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Administration of the whole subject of transport for armies in the field; is adjoined to the commander in chief; du genie, (Fr. a.) a group of chefferies du genie (q. v.); dujusant, set of the ebb; de la maree, set of the tide; montante, upward direction; plongeante, downward direction; de service, (Fr. a.) the direction of a service, as, e. g., of the medical department of an army corps, of the intention of one of the military governments; de la telegraphie militaire, (Fr. a.) department in charge of the military telegraph; in war, one to each army, and to each corps acting independently (the general subject of the telegraph service for a given theater of war constitutes the direction generate de la telegraphic). (It is clear from the foregoing definitions and examples that direction, in a military sense, is a more or less comprehensive term. It means — 1. An administrative subdivision of the war department; 2. An administrative subdivision, either of a territory or of troops in the field; 3. In certain special cases, the administration of affairs to secure a specific end. This idea is necessarily connoted in 1 and 2. Finally, by extension, it may be taken to denote the personnel of a direction. directrix, f., (mil.) private information given by the supreme command to subordinate chiefs, to enable the latter to act in conformity with the general object sought. directrix, 1, directrix; (fort.) directrix of an embrasure, of a gun port; (F. m. art.) support for the guide de crosse (q. v.); (sm. a.) bayonet guide-rib (Fr. model 1874); (inst.) right line tangent to middle point of an ak-level. driger, v. a., to direct, manage, conduct; la ligne de mire, (art.) to lay a gun. disant, m., le moins , (adm.) the lowest bidder. dlscipUnaire, a., (mil.) disciplinary; corps , disciplinary unit, punishment corps; peine , disciplinary punishment. dlscipUnaire, m., (mil.) man belonging to a com- pagnie de discipline. discipline, f., (mil.) discipline; punishment; compagnie de — -, ( Fr. a.) v. compagnie; conscil de , ( Fr. a.) v. conseil; corps de , ( Fr. a.) v. compagnie; faute de • , breach of discipline; desfeux, dufeu, (art., inf.) fire discipline; garder la , to maintain discipline; maintenir dans la — — , to keep under discipline; de marche, attention paid to all details on a march, especially to prevent elongation; peine de , disciplinary punishment; sails , undisciplined; se reldcher de la , to relax in discipline. discretion 134 dissoudre discretion, f., discretion; se rendreh , {mil.) to surrender at discretion, unconditionally. dlsjoindre, v. a. r., to disjoin, disunite; to come apart or asunder. disjoncteur, m., {hall.) disjtmctor; {elec.) cut-out, ii bouchon, (elec.) plug. disjonction, f., separation, disjunction; (fiall.) disjunction; hauteur de , (ball.) height of disjunction. dislocation, f., dislocation, ruptinre, dismember- ment; (mil.) separation of troops, after ma- neuvers, and also after a war, in order to return to their respective garrisons; (at drill) separate action of the members of a unit, e. g., of a battery, or of a group when going into battery; marche ae , v. s. v. marche. disloquer, v. a., to break up, dislocate, disperse. disparition, f., disappearance; (mil.) state of being "missing" after an engagement. disparu, a., (mil.) missing (after an engagement). disparu, m., (mil.) man missing (after an engage- ment). dispensaiie, m., dispensary. dispense, f., (Fr. a.) reduction of military service from 3 years to 1^ in certain specified cases; exemption from military ser^-ice of Frenchmen living regularly abroad, during their absence. dispense, m., ( Fr. a.) the beneficiary of a disjpeme, q. V. dispenser, v. a., to scatter, dispense; du service, (mil.) to exempt from military service. dispenseur, m., (imt.) diffuser (6f light). disperseur, m., (r. /. art.) oscillating lever, device for causing lateral dispersion of bullets (ma- chine guns). dispersion, f., (hall.) dispersion (of hits); (art.) spread, dispersion (of shrapnel bullets and fragments); c6ne de , (art.) cone of spread, of divergence; ellipse de , (hall.) the ellipse qontaining a given percentage of hits; en hauteur, vertical disi)ersion, dispersion in elevation, over a vertical target; en largeur, lateral spread, dispersion; laterale, v. en largeur; en longueur, dispersion in range, longitudinal dispersion, dispersion over a horizontal target; rectangle de , (ball.) the rectangle containing a given percentage of hits. dlsponibilite, f., availability; (Fr. a.) (of general officers and of assimilated grades) status of nonemployment, of being unattached; (of the men) status of men allowed to return to their homes before the completion of their full term of service; en , unattached, unemployed; sent home before expiration oi active service; non- , status of n. c. o.'s and men who, while belonging to the reserve or to the territorial army, in virtue of their position in public services, do not join the colors on mobilization; solde de , half-pay, pay of the status of dis- ponibilite; iraitement de , half-pay. disponible, a., available; (mil.) in general, avail- able lor ser\ice; ( Fr. a.) belonging to, or on the status of, the disponihilite; non- , belonging to the non-disponibilite. Disponible, m., (Fr. a.) general officer or man on the status of disponihilite; non-. n. c. o. or man belonging to the non-disponibilite; disponer, v. a., to set, fix, place in position, prepare, arrange; une fusee, (art.) to set a fuse. Disposition, m., arrangement; (mil.) arrangement or distribution of troops for the common end; (mil. min.) mine chamber; Disposition, de cihles, (t. p.) arrangement of individual targets to represent infantry, cavalry, etc.; de combat, (mil.) combat