoupille, pin pliers; levier, pinch bar; h main pule coupant de cule, side lifting flat-nose pliers; - — de marurore, pinch bar, iron handspike; de mineur. {mil. min.) miner's crowbar; ailleton, (art.) spring clip (for the peep of a sight); h oreilles, round-nosed pliers; panialon, trowsers clip (bicycle); petites s, tweezers; - — it pied de biche, Clasp handspike; plate, flat-nose (d) pliers; pressarble el coupante, cutting and pressing pliers; de pression, clamp (as on a sextant, etc.); resorl, spring pliers, spring catch; a synonym of Million; ti riper, crow or pinch bar; ti sertir, crimpinfi pliers; tire-culot, (art.) cartridge-head extractor or pinchers (canoj) a balks, etc.: tire-etnupilles, {art.) primer-case extractor or pinchers; tire-goupille, pin extractor; de treitlageur, wire pliers (lattice maker's); d. trois branches, (ckc.) three-legged tongs; ii vis, band vise. ,p. p., load, weight, etc pinccau, m., brush; {mil. slang) broom; (of bal- loons, in pi.) the two pencils of cords to which the car is directly altaithed; iigoudron, — -a goudronner, tar brush; d peindre, paint brash. plnce-balle, m., {sm. a.) bullet nippers; {art.) hot- shot nippers (obs.). pincc-dur, m., {mil. slang) an adjudani. plncer, v. a., to jiinch, nip, hold fast, press; screw; {man.) feel, press, gently with spur; le vtnl, {nav.) to go close to tlie wind. pincette, f., pinchers, nippers; (in pi.) tcngs, Are tongs, small nippers, tweezers: ronde, round pliers, round-nose pliers. pincebeck, m., pinchbeck. pinion, m.,{farr.) clip. piiiiie, f. , (fort.) s{>ear of cheiaui de frise. pliuiulc, {.. {insl.) vane, siglit vane; sight; pinnule & crin, slotted, sUt sight; objective, object vane; oculaire, eye vane; d aeilletons, aperture sight. ploche, f., pickax; pick, mattock; {slang) hard study; cramming for examination; (at the Poliitechniquc) serious application to mathe- matics; auz gazons, {fort.) sod mattock; du genie, { Fr. eng.) a pick of special mwlel, used by engineer troops; ii martcau. stone pick; portative, {mil.) portable pick; temps de , {slang) examination time. plocher, v. a., to dig: {slan^) to study hard; v. n., {mach.) said of a fly wheel, the upper part of which turns from the steam^eylinders; son examen, {slang) to cram for an examina- tion; I'x, {slan^) to apply one's self to mathe- matics, to "bone math" (U. S. M. A.). ploclieur, ra., digger; man who uses a pick; {slang) hard student, grind. plonnage, m., {mil.) pioneering. pionnler, m., {mil.) pioneer. pioupiou, m., {slang) familiar term for an in- fantrymen; "doughboy" (U. S. A.); "Tommy Atkins" (British army). pipette, f . , pipette. ptpo(t), m., {mil. slang.) the Ecole Polytechnique; a. cadet of the Polytechnique. pique, f., pike; poker; d'abordage, (nav.) boarding pike. plique, p. p., (of wood) worm-eaten; (steam) pitted (of a boiler); (met.) pitted; (mas.) pointed and drafted (of the face of a stone); (substantively) a pointed and drafted stone; moellon, v. s. v. moellon; de vers, worm-eaten. plique-chasse, m., (art.) awl. plaque-leu, m., poker. plquer, v. a., to prick, prick through; to interweave; to backstitch; to puncture; to prick off; (man.) to spur a horse; (carp.) to mark out (work); les absents, to note absentees; la chaudiire, (steam.) to scale a boiler; un cheval, (vian.) to spin: a horse; (farr.) to drive a nail into the quick; — — la cloche, v. À l'heure; des deux, (man.) to clap both spurs to a horse; I'heure, (nav.) to strike Bells; Horloge, v. À la médée; Du nez, (of a torpedo) to turn out of the course; La mazette, (fam.) to be poorly mounted, to ride a poor horse; une pierre, (mas.) to point a stone; En rape, (mas.) to cheque à guerre à guerre; Le vent, (nav.) to go close to the wind. piquet, m., picket (small stake), peg, holdfast, stake: tent peg; (surv.) sifting, alignment, stake; (fort., siege) tracing picket; (more specially) detachment or party hooting itself in readiness to turn out at a moment's notice for any duty whatsoever, or for duty other than duty by roster, o.g., for an extraordinary guard; (in the field) so much of the fraction on duty for the day as is not on post, men on post; picket (military punishment, so called, ons.), extra duty (U.S.M.); d'arrest, anchoring, mooring, picket; arret, (art.) stake (for the carriage of the canon-revolver); d'attache, picket pin; au, (mil.) on picket: standing in one place as a punishment; (call) prisoners, turn out! de campment, (mil.) lent point; commander de, (mil.) to detail, so as To be ready at a moment's notice; de cour d'assise, (Fr. law) detachment of troops furnished a law court, when requested by latter; piquet, de;, (mil.) ready to turn out at a moment's notice (as the quarter of the grande garde, the remainder resting); directeur. (fort.) directing picket; ire an, (mil.) to be on picket; to be standing in one place as a punishment; d'eziciUion, (mil.) firing party (execution); fure le to stand still in one place; feTT^, shod picket; former en, to picket; fretti, hooped picket; de gabion, (fori.) gabion stake; A aradiru, (sm. a.) firing rest; A larder, (siege) fascine picket; lever le, to decamp, strike camp; A