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mer, f., sea, tide, ocean, waters; (nav.) sea service, the navy (as opposed to terre, land service, army); d, la, overboard; at sea; a fête de, the (war) navy; (more narrowly) a fête, a squadron; basse de morte eau, low-water neap; basse de morte eau, low-water spring; basse de morte eau, low-water spring; bâtre la, to cruise, to cruise about for a long time in the same latitude; belle, smooth water; la blanchit, v. la monitionne; bord de la, seaside, seashore; brise de, arm of the sea; brise de, sea breeze; clapoteuse, short sea, choppy sea; contraire, cross sea; coupe de, sea (wave); squall; contre, storm sea; debout, head sea; demontee, violent sea; mermer dure, rough sea; eumeur de, pirate; en, at sea; la est Hale, it is slack water; la est, fait, planche, the sea is smooth; cattle, slack water; firm, closed sea, landlocked sea; frirm, closed sea, landlocked sea; firm, ground swell; fortune de, perils of the deep; gens de, seamen, seafaring people (plural of horn me de); grande, the high seas, the man; (in pi.) springtide; grosse, heavy sea; naiUe, high seas; haute d'equinox, high-water spring; haute de morte eau, high-water neap; haute de vice eau, high-water spring; en haute, on the high seas; homme de, seaman; houlcuse, swell; rough sea; d'huile, absolutely calm sea; interieure, closed, landlocked sea, inland sea; (more especially) the Mediterranean; jour de, sea day; journes de, days at La señora de la, la. mercenaire, m., a., mercenary, merci, f., mercy, grace; a la de, at one's mercy. mercure, m., mercury; fulminant, {expl.) fulminate of mercury. mercuriale, f., reprimand, censure; periodical list of prices current (especially such lists pulilished by municipal authority in France); faire une , to rebuke, to repr_^mand. mftre, f., mother; (tech.) master-tap, hub; (adjec- tively) principal; eau , mother liquor. mSridien. m., meridian; midday, meridian; a., meridian; iii6rldien geographique, meridian; ligne ne, meridian line, meridian; magnetique, magnetic meridian; premier , prime meridian; terrestre, meridian. mCrldlenne, f., meridian, meridian line; magnetique, magnetic meridian. meridional, a., southern, meridional. merlin, m., club; long-handled hammer; splitting ax; (cord.) marline (in the French artillery, three yarns laid up together); • blim, (cord.) white, untarred marline* noir, (cord.) tarred marline. merliner, v. a., (cord.) to marl, marline. merlon, m., (fort.) merlon. merrain, m., clapboard; staves, stavewood. merveilleux, a., (sm. a.) hair (of rifling). mesair, m., v. mezair. mess, m., (mil.) mess. messager, m., messenger, carrier; de campaqne, (mil.) proposed mounteid orderly for infantry headquarters; d'Etat, state messenger; king's messenger; pigeon , carrier pigeon. messa^erie, f., coach oflice^ booking ofl3ce; coach, stage coach (used sometimes in plura^); (in pi.) line of mail steamers; (r. r.) freight, parcels.. messe, f., mass; basse, low mass; grand , haute, high mass; peiite , v. basse. mesurage, m., measuring, measru'ement; men- suration; surveying. Measure, f., measure, measuring, measurement; dimension; (hipp.) cadence; (fenc.) proper distance; absolue, absolute measure; d'arpenteur, surveyor; -- — s d'assortiments, copper powder measures of various sizes; d bouts, end measuring; b, cheval, measure by horse's gait; comble, heaped-up measure; de, according to measure; dure, (fenc.) stiff action; d' elevation d'un piston, stroke, lift of a piston; enfrer en, (fenc.) to take a step toward one's adversary; etre h la, (fenc.) to have the proper distance; etre hors de, (fenc.) to be out of distance; deforce, dynamometer; gaqner la, (fenc.) to advance; idcher la, (fenc.) to retreat; de longueur, measure of length; metrique, metrical measure; h la montre, measure by timing (as, a horse's gait); au pas, pacing off a distance; — — a poudre, powder measure; — — Rase, strike measure; rompre la, (fenc.) to get out of reach; en ruban, tape measure; server la, (fenc.) to close on one's adversary; h traits, measuring between marks; a vue, measure by the eye. mesurer, v. a., to measure, measure otit, mete, mete out; to proportion; (fenc.) to measure swords; — — ses armes, to fight with anyone; a cheval, to measure by a horse's gait; a la corde, au cordeau, to trace out; un coup, to aim, adjust, a blow accurately; les epees, in a duel, to measure the swords to see if they are of the same length; son epee, (fenc.) to fight; par kquarrissemenl, to take as the volume of anything, the volume of the circumscribing rectangular parallelopipedon; h la montre, to measiu^e by timing, to time; au pas, to pace off (a distance;) la terre, to measure one's length on the ground; mesurer 272 mettre mesurer d la vue, to estimate by the eye; aire les, des, yeux, to measure, estimate, by tlie eye. mesurette, f., small measure, m^tacurpe, m., (hipp.) the metacarpal bones. m^tacarpien, a., {hipp.) metacarpal; m., meta- cari)al bone; OS s, metacarpal bones; rudimentaire, small metacarpal bone; rudimentaire eiterne, outer metacarpal bone; TvAimentaire interne, inner metacarpal bone. mOtaccntre, m., {nav.) metacenter. mi'taccntrique, a., {nav.) metacentric; hauteur , mentacentric height. mC'tiiirie, f., farm, farmhouse. mital, m., metal; alloy; ore; (specially) an alloy of tin. copper, and gun metal (founder's term); motaling of a road; d'Aicji, an alloy of copper, zinc, and iron; d' Alger, a sort of imitation silver; anglais, Britamiia metal; antifriction, antifriction metal; Babbitt metal; antifriction magnolia, magnolia metal; - argentin, v. anglais; de Bath, Bath metal; blanc, white