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lacher, V. a. r., to let go, release, loosen, lot loose, let slip; to slacken, slack off, cast off (a rope); to become slack (of a spring) ; to allow to escape; i/irt., sm. a.) to discharge; m., release, let go (as of carrier pigeons); une armed, feu, to discharge a firearm; une bordee, (nav.) to pour a broadside into the enemy; la bride, (man.) to slacken the reins; un coup (de fusil, etc.), to fire (a gun, etc.); I'l detente, (sm. a.) to pull the trigger; un fusil, (sm.. a.) to fire a gun; la gourmettc, (man.) to loosen a curb chain; la main, (man.) to slacken the hand; la mesnre^ (fenc.) to fall back, retreat; pied, to Give way, to jield; un robinet, to turn a cock. lachet^, f., cowardice. lacheur, m., raftsman. lachure, f., synonym oieclusee, q. v. lacis, m., fold, plait, twist. lacs, m., cord, snare; (ham.) hobbles, fetters, shackles. lacune, i., gap, breach of continuity. lacunette, f., (fort.) cunette. ladre, a., leprous; (hipp.) said of a horse having so-called leprous spots; dans let naseau, having a leprous spot in such a nostril; entre les naseaui, having a spot between the nostrils; entre et dans les naseaux, having a spot be- tween and in the nostrils. ladre, m., (hipp.) leprous spots about the natural openings (due to absence of cutaneous pig- ment); horse having leprous spots; borde, bordered spot (surrounded by a hairy zone of darker color); interrompu, crossed spot; marbre, marbled spot (sown with black spots); melange, mixed spot (partly covered with hair). lagan, m., lagan. lagon, m., (top,) salt-water lagoon, lagiie, f., (nav.) wake (obs.). laguis, m., (cord.) running bowline, bowline knot. lagune, f., (top.) lagoon. laie, f., lane or road through a forest; (mas.) tooth- ax, tooth-axing. Ialnage,m., woolens; fleece; teaseling. laine, f., wool; defer, filaments of iron; de scoris, slag wool. lainer, v. a., to tease (wool, leather, etc.). lais, m. pL, young trees left standing to reach a full growth; (hydr.) bank, land gained from the sea (lais et relais is often said for lais alone). laisse, f., string, leash; (hydr.) strand or beach between high and low water marks; furrow-like deposits of sand, etc., left by the sea on the shore; de basse mer, low-water mark; de basse mer d'eau vive, low-water mark in spring tides; de basse mer de morte eau, low-water mark in neap tides; de haute mer de morte eau, low-water mark in neap tides; de haute mer de morte eau, low-water mark. lalsser, v. a. n., to let, allow, permit; to, let go; to abandon, give up, depart from, quit; to leave off or out; to omit, pass over; to cede; alter, (of boats) to have way enough; to let down. Lower, a weight (as in mechanical maneuvers); to let go; alter une ancre, to let go; alter les ancre, to let go by the rim; la bride sur le cou d'un cheval, (man.) to let go by the rim; la bride sur le cou d'un cheval, (man.) to let go; courir les avirons, v. alter les avirons: courir les avirons, v. alter les avirons: courir les avirons, v. alter les avirons: tomber, to let fall the oars. laisser-passer, m., (mil.) pass through the lines, lait, m., milk; de chaux, whitewash; dent de, colt's tooth; nulk tooth. laitance, f., pulpy, gelatinous fluid exuding from concrete deposited in water. laiterol, m., (met.) floss-hole plate. laiterol, m., (met.) slag, iron slag; dross, scoria, clinlors; enf Cr, iron slag or cinders. Laiton, m., brass; cartouches, cartridge-case brass; — '— defonte, cast brass; — rouge, red brass, bronze. lalze, f., breadth (of cloth); a breadth of sail-cloth, of canvas. lamanage, m., river pilotage (with special reference to the mouth of a river, entrance of a port, etc.). lambeau, m., river pilotage (especially for entrances, mouths of