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garde k vous, {mil.) attention (call and com- mand). garde-barrifire, m., (r. r.) crossing keeper. garde-boue, m., mud guard (bicycle). garde-caisses, m., {art.) in moimtain artillery, the cannoneer that passes out ammunition from the chests. garde-cendre, m., fender. garde-chain e, m., chain guard (bicycle). gaide-chambre, m., {mil.) room orderly. garde-chasse, m., gamekeeper. garde-clievaux, m., {art.) horse holder. garde-coffre, m., {art.) the cannoneer at the limber. garde-consigne, m., person whose duty it is to see that orders are carried out. garde-corps, m., manrope; hand rail, side rail, balustrade (of a bridge); rail (of a ship); swifter (of a capstan). garde-cOte(s), m., coast guard, coast guardsman; {nav.) coastguard vessel, coast-defense vessel; cuirass^, (nav.) armored coast-defense ves- sel; h tourelles, {nav.) turret coast-defense ves- sel. garde-crotte, m., mud guard, dashboard, splash- board. garde-drapeau, m., {mil.) color guard. garde-etalon, m., stud keeper, gartle-feu, m., fender. garde-finances, m., in Italy, the customhouse personnel. garue-flanc, m., {mil.) flank guard, garde-flans, m., side-pad of a saddle. garde-fou, m., balustrade; rail; railing, man- rope, hand-rail. garde-fourneau, m., {m,et.) assistant foimder. garde-lrein, m., brakeman. garde-lrontieres, m., in Russia, the customhouse personnel. garde-jambe, m., {ham.) leg guard. garde-jour, m., screen. garde-jupe, m., skirt guard (woman's bicycle). garde-Ugne, m., (r. r.) track watchman. garde-magasln, m., storekeeper. garde-main, m., {sm. a.) hand guard, barrel guard. garde-malade, m,, f., {med.) nurse. garde-manger, m., pantry. garde-marine, m., {nav.) naval cadet, midship- man (obs.). *^ garde-meuble, m., furniture storehouse, limiber- room. garde-pare, {Fr art.) battery, storekeeper {sous chef-artifkier) (cares for material, etc ) garde-pave, m., curbstone. garde-peche, m., in France, a sort of river and coast policeman, coast guard. garde-pharc, m., light-house keeper. garde-i>ort, m., harbor watch. garde-poussifire, m., dust guard. garder, v. a , to guard, keep, protect, watch, de- fend; {mil.) to guard; to defend; — — les arrets, {mil.) to observe one's arrest, to be m arrest; ' la prison, to be in jail; les rangs, {mil.) to remain, keep, in ranks; ^* ,— — ' *o protect one's self; {mil.) to do guard duty, to perform security service; — — le terrain, {man.) to keep on the track (of a horse); . "• "• en vue, to keep sight of. garde-robe, m., wardrobe. garde-rOIe, m., keeper of the rolls. garde-roue, splasher (of a carriage); guard stone (at a comer); wheel rail (of a bridge of boats); garde-sable, {pont.) hurter. garde-salle, m., {fenc.) fencing-master's assist- ant. garde-scell€s, m., keeper of the seals. garde-soleil, m., sunshade (of a telescope, field glasses, etc.). garde-temps, m., chronometer. garde-vole, m., (r. r.) track watchman. garde-vue, m., shade, eye shade, screen. gardien, m., guardian, keeper, watchman; ——de batterie, {Fr. art?) battery storekeeper (m land and s. c. forts, and in military estab- lishments, unless the engineers have a special representative; nearest equivalent, XI. S. A., ordnance sergeant ). Gare, f., place where wagons, boats, carriages, etc., may be kept; small wet dock or basin; part of river where vessels are in security; (r. r.) station; d'arrivee, (r. r.) station of arrival, at end of journey: de bifurcation, (r. r.) station of arrival, at the intersection or branching of two lines; chefde, (r. r.) station master; de depots, (r. r.) station at the beginning of a journey; de depots, (r. r.) station at which locomotives are changed; d'eau, wharf; d'evitement, (r. r.) turn-out track, side track, passing station (single-track line); (of canals) turn-out (to allow boats to pass in opposite direction); d'expedition, (r. r.) sending station, starting station; -frontire, {r. r.) frontier station; grande, principal or main railroad station: halte, halte-repas, {mil.) covered shed for men halted for meals on railroad. Infermerie de, v. s. v. infirmerie; ii marchandises, (r. r.) freight depot, goods station; de point de d'étapes, {Fr. a.) v. — de rassemblement; de rassemblement, {Fr. a.) v. — de rassemblement, {Fr. a.) railroad station desiéated for each region de corps d'armee in the interior, and toward which are directad troops, materials, supplies, etc., coming from the territorial circumscription of the corps (in war, on mobilization;) de stationnement, (r. r.) railway station; tournante, (r. r.) railway station; terminate, {r. r.) terminus; gare Up the (t. ) reversing station; recline; [r. r.) station for making up trains; aut voyageurs, (r. r.) passenger station. Care, (interjection) look out! A cable, stand clear of the cable! Dessous, stand from under! Dessous, look out for yourself! Garer, v. a., to shift, shunt (railway carriages); To put boats in a basin or dock; Se, (of carriages) to pass each other on the road by turning out; (r. r.) to pass upon a side gargoulale, f., gargoyle; water pipe (in a gutter); Upur ring; (Wn.) lower cheek eye of a bridle bit. Gargousse, f., (art.) cartridge; D, blanc, blank cartridge; De controle, standard cartridge; D'exercice, practice cartridge; Zième, choked cartridge; Nue, exposed cartridge (i. e., not in pass box), obturatrice, self-sealing cartridge; Carw, r)0«dre, dummy cartridge; Salut, pour salve d'artillerie, saluting . Signal cartridge; vide, cartridge bag. garzoussier, m., (art.) cartridge bag; pass box; F. fond mobile, (F. m. art.) pass box with movable bottom for convenience of loading. garni, m., filling; (cord.) rounding. Garnier, v. a., to fit, furnish, equip with; to stock, provide, supply, adorn; to rig; (macfi.) to serve (a rope); (macfi.) to pack (a stuffing box); to apply (as a chain to a sprocket wheel); (mil.) to man (a line), occupy