metal; antifriction metal; brithnnique, v. anglais; brut, coarse metal; ti canon, gun metal (i. e., bronze), (more rarely) cast iron; de cloche, bell metal; —^b, collets, antifriction metal; console, an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin; de Darcet, a fusible alloy of bismuth, tin, and lead; drcapr, pickled metal; delta, delta metal (iron and brass); doux, antifriction metal; ■ ecumc, kish] fin . fine iron, fine metal; ^— defonte , cast metal ; /io7«ojf^ne, homogeneous metal; 7Haz<^,fme(d) metal; — — de miroirs , speculum metal ; mixte, compotmd metal (steel and iron, for compound plates); de Muntz, Muntz' metal (zinc and copper); natif, native metal ; — — de prince, super refined copper; du Prince Robert, Prince's metal; refteZZf, refractory metal ; Roma, an alloy of platinum, manganese, and cobalt; — de Rose, Rose's fusible alloy (bismuth , lead, and tin) ; sterro, sterro metal (an alloy of popper, zinc, iton,anQtin); de Stirling, Stirling metal; utile, the quantity of serviceable or workable metal obtained from an ingot or from a charge, v. mise au mille. metalline nitroleum, f., (expl.) a dynamite whose dope consists of red lead (with or without plaster of paris). in6tallique, a., metallic; gaze, tissu, toile — — , wire gauze. metallisage, m., plating with metal. ni6talliser, v. a., to cover or plate with metal. luCtalloIde, m., metalloid. metallurgie, f. , metallurgy. m^tallurgique, a., metallurgical. m^tatarse, m., (hipp.) the metatarsal bones. Mastatarsal, a., (hipp.) metatarsal; m., metatarsal bone; OS, metatarsal bone; —— rudimentaire externe, outer small metatarsal bone; —— rudimentaire interne, inner small metatarsal bone. Mitterer, m., farmer. Mittorism, m., (mixed wheat and rye). Mittorism, m., (hipp.) distension of the belly. Mittorism, m., (hipp.) flatulent colic, meteorologie, f., meteorology. Meteorologique, a., (hipp.) flatulent colic, meteorologie, f., meteorology. Mithode, f., method; process; — de Bapaume, (siege) the classic method of breaching a wall (by attacking it at one-third its height); — A la catalane, (met.) Catalan process; de cheminement, (surf) method in which the sides and angles of the polygon to be surveyed are measure of; — — des doubles visees, (surv.) in compass surveying, method using back as well as fore sights; — — des gradins, (siege) method of breaching, by making steps in the wall; — fZe rile d'Aix, (siege) method of breaching in which the cut in the wall slopes upward; — d'iné section, (surv.) usual method of surveying; base-line surveying; — des moindres carres, method of least squares; — de rayonnement, (surv.) survey in which points are fixed by polar coordinates from a central station; — de recoupement, (surv.) method by resection; — de reUvement, — des segments capables, (surv.) three-point problem. metier, m., trade, handicraft; (mack.) loom, frame; de, by profession, by trade. métis, a., (met.) red-short; (hipp.) crossbred; m., crossbred horse; deurUme, (hipp.) three-quarter bred: premier —, (hipp.) the offspring of parents of different race. métissage, m., (hipp.) crossbreeding, métage, m., measuring by a meter stick; length in meters. Mfttre, m., meter; meter rule; — anglais, yard measure, yard; aracttze, folding or jointed rule; d, bouts, V. etalon a bouts; courant, running meter; double, 2-raeter rule or measure; etalon, standard meter; etalon, standard meter (for comparing base-measuring rods); kilogramme, v. kilogramme; pliant, folding rule; en ruban, tape measure; tonne, meter ton; h traits, v. etalon h traits. mifetrer, v. a., to measure by the meter. mfitrlque, a., metric. mfetropole, f., metropolis; mother country. mfitropolitain, a., metropolitan; home (as distinguished from colonial); armee e, home army. mfitropolitain, f., the capital of a State. Mettre, v. a., to put, put on, put to, place, lay, set, employ, use, commit; to hitch up, harness; a l'abridé, to put any body or thing under shelter (e.g., from fire); l'avant-train, (art.) to limber up; les avirons sur le plat, to feather oars; les avirons debout, to toss the oars; la baignonnette au canon, (sm. a.) to fix bayonets; la bande, (nav.) to careen; au bande, (sm. a.) to cock; au bas, to conclude a letter with a proper formula of respect; bas, to foal, to litter; bas les armes, (mil.) to lay down one's arms, to surrender; en batterie, (art.) to run or go into battery; en bois, (sm. a.) to assemble the parts of a rifle on the stock. mettre a bord, to ship; to put, carry, etc., on board; les canons à la serre, (nav.) à la bord; les canons aux sabords, (nav.) à l'un guns; les canons aux sabords, (nav.) à l'un guns; les cap sur., (nav.) à l'un head for....; de damp, à l'un set up on edge (as, a plank, bricks, etc.); en chantier, (carp.) à l'un put upon le stocks; un cheval de dans la main, dans les talons, (man.) à l'un cheval au galop (pas, trot)  connect; An crarf de depart, (man.) to cock; La croupe au mur, (man.) to cause a horse to Passage, croup to wall of riding hall; Dans, (carp.) to assemble the piece (as, Of a frame); An dehors, (nav.) to get out (a boat); En demeure, (law) to order, summon; Les deux bouts en deux, (man.) to train, Supple, the head and the croup of a horse; Dans, disponibilite, (Fr. a.) to put on the unemployed list; Dans, to launch (a ship); Dans, (top.) boot, a carbine; en mouvement, to start (a machine, etc.); to throw into gear; mettre un navire d la côte, to run a ship ashore; au net, to make a fair copy (drawing, notes, etc.); vordre, (mil.) to publish in orders; au pain et d'eau, to put on bread and water; pirillon bas, (nav.) to haul down one's flag, to surrender; son