dispositions; en croix, (mil. min.) cross-shaped mine chamber; des ecoles, (Fr. mil. min.) the typical mine system of the ecoles du genie; de marche, (mil.) arrangement of troops on the march, order of march, marching arrangements; de mines, (mil. min.) generic, term for a system of countermines, or for the arrangements made in Peace, for hasty destruction of railways, bridges, etc.; des polygonnes, y. des ecoles; restreint de l'Ecole d'application, (mil. min.) mine system regularly taught at the French Artillery and Engineer School of Application; de stationnement en s'hôte, (mil.) general expression for all the measures taken to guard troops in a halt; de s'hôte, (mach., etc.) lock, locking device, safety device; en T (mil. min.) T-shaped mine chamber, disposition, f., arrangement, disposition; order; situation; (mach.) gearing, device; (mil.) any disposition or arrangement of troops for any purpose whatever; de combat, (art.) measures taken by a battery, either in park or at any halt, to enable it to open. Fire as soon as possible (as, a command "prepare for action."). Interieur d'un ouvrage, (fort.) Interior arrangement of a work; de route, (art.) command for passing from the de combat to the order of march in respect of the material; du terrain, (top.) lie, lay, of the ground. disputer, v. a., to dispute, contend; le terrain, (mil.) to dispute a position, the ground; le vent, (nav.) to struggle for the weather gauge. disque, m., disk; nave-box plate; (elec.) disk armature; (fort.) embrasure plug or closer (in armored casemates); d'arret, (r. r.) stopping signal, stopping disk; d'assemblage, (r. f. art.) assembling plate (Hotchkiss revolving cannon); d'avant de nuit, (r. r.) headlight of a locomotive; d, composition, (art.) fuse-composition disk, time train; de culasse, (art.) breech-plate; denté, (mach.) ratchet washer; h distance, (r. r.) signal to stop placed 800 to 1,000 meters ahead of stopping point; double couronne, (Fr. art.) double ratchet wheel of the French casemate gin; etalonh references, standard reference disk; de garniture, (mach.) packing disk; lanterne, (r. r.) headlight of a locomotive; mobile, nave-box; -molette, (mach.) worm; obturateur, (art.) obturator plate; departure, (art.) elevating drum; porte-canom, (r. f. art.) assembling disk (Hotchkiss revolving cannon); de tampon, (r. r.) buffer-plate. dissimuler, v. a., (mil.) to conceal from enemy's view, to cover. dissipation, f., (mil.) making way with arms, effects. dissolution, f., (chem.) solution (act and liquid); (mil.) disbanding of a body of troops. dissolvant, m.,  the trajectory, measured along the line of sight; franchissable sous la vapeur, (nav.) coal endurance; de front, (mil.) v. entire; grande, (t. p.) any range greater than 1,200 meters; long range; graphique, actual distance on a map, a chart; scale distance; hyperfocale, (phot.) hyperfocal distance (i. e., that distance beyond which all objects are in focus at the principal focus of the lens; the focusing of a screen in projections); juger les s, (mil.) v. apprecier les s; manuel des s, (Fr. a.) table of distances; de marche, (mil.) distance between the constituent elements of a column on the march; moyenne, (t. p.) any range between 600 and 1,200 meters; mean range; petite, (t.p.) any range between 0 and 600 meters; short range; des rails, (r. r.) gauge; de reglage, (Fr. art.) the Distance used in setting the Deport sight; Serge, (mil.) close distance (drill); de signal, des signaux, (mil.) signaling distance; de tir, (art., sm. a.) range (i. e., distance from gun to target, to be distinguished from portie, q. v.); zenitliale, zenith angle, angle made by the visual ray from the point considered, with the vertical through the station (in geodetic level- ing). distinct, a., distinctive, characteristic; marque ve, (mil.) distinctive, distinguishing, mark (as, for faithful service, for success at target practice, etc.). distinctif, m., (mil.) lace, ornament, any distinguishing mark or badge (of arm, grade, of faithful service, etc.). distinction, f., distinction; distinction, as a decoration; act of distinguishing. distribuer, v. a., to distribute; to serve out, hand out; (mil.) to issue, to make issues; la vapeur, (steam) to feed, distribute, steam. distributeur, m., distributer; (r. /. art.) carrier, cartridge carrier, distributer; feed-table (Hotchkiss revolving cannon); (steam) steam-regulator (of supply, in some engines); (mil. teleg. solder who hands out implements, etc., from the chariot de travail; (macn.) distributer (as, of a turbine); h coulisse, (WMih.) Stephenson's link motion; — — d' insertion, (elec.) rheostat; de potentiel (elec.) transformer, converter; de la vapeur, (steam) main slide valve, valve motion. distribution, f., distribution; serving out; arranging; delivery, issue; (mii.) issue (of clothing, rations, etc.; frequently used in plural for issues in general, of no matter what sort of stores and supplies); (steam) valve gear, expansion valve and gear; introduction of steam; (mach., etc.) the gear or device producing a distribution; appareil de la, (steam) valve gear; arbre de, (steam) valve stem; h coulisse, (steam) link-motion valve gear; par diclic, (steam) Corliss valve gear, drop cut-off; h detente, Imk expansion; h detente fixe, valve gear with fixed cut-off; h detente variable, valve gear with variable cut-off; envoijer aux sé (mil.) to send men to draw, receive, stores, issues, etc.; les s, (mil.) call for issues; h levier, (steam) lever motion; d, main, (steam) hand gear for working the slides; mecanisme de la vapeur, (steam) Steam valve gear; officier de, (mil.) issuing officer; par robinets, (steam) distribution of steam by means of cocks; par soupapes, (steam) valve gear, distribution of steam by valves; par