menlojfnet, (Jort.) anchoring, fascine, picket; peM, (mil.) Sharpened stake by way of obstacle (in plural, generally); planter le, to encamp, pitch a tent; de plateforme, (or/.) securing stake; de reperage, (art.) direction stake, steel pin or peg used in the repirage of a piece; de retraile, holdfast; (siege) fascine picket; saboU, shod picket; de service en cos d'incendie, (mil.) fire picket; support, (art.) equipment picket or stake (siege battery); de tenon de marueuvre, (art.) securing picket; de tente, tent peg; de lerre, (leleg.) reel picket; a tracer, (lop., fori.) tracing picket. piquetase, (mil.) planting small pickets as ob- stacles; (fori.) staking out the lines or trace of a work. piqueter, v. a., to stake out (a line); to fasten by means of pickets; to picket; (fori.) to trace; (carp.) to mark out (the work); des fascines, (fort.) to picket or secure fas- cines; les gazons, (fort.) to picket down sods. plqueur, m., overseer; stud groom, horse breaker; outrider; d'ecurie, head groom. piqQre, f., prick, pricking; puncture; worm hole; backstitching; (farr.) packing; (met.) pitting; — — - de ver, worm hole (in wood). pirate, m., pirate. plraterie, f., piracy. pirog;ue, f., canoe. plron, m., (mach.) pin, pivot; lower gudgeon of a vertical shaft. pirouette, f., (man.) pirouette, circle; sur les eixtuks, circle on the forehand; sur les hanches, circle on the hind quarters; mililaire, circle whose vertical axis passes through center of the saddle; ordinaire, v. sur lex tpaules; renversee, v. sur les hanches. plrouetter, v. n. , (man.) to circle. pis*, m. nisf''; clay, rammed earth; pis(5 work; (met.) lining material (ganister, fire clay) for converters, etc.; en , in, of, beaten earth. piser, v. a., to do pist'i work; to construct en pisi:. pissalphalte, m., pissasphaltiim, mineral tar. pissfe, f., (met.) slag duct or channel. piste, f., track, trace; (g'lm., elc.) cinder nntli; ( man.) longing ring, race track; track of a horse ut work; douhle, (man.) double trace or trail, marked liy both fore and liiud quarters at the same time; marcher d'une , (man.) to make one trace (hind follow fore quarters); marcher de deux s. (man.) to make a double trace (quarters on dilTerenl but parallel traclcs); simple, (man.) single trace or trail. Plaster, V. r., (man.) (of the horse) to trail himself (in the gallop, to plant one foot of the rear-billed on same cross line as diagonally opposite anterior). Pisteur, m., follower (in a flight of pigeons), pistol, m., (rm. u.) pistol; (art.) pistol grip and appurtenances of a rapid-fire gun; (mtn.) Dead, (mint, or borer of an earth auger, of a mine auger, of a boring bar; apireter le, (sm. a.) to cock the pistol; d'arjon, (tm. a.) horse pistol; double, (sm. a.) double-tarreled pistol (obs.); /aire le coup de, (mil.) of a trooper, to leave the ranks and challenge the enemy to single combat; haut le, (sm. a.) raise pistol (position); de mine, (min.) borer or drill of an earth auger; de mituur, v. de mine; de petardement, ( min.) drilling bar; de Diche (sm. a.) pocket pistol; d. rectification, (sm. a.) magazine pistol; replacer le, (sm. a.) to return pistol; revolver, revolver; signaleur, signal pistol. pistolier, m., good pistol shot. Piston, m., (mach.) piston, sucker, forcer, plug, bucket, etc.; (arm. a.) tube, nipple (obs.); follower (of a tubular magazine); aspirant, valve piston; b basse pression, low-pressure piston; brosses, piston with a brush packing; cercte de, piston ring; de chargement, (r. f. art.) loading piston (Hotchkiss); clapet de, piston clapper; cUfde, piston key; cotkretie du grand, duplicate piston ring; compertsateur, valve-balance piston; coquille du, piston crosshead; couronne de, jimk ring; course du, piston stroke; couronne de, jimk ring; course du, length of stroke of piston; couvercle du, piston cover; — — du cylindrea vapeur, steam piston; deplaceur, (Stirling's hot-air engine) driven; piston; distribuliond, piston-valve motion; d. double effet, double-action piston; h Double tige, piston with two rods; A f/oupé, packed piston; H etoujage de chanvre (malleable), heni|>- packed (metallic) piston; zpansif, expansive piston; de fermeture, (sm. a.) piston fermeture; fori, V. perforr; afourreau, trunk piston; garniture de, piston packing; garniture de, piston packing; a garniture mrallique, metallic piston; grand, steam piston; guide de la tige du, piston-rod guide; (J haute pression, lii^;li-[)ressure piston; intermediaire, iitennediale-pressure piston; jeu de, length of stroke of u piston, travel; ferre de, piston stroke; marche de, piston stroke; marche de, piston stroke; perfore, hollow piston. jHTforated piston; plaque de, piston packing; plein, sol In the piston; Plonquerur. plunder, ram, ram, ram plunger; Jematique, dashpot of the Corlis engine; De pompe, sucker; bucket; De pompe foulante, forcer; Presse-touprs de, pisiion -ituirmi; box; A pression iliirrrdiairc, interniediute pres. sure piston; ({ucue de ■ , tailpiece of a piston: piston 328 place pistol) (i rainures, giroo\ed piston; rtcfpleur, main piston; TiMort de , pacKinR spring; h simple effet, single-iiction piston; A soupape(s), val . e piston; soupape de , piston \alve; su-idnis, Swedish piston ; T(f) de (Hge de) , piston-rod crosshead; tite du , piston crosshead; Hge, (i tije, rod piston; tije de , piston rod; h tige compensalrice, (art.) compensating piston; lourvant, radial piston or plate (as of an oscillatinR pump); h vapeur, steam piston. pltaluc-crayon, m., (.