pavilion sur, (nav.) to hoist one's flag on; une pêche hors d'eau, (art.) to depress the muzzle so as to keep out water; pied d'erre, to dismount; en place, to organize, prepare; sur plage, to beach a boat; dans le plein, to hit the bull's-eye; au point, (inst.) to focus, adjust; in surveying, to set up an instrument accurately over its station; la presse, (mach.) to set or Seat by pressure; En pression, (steam) to get up steam; Sur son raide, sur son fort, (carp.) to put the convex side of a piece uppermost; La reforme, (Fr. a.) to condemn (material); To cast a horse; to discharge from the service (for misconduct or physical unfitness); A renard, to hold up, keep up, the monkey of a pile driver; A retraite, (mil.) to retire; Sur roulettes, (art.) to throw a top carriage in gear (on rollers) for return to battery; Sac, to sack (a city); Se — - sous les armes, (mil.) to get under arms; Se — - sous les armes, (mil.) to set up an instrument; En station, to set up an instrument; En station, to set up an officer as supernumerary; En talus, (fort.) to land, disembark, put ashore; En tête, (mil.) to land, disembark, put ashore; En train, (mach.) to throw into gear; au vert, to put a horse out to grass. meuble, m., article of furniture. meubie, a., movable; (of earth, soil) mellow, easily moved or worked; biens *•, personal property; terre — , light soil. meubler, v. a., to furnish. meulage, m., grinding; "^ d t'eau, wet grinding. meulard, m., large grindstone. meularde, f., middle-s'"zed grindstone. meula, f., grindstone, millstone; mow or stack (of hay, fodder, etc.);* pile of wood (in charcoal burning); polishing wheel; (poivd.) runner, roller; (fond.) foundation for a mold; d aiguiser, grindstone; d baionnetie, (sm. a.) grindstone for hollow- ing sides of bayonet blades; de carbonisation, (met.) mass to be fired; champ de , thiclmess of a grindstone; de charbon, pile of charcoal; courante, upper millstone; ■ de des&us, upper millstone; d eau, v/et grindstone; • d'emeri, emery wheel, buff wheel, buff; defoin, cic.,. hayrick, etc.; gisante, nether millstone; d goibttibres, (sm. a.) grindstone for hollow- ing sides of swords, etc.; ■ s independantes, (powd.) runners not working in pairs; inferieure, lower, nether, millstone; mettre en , to pile (hay, etc.) in ricks; mobile, running mifistone; montee, grindstone on its stool and bed; moulinsd s, (powd.) incorporating miii; roulante, (powd.) runner, roller; superieure, v. de dessus; • suspendue, (powd.) ruimer that does not touch the bed; hanging rurmer; suspendues et independantes, (powd.) un- coupled hanging runners; 3877°— 17- -18 meule 274 mine meulc, trituration sous les s, (powd.) incor- poration. meuleau, m., small grindstone. meiUler, a., of mills, for grinding; m., millstone maker; carritre ire, millstone quarry; ■ picrre ire, millstone. meiili^re, millstone, grindstone; millstone grit, buhrstone; pierre de , millstone grit, buhrstone. meurtrier, a., (mil.) deadly (of fire, etc.). nieurtriftre, f., (fort.) loophole. meurtrir, v. a., to bruise, to kill, slaughter. meurtrlssure, f., bruise, contusion. mCzair, m., (man.) an air consisting of a succession of jumps forward. mho, m.. (dec.) mho. mi-bols, m., (carp.) scarf, halving; a-scnbler fi, to scarf. mica, m., mica. mi-chemln, fi, halfway. mi-cOte, d, halfway down (up) a slope, a hill. microfarad, m., (elec.) microfarad. micrometer, micrometer; micrometer caliper; d, double image, double-image micrometer; objectif, hchiometer; optique, dioptric micrometer; prismatique, v. fi double image; de torsion (elec.) torsion micrometer; vis h, micrometer screw. micrometrique, a., micrometric. micron, m., one one-thousandth of a millimeter. microphone, m., microphone. microscope, m., microscope; compose, compound microscope; simple, simple microscope; solar, solar microscope. microscope, f., microscopy. midi, m., noon, 12 m.; south. mi-doux, a., (met.) half soft. mi-dur, a., (met.) half hard. mi-f er, assembler ii, to halve and lap  smartly, energetically; by force of arms; occuper, to occupy with troops. militant, adv., militant. militant, adv., to render military, to fill with the military spirit. militarisme, adv., militarism, domination or supremacy of military ideas, mille, adv., thousand; grand, (paver's term) 1,122 paving stones; mise au, v. s. v. mise. miUe, m.. mile; d'Angleterre, statute mile; geographiquc, geo;;raphical (or nautical) mile; (sometimes) the fifteenth of a degree at the equator (7^420 meters); ghometrtque, v. mesuri; mllle marin, nautical mile (1,852 meters); mesure, (nav.) measured mile; metrique, 1,000 kilometers. mlll^sime, m., date (on a coin, gun, etc.) millet, m., millet. milllalre, m., millestone; borne , millestone. mlUiampftre, m., (elec.) miUiampere. miUiare, m., mUliare, one one-thousandth part of an arc. mllller, m., thousand; 1,000 kilograms. milligramme, m., milligram. millilitre, m., mUliliter, one one-thousand of a liter. millimetre, m. miUimeter. mlUIstere, m., one one-thousandth of astere, of a cubic meter. mils, m. pi. , (gym.) Indian clubs. ini-mar6e, h , at half tide. mi-mat, d, , at half-mast, half-staff. mimgographe, m., (Edison) mimeograph. minahouet, minaouet, m., (cord.) serving board. mine, f., mine (of coal, iron, etc.); ore; (mil.) mine; {by extension) the shafts, galleries, and cham- bers of a mined site; d, la , by blasting; d'acier, (met.) spathic iron; h aiguillette , (mil.) bored mine; — anglaise, red lead; d'attaque, (mil.) offensive mine; ■ automatique, (mil.) mechanical mine; d, bocarder, raw, crude ore; bourrer une , to tamp a mine. brute, raw ore; cassante, dry ore; sans cervelle, (mil.) gallery