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Creuser; de dame, woman's bicycle; de dipper, excavator, excavating machine; de déhiver, dredger; de déhiver, dredger; de déhiver, seul, machine, engine, out of  les huiles, oil tester; essayer les matihres premières, testing machine; estamper, swage tool; essayer, {cord.) spreader; Hamper, v. a estamper: Hirer, drawing frame; Hrangler, choking frame; excavation, excavating machine; extraction, hauling, hoisting, winding, engine; extraction, vapeur, steam hoist, steam hoisting engine; (fagonner, shaper, shaping machine; (faire arritre, en arritre, to reverse the engine, go astern; faire avant, en avant, to go ahead; de fatigue, a bicycle for heavy, rough work; (faucher, slitters, cutters;) H fendre les vis, screw-slotting machine; d, filer, spinning frame, machine; (cord.) rope-spinning machine; (I -ftleter, screw-cutting lathe; d force centrifuge, centrifugal machine; aforer, borer, boring machine; hforer (les canons), {art.) gun lathe; hforer fixe, fixed drill (work moves); aforets rotatifs, boring machine with rotatizing drills; h foret tournant, revolving drill (work fixed); a forger, forger, forging machine; d f raiser, milling machine; h fraiser ordinaire, plain raillixig machine; d fraiser suivant gabarit, copying machine; d fraiser suivant gabarit, copying machine; frangaise, v. hraboter; frigorifique, refrigerating machine; frigonfique, v. Air; Gaz, gas engine; freezing machine (using a volatile gas); Gouttine, swage tool; Gouverner, steam steering gear; Gouverner, steam steering gear; Gouverner, (any) engine of war; Gouverner, rose engine; Gouverner, (any) engine of war; Gouverner, (any) machine, torpedo Gouverner, (obs.); Gouverner, (any) barrel roll; Gouverner, (any)  Mise en marche, starting engine; Morse, transportable engine; Morse, winding engine, whim; Mortgage, (min.)  D percer, punching machine, rock drill; D percer d colonne, column-drilling machine; D percer radiale, radial drill; D percer verticale, vertical drill; D peler verticale, vertical drill; D peler verticale, air pump, pneumatic machine; D plier les toles, plate-bending machine; Pneumatique, air pump, pneumatic machine; V ventilator (as for mines); Pneumatique, punch, punching machine; V ventilator (as for mines); V ventilator, engined; D precision, generic term for any machine doing accurate work; D Pression, press; {sm. III. Electricity: alternative, alternating-current dynamo; b anneau plat, flat-ring dynamo;. — — compound, compound-wound dynamo; compound h court shunt, short-shunt com- poimd-wotmd dynamo; compound b long shunt, long-shimt com- pound-wound dynamo; continue, continuous-current djmamo; b courants alternatifs, alternating-current machine; a courants continues, continuous-current dy- namo or machine; b courants redressis, unidirectional dynamo; dynamo, dynamo; dynamo-ilectrique, dynamo-electric machine; dynamo; dynamo-tlectrique auto-excitatrice, self-exciting dynamo; dynamo-tlectrique biphasee, two-phase, di- phase dynamo; dynamo-electrique bipolaire, bipolar ma- chine; dynamo-ilectrique hypercompound, hyper- compound dynamo; dynamo-electrique b excitation dtrivee, shunt dynamo; shunt-wound dynamo; dynamo-electrique b excitation en double circuit, compound dynamo; dynamo-electrique b excitation independante, separately excited dynamo; machine dynamo-electrique b excitation simple, series dynamo; dynamo-electrique b intensity constante, con- stant-current dynamo; di/namo-^lectrique muUipolaire, multipolar machine; dynamo-electrique b potentiel constant, con- stant-potential dynamo; b effets de quantite, quantity dynamo-electric machine; ■ b effets de tension, tension dynamo-electric machine; electrique, (any) electric machine; electrique b cylindre, cylinder electrical ma- chine; electrique b friction, friction machine; electrique bfrottement, friction machine; electrique par influence, induction machine; electrique b plateau, plate machine; clectrodynamique, electrodynamic machine; electromagnetique, electromagnetic machine; ■ electrophorique, electrophoric machine; ■ electrostatique, electrostatic machine; a excitation composee, compoimd dynamo; b excitation derivee, shunt- wound dynamo, shunt dynamo; b excitation independante, separately excited dynamo; • b excitation simple, series-wound djoiamo, or scries dynamo; excitatrice, exciter; excitee en derivation, shunt d3mamo; excitee en serie, series djmamo; ■ — - generatrice, generator, generating dynamo; hydro-electrique, hydro-electric machine; d' induction, induction machine; magneto, magneto-electric machine; magneto-electrique, magneto-electric ma- chine; £t to mom, hand machine; . muUipolaire, multipolar machine; photo-electrique, searchlight; polyphasee, polyphase-current machine; rheostatique, rheostatic machine; en serie, series-wound dsmamo, series dy- namo; • triphasee, three-phase dynamo; unipolaire, unipolar machine. machlnerie, f., machinery. machiniste, m., machinist; de locomotive, (r. r.) engine driver, locomo- tive engineer. machère, f., jaw; (mach., etc.) clamp, jaw of a clamp, fork, clip, dog; (hipp.) jaw tooth with the mark; (sm. a.) clip; de bielle, (mach.) connecting-rod fork; chargeurb, (sm. a.) clip; cylindrique, (r.f. art.) sleeve; d'tau. (use jaw; defrein, brake jaw, clamp. macmahon, m., (mil. slang) head of Medusa on top of helmet. maison, m., mason; bricklayer; aide, hod carrier, mortar mixer; en brique, briqueteur, bricklayer; maître, master mason; en pierre, en pierres de taille, stone piseur, pise-mason; poseur, rough mason. maison, m., mason's work. maconner, v. a., to do masonry work; to wall up, block up (a door, a window); en degres, to build up stair-wise; de remplage, to do coffer work; par retraites, v. en