^I'jng), orderly who waits on diawing classes {Ecolc Polylechnique). pitance, f.. ( Fr. a.) soldier's expression for his share of the ration. pitchpin, m., Georgia pine, yellow pine. pitc f., Aqare aviericava; coir; m., hemp, cordage, made from the agave. pithoniMre, m., cask gauge. piton, ni., eyeliolt, ringbolt, screw ring, ring, eye; {top.) peak, top, of a mountain; sharp point or crag or spur; cone- or point-shaped mountain; d'afffit, (art.) cyebolt on a carriage; d'amarrage, anchoring eyelx)lt; il anneau, eyeliolt, ringbolt; .t et ainuaux, (sm. a.) loops and rings (of a scal)bard); h bmicle, ringbolt; c^rrr, crutch; de chargnnerU, packing eye or ring; de cl'inuaii, cramp-iron eyebolt; h croc, hook bolt; h crochet, ring hook; double, douliie eyebolt; a fourche, shackle bolt; crutch; de ganse, (art.) carrying ring and bolt (pro- jectile); — — h auil, eyebolt; de retour, (art.) guide ring (for a lanyard); de sellelte, (art.) baggage-strap staple; de tirani, eyp of a cramp; « rh, .screw eyebolt; fi via (i bois, wood screw eyebolt. pitte, f., coir; cordage en , coir rope. pivot, m., pi'ot, axis, spindle; pin, stud; tap- root 01 a tree; stud (orpin) of a spring In general; (mil.) pivot; (sm. a.) bridle stud; abatire un arbre en , to fell a tree through its taproot; aiffith , (art.) pivot carriage; — — d un arhre^ (macli.) journal, gudgeon; d' articulation, (macli.) shijiper dog; axfcinhUr h , to pi\ot together; aivnce, (art.) embr;isure pi\ot; de houKKole, center pin of a compass; dc cabesian, spindlo of a capstan; ciii'ov h , (art.) swivel gim; - - dc com IX!!!, V. • — — df ttouasoU: Iiic, (mil.) fixf'd pi>ot; /, irl./ . (art.) fork i)i ot; i; fovrcliftlf, (art.) fork pivot; iindravWpic, i fort., mach., art., etc.) hydrauUc pivot; dc manrnurcs, (fort.) a fortified position re- ruriled as a pi', ol in the operations of an army; mobile, movaMe pivot; rnoiiti: anr , pi. oted; jnoiiiiint, (mil.) nio\able pivot; n irioiirant, (mil.) on a nii)\al)le pivot; de la noil. (.sw. a.) tumbler stiKl; (;'..t r<.«.«nr< de batteric, {xm. a.) hammer- stinnir stud; — .•<n:iir tuque, (for/.) 3 name sometimes given to a fi.rtrt'ss or fonif.od position in \irtue of its iii'liicnce on stra'c;'ical oprratifins: ,«..'/,/•,, •', (r. f. art i pi .oiini; s:ipi)ort. plvoteiiieiit, in., (nrt.) pivoting (ease of training or ira . cr.siiij:;. pivoter, V. n., to pivot; to fell a tree through its taproot; (mil. slang) to l>e drilled, to be on fatigue; faire , to slue. placas;e, m., (corp.) veneering; (fort.) rammed earth facing; (cons.) facing wall (against a backing of rock); (met.) plating; (mas.) loam mortar. placa^ue, m., (ma.i.) loam mortar. placard, m., placard; (diplomatic) document on parchment and not folded; sort of flat pullej-; galley proof; cupboard (nav.) scupper leather; (carp.) panel. placarder, v. a., to placard; (carp.) to panel. Place, f., space, room, ground; seat (in a train, etc.); spot; stall (in a stable); surt (of a town); station; change (commercial); employment, office, post, position, place, standing (in one's class); garrison town; d'appi, (mil.) position of support in military operations; (fort.) a position supporting a h, camp rtinche, q. v.; a supporting fort; d'armes, (viil.) parade, parade ground; open space or place of assembly in the center of a town; general parade or assembling ground of a camp or cantonment; alarm post; frontier town serving as a depot of stipplies; (fort.) place of arms; (siege) parallel; (sometimes) approaches; — d'armes rentrante, (fort.) reentrant place of arms; d'armes saillante, (/or.)' salient place of arms; artiller In the garrisons, garrisons, artillery; Bassler, (fori.) the lower part (casemates, etc.) of a Revolution, Halifax de, v. s. v., oatric: The camp retranchis, (fori.) position or city defended by a city, requiring, (fori.) a position surrounded by a girdle of forts; de la clauditre, (steam) boiler room; cow stable, (mil.) depot of issue and of receipt; (Fr. art.) arrondissement where a garde d'ar- iillerie is stationed; de depôt, (fort.) generic term for fortifical ions considered as centers of supply or as supply depots; avoc enceinte el cinture defort-t, v. a forts detaches: d'eisieu, letting  modern fortified position (consisting of an interior post, LVCiinte or noyau, and an exterior line of forts); d fofines d'eau. (fort.) fort with wet ditches; h fox.sis stcf, (fori.) fort with dry litelies; from the fort, (fort.) fort, position, town; de girnixon, (mil.) garrison town; grnvi'cs ■<, high offices of the government; ('.e give, (fort.) fortified to. Placé, p. p., placed; placed (in a race); cheval tien, horse that holds his head well. placement, m., placing, setting; investment (money). placer, m., (man.) upright stand or attitude of a horse; normal, proper, position. placer, v. a., to