tiroirs, (steam) slide-valve gear; ae la vapeur, (steam) regulated supply of steam to the cylinder, valve setting; (hence) valve gear. divergence, f., divergence, spread; (art.) scattering, spread, of shrapnel bullets; cdne de, v. cone. diversion, f., (mil.) diversion. diviser, v. a., to diverge. diviseur, m., (mach.) dividing plate; (in cryptography) enciphering table or abacus; fi double transposition, enciphering plate volving horizontal and vertical inversions; h simple transposition, enciphering plate volving horizontal and vertical inversions; h simple transposition, enciphering plate in- volving only one inversion of each element. division, f., division; (mil.) division (of an army corps, of cavalry); (Fr. cav.) division (i. e., two platoons); (mach.) indexing mechanism (of a milling machine); administrative, (Fr. a.) administrative division of territory (e. g., region de corps d'armée); encadre, (mil.) division forming part of a corps (in action), acting in concert with other troops on both flanks; independante de cavalerie, (cav.) independent cavalry division, division of exploration, cavalry division operating independently in front of an army; isolee, (mil.) (infantry) division operating alone, not in concert with other troops; — — de malades, (Fr. a.) in a hospital, the sick under the charge of one surgeon; au petit pied, (mil.) a division (infantry) lacking some of its organic parts; de la rose des vents, compass division. divisionnaire, a., (mil.) belonging to a division; divisional; artillerie, (art.) divisional artillery. divisionnaire, m., (mil.) division commander (not an official term), dixième, a., tenth; passer au, (mil. slang) to die. docile, a., docile, gentle, tractable. docility, f., docility, gentleness; (mach.) ease of control; au feu, (hipp.) steadiness under fire. dock, m., (nav.) dock; flottant, floating dock. document, m., document; de comptabiliti, (adm.) any property return or voucher. dodécagone double-joint dodécagone, m., dodecagon. dolgt, m., finger; (r. /. art.) cocMng-toe (Hotchkiss47"r. f.); de mise defeu, (torp.) firing trigger of a (Canet) torpedo tube; de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. doigster, m., (man.) pressure or de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. doigster, m., (man.) pressure or de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. doigster, m., (man.) pressure or de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. doigster, m., (man.) pressure or de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. doigster, m., (man.) pressure or de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. doigster, m., (man.) pressure or de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu. dolgte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement of the point by the action of the fingers. do Touch of fingers on the mouth through the reins. Doistier, m., any mechanism operated by the thumb or finger; (art.) thumb stall (obs.). Doistier, V. a., to work, chip off, with an adze. dolman, m., (vMif.) dolman, jacket (really cavalry, but also worn by field artillery, etc., in the French army). dolomie, f., broadax. dolomie, f., dolomite, f., domain; (adm.) public property, state property; de l'etat, state property, public property (frequently synonymous with prive, q.v.); militaire, all forts and their dependencies, and all buildings, grounds, etc., belonging to the state and, used for military purposes; prive, state property held by the state as a private citizen holds property; public, rivers, canals, roads, etc.; rentrer au, to cover into the treasury, to return to the state. domanial, a., belonging to the state. domanite, f., quality of belonging to the state, to the public domain. domanite, m., dome; cupola; (steam) steam dome; de machine b, vapeur, (steam) steam. Dome; de prise de vapeur, (steam) steam dome of a locomotive; de vapeur, (steam) steam dome. domicile, m., (law) domicile. domicile, m., to dominate, keep in subjection; (fort.) to command, overlook. dommasre, m., damage; s-iritcrits, indemnity due a person for damage done him; damages. dompter, v. a., to reduce, quell, master, keep under; (man.) to break a horse. dompteur, m., tamer, subduer; de chevaux, (man.) horse breaker. donjon, m., keep, donjon (obs.). donn6e, f., datum. donner, v. a. n., to give, to hit, strike; (mil.) to be engaged, in action; to attack, charge, fight; (inst.) to read to; (nav.) to make an entrance into a port; Passaut, (mil.) to storm, to assault; bataille, (mil.) to engage; au but, (art., sm. a.) to hit the mark; carrilre h un cheval, (man.) to give a horse full speed; la chaude. (met.) to heat; du zone, (mach., etc.) to taper; un coup h une manceuvre, (cord.) to haul on a tackle, to give a pull to a tackle; la direction, (art.) to lay a gun for direction; faire, (mil.) to send in, to put (troops), into the combat; fond, (nav.) to cast anchor; hfroid, (met.) to slacken the fire; la  (flying bridge) so that the current will act on it; la pression, to turn on, apply the pressure; (steam) to put on steam; la remorque, to take in tow; du rMdu, (expl.) to produce fouling (as, in a gun, etc.). dormant, a., fixed, immovable; standing, dead; eau e, stagnant water; eau e, stagnant water; eau e, stagnant water; de bretelles, (cord.) standing rigging, tackle; pont, fixed bridge. dormant, m., sleeper, post; transom, fan light (of a door or window); (cord.) standing part of a tackle, (in pi.) standing rigging; de bretelles, (mil.) upper part of haversack straps. dos, m., back (in a great variety of relations); (cav.) backplate of a cuirass; (top.) ridge; d'une, (fort., etc.) ridge formed by the intersection of the glacis planes; (top.) shelving ridge, saddle; en d'une, (of roads) crowned, barreled; avoir le sac au, (m.) to be in