degres. maconner. I, f., masonry, stonework, brickwork; bond; Appareil, ashlar masonry; Assises regis, coursed masonry; de beton, concrete work or construction; de, en, blocage, filling in, rubblework; de blocaille, rubblework; bloquer la, in foundations, to place the foundation blocks against the face of the excavation; Eiagonnerie Magneterie de, en, briques, brickwork; brute, rubble masonry; CToisee, cross bond; h, en, echiquier, reticulated work; defondement, foundation work; de fourneau, de foyer, brickwork of a furnace; grosser e, rubblework; hourdee, mortar masonry (as distinguished from dry work); hydraulique, waterproof masonry; en liaison, bonded work; de libage, masonry of large rough-dressed maillee, net masonry; de moellons, ashlar work; de pierres stches, dry work; en pierres de taille, ash. lar masonry (dressed stone); de remplissage, filling, filling in; reticule e, reticulated work; de soubassemenl, v. defondement: Vive, ashlar masonry (dressed stone). macrCe, f., bore (in rivers). macrCe, f., spot, stain, blemish. madrS, a., spotted. Madrler, m., thick, plank; (art.) shifting plank; deck plank; platform plank; (vont.) chess; bout de, (art.) short plank; demi, (pont.) half chess; décompement, (art.) ball vised in rigging the gin; gate, (art.) ground plank, bottom plank, of a gun platform; libre de crosse, (art.) loose plank under the trail (hence easily renewable); de petard, (art.) board to which a petard is fixed; de petard, (art.) deck plank; poser des s, (pont.) to lay chess. madrure, f., mark, speckle in wood. Madrure, m., mistral, northwest wind (Mediterranean). magazine, m., shop; magazine, storehouse, storeroom; provision, store, stock; (art. fort.) magazine; (art. fort.) magazine; (mil. slang) military school; administratif, (Fr. a.) administrative depot or magazine (as distinguished from a troop-unit magazine); receives raw materials, contractors' materials, and acts as a depot of issue to troops (two classes—intense, including subsistence and quartermaster depots; medical, including hospitals and medical supply stores); quartermaster (subsistence) depot (V. S. A.); administratif central, (Fr. a.) depot of issue for current service charged with the manufacture of effects for one, two, or three army corps; administratif general, (Fr. a.) general service depot containing reserve supplies of cloth and of made-up articles; administratif regional, (Fr. a.) depot of issue of made-up articles for current use (has no workshop); armed, (sm. a.) magazine rifle; d'armes, (mil.) armory; d'artillc rie, (siege) artillery storehouse; automatique, (sm, a.) automatic magazine; loader; de batterie, (fort.) expense magazine; de bouche, (mil.) subsistence depot or store-house; h cartouches, (fort.) expense magazine in parapet; caverne, (fort.) powder magazine excavated in rock; central, (sm. a.) central magazine; (siege) general magazine for a group of batteries; (adm.) V. administratif central; commun, (Fr. a.) magazine in which administration and regimental stores are kept together; mixed magazine; pour la consommation journalikre, (siege) expense magazine in or near the battery it supplies; magasin de corps de troupe, (mil.) regimental storehouse, magazine; h coton-poudre, etc., (fort.) gun cotton, etc., magazine; divisionnaire, (Fr. a.) in Algiers, the magazine corresponding to the regional of France; en, in stock; fixe, (sm. a.) magazine proper; fixed magazine. A-zine; (adm.) stationary magazine, as distinguished from roulant, q. v.; hfourrages, forage shed, granary; garde, storekeeper; h gargousses, (fort., siege) powder or cartridge magazine of a battery; expense magazine; general, v. administratif general; grand h poudre, (fort.) main magazine; de guerre, (mil.) ammunition magazine; horizontal, (sm. a.) horizontal magazine; horizontal, (sm. a.) horizontal magazine common to several batteries, set up, first, when no convenient magazine de batterie can be established; mobile, (sm. magasinage, m., storage, warenousing. magasinier, m., storekeeper. magdal^on, m., roll or stick (of sulphur, etc.). magistral, a., magistral, principal, base; galerie e, (fort.) principal, mam gallery of a work; ligne e, magistral line of a plan, etc.; (fort.) magistral, interior crest. magistraie, f., (fort.) magistral. magistrat, m., magistrate. magistrature, f., magistracy, magistrates. magma, m., magma. miagn^sie, f., magnesia. magnesium, m., magnesium. magn^cique, a., magnetic. magnStiser, v. a., to magnetize. magn6tisme 255 main xuaKii^tisme, m , magnetism; actif, active magnetism; apparent, apparent magnetism; condertse, bound magnetism; induit, induced magnetism; libre, free magnetism; de position, magnetism of position; remanent, residual magnetism; de rotation, magnetism of rotation; ierresire, terrestrial magnetism. magnSto, f., (elec.) magneto, m.agneto-generator; ' magneto-electric dynamo macaine. magnfito-filectricitfi, f., magneto-electricity. inagnCto-eiectrique, a., magneto-electric. magu6tograplie, m., magnetograph. magnCtomfitre, m., magnetometer. mahogon, m., mahogany. male, f., kneading trough, dipping trough (for tarred rope); screening trougn (for saltpeter). maigre, m., (hydr.) shoal water (in a river); (carp.) weak spot in a timber; gap in a joint; cheval charge de , thin hack; prendre le de la pierre, to mark out a stone for dressmg. maigre, a., lean, spare, slight, slender, scant; emaciated, mere skin and bones (of a horse); (of coal) nonbituminous; poor, meager (of lime); too small (of stones, columns, etc.); angle , acute angle; en angle , acute-angled; en , sharply; eslamper , v. s. v. estamper; houille , close-burning coal. mail, m., mallet, maul. maille, f., mesh; link, chain link; eye or loop of a pin or bolt; radial crack (of trees); tow-ing rope; (ham.) elongated