a position; (ham.) to put the harness (on a horse's back); (artf.) to fit the head and cone of a rocket; une amarre, (cord.) to put on a rounding; les avirons, to ship the oars; une batterie, (art.) to fit out and equip a battery; le cabestan, to rig the capstan; une epee, (art.) to put on the guard; une fusee, (art.) to fix the head and cone of a rocket; les joints, Omas.) to point; la ligne de feu, (mil.) to man, strengthen, the firing line; le magasin, (sm. a) To fill the magazine; une place, (mil.) to supply a fortress (guns, etc., stores, etc.); un saucisson, (art.) to fill up a saucisson where it is too thin; un terrain, (art.) to cover an area with falling projectiles. gamlsalre, m., a soldier billeted on a family whose son had failed to respond to the conscription (obs.). Garnison, f., (mil.) garrison; ii, garrisoned; de defense, complete or full garrison of a fortress or fortified position, i.e., the number of men necessary to make a fortress equal to its task in a campaign; (in a limited sense) the (increased) garrison of an attacked sector of defense; Hre en h, to be stationed at; former la de, to garrison; mettre dans, to garrison; normale, the garrison of an tmattacked sector of defense (i.e., the number of men necessary to repel an open assault); de sHrett, in a fortress or fortified position, the minimum of troops needed to guard against the surprise or open assault; tenir d, to be stationed at or in; village de, garrison town. Gamissage, m., facing, trimming; (sm. a.) general term for all the minor operations of getting a gun barrel to shape, gamisséur, m., (sm. a.) finisher. Garniture, f., furnishing, furniture, fitting; mounting; set; trimming. Filling; quilting; (in pi.) mountings, finishings; wards of a lock; lining, liner (esp. met.) lining of a furnace, of a converter; (mach.) bearing box; packing, stuffing; (cord.) serving, rigging (standing and running); (farr.) outer edge or border of a horseshoe (projecting beyond the wall of the foot); (mach.) c, in pi.) fittings, mountings, of a rifle, of a sword (bands, swivels, etc.); acide, (met.) acid lining; artifices de , d'artifices, (artif.) rocket filling; d'asbeste, (mach.) asbestos packing; autoclave, automatique, (mach.) self-act- ing packing; basique, (met.) basic lining; . de boite d'etoupe, (mach., etc.) packing; en caoutchouc, (mach.) rubber packing; de chanvre, (mach.) hemp packing; - — s de coffre, (mil.) all the fittings, fixed or movable, of ammunition, arms, equipment, and other chests; en cuir embouti, (mach.) cup leather packing; en etoiles, (artif.) star heading of a rocket; d'itow^e, (mach.) tow packing; defer , iron mountings ; de fusee ^ (artif.) rocket heading; de fusil, (sm. a.) small parts, mountings (bands, etc.) of a rifle; godet, (mach.) cup packing; h membrane^ (mach.) diaphragm packing; metallique, (mach.) metallic packing; pi^e de , (mach.) patch piece, packing plate; de piston, (mach.) piston packing; 'plateau de , (mach.) packing plate; d, poche, (mach.)"hag" pump packing; de pompe, pump gear; 'presse , (mach.) packing-plate, -block; presse-ctoupe, (mach.) stuffing piece; de rondelle a coupelle, (art.) cup washer, filling, or packing; de iete, (ham.) head gear , head harness. garochoir, m., (cord.) rope laid the wrong way; en , laid the wrong way. garouenne,!, (mach.) hanger. garret, m., (pont.) rack stick; (hipp.) withers; del'arqon, (ham.) saddlebow; blessi au , (hipp.) wither-wrung, wither- galled; coupe, (hipp.) withers that are too short; fistule de , (hipp.) fistulous withers; mal de , v. fistule de ; noye, (hipp.) withers that are too low; ■ ■ de pansemerU, (med.) temporary or make shift tourniquet. garrotte, a., (hijyp.) wither-wrung. garrotter, v. a., (pont.) to rack down. garroture, f., (cord.) packing hitch. gateau, m., cake; (powd.) caked mass at the bot- tom of the stampers; (expl.) disk (as of gtm cotton). gatllng, m., (r. /. art.) machin* gun (as, ©. g., "le Nordenfeldt"). gauche, f., left, left hand, left side; (mil.) left, left wing, left flank; (mach.) tap wrench; a., left; crooked; awkward. gaucliir, v. a. n., to warp, shrink, get out of true; to tilt (a gabion). gauchlssement, m., warping, bending, shrink- ing, getting out of true, gaule, f. , staff, rod , pole; d'enseigne, (nav.) flagstaff (small, as at stem of ship); de pompe, (m,ach.) pump spear. gaulette, f., wattle, withe. gavage, m. , stuffing (as of pigeons). gayc, h , astraddle. gayet, m., (familiar term for) horse; maquiller un , v. s. v. maquiller. gayette, f., v. galiette. gaz, m., gas; bee de , gas burner; gaz 203 g^nle gaz de combustion, gases of combustion; compteur h , gas meter; conduit h , gas pipe; conduit h principal, gas main; eclair age au ;, gas lighting; d'eclairage, illuminating gas; eclairer au , to illuminate by gas; de houille, coal gas; impermtable au , gas-tight; reservoir de , gas holder, receiver; Tobinet de , gas cock; usine h , gas works; tuyau d, , gas pipe; tuyau h principal, gas main. gazage, m., {met.) reduction by gaseous ftieL gaze, f., gauze; metallique, wire gauze; h pansement, (med.) dressing gauze. gaz^ifler, v. a., to transform into gas. gazette, f., gazette; lire la , (hipp.) to be off his feed (familiar). gazeux, a., gaseous, gazier, m., gas fitter. gazogene, m., gas generator, gazomfetre, m., gasometer;, xeceiver; d, contrepoids, counterpoise receirer; d, lunette, telescopic gas holder; li mouvements libres, free receiver. gazon, m., grass; turf; sod; de boutisse, header; motte de ~, sod (cut out in squares); de pannereise, stretcher; plaque, facing sod; pose de liaut, head sod; de revetement, revetment sod; revetement en s, sod revetment; ii talus, V. pose de haut. gazonnage, m., (fort.) sod work, sodding, revet- ting with scd. gazonnement, m., (fort.) v. gazonnage. gazonner, v. a., to turf, to sod, revet with sod. gazonneur, m., (fort.) sod