rivers, etc.). lambeau, m., shred, fragment, piece. lambine, m., straggler, loiterer; a., straggling, loitering. lambiner, v. n., to straggle, loitering. lambiner, f., a soft calcareous stone; (cons.) sleeper; joist; scantling; wall-plate; (art.) skid (mechanical maneuvers); sill or sleeper (of a gun platform); d'arrit, (art.) hurter; de calage, (art.) in a platform, a cross-sleeper notched in to secure the system; dufond, sleeper, ground sill; gite, ground sill, floor sill laid on the ground; (art.) under sleeper, ground sill of a platform; de recouvrement, (art.) flooring sleeper of a gun platform. lambrequin, m., decorative fringe of a tent, lam bris, m., wainscot; ceiling; paneling; d'appui, low wainscotting; bois de, wainscoting; de révément, paneling covering the whole wall; de socie, skirting board. lambrissée, m., (act of) ceiling, paneling, wainscotting; the wainscoting, etc., itself. lambrissier, v. a., to panel, wainscotting, ceil. lame, f., plate, blade, bit (of tools); sea, wave, breaker; slat (of a shutter); (ham.) side bar (of a saddle); (sm. a.) sword, (hence, fig.) swordsman; (jarr.) width of a horseshoe nail; (art.) friction plate (for checking recoil, obs.); (sm. a.) clip, magazine clip; d'alesoir, (mach.) cutter; avoir de la, (hipp.) to have fine lines; de batonnette, (sm. a.) bayonet blade; bonne, good swordsman; (brisante, breaker;) bar canon, (sm. a.) skelp; charge, (sm. a.) clip, magazine clip; chargeur, (sm. a.) clip, magazine clip; courbe, (sm. a.) curved blade; damasquinee,  (sm. a.) straight blade; d'eau, sheet of underground water; (steam) water space (ol a boiler, of a condenser); d'eau a separrer, (steam) water leg; entre deux s, in the trough of the sea; entre deux s, in the trough of the sea; d'estoc, (sm. a.) thrusting blade; videe, (sm. a.) hollowed blade; fable de la, (sm. a.) part of the blade near the point; lame de, en, fer, iron strap, band; defoid, ground swell or wave; fort de la, ism. a.) middle, main part of a blade; de frein, (art.) compressor plate; recoil checking plate or bar; brake strap; de gaz, tongue of gas; h govMitres, v. evidee; grande, (art.) compressor plate or bar; haute, nigh sea; de lance, (sm. a.) lance head Monte, long roller; id Montmorency, v. Mdee; non-tvidee, (sm. a.) flat lade; jyendante, v. grande; percuteur, (sm. o.) firing pm (of the Spencer plat de la, (sm. a.) flat of the sword; — — plate, flat, smooth, blade; pleine, v. plate; de plomb, sheet lead; strip of lead (between the drums of a column); de pointage, (art.) elevation bar; pointe de la. (sm. a.) point of the blade; polaire, (elec.) the strip of a voltaic cell; de poudre, (powd.) pressed cake, nulled cake; de robot, plane iron; de ressort, spring blade; de scie, saw blade; de support, (art.) side lever (elevation gear); talon de la, (sm. a.) I am, a., laminated; plated (with), lamellar, lamellate, lamellate. Iamelle, f., scale, plate, small disk; (expl.) grain, small disk; de mire, (art.) the visiappe of the German field-artillery sight (sort of leaf, fixed on the field-gun sight, by means of which the use of plaques de hausse, q. v., may be avoided), lamella, a., v. lamellaire. Iamette, a., v. lamellaire. Iamette, f., small leaf or plate; cramp, clasp; hoop or ring, used in wood construction, to meet a special stress; (sm. a.) leaf of a sight; (art.) end band, end band and hoop (of the splinter bar); amorce de, (art.) end-band loop; grande, (art.) middle band (of a  laminate, m., (met.) rolling, laminating; (steam) throttling, wire-drawing; de tole, (met.) plate rolling. lamination, f., lamination. lamineur, a., rolled. lamineur, a., rolling; cylindre, (mach.) roller. laminitis, m., (mach.) roller (cylinder); rolls, roll; rolling mill; a bandages, tire-rolling mill; cingleur, (met.) shingling roller; circulaire, bending