eye or loop (art.) spring of a fuse drawer; clevis of a gin; des aUelles, (ham.) breast-strap link; courte, short link; debiter contre (sur), to saw or cut up timber perpendicularly (parallel) to the medullary grain; double, double link; d, ecrou, screw eye; ietai, stayed link, studded link; sans etai, unstayed link; etranglecj figure-of-eight link; h piton, link and eye; h poignee, link and handle; — (ie suspension, (pont.) trestle-cap ring; talon, link and stud. mallie, p. p., reticulated (of masonry); fcr, iron grating. maillechort, m., German silver. niailler, v. a., to grate, to lattice. mailler, m., pack horse. maillet, ra., mallet; '-h, de, calf at, calking mallet; de cftarpcn^icr, carpenter's mallet; chasse-fusee, (art.) fuse mallet; hepisser, (cord.) splicing mallet; hfourrer, (cord.) serving mallet for hand granulation of large-grain powders. mailletage, m., sheathing of nails (for submerged woodwork). mailloche, f., beetle, large mallet, maul; (cord.) serving mallet; hfourrer, (cord.) serving mallet. maillon, m., link, chain link; stitch; small ring; chain length (12 fathoms); (cord.) noose, running knot, rolling hitch; d'affourche, mooring swivel; d'assemblage, end link (of a cable); double, twin link; hcmerillon, swivel link; h etai, stayed, studded, link; sans et At, plain link, unstayed link; A. rtanqon, stayed link; A. rtanqowwi, stayed link;  loop (of a carriage); scoop, hand shovel; waiter, plate; (fig.) help, assistance; (man.) bridle hand; (powd.) copper scraper. I. Military; II. Manage and hippology; III. Miscellaneous. I. Military. armee, armed force; ii armee, with arms in the hand, violently; aux s, engaged, in action; avoir dans la, to have under one's control, in hand; avoir la troupe en, to keep troops in hand, have them under control; de chargement, (r.f. art.) feed case; combat de, de d, hand-to-hand fight; coup de, sudden attack, surprise, bold stroke; dans la, under control (as, troops in action); en etre aux s, etre aux s, to fight, to engage or begin the fight; faire basse sur, to show en venir aux s, to come to blows, to engage or begin the fight; faire basse sur, to show No mercy; to put all to the sword; to seize everything that falls in one's hands; to pillage; faire sa, to plunder, pillage; defer, very severe discipline; la dans le rang, the hand art the side; mettre aux s, to excite war between; mettre aux s, to excite war between; même l'ipee d, la, to draw; to fight; poudre, (powd.) copper powder-ladle; revoyer la dans le rang, to drop the hand by the side; se donner la, to join hands, to effect a junction. II. Manage and hippology: appui de la, bearing on the hand; arrière, hind quarters; avant, fore quarters, forehand; avoir l'appui, la couche, b, pleine, to have a good steady mouth; avoir la dure, to ride with a heavy hand; avoir la leghre, to have an easy hand; n'avoir la leghre, to have an easy hand; baisser la, v. laché la; basse, the bridle hand; batile à la, to throw the head up and down; de la bride, bridle hand; bride en, well in hand; changement de, change of hands; changer de, to change hands; cheval bien fait de la en arrihre, horse with fine hind quarters; cheval de, led horse; cheval dans la, well-trained horse; cheval dans la, well-trained horse; cheval de, led horse;  near horse; hard-mouthed horse; cheval a toutes s, horse fit to ride or drive; cheval a toutes s, horse fit to ride or drive; cheval a toutes s, horse fit for a single purpose only; contre-changement de, v. contre-changer; contre-changer de, v. contre-changer; en, (to take a horse) in hand; erù une, v. s. v. enner; entier aux deux s, v. s. v. entier; en arrihre de la, (lit.) back of the hand; said of a horse that backs and rears; en avant, forequarters; main, en avant de la, (lit.) forward of the hand, said of a horse that plunges, etc.; de l'epee, sword hand; etre h droite (gauche), to work to the right (left) (right) foot leading); etre Men dans La, to obey the hand readily; forcer la, to pull on the arm; to pull, to pull, to try to jerk the reins out of the hand; franchir la, to pull completely out of control of the hand; gagner a, de, la, to get his head (away from the control of the horseman); de la gaule, v. de l'epie; haute, the right hand; hors, hors la, off side, off; ignorante, unskillful horseman; Idcher la (h un cheval), to ride with a slack hand, to give a horse his head; de la lance, v. III. Miscellaneous. In the, by hand; at hand; amateur bonne, (cord.) to lash, secure, without slacking; to keep; avoir de la, (fenc.) to be skillful in e ading parries; avoir la dure (legre), to make a harsh (mild) use of one's authority; avoir les armes belles, Men, à la, (fenc.) à be a graceful fencer; couti de la, (met.) working side; coulante, hand rail; courante, blotter; courante, defer, goose neck; dela, manual; héroïté, sort of grocer's ladle (for sugar, salt, etc.); la dernière, the finishing stroke or touch; ti droite (gauche), on the right (left) hand; s'erlretenir à la, to keep one's hand in; de fer, spider, cramp, iron hanging clamp, iron fair leader; haut la, with ease, "hands down;" hueur de la, "with ease," "hands down;" longueur de la, Span; Mettre les armes, le fleuret, à la, (fenc.) à give the first instruction in fencing; main, mettre la dernière, à put the finishing touch to anything; d'olive, (ham.) trace-tug loop; de papier, quire of paper; posed, la, handset; de poulie, block strap; preter la h, to lend a hand, to help; scieh deux s, crosscut saw; de sergent, clamp, cramp; sous la, à hand, ready; sur, hand over hand; tenir bonh la, v. amarrer bonne; tenir dans sa, to be master of; tenir la h, to attend to, see to, a thing; tour de, manual skill or dexterity. mainotte, f., body loop. main-d'CEUvre, f., labor, manual