layer. gelatine, f., gelatm; detonante, v. explosive; dynamite, (expl.) gelatin dynamite, Nobel's nitrogelatine; explosive, (expl.) explosive gelatin; gum dynamite; de gueire, (expl.) explosive gelatin, gum dynamite, blasting gelatin; obus it , (art.) shell filled with explosive gelatin. g^latiuisation, f., (expl.) gelatinization. g61atiiilser, v. a., (expl.) to gelatinize. gelbite, f., (expl.) gelbite. gelee, f., frost; blanche, hoar frost. geler, v. a. n. r., to freeze, become frozen. gelil, a., cracked, or liable to crack, by frost (stones, trees). gelignite, f., (expl.) gelignite. gelivite, f., liability to crack, etc., by frost. gfeliviire, f., frost-crack (in trees, stones). gemelle, f., (cons.) fish, side piece, cheek. gendarme, m., (Fr. a.) gendarme, private of the ^ gendarmerie; (in pi.) the gendarmerie; el>ve , "lance" gendarme, lowest enlisted grade of the gendarmerie. Gendarmerie, f., (Fr. a.) gendarmerie (civil duties, those of a constabulary; army duties, provost guard, prisoner's guard, direction and management of the trains regimentaires, when consolidated); headquarters of a gendarmerie post, the pest itself; d'Afrique, the legion (Nineteenth) of gendarmerie serving in Algiers and Tunis; brigade de, v. s. v. brigade; coloniale, coloniale gendarmerie; coTupagnie de, all the gendarmes of a department; departmentale, the gendarmerie serving in the departments of France; legion de, ledon of gendarmerie, so called, consisting of all the companies of one and the same army corps region (four regions have two, and one three legions); maritime, the gendarmerie serving in the military ports of France. V. s. V. circconstance; colonel-general (honorary title, not general, m., (m.) general, general officer; —d'armée, army commander (unofficial, not technical); de brigade, general commanding a brigade brigadier-, the English and American term brigadier-general; du cadre d'activité (de reserve), (Fr. a) a general officer on the active (reserve) list of the etat-major general de l'armée; capitaine, (Spanish) captain-general; — en chef, general in chief (no longer an official designation in France); de circonstance, colonel French); commandant une armée, (Fr. a.) official designation of a de division designated to command, in case of mobilization, an army of two or more corps; commandant un corps d'armée, (Fr. a.) official designation of a de division assigned to the command of a corps; commandant un groupe d'armée. Official designation of a division, commanding a group of armies on one and the same frontier, or in one theater of war; directeur, (Fr. a.) the general officer at the head of a direction of the war department; de division, general commanding a division (lieutenant-general); d'execution, a term used by Marbot for a general fitted to carry out orders, but not to exercise independent command; field-marechal, field marshal; gouverneur, (Fr. a.) the commanding general of the places de Paris, de Lyon, respectively; inspector, (Fr. a.) general officer specially detailed by the minister of war to inspect troops; lieutenant, the equivalent, in services other than the French, of de division; lieutenant, lieutenant-general (of services, other than the French); major, the equivalent, in services other than the French, of de brigade; major, the English and American term major-general (to be carefully distinguished from the following word Major, (Fr. a.) the chief of staff of all the armies in war (major is here a noim and general an adjective); de tranchee, (siege) c. o. of the trenches (daily detail, for each attack, of a general of brigade). General, m., (mil.) dignity or grade of general; duration of functions of a general officer. General, f., (call) long roll (drums); alarm (bugles); general's wife. Generalissime, m., (mil.) generalissime, general in chief. Generalissime, m., (mack., etc.) generator (as steam generator); a., generating; de courant, (elec.) current generator; de gaz, gas generator; — urbo-electricrique. Parson's steam turbine, used to work a dynamo; d., de, vapeur, steam generator, boiler. Generatrice, f., (mach., etc.) generatrix, (elec.) generatrix; de I'dme, (art.) surface of the bore; de tourillon, (art.) upper surface of trunnion, genet, m., broom; (hipp.) jennet. Generator, v. a., (farr.) to bend horseshoes upward. genette, f., (ham.) Turkish bit; kind of snaffle; dt la, (man.) with short strups. genie, m., engineers, engineering; adjoint au, v. s. v. adjoint; chef du, V. s. v. chef; civil, civil engineering; corps du, (mil.) engineering corps; génie, maritime, (nav.) naval construction; corps of naval constructors; militaire, (mil.) military engineering; corps of engineers. genope, f., (card.) stopper, nipper; temporary racking, seizing, or lashing; casser les s, to break (the stops of a flag). genou, m., knee; knuckled joint; loom of an oar; (inst.) ball-and-socket joint; spindle and related parts; joint, supporting joint; (pont.) knee, timber, of a ponton. (Except where otherwise indicated, the following: owing terms relate to the horse: h, (mil.) (ir commands) kneel. n'avojr rien au aessous des x, to have slender cannons with bad tendons; arque, knee bent forward; de beuf, ox knee; cT?7?6r<?, knock-knee;. cercU, knee surrounded by osselets, i. e., alTected with exostosis; de charnihe, (mach., etc.) ball-and-socket joint; h coquiUes, (inst.) ball spindle; creux, sunken knee, hollow or sheep knee; efface,\. creux: monieh , (tech.) elbow-jointed, elbowed; monter h , (tech.) to mount so as to form an elbow; de mouton,y. creux; de veau, thick, bulbous, knee. genouillSre, f., kneecap, kneepiece; kneepiece of a boot; (ham.) knee pad; (art.) knee pad, kneeling pad (for the cannoneer that discharges the piece); (mil. min.) miner's or sapper's kneecap; (r. r.) hose between tender and loco- motive; (mach., inst.) toggle joint; (fort.) gen- ouillere, so