of a mine requiring support on account of the loose nature of the soil; chambre de, (mil.) mine chamber; contre, (mil.) countermine; en croix, (mil.) triple mine; cylindre de —, (expl.) small disk of gun cotton for use in mines; defensive, (mil.) defensive mine (counter-mine); a demolition, (mil.) demolition mine; dilatee, (mil.) horizontal mine; double, (mil.) double mine; double, (mil.) double mine; douce, zinc blende, sphalerite; icole des s, school of mines; eg arte, placer, pocket; clevee, (mil.) upright mine; iventer une, (mil.) to discover a mine and destroy it; faire jouer, sauter, une, (mil.) to spring a mine; defer, (met.) iron ore; defer blanche, (met.) spath. In iron; de fer en grains, (met.) granular (brown) oxide of iron; defer speculaire, (met.) specular iron (ore); fic'Jve, (torp.) dummy mine; s fixes, branchings, veins; force, (mil.) bored mine, synonym of forage; fourheau de, (mil.) mine chamber; difourneau ordinaire, (mil.) ordinary mine; galerie de, (mil.) mine gallery; en galerie de, (mil.) after the fashion of a mine gallery; guerre de s, (mil.) subterranean warfare; grasse, (met.) ore freed from its gangue; inflammable d volonte, (mil.) controlled mine, judgment mine; logement des s, (mil.) lodgment of mines, of the mine; micacee, (met.) specular iron ore; militaire, (mil.) military mine (as distinguished from commercial mining); offensive, v. d'attaque; orange, red lead; d, percussion, (mil.) percussion mine; de plomb, black lead; load ore; black lead pencil; mine, poudre de, (expl.) blasting powder; poudre de anguleuse, (expl.) sharp-gramod blasting powder; poudre de fin grain, (arbit.) fine-grain powder used in safety fuses; poudre de ronde, (expl.) round-gramed powder (demolition and blasting) ; de projection, (art.) Brialinont's name for a torpedo shell; synonym of savartine, q. v.; puits de -, mine shaft; saucisson de, (mil.) firing train; simple, (mil.) single mine; sous-chargee, (mil.) undercharged mine, v. s. Y. fourneau; sous-marine, f., (torp.) submarine mine; surchargee, (mil.) overcharged mine, v. s. v. fourneau; systime de s mixte, (mil.) a combination of the two following systems; systime de s du, moment, (mil.) a system of mines established when required (i. e., during war); systime de s permanent, (mil.) a system of mines established in peace; CTiT.CwiZ.) double mine; en trhfle, triflie, tnple, (mil.) triplo mine. miner, v. a., to mine (as coal); to undermine, sap, hallow, eat away; (fig.) to prey upon; to ruin by degrees; (mil.) to mine. mineral, m., ore; d'alluvion, alluvial ore; bocarde, crushed ore; troyer les s, to crush ore; brut. Taw ore; essai de s, assaying; essayer un, to assay an ore; Essay eur de, assay er; defer, iron ore; defer en grains, granular iron ore; en grains, granular ore; grillage de s, roasting of ore; grillage de s, roasting of ore; hydratd globulaire, kidney iron ore; limoneux, limonite; des marais, bog iron ore; s menus, small ore; ore in fragments; riche, best work; en roche, compact ore; terreux, earthy ore; trier les s, to sort ore. mlnferal, a., m., mineral. mlniferalogle, f., mineralogy. mlnferalurgie, f., art of treating minerals so as to increase their usefulness. mlneur, m., miner; (toz.) miner; corps de s, (mil.) corps of sappers and miners. mlnfere, a., mining, mineral. mlnfere, f., earth, sand, or stone in which ore is found; (more specially) a surface mine. minister, m., ministry; department (U. S.); office, administration; des affaires, foreign office; Department of State (U. S.); de la guerre, war department, war office, ministry of war. Horse Guards; de l'interieur, Interior Department (U. S.); home office; de justice, department of justice; de la marine, navy department, admiralty, ministry of marine; public, (law) public prosecutor. Militar, m., minister, secretary; (in France) a Protestant clergyman; (mil. slang) a mule; de l'administration de la guerre, v. de la guerre; des affaires etranghes, secretary of State for foreign affairs; Secretary of State (U. S.); d'État, cabinet minister; des finances, secretary of the treasury; de la guerre, minister of war, secretary of state for war; Secretary of War (U. S.); de l'interieur, home secretary; Secretary of the Treasury. Interior (U.S.); de justice, attorney-general; minis tre de la marine, minister of marine; first lord of the admiralty; Secretary of the Navy (U.S.); pUnipotentiaire, minister plenipotentiary; public, envoy. minium, ra., red lead; v defer, iron minium; pcindre au, red lead, cover with red lead; peinture au, red lead painting; de plomb, red lead. minot, m., (nav.) davit, boom. minute, f., minute (of time); rough sketch, note, notes, approximate report, minute; minute glass; (top.) field notes; graphical translation, in pencil and to the scale of the survey, of field operations; carte, v. s. v. carte; de degre, minute of arc, demi, thirty-second glass; quart de, fifteen-second glass; de temps, minute of time. minuter, v. a., to make a rough draft or note or copy; to jot down. minuterie, f., Hour train (of a clock). Mi-ouvert, a., half open. mi-parti, a., half open. mi-parti, a., half-and-half. mi-pente, d., halfway down or up a slope. miquelet, m., (mil.) soldier of the body-guard of a Spanish captain-general. miracle, m., (art.) observation station (for hits of battery). mirage, m., mirage. mire, f., (art., sm. a.) front sight, fore sight; (inst.) leveling rod, sight vane; (surv.) directing mark; angle de, v. s. v. angle; bouton de, v. s. v. bouton; coin de, v. s. v. coin; d, coulisse, (inst.) sliding leveling rod; cran de, v. s. v. cran; fronteau de, v. s. v. Y.fronteau; grace, graduated