labor; workmanship, handiwork; cost of labor, wages. main-forte, f., armed assistance, e.g., the support or assistance of the army in the execution of the laws. main-levée, f., (law) replevin. main-militaire, f., the armed force of the State (charged with an execution, an expulsion). main-mise, f., (law) seizure, detention, arrest, attachment, distress; embargo (ships). maintenir, v. a., to keep up, keep in good order; to maintain, support, uphold, bear up; (mil.) to keep, hold, in check; to hold; (se, (mil.) to hold one's ground. maintien, m., maintenance (of order, discipline, etc.); keeping in repair. maire, m., mayor. mairie, f., municipal headquarters; mayor's office of a French commune; mayoralty. mais, m., Indian corn, maize, corn (L. S.). mais, f., house; home, household; family; official household, personal staff; d'alienes, insane asylum; d'alienes, insane asylum; (Fr. a.) place of confinement of officers punished for disciplinary reasons; of men going to join compagnies of discipline; of soldiers traveling under guard of the gendarmery. de banquette, bank; en Bois blind, (fort.) blockhouse; de campagné (mil. slang) cell; centrale, pemtentiary; de commerce, firm, house; de correction, v. de detention; (Fr. a.) place of confinement of officers undergoing sentence, if not dismissed; of men sentenced for less than one year; de detention, house of detention; de justice, place of confinement of persons awaiting trial; (Fr. a.) place of confinement of persons undergoing trial and of persons awaiting execution of sentence; mililaire, in France, the military staff or household of the President; military family of a general, the personal guard of a so ereign; de prêt, pawnbroker's shop; de sante, private asylum; de ville, town house. Maisonnage, m., building timber. Maistrance, f., (nav.) warrant officers; dockyard staff. Maître, m., master, chief, head, owner; proprietor; teacher, instructor; foreman; in France, style of lawyers; (tic?;.) boatswain; (Fr. nav.) second grade of warrant officer (ranks with sergeant-major); (Fr. a.) designation of certain workmen (v. examples infra), who rank as martchal des logis chef; d' academic, principal of a riding school; d' armes, (fenc.) fencing master; armurier, (Fr. a.) master armorer (incorrect expression for chefarmurier); artificier, (Fr. a.) foreman of a (artillerj-) laboratory, master artificer; avoir les picas en d, danser, (man.) to turn out the toes too much; de batiment, master of a merchantman; de baton, (fenc.) single-stick teacher; bau, (nav.) midship beam; mattre mâtre cable, best cable, main cable; calf at, head calker; cauldron, v. de baton; canonnier, (nav.) gunner; canonnier. En second, (nav.) gunner's mate; charge, (nav.) warrant officer in charge of stores; charpentier, (min.) master carpenter; chevron, (cons.) principal, main rafter; compagnon, foreman; constructeur, (nav.) naval constructor; contre, foreman; (nav.) boatswain's mate; cordier, (Fr. a.) cordage master; couple, (nav.) midship frame; deceuses, sluice master; eccole, schoolmaster; (hipp.) steady horse, used in setting the pace in training colts to gallop, or hitched up with a young horse under training; good horse used as a decoy in a sale (a poor horse being substituted on delivery); entrails, (con.) tiebeam; equipage, (nav.) boatswain; (Is-arts, master of arts; (escrime, (fenc.) fencing master; (en fait d'arm). es, v. d'armes; f err ant, farrier; forgeron, {Fr. a.) chief blacksmith; garcon, workman in powder mills; grand, master; de hache, v. charpentier; maçon, master mason; de manage, riding master; de manoeuvre, v. d'equipage; marechalf errant, {Fr. a.) chief farrier in each mounted regiment {art., cav.); mecanicien, chief engineer; de musique, {mil.) bandmaster; nageur, swimming teacher; d'ceuvre, foreman; d'ouvrage, master workman; - — ouvrier, {Fr. art., eng.) master workman; - — ouvrier, {Fr. art.) gunner (seacoast, U. S.A.); de port, harbor master; de paste, postmaster; poudrier, master workman of a powder factory; premier, {Fr. nav.) senior warrant officer (ranks with adjudant); de quai, wharf master de quart, {nav.) boatswain's mate; quartier, {Fr. nav.) petty officer (ranks with a corporal); se rendre dufeu, {art.) to subdue the hostile fire; second, (Fr. maltresse, f., mistress, (in combination) principal, chief; ancre, best Bower; arche, principal arch (as of a bridge, etc.); bitte, pawl bitt of a capstan; ferme, {cons.) main truss or couple; partie, {nav.) midship bend, dead flat; pitce, mam timber, main piece; poutre, {cons.) principal beam, girder; tige de pompe, mam pump-rod; varangue, {nav.) midship floor; voUte, main vaulting. maitrise, f., mastership of a military order; grande, dignity of grand master. maitrlser, v. a., to master, control, subdue, overcome, keep under, command. majeur, a., great, greater, important; force e, act of God, superior force, circumstances beyond one's control, vis major. Major, m., (Fr.a.) field officer in immediate charge of the administration and accountability of a regiment (function, not a grade); shortened form of medeciné major; (mil. slang) at the Polytechnique, the head of the fist, number one (major is sometimes used by the French to denote the major of services other than the French); adjudant, v. s. v. adjudant; aide, v. aide-major; aide-general, (Fr. a.) general officer, assistant of the general, assistant chief of staff; clairon, bugle major; Hat, V. etat-major; gardien, in French ports, a sort of chief of police; de la garnison, (Fr. a.) the executive officer of a garrison, assistant to the commandant d'armes; town major; general, (Fr. a.) chief of staff of a group of armies in war (for other cases see under general; nearest equivalent, U. S. A., adjutant-general); (Fr. nav.) chief