much of the interior slope as lies be- tween the platform and the inner crest of the embrasure; (in barbette batteries) height of parapet above banquette; hauteur de , (art.) height of trunnions above the groxmd or platform (an incorrect expres- sion); (fort.) height of interior crest, or of em- brasure sole, above the surface of the platform. gens, m. f, pi., people, men, company; (nav.) crew, ship's crew; d'affaires, business men; d'armcs, v. d'epee; sans aveu, vagrants; de cheval, cavalry; dccotir, courtiers; d'eglise, clergymen; d'epee, (mil.) mihtary men, soldiers; de guerre, Y. d'tpke: de lettres, literary men; de mer, seafaring men; nos , (mil.) our side, our people; de pied, infantry; de quart, (rmv.) watch ; de robe, lawyers, the legal fraternity. gfeod^sle, f., geodesy, gfeodfisique, a., geodetic. g^ographe, m., geographer; ingenieur , (nav.) nydrographer. gfiographie, f., geography; astronomique, astronomical geography; economique, statistical geography (treats of the resources of a country); mathcmatique, mathematical geography; militaire, military geography; physique, physical geography; politique, political geography. geOlage, m., (i^'r. a.) the service responsible for the food and bedding of soldiers confined in either civil or military prisons. geologic, f., geology. gfiologique, a. , geological. Comfitre, m., geometer, mathematician; (top.) surveyor, land surveyor; arpenteur, man who fills in details of a survey; magneticur, triangulator. geométrle, f., geometry; analytique, analytical geometry; descriptive, descriptive geometry; descriptive, descriptive geometry; descriptive far cotes, one-plane descriptive geometry (fortification drawing and plans); pratique, surveying; projective, projective geometry; du sentiment, (top., drawing) the representation of the surface as approximately as possible to real character (of surface forms not susceptible of rigorous representation). geométrique, a., geometrical. Granee, f., management, administration, by an agent. Grant, a., managing, directing; m., agent, manager, director; (Fr. a. adm.) agent of the engineer corps authorized to make small payments in matters of current service. gerbe, f., sheaf; column of water thrown up by a torpedo; (art.) cone of spread, of dispersion, sheaf. of bullets, of shrapnel, fragments (ball.) pencil or sheaf of trajectories: de dispersion, (art.) cone of dispersion; d'eclatement, (art.) cone of burst, sheaf of fragments (of a shrapnel); jvsarUe, (art.) cone of dispersion, sheaf of bullets of shrapnel on burst; de justesse, (ball.) surface of revolution of a courbe de justesse about the axis of abscissas; noyau de la, (ball.) mean trajectoiy of a sheaf of trajec- tories. gerber, v. a., to pile casks one on another; to make up into sheaves. gercer, f., crack, shake (in wood); plank cracked in its thickness. gercer, v. a., (of wood) to become shaky, to become full of shakes; to crack, cranny; to crack (in general). gercure, f., crack, fissure; shake, flaw (in wood); crevice, clink, cleft; (art.) hair crack, hair line (in armor, on the outer surface of guns, etc.) flaw produced in the outer surface of bronze guns by long service; de trempe, (met.) crack produced by tempering. germe, m., germ, seed; shoot; defive, (hipp.) mark in a horse's mouth. gerseau, m., (cord.) small grommet or block strap. geste, m., gesture; d'avertissement, (mil.) warning gesture (to attract attention); d'execution, (mil.) gesture of execution; preparatoire, (miZ.) preparatory gesture. gestion, f., (adm.) administration: management or performance of duties according to definite rules, under the obligation of making returns, (hence) officials or persons in charge of stores, of moneys; administrative, generic term for the performance of any administrative duty; de clerc a maitre, v. directe; collective, (Fr. a.) the administration of a con. Seil d'administration; directe, the direct performance of a service, etc., by the government (i. e., without the intermediary of a contractor); manuterionnaire, the actual handling of stores or of moneys, in the performance of a government operation, in carrying on a service. gestionnaire, m., (adm.) functionary or official responsible for the performance (gestion) of a service; a., in charge, having charge of. gibelet, f., game bag. gibelet, m., gimlet, borer. giberne, f., (mil.) cartridge box (old pattern). giboule, f., hail slower. giffard, m., d' exhaustion, (mach.) ejector. gigots. godet, m., pi., (hipp.) hind legs of a horse. gigotte, a., (hipp.) having strong thighs. gigue, f., de crosse, (sm. a.) swell on a gun stock; monter en, (sm. a.) to put or leave a swell on a gun stock. gilejt, m., waistcoat, unders. Hirt; d'armes, (fenc.) fencing jacket; donner un d. quelqu'un, (fenc.) to outfence one's opponent, to touch him very frequently; de fer, (mil. slang) cuirassier. Girande, m., pawl, (as of a capstan, etc.). Girande, f., (artif.) girande, bouquet; any firework turning upon a wheel; girandole chest; collection of rockets placed in a chest in rows, smallest in front and largest in rear. Girandole, f., (artif.) girandole, any firework turning upon a wheel; wheel whose circumference is studded with rockets; any firework which revolves horizontally upon its center. Giratolre, a., gyratory; faculte, (nav.) turning power (of a ship). Girel, m., windlass, capstan (a Mediterranean term), giron, m., handle of an oar; movable handle (as of a crank); (cons.) tread of a step; (mach.) distance between the bearings of a crank; trot, (cons.) tread of a straight staircase; triangulaire, (cons.) tread of a winding staircase. Girouette, a., winding; marche e, (cons.) step of a winding staircase. Girouette, f., vane, wind. Vane, weathercock; fer de, vane spindle. giseinent, m., bed (e. g., of clay); (nav.) bearing. glite, m., lodging; vein, seam, bed, deposit (of ore, coal, etc.); (cotis.) floor