roll; circulaire, bending roll; double, three-high roll or mill; ebauchoir, roughing roll; double, three-high roll or mill to turn out special forms; finisseur, finishing rolls; de forme, roll or mill of special form to turn out special work; lingots, ingot rolls; a mouvement alternatif, reversing rolls; fi plaque (s), plate rolls, Rolling mill, plate-rolling mill; de puddling, puddling rolls; laminoir h rails, rail mill; reversible, reversing roll; h t6le(s), plate rollers, plate-bending machine, rolling mill; h trois cylindres, three-high roll. lampas, m., (Mpp.) lampas; br Mercer le, to burn off the excrescence of the palate. Lamp, f., lamp, light; are, (elec.) arc light; are vola:ique, v. hare; cul de, (art.) cascable; de Davy, (min.) miner's safety lamp; en derivation, (elec.) shunt lamp; a esprit de vin,_ spirit lamp; h essence, spirit lamp; h gaze metallique, v. de Davy; h incandescence, incandescente, (dec.) incandescent light; a main, hand lamp; de mine, de mineur, (min.) miner's lamp; h moderateur, moderator lamp; h moderateur, moderator lamp; h mur, wall lamp; de nuit compete, (elec.) all-night lamp; portative retournement, (mil. min.) miner's electric reversing lamp; h souder, soldering lamp; de sHrete, v. de Davy; h suspension, hanging, singing, lamp; temoin, (elec.) indicator lamp. lampion M., sort of lamp used in illuminations; de parapet, (siege) iron pot full of resin, used in lighting up parapets (obs). Lampisterie, f., lamp locker. Langade, f., (man.) long kick, kick out. Lane age, m., (nav.) launching. lance, f., rod, staff; upright or picket of a grating or iron fence; nozzle; slice, fire slice; (sm. a.) lance, spear; (arfif.) tube filled with composition, used in fireworks (decorative pieces), to sketch out and vary the outline; allumelle, de, v.fer de; de chevaux defrise, (fort.) arm or spear of a cheval defrise; coucher la, to slope the lance; coup de, V, s, V. coup; courir une, (man.) to ride at the rings; de drapeau, color staff; fausse. (nav.) Quaker gun; fer de, (sm. a.) lance head; h feu, (art.) portfire (obs.); (steam) fire ajfeu puant, (mil. min.) stinlc pot; de feu, (art.) firework used in the defense of a breach; b, fourche, (mil. tel.) poLe with hoolc, to put wires on branches of trees, etc.; hampe de, ( Sm. a.) lance shaft or pole; lance de, y.fer de; lance de, y.fer de; main de la, (man.) right hand, saber hand; mettre la en arret, to put the lance in rest; pied de la, (Mpp.) off foot; pompe, pump spear; port de la, v.s, v. port; porter la, v.s, v. porter; reposer la, v.s. v. reposer; de sonde, sounding rod. Lance, m., throw or reach; (steam) (in indicator diagrams) the parts of a diagram due to momentum and not to steam pressure, lancement, m., throw, throwing; (nav.) launching; (torp.) launching, discharge; (pant.) operation of bridging; au-dessus (au-dessus) de la flotillaison, (torp.) above (under) water discharge (of a torpedo); batter le de (de torpilles), (s. c. fort.) torpedo battery; exercice de, (torp.) torpedo-launching drill; (pont.) bridge drill; d'un pont, (pont.) construction of a bridge; poste de, (de torpilles), (imp.) torpedo-launching station; lancement de torpilles, (torp.) torpedo launching; tube de, (torp.) torpedo tube. lancer, v. a. r., to throw, hurl, dart; to rush upon; to cast, let fly; (art.) to throw, fire (a projectile); (nav.) to launch (a vessel); (r. r.) to start (a train); (cord.) to throw (a rope); un cheval, un cheval au galop, (man.) to luige a horse into a gallop; un cordage, to heave a line; le plomb de sonde, to heave the lead; un pont, (pont.) to throw, construct, a bridge; une torpille, to discharge, launch, a torpedo above (under) water. Jance-torpilles, n., (nav.) torpedo boat; torpedo tube; hateau-torpilleur, torpedo boat. lancette, f., lancet. lancier, m., (cav.) lancet; oui