of staff; médecin de Urc 2lme) classe, {Fr. a.) surgeon-major (captain); de place, town major (obs.); pilote, V. s. v. pilote; de queue, at the Polytechnique, the last man; the "endth," "endth' man, the "goat," (U. S. M, A.); ronde, v. s. v. ronde; sergeant, (.Fr. a.) sergeant-major (nearest equivalent, IT. S. A., first sergeant); tambour, drum major; de tranchee, (siege) field officer of the trenches, assistant to the general de tranchee in executive duties, police of the trenches, direction of working parties, etc., (permanent detail, one to each attack); trompette, trumpet major. majoration, f., allowance in excess of actual needs, to meet contingencies, e. g.: d'essayage, clothes, etc., In excess of the number of men to be fitted, available in case clothes issued should not fit. majority, f., (Fr. a.) function of a major; Office of a major. Makis, m., (Corsican) jungle, mal, a., bad, poor; wrong; sick, ill. mal, m., hardship, hard work; harm, hurt, evil; disease, malady; d'une, {hipp.) scratches; blanc, white cankerous growth (in the throat of pigeons); de bois, v. de brout; de brout, {hipp.) disease brought on by bruising on young shoots of trees; caduc, {hipp.) epilepsy; de cerf, {hipp.) tetanus; d'encolure, {hipp.) epileptic; de cerf, {hipp.) sleepy staggers; de garrot, {hipp.) fistula of the withers, fistulous withers; de mer, seasickness; de montagne, mountain sickness; de nuque, {hipp.) poll evil; du pays, homesickness; de rognon, {hipp.) saddle gall; inflammation (phlegmon) on the haunches; de taupe, (hipp.) poll evil; de terre, scurvy; de tete de contagion, {hipp.) anasarca glanders. malade, a. n., sick; patient; aux s, {mil.) sick-call. se faire porter, {mil.) to get on the sick-report; role des s, {mil.) sick-report. malade, f., illness, sickness, distemper, complaint; de laite, wing disease (carrier pigeon); des camps, typhus fever; du colt, V. dourine; naviculaire, {hipp.) navicular disease; deierre, scurvy; s vieilles de poitrine, (hipp.) chronic affections of lungs or of pleura, or of both, malandre, f., rotten knot in timber; red or white vein appearing in wood before rotting; (Mpp.) malasters. malandreux, a.^ with dead, rotten, knots. malastiqué, {mil. slang) dirty, slovenly. Malaxer, v. a., to knead, to work (as, dough, clay); to grind up together under a fluid. mal-bouche, a., v. mal-dente. mal-dente, a., (hipp.) cheval, a horse, the malformation or wear of whose teeth makes it difficult to estimate his age; false-mouthed horse. mate, a., male; (of a ship) seaworthy; (of the sea) rough; (mach.) male (of screws, teeth, etc., of any part fitting into another). male, f., calker's hammer. mal-facon, f., poor work, bad workmanship, defect in a piece of work. nalfaisant, a., malignant, unhealthy, noxious; air, malaria. nalgache, a., malignant, noxious; air, malaria. maline, f., spring tide; grande, equinoctial spring tide. malingre, a., delicate, weak; m., sickly, weak man. mallard, m., small grindstone. malleable, a., delicate, weak; m., sickly, sappers. malleable, a.,  ash hose; d, charbon, coal chute; de cuir, leather hose; d, watering hose; fausse, oversleeve; (St. Cyr slang) fatigue jacket; flexible, flexible hose; foulante, delivery hose; de pompehincendie, fire-engine hose; avec raccor dement b, vis, screw hose; d, vent, wind sail; ventilator. Mancbe, la, the English Channel. Manchette, f., cord. lizard; span, bridle; sleeve, gunner's sleeve; coup de, V. s. V. coup. Manchon, m., sleeve; cylinder: housing; mouthpiece (as of iron piping); joint ring, collar-band; {art.) hoop (longer than a target), breech, hoop; jacket; cradle, sleeve; recoil sleeve, muzzle sleeve (of a turret gun); trunnion brushing; dirt guard; (sm. a.) collar or sleeve (into which the tubular magazine screws); bolthead; dust cover; firing-pin nut; cocking-piece nut; firing-pin clutch; {unif.) distinguishing white cover for headdress at maneuvers; {mach.) sleeve, box, clutch, transmission clutch; shaft coupling; coupling box, chuck; sleeve cr collar in which an arbor turns; mandrel (of a lathe); flange. Artillery, small arms; agrafes, d, agrafes, {art.) locking sleeve, locking hoop; arret d'arrit stop-s Le cheveur, (art.) muzzle collar (Longridge wire gun); enveloppe, (sm. a.) outer case, barrel cover.) glissikre, (art.) self-oiling box or sleeve; oiling sponge; de maneuver, (art.) maneuvering clutch; porte-extracteur, (sm. a.) extractor sleeve; porte-hausse, (sm. a.) rear-sight sleeve (Spanish Mauser); de support de timon, (art.) muff; a T, (sm. a.) T-shaped cocking piece; d,, de, tourillons, (art.) trunnion sleeve; visse, (art.) locking ring. Machinery: d'accoupling, clutch, coupling box, coupling sleeve; automatic coupling; d'alesoir, cutter head, boring head; d'arbre, manivelle, crank-shaft flange; d'arrit, stop sleeve or collar; artule, jointed clutch; d'assemblage, assembling collar, coupling flange; d'attache, securing collar or sleeve; clavette, keyed shell clutch; d'coquilles, clamp; cylindrique, cylinder friction clutch; de debrayage, clutch coupling; d'ende, 6, dents, claw clutch, claw coupling; d'ecubier, hawse pipe; embraijage, clutch coupling, disengaging coupling; coupling box; d'essieu de poulie, coak of a block; file, screw sleeve; fixe, fixed Or permanent coupling; hfrettes, clamp coupling; hf friction, friction coupling box; friction clutch; a griffe, claw clutch or coupling; Shaft's coupling; ii plateaux, flanged coupling, face-plate coupling; dc pression, adjustable collar or sleeve (sleeve set by a screw); support; d, raccord variable, adjustable clutch; d, tenon, collar, tenon clutch; d'une seule pilce, box coupling, muff coupling; d'une seule pilce, box coupling, muff coupling; h vis, screw chuck, screw coupling box. manchonnage, m., operation of putting