rod; ligne de — -, v. s. v. ligne; longueur de, v. s. v. longueur; longueur de la ligne de, v. s. v. longueur; masse de, v. s. v. mettre; de nivellement, (inst.) leveling rod; parlante, (inst.) self-reading rod. Point de, (ball.) Point aimed at; (surv.) sighting point; prendre la, (ball.) To aim; de reperage, (art.) sighting rod; triangle de, (ball.) Triangle of sight; d, voyant, (inst.) leveling rod; de voyant, (inst.) slide vane of a leveling rod. Mirer, v. a., (ball.) To aim (rare). Miroir, m., mirror, looking-glass; blaze (on a tree); scutcheon; cavity (on the face of a dressed stone, caused by chipping too deep); d, (hipp.) dappled; ardent, burning glass; grand, (inst.) index glass of sextant; d' octant, (inst.) horizon glass of sextant; de pointage, (sm. a.) in aiming drill, small mirror or reflector used to verify the aim; reflecteur, (sm. a.) reflector for inspecting rifle barrels. Miroitfe, a., specular, shining, flashing. Miroitfe, ( hipp.) dappled. miroiter, v. r., to shine, flash. mirofiture, f., (hipp.) dapple; regular round spots (either lighter or darker than the main coat, but always of the same color). mirouette, a., (hipp.) bright dappled bay. mise, f., laying, laying down, putting, placing, setting, installation, staiting; (met.) layer; en accusation, indictment; (mil. law) arraignment; bas, bringing forth, foaling, littering; en batterie, (art.) act or operation of going into battery; mounting of guns in their emplacements; mi-vitesse misitesse de batterie, (art.) act or operation of going from battery; bord, (nav.) installation on bard ship; en brhche, (siege) breaching; tre ciwse. (/oM') summons; en chantier, setting to work (as, of a working party); en couleur, (sm. a.) browning of a rifle barrel; en demcure, (law) summons, order, to perform an obligation; en disponibilite, (mil.) placing on the unattached list; d'eau, (nav.) launching of ship; h'effet, (top. drawing) representation of surface forms; en I'encre, inking of a drawing; reproduction in In the ink of a map or reconnaissance; En Hat de defense, (mil.) preparation (of a wo(xi, house, etc.) for defense; en Hit de siige, (mil.) declaration of a state of siege; etre de, to be presentable; afea, (met.) beginning of the work; defeu, (art.) discharge of a piece, act of firing a piece; (mtn,.) firing; defeu Hectrique, (art., min.) electric discharge (of a gun, of a mine); defeu multiple, (mil.) simultaneous discharge of a group of mines; de feu ii repHition, (art.) system in which, in case of miss fire, the same primer may be tried several times in succession without opening the breech. defeu simple, (mil.) discharge of a single mine; en feu, (met.) act or operation of putting in blast; hors  whole operation of aiming; aujou, bringing to light; enjugement, trial, putting on trial; au lavis, washing, tinting, of a drawing; en liberie, discharge; en lumihre, (sig.) Hash; en marche, starting (of machinery, troops, etc.); au mille, (met.) ratio of the gross weight of an ingot to the weight of the finished piece, or the number of kilograms in an ingot or charge needed to make 1,000 kilograms of useful metal monnaie de, v. s. v. monnaie; en mouvement, v. enjeu; au net, act of making a fair copy; en nonnictimti, (Fr. misour, m., (in French Mediterranean ports) the south wind. mission, f., (Fr. a.) mission, special duty given by the minister of war to an officer, and temporarily detaching him from his regiment or corps: (frequently) foreign duty. mistral, m., northwest wind (in the Mediterranean). miltaine, f., mitten. mitigation, f., mitigation. mitiger, v. a., to mitigate, temper, qualify; poitr, in mitigation. mitoyen, a., middle, intermediate; party; cloison ne, partition; dent ne, (hipp.) middle tooth; mur, party wall. mitoyennete, party right. mitraille, f., (hipp.) middle tooth. mitraille, f., (art.) fire of, firm of, case shot; langrage (obs.). mitraille, f., (art.) fire of, firm of, case shot; boiled, (art.) Case shot; Charge ii, de, (art.) round of case, canister, grape (obs.); Charge ii, (art.) to load with canister, etc.; fer de, (met.) scrap iron; grosse, (art.) grape (obs.); obus d, (art.) scrap iron; spindle, (met.) old brass, copper, etc.; petite, (art.) canister (obs.); rouge, (met.) copper dross; tirer h, (art.) to tire case shot. mitrailleure, v. a., (art.) to fire mitrailleure; (in a general sense) to sweep or cover a line or position with shrapnel, rapid fire, etc.; ii brule-pourpojnt, to overwhelm at close quarters with shrapnel or any other fragmentary fire. mitrailleure, m., any person using mitrailleure fire; (art.) V. mitrailleuse. Mittrailleuse, f., (r.f. art.) machine gun; (Fr. art.) a synonym of canon h balls; (sm. a.) sort of magazine pocket pistol; automatique (any) automatic machine gun (e.g., Colt); canons fixes, (type of) machine gun with fixed barrels (e.g., Gardner); Galling, etc., Gatling, etc., gun; d, n canons, ri-barreled machine gun; d rotation, (type of) machine gun with revolving barrels (e.g., Gatling). mitre, f., miter; large paving stone; (mach.) cone, mushroom, or spindle valve; (cons.) chimney pot or top, cowl; (r. r.) rectangular steam dome of a locomotive: arc en, (cons.) triangular arch; boite de, miter box; de cheminee, (cons.) chimney shaft; chimney top; iquerre de, miter square; fenUre en, gable window; ligne de, miter line; ridge; sauterelle de, miter rule. ml-vltesse Mixte, a., mixed; (tech.) composite (e.g., wood and metal used together in the construction of one object); (elec.) mixed (i.e., quantity and series); (mil.) composed of all arms, or of more than one arm, of mounted and of dismounted