place, put, set, seat; to sell; to invest; to have a place, a position, for anyone; del'argent, to put money out at interest; bien ue cwip, (fenc.) to thrust home; de champ, to set up on edge; u» cheval, (man.) to keep a horse in equilibrium; se 4 cheval, (man.) to take the correct position on horseback; une sentinelle, (man.) to post a sentry. plafond, m., (man.) ceiling; top, ceiling, of a caisson; crown (of a fire box, etc.); bottom (of). A canal, a reservoir; under face of a staircase; (min.) roof of a gillery; (nav.) floor of a ship; floor grating of a boat; enlargement, (cons.) ceiling with the spaces between joists filled with plastering (trougli-shaped on top); ti, caissons, (cons.) coffered ceiling; faux, (cons.) false ceiling. Plafonnagc, m., (cons.) ceiling, ceiling work. Plafonnér, v. a., (con,?.) ceil. Plafonnér, m., ceiling plasterer. Plage, f., beach, strand; sandy shore; quarter of  wound, sore; of marche, (in) foot sore, foot blister. Plaque, m., (in) plaintilf. plain, a., fish (Willi anything); level, even, plain; m., the  plan, ground plot, (more specially) plot, plat, map of a small area of ground, detailed map; arritre, background; d'aTTiniage, (nav.) tier of the hold; axUomoteuT, self-acting plane; Cidattral, (turv.) cadastral plat; de campagne, (mil.) plan of campaign; de chape, (cons.) v. s. v. chape; de cdlimation, (inst.) plane of collimation; de combat, (mil.) plane of Lattle; de comparaison, (fort.) plane of reference, reference plane; de construction, working drawing; a coHs, V. mithode drs s cotes; coupe,.sectional plan, plan and section: des crftis, (fort.) in defilading, the plane in which the crests of the work or works must lie; de defilement, (fori.) plane of defilement, of defilement; de depart, (ball.) plane Of departure; de ditii, plot or plan showing details; dii mitral, sectional elevation; directur (des altnqtie.i), (siege) map or chart on which are plotted all the positions, trenches, batteries, etc., in the siege of a place; directing plan; direeUur d'eruemble des attaques, v. directeur; directeur des attaques rapprochees, (sitge) directing plan of the attack at close quarters; — de direction , plane of direction; d'eau, the level of the water In a river; d'ecartement, plane of spread; d' enfilade, v. — — de rerers; d'enyngement, (mil.) c. o.'s plan for getting troops Into action; d'^ensemble, general plan (of a fort, etc.); d'epreuce, (elec.) proof iilaiie; eirc au -, ( mil. slang) to lie in arrest; •d'exreulion, plan of execution; working draw- ing, plan; faire le de, to survey; fail eV (Illation d'ua , to construct the eleva- tions of a plan; faire nn , to draw, make a plan; faire lever le de, to survey; dis fibre f iinariabU:^, neutral surface, plane ol neutral filiors: de ^fXKiii, plane of flexion: de fonda'ion, foundation jilane; des forces, force plan; du foyer, fiK'al plane: - — -fuyant, vanislnnp plane; j/fonifVrc/, groiuui phui; de fllis.'iemdit, (steam) slide; gt'omitrique, plan; graphiqi: •, any plan of a town, fort, buildlnj;, t ),';iveiisi;:lo: • • jf guerre, i>lan of war; A'(ti>o;;'ul. ;'roiinil plan: lioriz.onliil plane; d'iii:mer.'<i<iii. iti'ip. ■ ]i\auc ni iiumeisii)n; -d' incidence, plarw of imidenr-e: i:i .7in/.iiiilini\l piano: d • joiv ,i foiin. pattinj; plane; /( vre d'lin , sur> fv; lever un , to nial e. dr:i\v, get up, a plan; /.Tfr d s y, to survpv; — Imgi'miir.nl. longitudinal plan; nianirvi f< , ciii^ine plane; mithode dix .<: coles, sysli^in in whicli elovati' us are repre^^ented snloiy liv reforoncfs on t'le ground plan (;is in fort ilicat ion drawtnjT>: ■"< uo- plane de^oriptixp" >,•. !^. M. A.^; de mire, (bull.) plane of sialic ; de nto!jilisatioii,(iuil.) plan of nioMli 'alion; (fort.) plan of the nio-,\snri'- nwessarv I.^ pi t u fort in a g(io<l slate of tlefcnsc: de .(crViu, datum plane; parcellaire (du cada,i'.ri ». v. s. v. jHircelhure: plan 330 planchette plan iHTiptdlf, perspective plane; TiTemicr , foreground; princiiMl, general plan, principal plan; de projection, {ball.) plane of projection; ram]>anl, (fort.) plane of slope; dc reilexion, plane of reliection; de refraction, plane of refraction; relevi-, verticsil projection of the roofs and other upper parts of a building; roof plan; relief, en relief, (top.) relief map, map showing relief of ground ; de repire, datum plane; de reveri, (/or/.) plane of reverse defilade; de Tcz. Planche, f., plank, board; shelf, plate; (mv.) gang plank; putting in port; (farr.) planch shoe; (ham.) foot rest (of a stirrup); (sm. a.) leaf of rear sight; (top.) plane table; armaments, (art.) in a turret, equipment shelf; (d'arrimage, (art.) in a turret, equipment shelf; (d'arrimage, (nav.) dunnage plank; (d'arrimage, (art.) Doard or plank for an ammunition wagon; (de del, (mil.) top plank of the casing of a mine gallery, overhead plank; (circulaire, (siege) gabion bottom; (circulaire, (siege) gabion bottom; (circulaire, (cons.) (in a roof) outer plank. Of a gutter; Debarquer, (nav.) gang plank; Directrice, (fort.) wooden bottom, for making gabions; Coffee, (mil.) equipment, clothing, shelf, in a squad room; D'embarcation, gang