les s, (fam.) go tell that to the marines. lands, m., (mas.) operation of repairing a wall by the insertion of fresh and sound stones; stones used for such repair; jamb stone; sort of tucking, binding a revetment wall. To its back, to its back; de Vecoincon, interior jamb stone; du tableau, exterior jamb stone. Lande, f., (top.) heath, moor. Landier, m., and iron. langage, m., language, speech; chiffre, cipher language, i. e., signs of any and of all sorts; convenu, in cryptography, conventional language, using ordinary words with altered meaning. langue, f., tongue, language; (tech.) tongue, wood-en quoin; (hydr.) tongue, neck of land, sand spit; aides de la, (man.) use of the voice in urging a horse, clucking; appel de, (man.) cluck; de balance, index of a balance; de boeuf, (mil. min.) push pick; de carpe, double-edged armorer's tool; coup de, V. s. V. coup; donner de la, (man.) to excite, urge, a horse by clucking; doubter la — -, (Mpp.) to fold the tongue over or under the bit; defeu, tongue of fire; de sable, (hydr.) sand spit; serpentine, (Mpp.) tongue always in motion; de terre, (hydr.) tongue of land. Iang.uette, f A tongue, tongue of a shoe, shoulder, thin quom or wedge; iron plate between the sheaves of a block; pawl, detent; (mach.) assembling key, feather; (r. r.) switch rail, tongue rail, slide rail; (sm. a.) small steel rod, forming, with others, the trousse, q. v., from which a sword blade is made; (carp.) feather, tongue; (mas.) partition wall of a chimney, of a well; a, tougued; de balance, index or pointer of a balance; de ballon, valve of a balloon; rainure et, (carp.) tongued and grooved; rapportee, (carp.) inserted tongue. Lanire, f., lanyard; thong, leather strap; tie; lash; impletoe tie; cloak strap; du crochet d'attelage, trace hook, thong; goupille, thong used as a connecting pin; de la lance, thong of a lance; de revolver, (sm. a.) revolver strap. lanterne, f., lantern, light; skylight; small dome or cupola; lantern, lantern light; pommel, knob; (fond.) core barrel; mold spindle (of a loam mold); (mach.) lantern wheel, trundle; (art.) shot scuttle; pass box; powder, cartridge case, box (obs.); tm case or canister; gun ladle (for loading with loose powder, obs.); (artif.) cop- lanterne d' ambulance, (Fr. med.) hospital lan- tern, to mdicate position of dr&ssine sta- whit )• lanterns— one red, the other applique, wall lantern; h canon, (art.) gun ladle; —- dc chargement, (art.) projectile tray; shell barrow; nose cap (to protect the projectile when carried from magazine to battery); ——a charger, (art., ete.) small cylindrical measure forloadmgshells,etc.; de disque, (r. r.) signal disk lantern; n'eclatrage, ordinary illuminating lantern- a eclipse, flash lantern; d'ecurie, stable lantern; d, gargou^ses, (art.) pass box; hampee, (art.) sort of loading scoop for muzzle-loadmg guns, by which the charge could be introduced without a bag (obs )• indicatrice, (mil.) a lantern to designate head- quarters, ammimition parks, etc.; ii main, portable lantern; -—f^jnifr,aill^^(art-) sort of tin case or canister filled with bullets (obs.); de niveau d'eau, (steam) water-gauge lamp; " ., (fond.) core-bar; (if large) core- de noyau, ^j^,^^., ^^^^ barrel; core-iron, core-rod; hrcflecteurs, reflecting lantern; signal, signal lantern; b, signaux, signal lantern; sourde, dark lantern, bull's-eye lantern; ——de s&rete, (Fr. art.) magazine safety lan- tern; de suspension, swinging lantern. lanterneau, m., skylight, lantern, lantern light. lapidaire, m., grindstone (axis vertical). laque, m., lacker, lacquer, japan. laque, f., lac, gum-lac. sheUac; en tcailles, sheUac. laquer, v. a., to lacquer. lard, m., bacon. lardagc, m., thrumming. Larder, v. a., to thrum, pierce, run through; (fart, steer) to