on, shrinking on, a hoop (applied more particularly to long hoops). mancbot, m., one-armed, one-handed, man. mandant, m., person who issues a mandat. mandat, m., mandate, commission, check; (adm.) order, request (for transportation, money, ratio, etc.); d'amener, (law) capias; d'arrel, (law) warrant of arrest; carte, v. posle; de comparuion, {law) summons; sub- pagni; de convoi, (Fr. a.) railroad transportation order; dipiche, V. telegramme; de aepdt, warrant of commitment; d'ectapos, (Fr. a.) adm.) order for forage and rations (issued to troops on march) to be drawn at the camp; de fortifications, {mil. adm.) requisition; d'indemnité de route, (mil. adm.) order to pay over travel expenses; lancer un, to issue a warrant; de passage, order for transportation by sea; de payement, an order to pay; poste, de posle, post-office money order; ttgramme, telegraphique, telegraphic Money order; de vivres, (Fr. a. adm.) ration request, issued to and presented by troops on the march. mandataire, m., person to whom a mandat is issued. mandater, v. a., to deliver an order for the payment of, deliver an order for. mandement, m., order, charge. mander, v. a., to inform, to order. mandrin, m., mandrel, drift, punch; shaper, former, shape or form; chuck, plug; coupling; holding-up tool; top and bottom swage for rounding bolts; gauge (for hollow or cylindrical objects); (expl.) fuse-hole gauge (gun-cotton disks); (artif.) rocket-case former; d'ahatage, holding-up tool; vanneau, elastic chuck; de bourrage, (mil. min.) tamping rod; brise, elastic chuck, cup chuck; carr, square drift; chaud, mandrel, etc. (for working metals hot); de cochon, sort of screw chuck; conique, taper mandrel; d, disque, disk chuck; excentrique, eccentric chuck; expansible, shell chuck; expansion, expanding mandrel; faible, (expl.) minimum gauge (must fall of its own weight through the fuse hole of a gun-cotton disk); foret, drill chuck; de forge, forge mandrel; fort, (expl.) maximum gauge (must not of its own weight through the fuse hole of a gun-cotton disk); Own weight fall through the fuse hole of a gun-cotton disk; h gobelet, bell chuck, cup chuck; h gueule de loup, split screw chuck; meplat, flat drift; ordinaire, plain chuck; h pointes, flanch or prong chuck; vorte-foretj drill chuck; rado, rifled drift; rond, round puncheon; taille, grooved mandrel; tourh, mandrel lathe; d'tiw tour, face plate; du tourh, ovale, oval chuck; universel, concentric chuck, universal chuck; d, vis, screw chuck. mandriner, v. a., to form, shape, work, upon a mandrel, etc.; to chuck. manSage, m., (nav.) manual labor of loading and unloading cargo, for which no extra pay is demended. Manage, m., horsemanship, riding, manege, riding-school equitation, manege riding; training, breaking, of horses; riding-school, riding-school building or inclosure; drill hall; (mach.) horsepower (i.e., mechanical contrivance), horse whim; manage cavalier de, (cav.) trooper attached to a riding school; cheval de, riding-school horse; old, worn-out horse; d' chevaux, horsepower; civil, instruction in riding simply, as distinguished from military riding; colliers, horse mill; decouvert, ring, outdoor riding school; de guerre, an uneven gallop, in which the horse frequently changes the leading foot; ma'lre de, riding master. Manette, f., handle, hand gear; spoke of a steering wheel; hook or catch (on the  galled, worn. Mang, p. a., (cord.) galled, worn. Mang, v. a., to eat, feed, mess; to Kerrode, eat out or away; to wear, to grind; to absorb, destroy, eat up; to undermine; le chemin, to advance, proceed, with great speed; ensemble, (mil.) to mess together; de la guerre, to be present at a combat; du sable, to cheat the glass; se, to wear, to be ground down; un pays, to lay waste a country. Manable, a., manageable, tractable; handy, pliable, easy to handle, to work. Manlement, m., knack, trick; touch, handling, management, conduct, use, employment; des armes, (mil.) manual of arms; de la lance, (mil.) manual of the lance; du sabre, (mil.) manual of the sword. Manier, m.,. touching, handling. action of the fee in the three gaits: au, to, by, the touch. Manier, v. a. n., to touch, handle, treat; to manage, administer, use; to substitute new for old paving stones; (man.) to work (of the horse); to obey the rider; les armes, (mil.) to execute the manual of arms, to handle arms; b, bout, (cons.) to repair a roof; un cheval, to manage a horse; difficile h, unmanageable; de ferme b, ferme, (man.) to jump without advancing; sur les handles, (man.) to work upon the hatmches; sur place, v. de ferme h ferme; près de terre, (man.) to drag the feet manuleste, m., manifesto; (ship's) manifest, manigaux, m., bellows lever. manilla, m., (cord.) manila hemp, manilla hemp, manilla hemp; d'affourche, mooring shackle; d'arrit, stop; d'assemblage. assembling shackle; d'allele, (r.) screvé-coupling loop; boulon de, shackle bolt; de brague, breech shackle; brevetee, patent shackle; brevetee, patent shackle; en chanvre, en cordage, hemp rope; d'etalingure, anchor shackle; sfausses, preventer gear; en fer, wire rope; s majeures, heavy ropes; s menues, light ropes; s principales, v majeures; s de supplement, spare ropes; traversikre, fish shackle. maniller. v. a., to shackle (a chain, etc.). manipulateur, m., manipulator; (ieleg.) key, telegraph key, sender, transmitter; automalique, automatic transmitter; de court circuit, (elec.) short-circuiting key; a inversion du key; telegraphique, telegraph key. transulation, f., manipulation 260 manomètre (elec.) discharge courant, (elec.) reversing manipulateur de decharge, key; a inversion du key; telegraphique, telegraph key. transulation, f., manipulation 260 Key in sending messages, "send." Manipuler, v. a., to handle, to