plank; Cullivant, (min.) tanks covering spaces between joists; Faire, (of the sea) to be calm; Faire la,  (art.) Footboard; Marteau, (mack.) drop hammer controlled by friction or geared rolls (the hammer head is attached to a board); minute, (top. drawing) engraved plate of a minute; mobile, loose plank; (sm. a.) movable leaf, leaf (of a sight); h mouler, (fond.) bottom, molding, board; de nuilet, (farr.) planch shoe; h pain, bread tray; (Fr. a.) bread shelf in a squad room; porte-fourrage, (art.) side board for carrying forage (ammunition wagon); de reproduction, (sm. a.) guide plate (for shapint, the stock); d ritablissement, (gym.) plank fixed to a wall for exercising men by pulling themselves up; de roulis, (nav.) washboard; Iceboard (of a berth); a trousser, (fond.) loam board. Plankage, m., planking, boarding. Plank, v. a., to board, plank; to cover with planks; to floor; to lath. Planker, m., (cons.) flooring (strictly) a wooden floor; ceiling, covering, roof; framing on which the roofing rests; platform, stage; (ham.) stirrup tread; (r. r.) engine 'river's stand; (lech.) horizontal position of a stone; area de, flooring; charge de, thickness added to a floor (to bring it up to the level of surrounding floors); de chargeement, (art., met.) loading platform; de del, (mil. min.) roof planks of a mine gallery; creux, hollow floor; d'une dès, apron; d'une Muse, bottom of a sluice; faux, (cons.) false floor (to reduce the height of ceiling); sound  and polishing leather parts of equipment; de batterie, (art.) battery piano table (Fr. art.); traversuig, pointing, scale; deflection .scale; h calotte sphiriquc^ (inst.) plane tabic with spheriail cup or bearnig; de chargement, (art.) loading tray; ■ de convergence, (insl.) circumferentor; a courhes d'egal angle de tir, (art.) a scale gi\ing the angle of elevation for a given target and the bearing of the lini^ from gun to target; declinee, v. orienlee; dcs derives, (art.) deflection leaf, deflection scale (of a. sight); - — h dnuille, (inst.) plane table with socket bearing or spindle; planchette 331 plaque planchette ffradu/e de pointage, {art.) aiming scale, pointing scale; de kausse, (»m. a.) sight leaf; d'inflammation , (art.) little tongue of wood used in some shrapnel or shell to facilitate the combustion of tne burster and to prevent its caking; - — de lever, {insi.) plane table; d'o'jjfclif,(,phoi/) lens board; orient^e,(inst.) plane table, oriented set to or on given bearings; pkotographiqut, (inct.) photographic plane table; porle-armemnUa, (art.) small equipment tray (of an ammunition chest); depression, (art.) in an ammunition chest, a strip or plank pressed down on tlie contents to keep them from moving; 6 rigled curseur, (art.) a scale giving angles of elevation and the distance apart of the collars on a rkgled curseur, q. v.; de reptrage, v. de tir; de soulien, any block or bit of wood, etc., placed under a tie or strap to assist in bearing the stress; - — de tir, (Fr. art.) range-laying scale (^ves elevation, direction, charge, and time of flight; consists of a map, 1:20000, of the field of fire, suitably mounted, graduated, etc., to furnish the necessary indications); h trous, (hn. a.) pierced plank or tray for holding cartridges. planfon, m., plank timber. plane, f., chisel, tuniing chL>eI;spokeshave; draw- ing knife; ni., plane (tree); de charron , spokeshave. Planer, v. a., to smooth, planish; (of a balloon) to soar over (a position, etc.); michine d, jointing machine. planeuse, f., jointing machine. plani, rn., (in.it.) planigraph. plani, rn., (in.it.) planimeter. plunimètre,  the construction of a building; Viltiara, (mil.) to set up or raise the standard, the flag (over a captured town, a work carried by assault, etc); le piquet, to encamp, take up one's quarters. planton, m., (mil.) orderly; cheval, nioimtwl orderly; de conseil de guerre, orderly of a court-martial; tre de, to be on as orderly. plaque, f., plate; slab; sheet of metal, leaf of metal; star of an onlor; (met., etc.) buck, back plate; (art.) face plate; (x;n. a.) sword-belt plate; part of guard surrounding the hand; (unif.) helmet, cai-plate; (r. r.) sole (of a railway chair). Artillery, etc.; II. Miscellaneous. 1. Artiller>-,ctc.: en acicT^ steel armor plate; d'nppui, (tirt.) face plate; wheel guard; d'apjmi de mw.Tf, (art.) trail plate; d'nppui mobile, (r.f. art.) spring bar; d'nppui d'obluraieur, (art.) obturator plate, gas plate; d (irmons, (art.) foreguide plate; plaque d'arrtl, (art.) stop or keep plate of au am« munition box; de blindage J armor plate; ii bout<mmire(t) , (unif.) end of shoulder (cuirass) strap; de btUie, (art.) front part or face of the firing pin recess (canon d balles); carrfe, (art.) trail transom plate; de ceinturon, (mil.) waist-oelt plate; sword- belt plate; de coin, (art.) wedge plate of the Krupp fermeturc; de combat, (nav.) shot plug; (en) ciimpound, compound armor plate; de contact, (torp.) circuit-closing plate (of a ball-con tact circuit closer); de couche, (sm. a.) butt plate; de crosse, (art.) trail plate; de cuirasse, de cuirassement, armor plate; de culasse, (art.) breech