sleeper; (art.) sleeper, sill, of a gun platform; (art.) sleeper, sill, of a gun platform; d'etapes, v. s. v. etape; lambourde, v. s. v. lambourde; principal d'etapes, v. s. v. eiape. giter, v. n., to lodge, sleep. glace, f., ice; plate glass; (macft.) slide-valve fewing, slide-valve seat; banc de, field of ice; de cylindre, (mach.) cylinder face; en derive, floating ice; montagne de, Nappe de, sheet of ice; objectif, (opt.) object glass; patin a, (art.) runner. glacerie, v. a., to freeze; to glaze. glacerie, f., manufacture of ice. glacier, m., glacier. glacis, m., slope; (fort.) glacis; battu tout juste, (fort.) glacis so constructed that the plane of the superior slope passes not more than 0.50° above its crest nor more than 1° over its foot; en contre-pente, (fort.) countersloping glacis; coupé, (fort.) limited glacis, swept by brisures in the interior crest of the main work; cuirasse, (fort.) armored glacis (in Griison system and others involving use of metals); masque, (fort.) glacis mask; de pied de cheval, (hipp.) exterior surface of the hoof; simple, (fort.) single glacis plate. glason, m., cake of ice, ice floe, icicle. glais, m., v. glas. glaise, f.,  Gland, m., acorn; tassel. Gland, m., acorn; tassel. Gland, m., passing bell; (hipp.) tumefaction of the glands; avoir une dans l'auge, (hipp.) tuve-fied, adherent, ganglions. Glands, a., (hipp.) having tumefied, adherent, ganglions; glandered. Glands, m., passing bell; (mil.) salvos of artillery fired at the funeral of a sovereign or of a general of very high rank. Gine, f., (cord.) coil of rope; de cordage, coil of rope; filer sa, to drop the coil from one's hands; en galette, flat coil, Flemish coil; plate, flat coil, Flemish coil; plate en S, French coil; glissant, v., a., (cord.) to coil a rope, to take a few bights in the hand. Glette, f., litharge. glissade, f., slip, slide, sliding. glissant, a., slippery, sliding; rtgle e, sliding rule. Glessement. m., sliding, slipping; (mach.) creeping (of a belt). glisser, v. n., to slide, to slip, glide; (mach.) to slide; (of a belt) to creep. glisseur, m., (mach.) slide block, glissi^re, (mach., steam, etc.) slide, guide, slide face, slide bar, guide bar, motion bar; (art.) crosshead slide; (F.m. art.) console slide; de cylindre d, vapeur, (steam,) slide face; b, pivot, (art.) pivoting slide (Hotchkiss 57°™ field); du te, de la traverse (steam) crosshead guide; ■ de la traverse du piston (steam) piston cross- head guide. glissoir, m., (mach.) slide; sliding block. glissolre, f., (mach.) slide, guide, sliding plate; expansive, expansive sUde; tige de , motion bar. globe, m., globe; (powd.) globe or shot used in testing fine-grained black powders; proof shot; de compression, (mil. min.) globe of com- Sression; overcharged mine; (sometimes) un- ercharged mine; (art.) a term applied to a tor- pedo shell on striking; d'eprouvette, v. under main word, (powd.); defeu, (artif.) any spherical firework; fumant. (artif.) smoke ball thrown into the interior or works (obs.); modUe, (fond,) shot pattern; gloire, f.j glory; (artif.) fixed sun in fireworks; militaire^ military glory. glOme, m., (hipp.) glome. glonoine, f., (expl.) medical name for nitrogly- cerin, glonoin. glu, f., birdUme; de Un, (artif.) burnt linseed oil (used in the composition of artifices Lamarre); marine, marine glue. gluant, a., viscous, sticky, glutinous. glucose, f., (chem.) glucose. glucodine, f,, (expl.) nitrated solution of cane sugar. glycSride, f., (chem.) glycerid. giyc6rine, f., (chem.) glycerin; nitro , (expl.) nitroglycerin. glycCronitre, f., (expl.) another name for poly- nitrocellulose. gIyc6ro-pyroxyllne, f., (expl.) Clark's nitrogelattn, Clark's explosive. glyoxyiine, f., (expl.) glyoxylin. gobelet, m., cup; (artif.) rocket-case. gobeter, v. a., (inas.) to point a wall; to stop. gobille, f., (powd.) triturating ball. godet, m., cup, bucket; bucket of a mill wheel; (teleg.) telegraph-line insulator; (sm. a. art.) cup or cap of a fuse, primer cap; (art.) vent- shell in bronze s. b. mortars (obs.); breech- plug recess or hollow (de Reffye); sort of washer guard used with the Lemoine brake; de fusee, (art.) fuse cup; godet 206 gousset godet d, graisse, graisseur, (mach.) oil cup, ] grease cup; ii huile, oil cup; d, suif, tallow cup; de support, {teleg.) insulator. godille, f., (Jboats) stern oar, scull. godiller, v. n., to scull. godllleur, m., sculler. godlUot, m., {Fr. a.) military shoe (so called from name of manufacturer; no longer worn); (jnil. slang) recruit. go^lette, f., schooner. goKe, m., guU. gomme, f., gum; adragante, gum tragacanth; arabique, gum arabic; elastique, mdia rubber; explosive, {expl.) gum dynamite, explosive gelatin; gutte, gamboge; laque, gum lac. gommelaquer, V. a., to gum lac. gond, m., Binge; hook, pintle; gudgeon collar; ii s, hinged; de fiche, hinge hook; hors des s, off the hinges. gondille, f., v. godille. gondUler, v. a., v. godiller. gondoiage, m., warping (of wood). gondolement, m., v. gondolage. gondoler, v. n., to warp (as a drawing board). gondolure, f., warping. gonflement, ml, swelling, distension; inflation of a balloon; quantity of gas necessary to fill a balloon; (sm. c.) swell in gun barrel (caused by sand, gravel, etc.). gonfler, v. a., to swell, swell out, distend; to inflate a balloon. gonlasmomitre, m., (ins^) goniometer. goniograpliique, a., v. goniometrique. goniomfitre, m., {inst.) goniometer; de pointage, (art.) aiming goniometer. goniometrique, a., angle measuring. Gorge, f., throat, neck, mouth, opening; groove, channel, score, of a pulley; (tech.) recess, channel, furrow, groove, hollow; (top.) gorge, ravine, strait, defile; (art.) choke; (mach.) groove, gorge, of a cartridge head; (splay) gorge; (of a turret port); brisie, {fort.) broken gorge; de carte, roller of a map; de cuiasse, {art.) groove on breech (serves to hold