work. Manivelie, f., (mach.) crank, crank, arm, hand crank; hand wheel, winch, handle; (art.) plug lever; arbre, crank shaft; arbre, screw, doublecrank shaft; arbre, screw, doublecrank shaft; arbre, screw, doublecrank handle; bouton, studded crank handle; bouton, studded crank handle; bouton, studded crank handle; compose, doublecrank; conduite, travering crank; contre, return crank; d, deux branches, (art.) obturator releasing crank; d, deux branches, (art., etc.) double-branched handle; d,  crank; h main, hand crank; menante, leading crank; moyeu de, crank boss; ail de la -^ —, crank eye; s opposed, opposite cranks; ordinaire, single overhung crank; pkdale, pedal crank (bicycle); plateau, disk crank; de pointage, {art.) elevating crank, elevating handwheel; puits h, crank pit; rapportee, crank handle; rayon de, crank arm; du regulateur, throttle lever; simple, single crank; soie de, crank pin; de sHrete, (r.f.art.) safety crank; tourillon de, crank pin; d, tourteau, disk crank; d, tourteau, disk crank; d, trois coudes, three-throw crank; de la vis de pointage, {art.) elevating screw handle. mannequin, m., maimikin; vaulting horse; d, p.) dummy target; (fenc.) dummy or manniidn (saber and bayonet exercise); plongeur, (Uving dress. manneton, m., (mach.) crank pin. niannite, f., (chem.) mannite, of sugar of manna. manoeuvre, m., laborer, day laborer, unskilled workman. Manoeuvre, management, operation, working, handling; (mil.) maneuver; any drill or operation or work requiring the cooperation of several soldiers, drill in general (esp. in pi.); (more accurately) the application of the evolutions of the drill book to the terrain, having in view the positions and movements of the enemy; (nav) evolution (of a ship, of a fleet; (cord.) rope, cordage, tackle; (in pi.) rig. Ring; A la, at drill; amarrer une, (cord.) to make fast a rope; d'automne. (mil.) fall maneuvers, generic term for all maneuvers on a large scale (e.g., fortress, bridge, alpine, independent cavalry, of armies proper, of corps, divisions, brigades, etc.); manoeuvre en bande, (cord.) slack rope; it blanc, (r. f. art.) drill with rapid-fire or machine guns; — s des boucheshéu, (art.) artillery drill; s avec cadres. V. s. v. cadre; du canon, {art.) gun drill; champ de, v. s. v. champ; s courantes, {cord.) running rigging; depasser une, v. s. v. de passérer; donner du mou dans une, {cord.) to slack a running rope; dormanles, {cord.) standing rigging; double action, {mil.) maneuver or operation in which a problem is carried out by full numbers on both sides; competitive maneuver; d'eau, {fort., mil.) measures taken to inundate at will the ditches of a work, to flood a road, etc.; en ecrevisse, {art.) cross-lifting; Bonger une, {cord.) to stretch out a rope; empechee, {cord.) foul rope; avec un ennemi marque, {mil.) maneuver against an indicated enemy; avec un ennemi represente, {mil.) maneuver against an enemy in full force; fausse - —, wrong movement (as in working a breech mechanism); fausse - —, wrong movement (as in working a breech mechanism); Shfeu, {art.) firing maneuvers; shfeu de masses d'artillerie, {Fr.art.) firing maneuvers by artillery masses; s deforce, {art.) mechanical maneuvers; s deforteresse, (mil.) fortress maneuvers; grandes s, {mil.) fall maneuvers (especially of armies proper); avec hypothèse, {mil.) a maneuver in which a theme or problem is worked out; en ligne{s) exttrieure{s) {interieure{s). (mil.) maneuver on exterior lines; manqute, poor management, working, handling; passer une dans une poulie, (cord.) to reeve à la block; s de polygone, (mil.) drill-ground maneuvers; de pontage, de ponts, (pont.) bridge drill, pontoon drill; en queue de rat, (cord.) pointed rope; riglement de s, (mil.) drill regulations, drill book; terrain de s, (mil.) drill ground. manoeuvrer, v. a. n., to work, maneuver; (mil.) to maneuver; to direct the movements of an army, of a fleet, of a regiment, etc.; faire, (mil.) to maneuver, drill; en ligne exterieure (intireure), (mijl.) to operate on exterior (interior) lines; en troupe, (mil.) to drill in a (mil.) Body (said of recruits, as distinguished from individual drill). Manoeuvrier, m., skillful tactician; able to maneuver (i.e., seasoned and instructed); skilled in maneuvering. Manoeuvre, f., bonne, (mil.) of an army, skillful maneuvering. Manometer, m., manometer, gauge; (steam) steam gauge, pressure gauge; (art.) pressure air compressor, (steam) compressed-air gauge; a air libre, (steam) open air pressure gauge; crusher, (art.) crusher gauge; differentiel, differential gauge; d'ecrasement, (ar.) crusher gauge; enregistreur, recording gauge; d, mercure, (steam) mercurial gauge; vacuum gauge; mattallique, (steam) metallic steam gauge; — Piston, (steam) steam indicator, piston-pressure gauge; ressort, spring pressure gauge; ressort, spring pressure gauge; d, siphon, siphon pressure gauge; manometer marche manometer, tube, tube gauge; — : — du vide, (steam) vacuum gauge. manometer, a., pertaining to gauges, manometer, tube, manometer manometer, m., (inil.) absentee from roll call;  go into bankruptcy; to miss; to be missing; to be short of, to be in want of (water, food, etc.). to fall short of (sm. a., art.) to miss fire, to miss; (cord.) to be come loose: a Vappel, (mil.) to be absent from a roll call: le but, (t. p.) to miss the target; defer, (Jarr.) (of a horseshoe) to be too narrow, too thin; de monde, to be shorthanded; h, de, virer, (nav.) to miss stays. il ne manque personne, (mil.) all are present, Sir. xnansarde, f., attic, garret; mansard roof; garret window; fenitre en, garret window: toil en, curb roof, mansard. manteau, m., cloak; (in pi.) leaves of a door; (tt-nf/.) military cloak; cape (U. S. A.); (met.) outer casing of a blast furnace; shell