elements; arante-poste, v. s. v. avante-poste; compagnie, (Fr. a.) train company in Altfiers and Txmis (has both mounted and dismounted men); natire, (nav.) composite (iron and wood) vessel; a vessel using both sails and steam; regiment, (Fr. a.) regiment composed of units of active and of territorial armies. mobile, m., moving body (e.g., art., a projectile), body moved; mover, moving power (moteur is generally employed instead); (fig.) motive, cause; imil.) a member of the garde nationale mobile, q. v.; premier, prime governor; leader, head, chief. mobile, a., mobile, movable; moving, unfixed, unsteady; transient; variable; (cord.) running; (art.) recoiling; (sm. a.) detachable (of a magazine); cadre. v. s. v. cadre; colonne - —, (mil.) movable column, (more especially) a column composed of the different arms, operating independently in a disturbed country; elre, (hipp.) to have the staggers; garde, garde nationale, v. s. v. garde; timbre, adhesive stamp; troupes s, (mil.) troops ready to march. luobilier, m., furniture. mobilier, a., personal; Mens s, personal property, goods and chattels; credit, loan on personal security; richesseère, personal property; valeursère, transferable securities. mobilizable, a. (mil.) mobilizable; constructions s, a generic term for huts (baroques), bridges, osservatories, etc. mobilisation, f., (mil.) mobilization; carnet de, v. s. v. v. Carnet; classe de, (Fr. a.) class to which men belong when summoned to military service for any reason (e.g., mobilization, inspection, etc.); journal de, (Fr. a.) register (in each regiment or service); of measures taken (in peace) or to be taken (in war) in case of mobilization. mobilise, m., (mil.) a member of the garde nationale mobiliste, q. v. miobiliser, v. a., (mil.) to mobilize. moblot, m., popular name for a member of the garde jnooile. modelage, m., modeling. module, m., model; pattern; (fond.) pattern; (art.) model, mark; defonte, (fond.) casting pattern; du jet, (fond.) runner stick, pin; (2/pe, pattern (e.g., of uniform). miodelfe, m., (top. drawing) representation (as, of surface forms, etc.), more specially hill shading, or representation of  (oblique), {top. drawing) with relief brought out by direct (oblique) illumination. Modeler, v. a., to model, pattern, shape; le terrain, le terrain d, I'effet, (top. drawing) to represent surface forms, to bring out the relief. Modeieur, modeler. Moderateur, m., (mack.) governor; regulator valve; damper; d, force centrifuge, conical pendulum. Modifier, v. a., to moderate, check, restrain, curb, temper, slacken, lessen, abate. Modificateur, m., (mach.) engaging and disengaging gear. Modifier, v. a., to modify, change, alter; (art.) to transform to correspond to a different model (as, of a gun). Modillon, console. Modifier, m., (mach.) cantilever; bracket; module, m., modulus (of rupture, elasticity, etc.); d'une riviere, means discharge of a river. moelle, f., marrow; pith (of trees). moellon, m., (mas.) quarry stone; rough, unhewn stone; building stone; ashlar; d'appareil, ashlar; generic term for stone of dressed face and undressed. Body; s d'assise, stones of the same size used in regular courses; brut, rubble, undressed stone; quarry-faced stone; en coupe, stone laid on edge; epince, face-hammered stone; gisant, quarry stone, more or less regular in form; gros, riprap stone; ashlar; de lit, stone laid on its natural bed; masonie de, ashlar work; — de parement, facing stone; pique, stone with pointed and drafted face; smille, hammer-dressed stone; de taille, dressed stone, cut stone; tetue, V. epince. mofette, f., choke damp; black damp. mioie, f., heap of sand. moignon, m., stump of a tree, of a branch; zinc or lead pipe (med.) stump of an amputated leg or arm. moineau, m., v. moellon. moineau, m., sparrow; { hipp.) cropped horse; {fort.) small bastion or lunette at the middle of the curtain; cheval, v. s. v. cheval. moins-percu, m., {adm.) amount not drawn; en deniers, money not drawn or paid out at a payment; en nature, effects, articles, not drawn. moins-value, f., {adm.) deterioration, loss, de- crease in value. mLois, m., month; month's pay or allowance. moise, f., {cons.) tie, couple, brace, binding piece, connecting piece, tiebeam, collar or shoulder on a pump barrel; {powd.)tra.m.e or crib support- ing the stamp of a stamping mill. • en echarpe, diagonal tie; horizontale, horizontal tie; wale; inclinee, diagonal tie; s-jumelles, sjumclees, binding pieces; pendante. hanging tie. moiser, v. a., (carp?) to tie, join timbers together by; means of a tie; to notch timber together; to bridge over; par entailk, to notch together. moisi, p. p., musty. moisir, v. a., to make musty, moisissure, f., mustmess. moisson, f., harvest; harvest time; crop, moissonner, v. a., to reap. moigsonneuse, f., reaping machine. moite, a;, damp, moist, wet. moiteur, f., dampness, moisture. moiti6, f.,half; d, , half, halfway; --hois, V. mi-bois; h chemin, halfway; h prix, half price. molalre, a., molar; f., {hipp.) grinder, molar, molar tooth; s en ciseaux, {hipp.) beveled molars; dent e, molar tooth; de lait, {hipp.) molar of the first dentition; de remplacement, adult molar, molar of the second dentition. molasse, f., argillaceous sandstone. mdle, m., mole, pier, jetty; dam; jetty head; de, d'un, port, breakwater. moI6cuIe, f., molecule. molestation, f., molestation; de guerre, molestation of war; franc de de guerre, free from molestation of war. molester 278 moiite-cliarge(s) molester, v. a., to molest. molets, m., {top.) bog, swampy ground. molet(t)age, m., polishing, milling. Molette, f., any small-toothod wheel; tracing wheel; rowel, spur