couvre-culasse, and is used in mechanical maneuvers); d'un essieu, {mach.) axle neck, shaft neck; de VHui, {sm. a.) neck of a cartridge case; vase en, spaded out; de fusee, {art.) choke of a rocket; de grissage, grease channel; de pigeon, sharp, severe bit; de poulie, score, groove, of a block, of a pulley; — de rupture, {art.) fuse-plug score; sous, Garn. throat-latch; de vis, furrow of a screw. gorgé, p. p., {hipp.) swelled; jambes es, swelled less. gorger, v. a., to choke, fill up; {hipp.) to swell; unefuste, {artif.) to fill a rocket with composition. gorget, m., molding plane. gosier, m., throat. goudron, m., tar; des gazj v. de houille; de houille, coal tar; mineral tar, coal tar; asphalt; puits b., tar pit of gas works; using tar, tar works; vegetable tar. goudronnage, m., tarring; gras, {artif.) composition for tarred lines (20 parts pitch to 1 tallow); sec, composition for tarred links (equal parts of pitch and of rosin). goudronneur, v. a., to tar, to pay. goufire, m., gulf. Whirlpool, a., ribbed. Gouge, f., gouge, spoonbit; H baguette, half-round bit; 6, bee de corbin, bent gouge; H canon, barrel gouge; Double, double gouge (i. e., of section); H Itbaucher, turning gouge, round tool; Triangulaire, parting tool. gouger, V. a., to gouge. goujat, m., armed peasant; mortar boy, mason's apprentice; apprentice in a small-arms factory; {mil.) soldier's servant (works for his bread only); de vaisseau, {nav.) powder monkey. goujon, ra., pin, peg, dowel, dowel pin, gudgeon, chp; center pin, coak; {art.) plvmger pin (of a fuse); darrit, stop pin; de charnitre, hinge pin; chevillea , rag bolt; perdu, peg, dowel; de poulie, gudgeon; h vis, screw gudgeon; goujonner, v. a., to dowel, to pin. goujure, f., channel, score, score of a block, notch; groove. gouiee, f., dv,jet defonte, (fond.) channel from furnace to mold. goulet, m., neck of a bottle; gutter; {top.) narrow port of a stream, where the current is very swift; gut, channel, entrance of a port or har- bor; (art.) fuse hole of a shell (rare); de fosse, {fort.) cunette. goulette, goulotte, f., small channel; groove, gul- let, water channel. goum, m., an Arabic word denoting the gathering or reunion, under arms, of all the mounted men of a tribe (used by the French as scouts in iUgiers and Turns). goumier, m., a member of a goum (q. v.), used as a scout, (hence) Arab scout. goupille, f., pin, peg, forelock; joint pin; key of a bolt, bolt pin; leather peg wasner; d'arrct, {art. etc.) stop pin, stay pin; arritoir, {art.) pin stop, stay pin; double, split pin; f endue, spUt pin, forelock pui; pivot, pivot pin; . h ressort. split pin; de sHrete, (art.) safety pin, fuse safety pin. goupiller, v. a., to pin, peg, dowel. goupillon, m., sprinkler for a forge. goupillonner, v. a., to sprinkle water. gourbi, m., {mil.) any improvised light shelter, shack (as of branches, of wattles); bar ague- , v. s. v. baroque. gourbillage, m., countersmking. gourbiller, v. a., to countersink. gourde, f., cup, drinking cup. gourdin, m., cudgel, club, rope's end; cobbing board. gourdiner, v. a., to cob; to cudgel. gourmander, v. a., to reprimand harshly; un cheval, {man.) to cher-k a horse violently with the bit, use him roughly with the L^nd. gourme, f., (hipp.) strangles; benigne, mild strangles; fausse , bastard strangles, improper expres- sion for relapse of the strangles; Jeter sa , to run at the nose; maligne, severe strangles. gourmer, v. a., (man., ham.) to curb. gourmette, f., (harn,) curb chain; curb; fausse , lip strap; mors ft , curb bit. gournablage, m., doweling, treenaUing. gournable, m., treenail. gournabler, v. a., to treenail. goussant, goussaut, a., tiiickset; m., thickset horse. gousset, m., armpit; gusset, gusset stay; bracket, brace; {carp.) angle brace; {ham.) cusMon or pad to protect withers; d'assemblage, angle plate. goutte 207 grand goiitte, f., drop; froiae, (met.) blister (in a casting), bead or gloliule of oxidized metal (in an ingot); sereine, amaurosis; de suif, (elec.) contact point. goiitHfere, f., spout, guttering, gutter; synonym of gelirvre, q. v.; («m. c.) hollow of a blade, of a bayonet; {fort.) reentrant angle of inter- section of two planes or faces, e. g., of the glacis; {med.) cradle (for a broken leg, etc., in bed); de restoc, (sm. a.) groove for forging musket barrels; h fusee, (art.) rocket trough; de glacis, v. under main word, (fort.); desjugulaires, (hivp.) jugular gutter; pare-eclats, (fort.) the gutter of a tiu"ret, ser ing also as a protection aijainst splinters; de tourelle, v. pare-eclats. goiivemail, m., (nav.) rudder, helm; (met.) porter Var; (of a bicycle) handle bar; ejjct de , (nav.) steerage way. gouvernant, m., governor, ruler. gouvernateur, m., (mach.) governor, regulator, gouverne, f., guidance; government; povr sa , for one's guidance. government, government; government house; command, direction, management; (nav.) steering; (mil.) government, command, of a fortified position; (mil.) slang, Polytechnique) sword; militaire, (Fr. a.) current name of the circumscriptions under the command of the governors of Paris and of Lyons, respectively. governor, v. a. n., to govern, rule; manage, direct, regulate; to take care of, husband; (man.) to rein, rein up; (nav.) to steer. gouverneur, m., governor; (nav.) helmsman; (mil.) c. o. of a fortified position; design, (Fr. a.) officer designated to command a place in case of war (has this title in peace only); general, governor-general; militaire, (Fr. a.) designation of the commanding generals of the governments of Paris and of Lyons, respectively; de place, (mil.) c. o. of a fortified town or place. gouvion, m., large bolt, grace, f., Pardon; quarter; coup de, finishing stroke; demavder to cry mercy, ask for quarter; droit de, pardoning power; faire de, to forgive e, remit, pardon. grazier, v. a., to pardon. gradp, m., grade, rank, degree of