of a Mould, cope; (fort.) cylindrical part of cupola or turret; metal envelope to exclude gases; (chem.) hood; d'armes, (mil.) conical arm cover, ticking to cover a stand of arms in the field; de cheminee, mantelpiece; faux — mantelpiece on brackets; de fer, iron bar (supporting the lintel of a chimney): de guerite, (unif.) sentry's greatcoat; tente, v. d'armes; tente-abri, (mil.) shelter-tent cloak, or half. Mantelpiece, m., (art., fort.) port shutter; embraure shutter; mantelpiece, screen; (ham.) harness pad; (nav.) deadlight; brise, half port; faux, (nav.) false port lid; deadlight; de sabord, (nav.) port lid; de sapeur, (siege) screen against musketry fire. Emanuel, m., manual, handbook, text-book; distances, (mil.) official table of distances. Manufacture, f., manufacture, making, factory, mill; d'armes, small-arms factory; de canon, gun factory; manufacturer, v. a., to manufacture. manufacturer, v. a., to manufacture. manulacturier, m., manufacturer. manutention, f., management, maintenance; administration; overhauling; establishment; (mil.) bakery. manutention, m., manager. Manutention, v. a., (mil.) to bake bread for troops. Mappe, f., map, chart (rare). Mappemonde, f., map of the world, chart. Mauquette, f., (sm. a.) skelp; double, double skelp (enough for two barrels); pour sabre, skelp for a sword blade; simple, shigle skelp (enough for one barrel). Mauquette, m., (sm. a.) barrel forger, skelp forger. Mauquignon, m., horse dealer (frequently a dishonest dealer), horse-jockey, jockey; man who bishops horses. Mauquignon, m., horse dealing, bishoping, horse-jockeying, jobbing. Mauquis, m., to make up; un gayet, to paint a horse so as to deceive a purchaser. Mauquis, m., v. a., to make up; un gayet, to paint a horse so as to deceive a purchaser. Mauquis, m., v. mollis. Marabout, m., m., marabout. Marals, m., (top.) swamp, marsh. Morass, bog; salant, salt, salt pit. Maraudage, m., (mil.) marauding. Maraudage, v. a. n., (mil.) to plunder, to pillage, to rob. Maraudur, v. a. n., (mil.) to marauder, to plunder, to rob. Maraudur, m., (mil.) to marauder, to plunder; marbre, m., marble; slab, marble; slab, marble; branche, marble composed of angular fragments, united by a calcareous cement; brocatelle, marble composed of angular fragments, united by a but slight polish; chiquete, painting to imitate granite; en contre-passe, marble sawed out  that has received its final finish; jete, painting to imitate porphyry; dans sa passe, marble sawed out parallel to its quarry bed; pique, rough-pointed marble; poudingue, pudding stone; statuaire, statuary marble; de traage, laying-out-work table; tracing-table-block. marbrifere, a., (hipp.) marbled (of the coat). marbrifere, f., marble quarry. marble, f., marbling (of painting); (hipp.) light spot, marble spot (of the coat). marchand, m., merchant; de marrofis, (mil. slang) officer who looks ill at ease in plain clothes. marc hand, a., commercial, trading; bétiment, merchantman; capitaine, shipmaster; fer, merchant iron; marine c, commercial navy; navire, v. batiment; officier, v. capitaine; prix, market price; riviere e, navigable river; vaisseau, v. batiment; ville e, commercial city. marchander, v. a., to ask the price of, to bargain for, to haggle. marchandise, f., merchandise, goods, freight; en balks, piece freight; s en balks, piece freight; s en forets, timber cut for fuel, construction; s legales, lawful merchandise; moitie guerre, moitie. v. s. v. guerre; s de pacotille, goods, merchandise, of poor quality; s principales, staple articles; s de traite, export goods. marche, f., walk, walking; gait, pace, step; course, conduct, procedure; advance, progress; rate (of a chronometer); behavior (as of an engine, furnace, machine); (tech.) pedal, treadle; (cons.) stair, step of a stair; (met.) fire bridge of a reverberatory furnace; (mus.) march; (nav.) sailing, speed, headway; (mil.) march, day's march; marching; frontier, march; (Except where otherwise indicated, the following terms relate to the art military.) acceler, march at the rate of about 30 kilometers per day (40 kilometers at the maximum), kept up for several consecutive days; dangle, (cons.) longest, or disgonal, winder of a staircase; marche d'approche, (in the infantry combat) the march from the combat position to the enemy's line (1,500 meters); also, march up to about 1,500 meters from the enemy's line, i.e., march to the combat position; any march made by troops about To engage; the approach of the columns of attack in Von Sauer's shortened attack; (in field artillery) march toward the emplacement, estimated from the time when the battery or group begins to take up its emplacement; Arrière la, to impede, hinder a march; Arrière, march to the rear; En arme, stepping back, retreat, march to the rear; En avance, gain of a chronometer; En avant, march toward the enemy, toward the front; En avance, gain of a chronometer; En avant, march in line; En bataille, march in line; Bataillon de, a battalion made up of men of different battalions (for purposes of transportation, etc.); Battre la, to strike up the march; Par bonds, (inf.) advance by rushes, in the combat; En avance, canon, march to the sound. of the guns; circulaire, (man.) circling; en colonne, march in column; compagnie de, v. bataillon de, substituting compagnie for bataillon; (nav.) landing party; concours de, v. s. v. concours; contre, countermarch; h contre-vapeur, (mach.) reversing of an engine; courbe, (cons.) curved step; dansante, (cons.) winder; de demi-angle, (cons.) the winder preceding (or following) the longest winder of a staircase; de dejart, (cons.) curtail step; derobee, stolen march; de dober une, to steal a march on, to conceal a march from; de dislocation, separation march, v. 