the service, to be a soldier; de carpe, (Mpp.) hogged back; creux, (hipp.) sway-back, saddle-back; double, (hipp.) double back (backbone countersunk); droit, (hipp.) straight back; enselle, v. creux; faire le gros, (man.) to buck; monter'a, (man.) to ride bareback; tranchant, (hipp.) slightly convex back; tranchant, (hipp.) sharp back; razorback. Expl. proportion of ingredients in gunpowder, etc.; percentage composition; action of weighing the ingredients; fire au, (of a powder, explosive) to have ingredients of the proper proportion, or according to specification or requirements. doser, v. a., (chem., expl.) to determine proportions of ingredients, as in gunpowder; to use ingredients in proper proportion. dosse, f., slab (of a log). dossier, m., back (of a seat, etc.),; headboard, backboard; bundle of papers relating to the same subject; wrapper, office jacket (for papers bearing on one subject). dossière, f., backplate of a (modern) cuirass; (ham.) back or ridge strap for supporting the shafts. dot, f., marriage portion. dotation, f., endowment (esp., France, of a public institution like the Invalides, the Legion d'honneur); grant of money to a successful general. de l'armee, (Fr. a.) fund created for the benefit of soldiers with the colors, and to increase their pensions. ased to exist in 1869. douane, f., custom-house; droits de, frais de, customs dues. douanler, m., custom-house inspector. doublage, m., (nav.) sheathing; en cuivre, copper sheathing; en metal, metal sheathing. double, a., double, duplicate; detente, (sm. a.,) hair-trigger; double trigger; d, effet, (art.) double-acting, combination (of a fuse). double, m., duplicate, copy, counterpart; (cord.) bight; (mil. slang) sergeant-major; en, in duplicate; de manreuvre, (cord.) bight; —s de papier, thicknesses of paper. double, a., (nav.) bottomed, lined, sheathed; en cuivre, copper-bottomed. double, m., (fenc) a feint, followed by a thrust made in the same line as the feint. double-contre, (fen.), v. s. v. contre. double-decimétre, 20-centimeter rule for taking distances, especially curve, from a map.  act or state of marching on same road with (as, artillery with infantry); (art.) passage, as, of a piece by its caisson, and vice versa; in general, passage of one vehicle by another in a road; (feiic.) doubling; Double-mile, (t. p.) the enlargement, by a bullet, of the hole made by a preceding bullet; Renforcement par, (mil.) reenforcement such that the same extent of line is held by an increased number of men. Double-mile, 2-meter rule or measure. Double-mile, m., double pace or step, in pacing distances. doubler, v. a., to double; to fold; to lap; to line (as, a coat); (nav.) to sheathe; (art.) to pass (as, a caisson its piece), and, in general, of two veloicles in a road; (mtl.) to march on the same road (as, artillery with infantry); (inf.) to double (niles, ranks); (man.) in a riding-hall, to pass at right angles from one track to the opposite, preserving the original direction of motion; (fenc.) to pass one's blade or foil from one side to the other of the adversary's blade or foil; to double; les avirons, to double-bank the oars; une balle, (t. p.) to strike in the print or hole of a preceding bullet; un bataillon, (mil.) to extend a battalion to double its normal front in line (obs.); un cap, (nav.) to double a cape; un cap, (nav.) to be turned back (U. S. M. Les files, (inf.) to double the flies, i.e., form a column of two or of four flies, according as the original line is in single or double rank; dans la largeur (longueur), (man.) in a riding hall, to pass at right angles from one track to the opposite (crosswise or lengthwise), preserving the original direction of motion; les manoeuvres, (cord.) to reverse double; les rangs, (inf.) v. les files. Doublé, m. (man.) Passage at right angles from one track to the opposite in a riding-hall, preserving the original direction of motion. Doublette, f., (of timber) piece of standard size, standard piece. Double-voie, f., (of timber) double-track line. Doublé, m., (cons.) eave, eave course (of a roof), double-track line. Doublé, m., (cons.) eave, eave course (of a roof), double-track line. douceur, adv., easily, gently; handsomely (as, in paying out a rope, etc.). douceur, f., softness, gentleness: en! handsomely! amuse en! (cord.) lower handsomely! douceur, m., freshet; brackish water, doucine, f., (art.) ornamental molding or swell on ordinance, doucir, V. a., to grind smooth, as by emery, trip- oli, etc, douille, f., socket, bracket, eye; (mach., etc.) box, bushing, collet, bush; (sm. a.) part of revolver to which the barrel is screwed; bayonet socket; (sm. a., r.f. art.) cartridge case; (steam) governor sleeve; d'amorage, (art.) primer seat or socket of demolition petard: (ar.) primer holder of certain German mortar fuses. arretoir, (art.) locking socket, of a jointed sponge and rammer staff; a culotrapporte, (r.f. art.) built-up case; d'embarrage, Art. em barring socket; expansible, (mach,) expansion bushing; shell chuck; en laiton enroule, (r.f. art.) cartridge case of wrapped brass; du regulateur, (steam) governor sleeve; taraudee, screw-box. d tenon, (or) tenon-socket of a jointed sponge and rammer staff; douille (fourillons, (or) elevating crosshead, crosshead elevating nut; h vis, V. taraudee. dourine, f., (hipp.) (so-called) equine syphilis. douve, f., stave; (fori.) cunette; narrow part of ditch capable of being filled with water. doux, a., gentle (slope, horse, etc.); fair (weather); soft (iron, steel, etc.); eau ce, fresh water; potable water; lime ce, smooth file, douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as douzième, a., twelfth; provisoires, (Fr. adm.) permission granted to the government to receive and to spend money for one or more months, as