plate, rear barrel plate (Ilotchkiss.etc); de dManchement, (art.) firing-pin plate (canon d, balles , etc.); de dessous, (art.) bottom plate (of a trail); bottom axle plate; de des.riis, (art.) top plate (of a trail); directrice, (r.f. art!) breechblock; • d' embrasure, (fort.) port plate; d'rpaulemcnt, (Fr. art.) upper reenforce of the pry pole of the steel gin; d'ipreuve, (art.) proof or test plate; d'extraction, (art.) Imse plate of Boker car- tridge, by which it was extracted; fausse d'appui, (art.) inserted face plate; enfer, iron armor plate; enfer et en acier, compound plate (armor); enfer forge, wrought-iron armor plate; enfer iomin<*, laminated armor plate; enfonte durci*, chilled cast-iron armor plate; defrorU, (r.f. art.) front Imrrel plate; defondntion, (art.) l)ase plate; * de gnrde-champitre, (mil. slang) old ser- , geant's stripes; de garniture, (art.) axle strap; garnish plate; A godet, ( Fr. art.) sort of em barring or maneu- vering plate (obs.); de hatisse, (art.) elevation plate or slide (Oerman artillery); d'identite, (mil.) identification ta« or plate; isolante, (art.) curved sheet of metal for- merly used with muzzle-loading rifle, sur- rounding rear of cylindrical jiart of projectile to prevent ballotting (obs.); de large, steering rudder (of a torpedo); delunette, (nr<.) pintle plate: mijtt, compound armor plate; morticrd , v. s. v. viorlier; en Hirfcf/-ad<T, nickel-steel arnu r plate; - — doreillis. (art.) metallic baso plate of I'ronoh boilfh mi/riiV/f,- hinge plale and Iurs of a breech- loading gun: (sm. Miscellaneous: d'about, (r.) shoe, bedplate; d'accouplement, (met.) front plate; d'appui, locking plate (wounds); (ham.) gilling leather; d'arré, (elec.) terminal plate; d'arré, back plate; d'assemblage, assembling plate or strap; junction plate; d'assise, socket of a coiled spring; d'assise pour rails, (r. r.) bedplate; d'avant, front plate; en bois, venoor; de boue, mud guard, cut too plate; de buttoir, (r. r.) billfor disk; de chio, (met.) (or simply chio) tap-hole plate (ci a firing forgo); cisaite, (inach.) shearing or  anvil face; enlitre, (phot.) whole plate; (Hire à poiies et les barres dufourneau, dead plate, coking plate; ezcitatrice, (elec.) exciting plate, electrode; delectatrice, (elec.) exciting plate, bedplate, of an engine, a machine; — fixe, dead plate; de fiation, (mach.) Dedplate; foundation plate; de fondation, (inach.) Dedplate; foundation plate; de fondation, (inach.) Dedplate; foundation plate; de friction, friction plate; frotement, (mach.) Sude-valve face; de friction, friction plate; de friction, friction plate; de  eye or lunette plate (of a cabinet design); de mire, (inst.) vane; pultice, (phot.) tilm; pultice, plate and eye, plate and loop; de pontic, plate sepajutuig or iulo-smg the stieaves of a block; de recouvnment, any strengthening plate, reconnaissance; axle strap or plate; cover plate (Lu goiicral;, lap; lap strip (for a joint, etc.). Det rumin, (phot.) seiusitivo plate; dumus, (phot.) seiusitivo plate; dumus, (phot.) seiusitivo plate; dumus, (phot.) film; de nitrite, guard plate; de lire, (elcc.) ground plate; de lire, (steam) tube plate (boilers); de lire, (r.) tunica. We do travel, (met.) working plate (of a firing forge); (/t trou de set. mud-hole door (of a boiler); u li/bis, des lubes, tubulair, tube plate (of a boiler); dc tuyere, (met.) twyer plate. Plaque, a., (hijip.) stilT, with little or no parotid cliaunel (said of junction of head to neck). Plaque, v. a., to veneer, to plate, plate over; to lay down turf or sods; to lay on mortar or plaster; du bois, to veneer; feuUtb,, veneer, veneering; du gazon, to sod, cover with sod or turf; du plâtre, to lay on a coat of plaster. Plaquette, f., small plate, small disk; («m. a.) stock plate of revolver; troté, (sm. a.) right stock; gauche, (sm. a.) left stock plate of a revolver; de recouvrement, (sm. a.) stock plate of a revolver. Plaquette, m., stone casing. Plastron, m., breastplate, front cuirass; (fencer's) plastron; (mac/i.) drill plate; "de cvirag.te" breastplate; h manchetle, sleeved pListron. plastronner, v. n., (fcnc.) to practice fencing, to practice feints, thrusts, etc. (i. e., against the teacher, who wears his plastron). Plat, a., flat, level; dead; (of boats) flat-bottomed; m., dish; plate; flat part of anything; flat (of the oar, of the sword); (met.) iron in plates or sheets; d'aviron, blade of an oar; — r- de balance, scale of a balance; hatchet-e couture, v. s. v. couture; calme —. dead calm; camarade de, messmate; carte e, plain chart; cheval, (hipp.) lank-sided horse; course e, flat race; de crosse, (sm. a.) part of stock opposite to thajouc; eaux es, still waters (as distinguished from fountains); d'epee, (sm. a.) flat of a sword; eux, (hipp.) londed side of a gimstock (obs.); faire ensemble, to mess together; hfond, flat-bottomed (of a boat); interieu, (sm. a.) brass-side, interior side (obs.); de malades, (nav.) sick mess; materiel de, mcs.s outfit; mettre k, to lay flat, flatten the oars; mote —, V. s. v. nceud; pays, flat, level country; souliers s, heelles; shoes; du sabre, flat of the