rowel; rope pulley; (cord.) whirl; (mach.) cutter, milling, wheel; (hipp.) windgall; tuft of hair; d'un baritel, pulley of a winding machine; cheval, (hipp.) articular windgall; coupante, (mach.) cutting wheel; coupante, (mach.) cutting wheel; machine hs, winding engine, whim; nervcuaef v. simple; scie fi s, circular saw; simple, {hipp.) windgall; snufflee, (hipp.) through windgall; tendineuse, (hipp.) tendinous windgall. Molletier, v. a., to polish, to mill. Molletier,  (top.) bog, swamp. mollière, V. a. n., to slack, slacken, abate; to go down, to lull (of the wind); to slack (of the tide, a current); (cord.) to ease, ease off, slack; un cable, un cordage, (cord.) to slack, loose, ease off or away, a cable, a rope. molybdine, m., molybdenum. moment, m., moment, momentum, force, leverage. monarchie, f., monarchy. monarque, m., monarch. monceau, m., heap; mettre en x, to put in heaps, heap up. mondrie, m., the world; people, crew, men, persons; hands; fournir, garnir de, mettre du, to man. mender, v. a., to hull. mondraln, m., small mound of earth or of sand. monlteur, m., {Fr. a.) monitor, subinstructor, or teacher (as, of boxing). , fencing, etc.; d'escrime, {Fr. a.) assistant regimental fencing master; general, head monitor, senior instructor; de gymnastique, instructor of gymnastics. monitor, m., {nav.) monitor; d, reduit central, monitor with a central redoubt or battery. monnale, f., change, money; the exchange; de compte, money of account; fausse, counterfeit money; fiduciaire, bills, paper; d, force libtratoire, legal tender; imaginaire, v. de compte; menue, the copper (and even the small silver) currency; de mise, current money; papier, paper money. monné, v. a., to coin.  erecting, setting up; (elec.) wiring, connection; (art.) (operation of) fitting a projectile with its bands, etc., (hence) fittings of a projectile; (sm. a.) assembling the parts of a rifle; other de, assembling shop; en derivation, (elec.) multiple circuit, multiple arc circuit; enetoile, (elec.) star grouping; mixte, (elec.) mixed circuit; en quantite, (elec.) parallel connection; en serie, (elec.) series connection; en tension, (elec.) series connection; en tension, (elec.) series connection; (1 trois conducteurs, fils, (elec.) series connection; (1 trois conducteurs, fils, (elec.) three-vire system. montagne, f., (top.) mountain; ckatne de s, chain of mountains; de glace, iceberg; pays de s, mountainous country; torrent de, mountain stream; montagnenx, a., mountainous, hilly. montant, m., upright, standard, stanchion, guide-post; upright stone, beam, or bar; side timber of a boat; puncheon; beam; stem of a tree; amount, total, sum total; rise (of the tide); stile, post, doorpost; (m pZ.) cheeks, side beams; (top.) rise; (ham.) headstall, cheek piece, chec strap; (vont.) upright of pontoon-boat knee; (min.) stile (of a frame); (m pZ.) crane (of a revolver); de branloire, (art.) standard of a bellows frame; de branloire, (art.) standard of a bellows frame; de branloire, (art.) standard of a lock gate; de chcvalet, (pont., etc.) trestle leg; de chcvalet, (pont., etc.) trestle leg; de courbe, (pont.) upright (of boat timber); croche, hooked upright, for hooking cacollet to pack saddle; de dro. Lie (gauche), (ham.) off (near) side neck strap of a saddle; de Veau, rise of water, of the tide; d'une echelle, side piece of a ladder; en, uphill; d'escalier, (cons.) tread; rise of a staircase; grand, (ham.) off side, long head; grand tropical, (mil. slang) riding breeches; de la marte, beginning of the flood, rise of the tide; de poitrail, (ham.) breast strap proper; de sabord, (nav.) stile of a gun port; de semelle, (pont.) rising timber; de tente, tent pole; awning stanchion; de la tetitre, v. de bride. montant, a., rising; la garde e, (mil.) the new guard, guarding marching on. monte, f., (hipp.) covering; leaping; covering season; serving time of serving; (man.) system or method of riding, of managing a horse. monté, p. p., mounted, manned; fitted or equipped with (as, a projectile with its rotating band); (nav.) commanded by; bien, well supplied, stocked; (man.) well mounted, having a good stable; chéval hôtte, well manned; chéval haut, (hôtte.) long-legged horse (legs too long); de, (nav.) carrying (so many) guns; having (so many) men; itre bien (mal) en chevaux, (man.) to have a good (poor) stable; mal, ill supplied, stocked, appointed; (man.) badly mounted, having a poor stable; non, unmounted; (man.) dismounted. monte-charge (s), m., hoist, lift; (art.) shell hoist, shell lift, projectile hoist; winch or windlass of (the French) garrison gin; a bennes aliernatives, (art.) (Fr. s. c. art.) Counterpoise or alternating shell hoist; commande, power hoist; hydraulic, (art.) hydraulic shell lift; d, la main, hand elevator. Quarter-coure, m., (mach.) device for mounting a belt on a pulley. Monte-culasse, m., (art.) tool used in mounting and dismounting Hotclikiss revolving cannon. Monte-escarbilles, m., ash hoist. monter, v. a. n., to mount, ascend; to go, come, up; to rise; to rise; to rise; to rise; to supply, stock, equip, fit out; to ship (as, a propeller); to supply, supply, stock, equip, fit out; to ship (as, a propeller); to assemble, erect, fit up, put or fit together, mount, put in place; to horse (give a mount to); to be too high (as, a wall); to ride (a bicycle); (man.) to ride; (art.) to mount (a gun on its carriage); (nav.) to go on board of, embark; to command (a vessel); (mil.) to be promoted; (elec.) to connect up, to wire; (hipp-.) to serve, cover, leap; Vanglaise, (man.) to ride with the English seat, to post; a Vassaut, (mil.) to storm; un ballon, to