fixed by law, in case the regular appropriations have not been made by the 31st of December; emergency appropriation, dragage, m., dredging; (torp.) dragging for torpedoes. dragage, f., (sm. a.) small shot; de plomb, small shot. dragon, m., (cav.) dragoon; s-gardes, dragoon guards (English). dragonne, f., (unif.) sword-knot; (harn.) strap; (in gen.) strap or thong (on certain equipments, etc.). draguage, m., dredging. drague, f., dredging machine, dredge; (siege) sap-per's shovel, sort of sweep or hoe to push aside snow, loose earth; de mine, (mil. min.) miner's sweep (sort of hoe for loose earth); de sape, (siege) sort of hoe or sweep for loose earth in sap work, draguer, v., to dredge, drag; (torp.) to dredge, drag, for torpedoes; Vancre, to sweep or drag an anchor; machine b,, dredger, dragucur, m., dredger; bateau, dredger, dredging boat; d gfodeis, bucket dredger. draille, f., (cord.) girt line; de tente, ridge rope. drain, m., draining ditch; draining pipe. drainage, m., draining, drainage. drainage, m., cloth; de lit, S. de soldat, (mil.) cloth for private's uniforms; de sous-officier, (mil.) cloth for n. c. o.'s imi-forms; de troupe, (mil.) cloth for the men's uniform, m., flag, colors, ensign, standard, stand of colors; (sm. a.) thumb-piece of the safety device (Spanish Mauser); (in pi., mil.) armies; appeler sous les x, to call into active service; arborer un, to hoist a color, a flag; CM — -, "to the color;" battre au, to beat "to the color;" battre les x, to troop the colors; benediction des x, consecration of colors; benediction des x, consecration of colors; blanche, flag of truce, white flag; garde du, color-guard; nanne de, color staff, pike; jaune, quarantine flag; parlementaire, v. blanche; planter un, to erect a standard; porte, color-bearer; se ranger sous les x, to espouse the Cause of; Se rendre aux x, to join one's regiment; signal, signal flag; sonner au, to sound "to the color;" sous les z, with the colors, in active service. drüche, f., malt; spent malt, brewer's grains. dressage, m., straightening; setting; (met.) dressing, fettling; (m. a.) straightening, setting (of a gun barrel during manufacture); (man.) training (of horses); (of carrier pigeons) first year's training; milité, (milité.) military training (physical); dressage & la piachette, (milité.) operation and process of detecting defects of straightness in rifle barrels by the reflection of a straight-edge; verificateur de, (milité.) optical apparatus for detecting defects of straightness in gun barrels. dress, a., (milité.) well set up, drilled, and instructed (of the men in ranks); (man.) broken; b, la selle, (man.) broken to the saddle. dresser, v. a., to dress, straighten, erect; to set up; to make true; to level; to dress; to trim (as, a surface, a slope). To draw up, prepare (a report); to arrange; to instruct, train, form; (man.) to train (a horse); (mach.) to set up drill, and instruct (a recruit); (mach.) to line up (an engine); D'aUgnement, to build by the plumb-line; Vacation, (mach.) v. au cordeau; une batterie, (fort, art.) to trace or mark out a battery; to equip it with guns; set and un camp, (mach.) to lay out a camp; un canon de fusil, (mach.) to straighten a rifle barrel; un cheval, (man.) to break a horse; Zac/i^vrc, (of.) to raise the gin; au cordeau, to set by line (as, a gun barrel, etc.); des embéhes, une embuscade, (mach.) to lay an ambush, an ambuscade; une machine, (mach.) to adjust, line up, an engine; de Niveau, to level; Veeil, to set by the eye (a gun barrel, etc.); une recrue, (mil.) to set up, drill, and instruct a recruit; une tente, to pitch a tent; dresseur, m., (mun.) horse-trainer; (sm. a.) barrel-setter. drille, m., (mach.) drill, boring-bit; borer, piercer; (mil.) poor soldier; harchet, bow-drill; d, arrow, breast-borer, breast-brace; bon, (mil.) old soldier; en engraving, bevel wheel; le levier, ratchet-brace, ratchet-drill; irré, ratchet-brill, ratchet-brace. drise, f., halliard; du pavilion, flag halliard; de signaux, signal halliard. droit, m., right, rights; title, claim; toil, duty, fee; share; law; h qui de, (Taw) to those having legal rights in the case; d'asile, right of shelter, (esp., nav.) on a war vessel; ayant, (law) person entitled (to) payment, redress, etc.), rightful claimant or owner; de brevet, patent rights; de chancet, registration fee; commercial, commercial law; de discipline, {mil.) disciplinary power; echehnne, {adm.) differential duty; d'enquête du pavilion, {nav. int. law) right of a man-of-war to make a commercial vessel show colors; de faire raisonner, {nav. int. law) right of man-of-war to make a commercial vessel answer questions; des gens, {law) international law, law of nations; de arace, pardoning power; de la guerre, {mil.) law of war; maritime, maritime international, international national law; militaire, military law; des neutres, law of neutrals; de vrise, {nav. int. law) right of capture; public militaire, {mil.) code of military legislation, jurisprudence; de répresailles, law, right, of reprisals;  right of search. droit, a., straight, right; plumb; upright, erect, standing up; (man.) straight in line, said of a horse when he stands squarely on his legs, with his head and body in the same direction; (hipp.) sound, free from lameness; cheval, (hipp.) horse warranted sound and free from lameness; surjambe, (hipp.) short-pastured. droite, f., right line, straight line; right hand, right side; (mil.) right of an army, body of troops, etc.; d'un leve, (top.) line of direction, bearing laid down on a survey. droit- joints, (hipp.) straight-pastured (of a horse); straight (of a pastern). droiture, f., justice, uprightness; en, in a right line. drome, f., raft, float; des embarcations, (nav.) in a shipyard, boats, small boats, collection