sword. platane, m., plane (troco and wood); faux, sycaniore-maiile. plat-boitl, m., (««(/'.); gunwale, plank sheer; covering board. plate, f., small flat-bottomed large. pulté, f., (cons.) entire foundation. plateau, m., alter, tray; plate, disk, board, flange; (earth-) range; scale (of a balance); slab, thick plank; one of the two main beams that may be sawed out of a log; (mach.) bed of a ma lite; bed or table for the work; face plate of a lathe; plate performing the office of valve plate in Farcot's Cross engine; (mach.) plate or slab covering the charge of a mine; shield of a fougasse; (art.) time scale of a fuse; (top.) plateau, table-land, flat-topped hill; (pond.) lignum- vitae grinder; - -d assemblage, (mach.) coupling flange; - -d assemblage, (mach.) grooved board for carrying spikes, pimcnes, etc., nailed to side of an iron. Invention wagon; Circular, (art.) dust guard (sea coast gun); de catur, the plate containing the heart proper of a log places tangent to the heart; plateau plitre plateau collecteur, collecting plate; condenseur, condensing platen conducur, (much.) wrist plate, rocking tank, motion disk; df quindre, (steam) cylinder cover; de eylindre inferieu, (steam) cylinder bottom (top); -de dribition, (mack.) vibrating disk; valve plate in Farcot's Corliss engine; divheur, (vachA index plate; de foyer, (steam) hearth plate; de friction, (mach.) friction plate or disk; grand  (vutch.) jawed chuck; de inorlier plaque, (Fr. a.) sole or bed of the morlier d plaque; ollant, (mach.) wrist plate; permutatur, (elec.) switchboard; de petard, (mil.) board to which a petard is fixed; petit de petard, (mil.) thin board laid over charcoal before fixing petard to its bed; de plume, (steam) piston top plate; de pointe, (art.) shoe of a gin; porte-riitces, (mach.) table (of piercing machine, planer, etc.); n Toulvi, (nav.) swinging tray; x'ljifrieur du eylindre, (steam) cylinder top, front cylinder co- er; de tamion, billifer disk; di, de, tour, (mack.) faceplate (of a lathe); lojrnant. (r. r.) turntable; it troii, (mach.) index plate; de la vis de poiniage, (art.) elevating-screw bed. plate-bail, f., (corui.) platband, lintel; iron strap (for joining two beams, etc., end to end); iron rod; (art.) casing, furring; (art.) cap square; (fill, ring; (fort.) flat, circular border (of a turret); de bale, (cotis.) lintel; de la bouche, (art.) muzzle ring; de bout d'affin, (art.) trail plate; de culasse, (art.) base ring; de pavi, border stone; de roulement, roller path; de roulement, roller path; de l'ltre, (art.) muzzle ring. Plate-chouche, f., (art.) pintle plate (12'^' gun, (ruson turret), Half pintle. plate-forme, f., platform (in general); mudsill of a liridLp; (art.) platform: (carp.) pole plate; any tinibor 2 inches (or I inehesj by 1 foot or more (length •.ariablc);(/')r.'.)i)latrorm (as of a case- mated work); (pont.) carriage way; (r. r ) railroad truck; roadbed; (sttrnn) seat of a slide valve; armtr v.ne , (ur<.) to mount a gun on its platform; ^^i;< bij/a)u;o, platform oi a weigh biidge; "^ b<ii.% , (art.) wixxkii platform ; ra caillebottis , grating of a boat ; ■ :'( charcjnn.ni/, (nrl.) Inailiui' platform; (met.) charging platfonii of a Mast furniice; ■U circDnjftincc, (ar<. )extempori/.cd platform; de circor.fUincc d doahle piiot dhnontable, ( Fr. art) sort of doul'lc-piiot platform for tiring in opjjo.^ilc directions; .-in-iilcire, (arf.) tra ersing platform; di cole, (ar/. ),-<'acoast plutlorm; ('/ rf/rKfr, division pUte; iiaaie en arrUrc, en rrrnlail, (art.) splayed nlatforin; dt foiiaation, (con?.) slti'iKT.s: — iiiiiU, (art.) IX plutlorm of concrete and of wood ; de ynorticr, (art.) mortar platform; d'obiLsier, (art.) howit'.er platiorm; ordinairt , (art.) rectangular plaliorm; ni /jierre, (art.) stone i)latiorm; a pivot dimoiUaitlr, (t'r. an.) shifting pivot platform (l.V)"", i;'o "• gaub>; plate^onne de place, (art.) garrison platform; de pointage, (art.) aiming platform (sea- ooast); h la pmssienne, (art.) transportable plat- form (for siege glims); de roulage, (min. ) trolley; ToulaiUc, (r. r.) truck; (art.) traveling plat- form, i. e., a railroad tnick serving as a gun platform; de .tif'ge, (art.) siege platform; hli'>lier cotUinu, (art.) siege platform, decked platform; h tablier suptrposes, (Ft. art.) three-decked platform (155»- C.); en trrre, (art.) gim bank; touriMute, (r. r. ) turntable; tolantt, (w^c)lit;crally, flying platform, i. e , three planks (under wheels and trail, re- spectively). platelis^e, m , armor sVin, interior skin (armor): (fOnt.) floor of a bridge. plate-loaf, f., (harn.) kicking strap: leading rein; hitching strap; lunging rein, sideline: (Ft. art ham.) breastband (buckling to the breeching). platine, f., terrace at the foot of a hill. platine, m., (hydr.) small bank, flat, awash at low tide. platine, f., plate, lock plate; (sm. a.) lock; (r. /. art.) lock, action block: m., (met.) platinum; ti aigiiiUej (sm. a.) needle-gtm lock; (en) arrirre, (sm. a.) lock whosp mainspring is lightened the tumbler; back-action lock; (en) avant, (sm. a.) lock whose mainspring is in front of the tumbler (e.g., bar lock); corps