go up, or be, in a balloon; un bdtiment, (nav.) to hoist one's flag. On, to fly one's flag on (such and such) a vessel (of a flag officer); une batterie, (art.) to arm and equip battery; (elec.) to set up and connect a battery; le bivac, (mil.) to prepare a bivouac for the night; d, la bivac, (mil.) to storm a breach; un canon, (art.) to mount a gun; cheval, (man.) to mount a horse; to ride; (hence) to put anything astraddle of something else; un cheval, (man.) to ride bareback; un chronomttre, to wind a chronometer; en croupe, (man.) to get on behind; un creuset, (man.) to remelt a crucible of metal; d, cru, (man.) to mount, connect, in multiple circuit; difficile (facile) d, ( man.) hard (easy) to mount; d, dos, (man.) toride bareback; une tpte, (man.) to put the hilt on a word; en etoile, (elec.) to make a star grouping; faire -, to bring, take, get up (as, guns, etc.); un fleuve, to ascend a river; un fusil, (sm. a.) to stock a rifle; la garde, (mil.) to mount the guard; to serve a tour of guard duty; sa garde, (mil.) to serve a tour of guard duty; en grade, (mil.) to be promoted; une hache, to helve an ax; par haul, (man.) Monte-ressort, m., (sm. a.) lock cramp, spring hook; spring cramp; spring ise. Monte-système, m., (Fr. art.) frame used in mounting the canon h balls. Monte-ur, m., engine fitter; (sm. a.) gunstock fitter; (mil. teleg.) lineman (puts up the line); En blanc, (sm. a.) gunstock maker; Fourbisseur, (sm. a.) scabbard maker. Montgolfière, hot-air balloon. Montgolfière, m., (top.) small hill, hillock; En, tumular. Montgolfière, m., (r?ian.) mounting block; horse block; near side; bearing of the foot in near stirrup (in mounting); Aiseau, easy to mount; Cote du, near side; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Ducile, doux, au, v. aise au; difficile au, nard to mount; Forces, hors le, off side; pied du, near foot; pied hors du, off foot; rude au, v. difficile au — -. montre, f., watch; show case; sample; (mil. muster, pay when mustered (obs.); (man.) showing a horse's paces; place where horses are shown, paraded, etc., for sale; (fené.) part of a fencing hall in which the foils are kept; marine, chronometer; a repetition, repeater; di repos, stop watch; h sonnerie, striking watch. montrer, v. a., to show, display; to teach; un cheval, to show off a horse; — — unfeu, to display a light; un pavilion, to display a signal. monteux, (top.) hilly, mountainous. Morture, f., mounting, fitting, setting; workmanship; frame; support; (man.) mount, nag, hackney; (nav.) arming and fitting a ship of war; (ham.) headstall (and related parts); (sm. a.) hilt and related parts of a sword, of a sword bayonet; stock plate of a revolver; stock of a rifle; de fusil, (ham.) headstall; en deux pieces, (sm. a.) rifle stock in two pieces (butt and forearm separate); de fusil, (sm. a.) rifle stock in two pieces (butt and forearm separate); de fusil, (sm. a.) hilt; de fusil, (sm. a.) hilt; de scie, saw handle. Moque, f., (cord.) dead-eye, bull's-eye; poulieb, dead-eye, block; trois. Trous, oblong three-holed dead-eye; Trous, truck, fair leader. Morailles, f. pi., (hipp.) to use a barnacle. Morailles, f. pi., (hipp.) barnacle. Moraillon, m., bolt nab, catch; hasp; fermer au, to hasp, clasp; et tourniquet, hasp and turn-buckle. Moraine, f., moraine; (mas.) fillet of mortar in pisé work. Moraine, m., spirit, morale of troops (Anglicized into morale). Mordache, f., clamp, vise clamp, vise jaw; tongs, pincers; chanfrein, vise clamp; d'ctau, vise claws, vise clamp; h river, riveting clamp; d, souder, soldering pincers. Mordant, m., brass nail or stud; double-pointed bniss nail used by saddlers; mordant; (of a file, etc.) cutting power. Mordre, v. a. n., to bite; to take hold of, to catch; to corrode; (cord.) to Jam, to nip; au cabestan, to ride (one part over another); faire le bout, (cord.) to push down the end of a rope mider a loop, a turn, etc.; breast, to dip; (of the sun); la poussibre, to bite the dust, to be killed. Mordu, m., jaw (of a clamp); cutting or biting edge of nippers, pincers, etc. Mordu, p. p., {cord.) jammed, nipped, stucco fast. Moreau, m., Moor; cheval cap de, cavece de, v. s. v. cfieval; tête de, {cord.) Turk's head knot. Moreau, a., m., {hipp.) shining black; horse of shining black coat; hair nosebag. Morfondu, {cord.) relaid rope. Morene, m., {top.) low mountain, small mountain (in the French colonies). Mornet, m., {top.) hill. Mornette, f., ferule, ring. Mors, (ham.) bit; {mach.) jaw, chop; d'Allemagne, sort of bit for refractory horses; h Vanglaise, port-mouthed bit, English bit; a branches droites, v. omnibus; de bride, bridle bit. D'Allemagne, sort of bit for refractory horses; h Vanglaise, port-mouthed bit, watering bit; de bridorirlicol, snaffle-and-halter. Billet brise, jointed bit, German bit; Canons tordus en spirales, twisted snaffle bit; De filet, snaffle bit; Gorge de pigeon, v. h. Vanglaise; D., avec, gourmette, curb bit; Liberte montante, v. fi Vanglaise; Undcher son, to champ the bit; À miroir, a bit to prevent the protrusion of the tongue; Omnibus, straight-branched bit; Ster le d, to unbit; Parleur, a bit that the horse must be continually champing, thus announcing to rider that he is feeling it; mouthpiece (as in certain kinds of telephone); D, pompe, curve-branched bit; Prendre le aux dents, to take the bit in the teeth; to run away; Ruté, severe bit; A simple canon brist, bit with a jainted mouthpiece. Mort, f., death; Arret de, v. sentence de; Civile, (taw) loss of all civil rights. coup de, death blow, shot; crime de, capital crime; mettre b., to put to death; sentence de, sentence of death. 