or assemblage of small boats. drosse, f., (nav.) steam steering chain. dualine, f., (expl.) dualin. ductile, a., ( met. ductile. ductility, f., (met.) ductility. duel, m., duel; d'artillerie, {art.) artillery duel; d'artillerie, {art.) decisive duel, artillery duel, artillerie proper (assailants in duel position)! d'artillerie preparatoire, {art.) preparatory duel (assailants in reconnoitering position). Dumanet, {mil. slang) French equivalent of Tommy Atkins. dune, f., {top.) dune, sand dune. dunette, f., {nav.) poop. duplicata, m., duplicate (of report, document). dur, a., hard; harsh; stiff; (fond.) chilled; au depart, {sm. a.) hard on the trigger; b, la lime, hard to file, resisting the file. durability, f., durability. durable, a., durable, lasting. durability, a., hardened (as, lead for bullets); (fond.) faced with concrete (of a parapet); (fond.) chilled; fonte met, (met.) chilled cast-iron; The surface, (met.) case-hardened, surface-hardened. durcissement, v. a., to harden; to stiffen; to indurate; (fond.) to chill; durcissement, m., hardening, stiffening; induration; (fond.) chilling. dure, f., bare ground; bare board. durée, f., duration; life (of a gun, etc.); (art.) time of flight; (ball.) time of flight; (ball.) time interval; de combustion, time of combustion (as, of a fuse, a match, etc.); combustion interval; detonation, (mil.) time necessary to march past a given point; du jour, (art.) time of combustion of a fuse, as determined by local atmospheric conditions of the day, in Contradistinction from the tabular combustion interval; de la trajectoire, du trajet, (ball.) time of flight. durer, v. n., to last, continue; hold out, endure. dureté, f., hardness; d'extraction, (sm, a., r. f. art.) difficulty of extraction (of the cartridge case); de manauvre, stiffness, difficulty of operation (of the parts of a mechanism, etc.). durillon, m., callosity; (sm. a.) irregularity of caliber (due to lack of homogeneity in the metal of the barrel); au pied, com. dynaniagnite, f., (expl.) Hercules powder. dynamique, f., dynamics. dynamite, f., {expl.) dynamite; asbeste, dynamite with asbestos for absorb- ent; • h base active simultanie, dynamite with ex- plosive base; • blanche, dynamite with base of natural siliceous earth: dynamite 139 eaa dynainitch cellulose, lignin dynamite; au charbon, dynamite with charcoal ab- sorbent , carbo-dynamite ; aufulmicoton, glyoxyline; gelatine, explosive gelatine ; gomme, gum dynamite, explosive gelatine, blasting gelatinej grasse, dynamite with a relatively nonporous base (as compared with maigre); grise, dynamite with a base of resin, char- coal, and sodium nitrate; h grisou, fire-damp dynamite, grisoutite; grisoutine, fire-damp dynamite, grisoutite; de guerre, service dynamite; ligneuse , lignose ; maigre, dynamite with a very porous base; au mica, mica-powder; molle, unfrozen dynamite; noire, dj^namite with a base of pulverized coke and sand; paille, h paille, straw dynamite, paleine, v. paille; rouge, dynamite with a base of tripoli; d, la silice, siliceuse, Meselguhr djma- mite; • au Sucre, dynamite with a base of sugar, dynamiterie, f., \expl.) dynamite factory. dynamiteur, m., (mil.) man charged with han- dling dynamite. dynamo, f., (elec.) dynamo; armer une , to wind a dynamo; de charge, dynamo used to charge accumu- lators, charging dynamo; djnaamo, compound, compound-wound djmamo; h courants alternatifs, alternating-current djTiamo; h courants redresses, unidiiectional-current machine or dynamo; electrique, dynamo; d, enroulement compound, compound- wound dynamo; ii excitation indtpendante, separately excited dynamo; h excitation en serie, series-wotmd dynamo; excitte en derivation, shunt-wound dynamo; excitee en strie, series-wotmd dynamo; guantUe, low-tension, low-voltage, dynamo; tension, high-tQnsion, high-voltage, dynamo. dynamogfine, m., (expl.) dynamogen. dynamograplie, m., dynamometer, dynamo- graph. dynamomfctre, m., dynamometer. i compleur, registering dynamometer; it courroies, belt, strap, dynamometer; d'ecrasement, (art.) crusher-gauge; enregistreur, registering dynamometer; hfrein,^ ra% dynamometer ; de rotation, transmission dynamometer; de traction, traction dynamometer; de transmission, v. de rotation. dyne, f., dyne. dyssenterie, f., dysentery. E. eau, f., water; river; rain; wash; lake; sea; pond; perspiration; urine; (in pi.) waters, territorial waters; fountain, waterworks; watering place; wake; d' alimentation, (steam) feed water; basse, low tide; blanc d', sheet of water of slight depth (e.g., fort., as an accessory defense); blanche, mash of bran and water; a blanchir, whitewash; chute d', waterfall; de del, rain water; colonne d', head of water; de condensation, (steam) water of condensation; couper V h un cheval, to keep a horse from drinking too much, from drinking his fill at one draught; courante, running water; cours d', stream; entre deux x, between wind and water; between the surface of the water and the bottom; - — dormante, stagnant water; douce, fresh water (i.e., not salt); soft water; dure, hard water; eiale, slack water, slack tide; St A noche d', water-tight; faire, to leak; faire de l', (nav.) to take in water; faire une voie d', to spring a leak; ferree, water in which a red-hot iron has been quenched; fil de l', the current; a fleur d', awash; between wind and water; on the water line; X folks, surface water, waters not running in a channel, or running in an undefined channel; fraiche, fresh water (i. eau, au ras de V- water; • de riz, arrack; rompre V 4 un cheval, v. couper V- supra; * rouiMc, V. fence', saumatre, brackish water; pooJ of brackish water; X sauvages, v. x folles; ■ de savon, soapsuds; seconde, lye-water; (chem.) dilute, weak, nitric acid; source d' , spring; de source, spring water; X stagnantes, stagnant water, stagnant pool; stationd, prendre de V , (r. r.) watering station; X terriior tales, territorial waters; tite d' , head of water; iirant d' , (nav.) draught of water; ■ tombee, rainfall, amount of rainfall; de trempe, (met.) chalybeate water, harden- ing water; trouble, turbid water; iuhe d' , water glass; vif de V , height of the tide; • 1 vives, spring tides; voie d' . leak; waterway; general term for canals, nvers, etc., (tn questions of transpor- tation). eau-de-vie, f., brandy. eau-forte, f., etching; {chem.) nitric acid. (ballement, m., play. ^barbage, m., removal of edges, burrs, seams, sur- face irregularities, from castings, projectiles, plates, and metal objects in general. 