rank; step; grade (of a circle, unit of angular measure); (mil.) grade; annual, (mil.) assimilated rank; effectif, (mil.) real or actual grade (as opposed to brevet); honoraire, (mil.) honorary grade, grade higher than the one normally held; brevet grade; honorifique, (mil.) complimentary grade (bestowed usually upon a foreign sovereign); z*" ilus eleve en, (mil.) the senior in grade; von Her en, (mil.) to be promoted; primavte de, (mil.) seniority in one's grade; litre, (mil.) brevet commission or grade. j^rade, ra., (mil.) the holder of a grade (applied usually to noncommissioned grades); d'encadrement, n. c. o. on the flank of a unit (who frames in the unit, as it were); en serre-file, n. c. o. in the line ol file closers. ^.radicnt, m., (top.) gradient, slope. Hxadiii, m., step; (fort.) step; (art.) notch; (sm. a) slide notch (of a rear sight); s de franchissement, (fort.) steps to get over the parapet, sortie steps; s de fusillade, (fort.) firing steps of a para- pet; n de revers, (fort.) steps in the reverse slope of a trench; gradln(s) de sortie, (fort.) sortie steps; . de tranchee, (fort.) steps in a trench. gradine, f., stone cutter's tooth-edged chisel. graduation, f., (inst.) graduation; (art.) time scale (of a fuse); en parties, (art.) range scale; de reperage, (Fr. art.) correction scale of a reglette de correspondance. gradufe, p. p., (inst.) graduated; (art., sm. a.) sighted; tige c, index rod. gradiicr, v. a., to mark with divisions, to gradu- ate. grain, m., grain, seed; (in pi.) grain (as wheat, rye, etc.); fiber; squall; shower; (met.) grain (due to fracture); (mach.) bush, buhhing, pillow, box, necking; (powd.) grain of powder; (art.) direction sight; hs, grained; squally; aiguille, (met.) gram or fracture of crystalline aspect, with radiating needles; d'amorce, (art.) primer; blanc, white squall; (met.) steel bar (produced by cementation from poorly refined iron); de crapaudine, (mach.) bush, brass, or bearing of a socket; de decollage, (art.) gear ring; facettes, (met.) large grain or fracture, with facets; fin, (met.) fine grain; t sfins, (met.) fine grain; gros, (met.) large grain; mettre ( Posser, visser, un de lumière, (art.) To bush a gun; Noir, black squall; d'or, (art.) golden rain in fireworks; d'orge, (sm. a., art.) barleycorn fore sight; (carp.) sort of dovetail; reduction en s, granulation; rtduire en s, to granulate; h s serres, close grained; truite, (met.) mottled fracture, with small radiating needles arranged in large stars. de rent, wind squall. graliiage, m., v. grenage. gralnailles, f. pi., defer, (mil.) smallshot of iron. grain e, f., seed; ii d'epinards, with large bullion (of epaulets); de giberne, synonym of enfant de troupe; de Turquie, Indian corn. grainer, v. a., v. grener. grainoir, m., v. grener. grain, m., (met.) character of fracture. graisse, m., greasing, grease; lubrication; d, automatique, self-oiling. graisse, f., grease, im guent; d'armes, grease for arms in general; bolted, grease box; a canon, an imguent composed of two parts wax and one of kerosene, gun wax; coupe d, godet it, tallow cup, grease cup; Tobineth, grease cock; verte, unguent for side arms and the exterior parts of firearms. graisser, v, a., (mach., etc.) to grease (a tallow); to lubricate (as with oil); la lime, to clog a file. graisseur, m., (mach.) lubricator; automatique, self-acting lubricator; godet , b, godet, grease cup; mkcaniguCf self-acting, self-feeding, cator. grakrut, m., (expl.) grakrut. gramme, m., gramme. grand, a., great, grand, tall, large, main, principal, chief; m., a dignitary, person of mgnity; (in pi.) groA\-n-up people; le air, the open air; le de I'eau. highest point to which the tide has risen dunng the month; en , life-size; d'Espagne, Spanish grandee. with lubri- grand-cordon 208 grenade grand-cordon, in., grand cordon of an order. grand-croix, m., v. s. v. croix. grand' croix, f., v. s. v. croix. grand-due, m., grand duke. grand-duch$, m., grand duchy. grand€(s)-mar6e(s), f. (pi.) v. s. v. maree. grand' garde, f., v. s. v, garde. grandir, v. a. n., to grow; to increase; uncheval, (man.) to bring a horse's haunches under him, and raise his head and neck; se , (man.) of the horse, to bring the haxmches under, and raise the head and neck. grand(-)llvre, m., v. s. v. livrc. grand(-)inaitre, m., v. s. v. maitre. grand' messe, f., v. s. v. messe. grand-oc^an, m., v. s. v. ocian. grand-oflacier, m., v. s. v. ojjveier. grand' rue, f., v. s. v. rue. grange, f., bam; aire de , bam floor. granit, m., granite. granulation, f., granulation. granule, m., granule. granuler, v. a., to granulate, to grain (as powder, explosives, etc.). granuleux, a., granulated, grained, ingramed. graphique, a., graphic; m.. diagram; de marche, (mil.) march diagram; de tir, (ball) graphic table of fire. graphite, m.,T3lack-lead; graphite; plumb^o. graptionifttre, m., {inst.) graphometer; double, circumferentor; graphostatiqiie, f., graphostatics, graphical grappe, f.' bunch, grape; (sm. c.) cluster of bullets (joined by a web before separation, after cast- ing); {art.) grape (obs.); {farr., in jpl.) sock of calkin; (^met., in pi.) cluster of sand and small stones in iron ore; (hipp., in pi.) grapes; de balles, v. under main word, (sm. a.); de mitraille, de raisin, {art.) grapeshot (obs.). grappin, m., grapnel, creeper, scraper; (^cons.) anchor, tie; {hipp.) disease of the foot; d^abordage, (rwit?.) boarding grapnel; d, main, hand grapnel. grappiner, v. a., to grapple; to warp by means of e;rapplings and ropes. gras, a., fat, unctuous, oily, oiled, greasy; slippery; thick, blunt; (of the weather) thick; {met.) wet, drossy, clogging the file; {fond.) loamy (of cast- ing sand); cheval fondu, v. s. v. cheval; mortier- , trap , {mas.) mortar with too much lime; pi^ce de bois se, {carp.) piece of timber stronger than necessary; temps , hazy weather; terrain , clayey, stiff ground; terre se, heavy, clayey soil; vue se, {hipp.) dim-lighted, wall-eyed. gras-tondu, m., gras-fondure, f., {hipp.) en- teritis; grease. grasset, m., {hipp.) stifle, stifle joint. graticuler, v. a., v. craticuler. gratification, f., gratuity, allowance, bounty; re- ward, recompense; de premiere mise, {mil.) outfit allowance (clothing allowance, clothing money, U. S. A.); de reforme, {Fr. a.) allowance or boimty to n. c. o., corporals, and soldiers discharged by conge No. /, q. v. grattage, m., action of scratching, scraping; erasure (of writing); d, vif, removal of the outside (as, the weather- ing from stone). gratteavi, m., scratcher, burnisher. gratte, f., scraper. gratte-bo^sse, f., wire brash. g^atte-bo^sser, v. a., to clean ^vith a scratch brush. grattebrossage, m., wire brushinf. grattebrosse, f., wire brush. grattebrosser, v. a., to brush with a wire brush. Gratitude v. a., to scratch, scrape; to erase (writing); gratter v. a., to scrape off the outside; to remove the weathering of stone. Grattoir, m., scraper; rake; eraser; (art.) vent-pick; c. canon, (art.) gun scraper; tube, tube scraper. Gratuit, a., gratuitous; di litre, free, gratis, gratuitous. Gravel, f., sandy beach; strand; m., heavy body; a., serious, important, weighty; blessing, serious wound. Graver, v. a., to gravel, cover with gravel. Gravelleux, a., gritty, sandy; c. grave, gritty pencil. Graver, v. a., to grave, engrave, impress, imprint; to be eaten (said of iron from which rust has been removed); (art.) to split, crack (as a rocket case); sur bois, to cut, engrave, on wood; au burin, to engrave on copper; en creux, to cut; b. Veau forte, to etch. Graver, m., engraver; En creux, m., gravel, grit; gravel bottom. gravière, m., gravimetric; density, (ball.) gravimetric density. gravière, v. a., to scramble, climb, crawl up; to climb, ascend. gravitation, f., gravitation. gravity, f., gravity, weight; absolue, absolute gravity; centre de, center of gravity; specifique, specific gravity. graviter, v. n., to gravitate. gravois, m., rubble, rubbish; coarse gravel; specifique, specific gravity. gravure, f., engraving; engraved marks or indications (as on a sight); sur bois, wood engraving; en creux, diesinking; Veau forte, etching; i la manière noire, mezzotint; sur pierre, stone engraving; en taille douce, copperplate engraving; en taille dure, steel engraving. grC, m., will, good will; what is agreeable to the will; de it, (of a contract) voluntarily on both sides. grCage, m., rigging (action of). grecque, f., fretwork, fret. grément, grément, m., rigging; set of ropes needed for a given purpose; en filé de)fer, wire rigging; en filin, hemp rigging; fixe, standing rigging. gréler, v. a., to rig. grefler, m., record office, clerk's office; (Fr. a.) clerical element of the permanent part of a court-martial; archives, records, of a court-martial. grefler, v. a., to graft; (mil. min.) to break out from. greffier, m., administrative officer of military law, appointed by president, keeps the greffe of a military court or of a conseil de revision; adjudant commis, commis, clerk of a greffe (has the rank of adjudant). gréle, a., slender, slim, lank. gréle, f., hail, hailstorm; (mil.) shower (hail) of bullets; orage de, hailstorm. grelet, m., (cord.) warp, hawser; stream cable (strictly, a large rope composed). Of three or four aussilres (hawsers) of four torons (strands) each; chaine, stream chain; en, cable-laid; de remorque, towrope. grion, m., hailstone. grelot, m., bell, sleighbell. grenade, f., (artif) grenade; (art.) head (of a shrapnel); powder chamber and walls of the obus d, mitraille; (unif.) shell and flame (distinctive mark); (Fr. art.) grenade worn by the best gun-layer of the year in a battery; borgne, {artif.) a useless grenade; eclairante, (or) light grenade, flare; grenade grenade Sclairante et incendiaire, (artif.) light and incendiary grenade; eitinctrice, fire grenade; de fosse, (artif.) ditch grenade; d, main, (artif.) hand grenade; d, perdreaux, (artif.) disk grenade; porte, grenade pouch; de rempart, (artif.) rampart grenade; roulanie, (artif.) wall grenade. grenadier, m., (mil.) grenadier; (sm. a.) grenade wall-piece. grenadifere, f., (mil.) grenade pouch; (sm. a.) mid-dle band; (today) lower band; arme, (command for) sling carbine; basse, (sm. a.) lower slide; mettre varme h la, (sm. a.) to sling a musket- toon, carbine; porter d la, (sm. a.) to carry slung (as a carbine), grenadine, f., (expl.) grenadine (blasting powder). grenade, m., (powd.) granulation, corning; act or operation of making powder grains. grenaille, f., refuse grain (wheat, etc.); small shot; en, granulated. grenailler, v. a., to granulate (metal). grener, v. a., to grain, to granulate; (powd.) to granulate, to corn. grenier, m., (powd.) powder grains remaining in sieve. grenier, m., granary, loft; garret; en, in bulk; in  granulating machine; cannelures, granulating machine with ribbed cylinders. cribles, sieve and shaking frame; d, cylindres, cylinder granulating machine; retour, granulating drum of Colonel Le-fure's device (so called because the grains too large to pass through the second sieve return automatically to the crusher above); tonne, granulating barrel. grenouille, f., frog; bush, oak (of a block); antimony sulphide triturator; (mil. slang) pay; mess fund; bruit de, v. s. v. bruit: emporter, manger, la, (mil. slang) to be dishonest (said of the holder or keeper of the mess finid). grenuille, bushed, coaked (of a block). grenuille, f., (Upp.) disease of the canal of the tongue. grenuille, a., granular; (powd.) corned, granulated, grained; cassure, granular fracture; Griffes, m., sandstone; freestone; gritstone; dur, grisler, grindstone; dur, gritstone; dur, meule, millstone grit. griff, m., broken, window glass; sleet; griff, v. n., to sleet. gresserie, f., sandstone quarry. 