de, (sm. a.) lock plato, lock frame  a.) percussion lock; A pierre, (sm. a.) flintlock (obs.); de rait, (r. r. ) ljedpkUe; rebondLisante, (sm. a.) rebounding lock (ro oi.er); renrer.'ce, (sm. a.) back-acton lock; a roiif^, (sm. a.) back-acton lock; a roiif^, (sm. a.) v.lieol lock (olis.); d.tikij y. u pierrt: sjionijinir, platimim sponge; at surt'c, safely device. platlner, v. a., (sm. a.) to lock a gun; (ni<<.) to o erlay (^ copper) with an amaliram of tin and mert-ury. platlner, (wn. a.) loci maker. plat-pay.s, in., (hydr.) largo sand bank. plAtrage, m., (con-t.) plaster work; plastering; lath ar.d plaster. plAtras, 111. B rubbish of old walls, plaster, etc., from which saltpeter may be extracted. Plaster, etc., plaster; plaster; plaster; plaster; or, plaster of a house, (horseshoeing.) more. etc.; — — alum, plaster  thin plaster (excess of water); de Paris, plaster of Paris; (passi) au panin, coarse-sifted plaster; (passi) au sas, fine-sifted plaster; it la pelle, v. fleur de; pierreh, at., plaster stone; surr, stiff plaster (mixed with but little water); au tamis de soie, finest sifted plaster; vert, underburnt plaster. pistreux, v. a., to plaster; (fig.) to patch, piece up. platreux, a., chalky. piatrler, m., plasterer. Platrix, gypsum quarry, plain, a., full, whole, entire, complete; close-worked; thorough; solid (not hollow); (of animals) gravid; (art.) solid (of a projectile); en air, out of doors; bois, (nav.) part of a ship above the water line; bois, (nav.) part of a ship above the water line; bois, (art.) solid shot (obs.): en e campaigne, out in the country; en champ, in the fields; en ederoute, (mil.) completely routed; deau, water-logged; fouet, V. s. v., (ouet): en river, in the middle of winter; jour, a day of 24 hours; en e marche, (hipp.) in full march; en mer, mer e, v. s. v., mer; en e, mer, v. s. v., mer; mois, any month containing 30 or 31 days (as distinguished from mois cave). February; Overages en bois, (carp.) glued work (i.e., not tenoned or doweled); Pression, (steam, etc.) full pressure; En e retraite. {mil.) la full retreat; Vitesse, full speed. plein, m., full or down stroke of a letter; beach between high and low water mark; high water; full, full part, of anything; full cargo; ii , fully; absousd, pur etfi , honorably acquitted; avQir son , to be fully laden (ship); batlre son , (of the tide) to be at the full; d'un bois, etc., middle of a wood, etc.; dans le -, en , in the middle; d'une dent, {mach.) thickness of a tooth or cog; de I'eau, high water; sur-joint, « sur joints, so as to break joints; de la lune J full of the moon; de la maree, high water; de la mer, high water; metire dans le , mettre en — — , (I. p.) to hit the mark; d'unmur, mass of a wall; s des rayure.K, {art., sm. a.) land.s; tant que vide, (in measuring areas) iucludiug windows; (mil.) with intervals. plein-cintre, m., {arc en ) Roman arch. pleine-cau, f., v. s. v., eau. pl^uipotentialre, m., plenipotentiary; mininlre , minister plenipotentiary. plet, m., (cord.) fake; faux , catch fake. pleureur, v. s. v. puils. pleuvoir, V. n., to rain; {Jig.) to fall, come down (as bullets, shells);. (1 flats, to rain in torrents; par ondees, to Ije showery; a Keaux, v. ■ d. Jluls; a verse, to rain in torrents. pleyon, m., osier; twig. pU,ni.,f()ld; ben<l; plait; seam (as in soldering); reentrant angle (of a building); manner of folding a letter; cover, en\ elope (of a letter, etc.): olVu'lal napcr or dociiraent; (art.) clip of a c-a.se .shot; {cord. ) fa'.;e, coil, biijlit; de ciible, (ham.) fake, coil (of a cal)le()r rope). pU cachete, (nav.) sealed orders; charniireh, v. s. v. charniire, de l'embouchure, (ham.) joint of a bit; de l'encolure, (hipp.) bend of a horse's neck; r. mettre sous le; to veer away some of the enfermer sous le; filer un, {cord.) cable; de manceuvre, v. de celle; mettre un cheml dans un beau, (man.) to make a horse arch his neck; mettre sous (le), to mclose (letters); du paturon, {hipp.) fold of the pastern; sous, herewith, inclosed; de terrain, {lop.) inequality, fold, in the ground. pliable, a., flexible, bending, pliable, plage, m., folding; de la poudre de chasse, putting up sporting powder in rolls. pliant, a., bending, flexible, pliable, folding; m., folding chair, camp chair, camp stool. plier, V. a n., to fold, fold up, do up; to bend, curve, say, bow; to bring under; to yield, subnut, give way; to lose ground; (mil.) to give way; (nav.) to run away, quit the combat (of a ship); d, folding; bajage, {mil.'S to decamp; to beat a retreat; b bloc, to fold double (in plate testing); se l't bloc, to bend over a block (test for various articles); un cheval, {man.) to break a horse; to bend a horse's head down to right or left, so as to give him a flexible neck; le cou d'un cheval, {man.) to give a horse a flexible neck; faire, to bend, curve; faire, I'ennemi, (mil.) to force the enemy to lose ground, give way; to fortification au terrain, {fort.) to adapt a work to the site; les jarrets, {man.) to work the hocks (i.e., to be supple in the hocks); Les reins, (man.) in galloping, to bring the croup down; les tentes, (man.) to strike camp. 