6barber, v. a., to trim (castings, etc.); to nip burrs; to remove irregularities, etc., froift castings, projectiles, etc. Cbarbeuse, f., {mach.) trimming machine, finishing machine. fibarboir, m., trimmer, burr-nipper; parer; scraper. Cbarbure, f., burr, fash, beard. ^battement, m., balancing, rocking, of a car- riage. ^bauchage, m., rough hewing, rough shaping; dressing down, turning down; rough filing; {sm. a.) turning of exterior of barrel; (art.) re- moval from projectiles with lead centering band of so much of the envelope as does not correspond to the ribs. (bauche, f., sketch, rough sketch. ^bauche, m., any material got roughly into shape, e. g., {met.) a welding packet. ebaucher, v. a., to rough-work; to dress down, turn or hammer down, approximately to shape; to block out, give its approximate shape to anything; to sketch, sketch roughly; to outline. Chaudrage, m., (cord.) combing out. Chaudrer, v. a., (cord.) to comb out, to remove poor or weak fiber. Chavurer, v. a., to trim off (seams,  v. a., (mas.) to remove the bousin (q. v.) from stone, from rock. Brahschel, m., (fond.) fire shovel, furnace shovel. Brancher, v. a., to strip or cut off branches (from trees, bushes, etc.). Chronicle, billhook. Branclement, m., shock, concussion; shaking, disturbance, commotion, disorder; (miZ.) wavering. Chronicle, m., r., to shake, unsettle, disturb, stagger; (miZ.) to shake, to cause to waver; to move, to be set in motion (as, of troops setting out on a march); to waver, to become broken up. Chronicle, m., splay, splay; mur d', wing wall, bay wall (as, of an embrasure). Chronicle, m., to notch, hack; break a piece out of, make a. Grundage, f., sudden jerk with the bridle. Febroudage, m., plate wire-drawing. Cbroudeur, m., wire-drawing. Cbroudeur, v. a., to draw wire through a plate. Cbrouement, m. (Mpp.) snort (due to surprise or fear). Grouer, v. r., to snort, sneeze. Ebullition, f., ebullition. Eccac, v. a., to crush; to beat, squeeze, flat. Ccagne, 1, {cord.) part of a skein or hank that has been divided. (caille, f., splinter, chip; scale; s, {met.) scale; s, defer, forge-scale, hammer slag. Ficaillement, m., scaling, scaling off (as, an armor plate under fire). Ccaiilon, m., to scale, peel off; to chip off; to flake. Ccaiilon, m., tush or tusk of a horse. Ecarlate, f., scarlet. Carrir, v. a., to fine-bore, to polish. Ecart, m., any place more or less remote; (in thermodynamics) difference of temperature; (man.) shy, sudden start (aside); (Mpp.) strain; (opt.) dispersion, failure of rays to focus on account of spherical aberration; (carp.) scarf, joint, (length of) overlapping (in a joint); (ball.) error, deviation; distance from center of im. Part to point aimed at (of a group); distance from point of impact to point aimed at (of a single shot). (Except where otherwise indicated, the fol- lowing terms relate to ballistics:) absolu, absolute error, deviation: straight line from point considered to center of impact; absolu moyen, mean absolute error; angle d' horizontal, angle of lateral jump; angulaire initial lateral, angle of lateral jump; angulaire vertical, vertical angle of jump; carre, {carp.) butt and butt; en direction, lateral deviation; ■ double, {carp.) hook and butt, two ends of timber laid over each other; d'eclatement en hauteur, difference between real height of poiut of burst and theoretical mean height; d'eclatement d'un point suivant la trajectoire, distance of point of burst from plane normal to mean trajectory and passing through mean point of burst; d'eclatement en portee, difference between range on burst and mean theoretical range on burst; • d'epaule, {Mpp.) shoulder strain; faire un , {man.) to shy; faux , {Mpp.) slight strain of hip joint; fondamental, any error that will serve as a standard of comparison (e. g., the probable error, the mean-square error); geometrique, hypothenuse of the right tri- angle, of which the sides are the mean hori- zontal and vertical deviations, respectively (sometimes called moyen geometrique and moyen ); en hauteur, vertical error, error in range; • horizontal, lateral error or deviation; horizontal moyen, mean lateral error (arith- metical mean); en largeur, v. en direction; lateral, v. en direction; en longueur, error in range; ^cart 141 €chauguette 6cart moycn, mean (arithmetical) error or devia* lion; moyen en direction, mean lateral error; moycn geometrique, v. geomctrique; ■ moyen en hauteur, mean vertical error, mean error in range; moyen en portie, mean error in range; moyen quadratique, the square root of the arithmetical mean of the squares of the ob- served deviations (employed by General Didion); moyen , a synonym, first of giomitrique, and, second, of • moyen quadratique, qq. v.; en portee, error in range; probable, probable error (otherwise defined as the radius of the circle, having the center of impact as center and containing 50 per cent of hits); probable absolu, v. Eartement, m., spacing, distance apart; scattering, separation, putting aside; pitch (of rivets); (Jort.) spacing (of forts, works, on a line); des essieux, (r. r.) wheel base; des flasques d'affaires, (art.) distance apart of checks; normal, (r. r.) standard gauge; des rails, (r. r.) gauge; des rivets, pitch of riveting; des roues, span or width between wheels; de la voie, (r. r.) gauge; de la voie dans auvre, (r. r.) gauge in the clear. Carter, v. a. r., to extend, widen, separate; divert, turn aside; ward off; scatter; dispel; un coup, to ward off a blow. Ceavecade, (man.) pul- with the cavesson. Cchafaudage, m., scaffolding; erection of stages; preparations. Ccliafauder, v. a., to Scliancrer, v. a., to stage. Schlancrer, v. a., to channel, groove; to hollow, hollow out; to cut, make hollow, sloping; to eat into (as, the sea into a coast, etc.) Schlancrer, f., channel, cut, groove; hollowing, notch, indentation; scallop (as in the edge of a saddlecloth); (fort.) cut (in the covered way); (sm. a.) cut (in the covered way); du glacis, (fort.) defile crotchet. Ecliange, m., exchange; (mil.) exchange (of prisoners); cartel d', (mil.) cartel of exchange; libre, free trade. Feclianger, v. a., to exchange; (mil.) to exchange (prisoners). Cchantigno, f., bracket, block, lining; axletree bracket; (art.) trail bracket (obs.); cheek-piece of a gin. Gebantillon, m., sample, specimen, pattern, temple, model; (fond.) loam board, modeling board; de chemise,  (of manufactures, e. g., iron, etc.). 6chappé, p. p., m., fugitive; stray, runaway (horse); (hipp.) mongrel horse; cheval de normand, etc., (hipp.) horse of Norman, etc., sire and dam of any other breed; un de normand, etc., (hipp.) horse of Norman, etc., sire and dam of any other breed. 6chappé, p. p., space for carriages to turn in; width of a door or window, width of any opening admitting the light; clear space, of a spiral staircase; (man.) prank, trick, fit; d'une vis, distance between threads of a screw; de vue, vista. Celiappenient, m., escape; escape, leak (of steam, air, powder gases, etc.): puff, blast (of steam, etc.); escape pipe; fine (of a reverberatory furnace); space for carriages to turn in; height between floor and ceiling; scapement, escapement (of a clock, etc.) ; {steam) exhaust (period); dancer, anchor escapement; dcylindre, cylinder escapement; hl'epine, deadbeat escapement; hrecul, recoil escapement; hrecul, recoil escapement; hrecul, recoil escapement. ficliapper, v. a. n., to escape, run off or away, break loose; to avoid; (fenc.) to retire or withdraw to avoid a thrust, a lunge; lajambe, {fenc.) to withdraw; laisser, to let off (steam, gas, etc.); {man.) to put a horse at full speed. ficharpe, f., sash; sling (as, for the arm); shell or frame of a block or pulley; assemblage of one or more sheaves in one shell; jib of a crane, out- rigger; tie; ^cons.) brace, diagonal brace; re- enforcing strap; {unif.) sash, officer's sash; batterie d' , (art.) oblique-fire battery, one firing obliquely at any target; battre d' , {art.) to fire, take obliquely; changer d' , to change sides; coup de sabre en , slanting saber cut; dt crochet, block and hook; d' , obliquely; de distinction, {unif.) sash worn over shoulder, • as a badge of duty or of command, (obs. in France) ; en , askew, skew, slanting, in a sling, slant- ingly, across the shoulders, obliquely. Ccliarper, v. a., to pass a sling or tackle around a weight; {mil.) to cut to pieces (as, a regiment). Cchasse, f., stilt; scaffolding pole. (cliaudage, m., whitewash, limewash; operation of whitewashing. gchaude, f., {met.) welding heat. ecliaud6, m., camp stool, folding seat. 6cliauf[6, a., (of wood) moldy, rotten; (of yarn) rotten. fchauffement, m., overheating; (of wood, timber) defect due to the fermentation of sap; {mach.) heating of a bearing, journal, etc.; heating of feed water; {art., sm. a.) heating of barrel, of gun, due to firing; de lafourchette, {hipp.) disease of the foot. Ccliauffer, v. a. r., to heat, to become hoi, '?f tim- ber) to dry rot; {man.) to stir up, excite, irritate (a horse). 6cliauflouree,f.,(mJL,efc.)affray, scuffle; skirmish; ill-conducted affair. fichauguette, f., {fort.) watch tower or box, sort of elevated sentry box, bartizan. (Also spelled icharguette, obs.) ^ehaume 142 ^clatement 6cliaunie, m., thole-pin, echaus, m. pi., drains, irrigating channels. CcMance, f., term, expiration; (mil.) expiration of a dclai; h V , when due; h longue , with a long time to run (of a note, etc.). Chec, m., check, repulse, foil, miscarriage; Stre en, to be stopped, checked; trouver un, to be defeated, repulsed. Chelette, f., rack of a cart. Scheller, m., peg-ladder; de grue, jib or arm of a crane. Scheller, f., ladder; scale; ship's ladder; bnsie, folding ladder; de corde, rope ladder; de la courte, by mounting on one another's shoulders; faire la courte, to mount on one another's shoulders; dixmes, diagonal scale; double, (siege) scaling-ladder of double width; double, (siege) scaling-ladder of double width; double, (siege) scaling-ladder; de front, plaia scale, uniform scale; fuyante, vanishing scale; graduée, graduated scale; graphique, scale; des hauteurs, vertical scale; mareotrique, horizontal scale; mareotrique, Open-sea tide-gauge; de meunier, staircase without risers; mobile, sliding scale; mimerique, representative fraction; de pente, (fort., top.) scale of slope; pont, m., (siege), ladder-brielge for crossing ditches; dcs ponts, river-gauge; de projection, scale of projection to the horizon (stadia work); proportionnelle, diagonal scale; a rapporter, v, de reduction; de reduction, plotting scale, reducing scale; diagonal scale; de reduction; h Vhorizon, scale of reduction to the horizon (stadia work); de sidge, scaling-ladder; simple, ordinary scale of length; sladimetrique, stadimeter scale. echelle-observatoire, f., (mil.) field observatory (ladder suitably erected and supported). 