picket, fasten down, secure with pickets (as fascines, etc.); — -un cheval, (man.) to spur a horse until his sides are sore; de coups d'epee, (fam.) to run through again and again; unsaucisson, (fort., siege) to picket down a saucisson; to fasten two saucissons together by forcing the end of one into that of another. larderasse, f., (cord.) coarse rope made of junk. lardoire, f., pile-ferrule, band or hoop around a pile. lardon, m., (met.) bit of iron or steel used to conceal or fill a crack in a forging, etc.; (sm. a.) plug, etc., for disguising a defect (in a gun barrel); (aHif.) swarmer, rocket weighing less than 2 ounces. large, a., broad, wide; loose; cheval qui va, (hipp.) horse that goes wide. Large, m., breadth; (nav.) the high sea; sea room, offing; «"■, ('nav.) off shore, off; on the high seas; (m,tl.) keep off, stand off (sentinel's cry to warn passers-by to keep off, to avoid a point not to be approached, or to keep to the other side of the road); au de, off of; pousser au, to push off a boat (as in bridge building). i largeur, f., breadth, width; (nav.) beam (of a ship); des cloisons, (art.) width of the lands; en couronne, breadth at the top (of a dike or embankment); extirniere, outside width; en fond, width at the bottom (of a ditch, etc.); intrrimre, inside width; largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the largeur du jour, width, (of an opening, as windows, etc.); — -dans oeuvre, width in the large Clear, inside width; normale de la voie (r. r.) standard gauge; des rayures, (art.) width of the grooves; de voie, (r. r.) gauge. lai^ue, m., {cord.) slack rope; {nav.) sea room, offing; a., {cord.) loose, slack; (jnach.) started. lai^uer, v. a., {cord.) to let go, to ease, cast off, slack, cast loose, let a rope run; en bande, to let go again, let go by the run; to cast loose at once; en retouT, to ease off, to ease off handsomely, by degrees, turn by turn, with a turn or so around a post, etc.; la vapeur, (mach.) to blow off steam. larnie, f., tear; drop; de plomb, small shot. larmier, m., (cons.) drip, undercut; dripstone; water table; coping of a wall or bridge; (hipp.) temple (of the horse). A., tired, weary, weary, weary. Lascar, m., (mil. slang) bold, devil-may-care fellow. Lasset, v. a., to tire, weary, fatigue, wear out. Lasset, m., v. laceret. lasset, ra., v. lacet. lasso-dompteur, m., (hipp.) an arrangement of straps to restrain violent horses (acts like a strait-jacket). Last (e), m., load of 2 tons (2,000 kilograms), latent, a., latent. lateral, a., lateral, side; m., (hipp.) legs on same side of horse. latitude, f., latitude; d'arrivee, latitude ascertained at end of day's work; corrigee, latitude corrected by observation; estimee, latitude by dead-reckoning; observee, latitude by observation, observed latitude. latrine, f., (mil.) latrine, "rear"; (jt/ossc^ic, latrine with fixed receptacle; ii fosse mobile, latrine with movable receptacle; ii fosse mobile, latrine with movable receptacle; d, tinette mobile, v. d, fosse mobile. latte, f., lath, batten, strip; strip of metal; (sm. a.) straight saber for heavy cavalry; jointive, partition lath; volige, Tooilath: latter, v. a., To lath, to batten; Claire, to leave a space between laths; Laths jointives, to nail laths close together. Lattis, m., lathwork, laths, latticed work; A hauteur, ashler ing. Lava, f., (cay.) the traditional tactical formation of the Cossack cavalry, more or less similar to the formation enfourrageurs. Lavabo, m., washstand. Lavage, m., (m gen., chem., met.) washing; (met.) huddling; (expl.) boiling (as of waste for gun cotton); au crible, (met.) riddling; cuveh, (met.) tossing tub; hla cuve, (met.) tossing tub; A grande eau, sluicing; podition de, (art.) elevation permitting water to run out. Lave, f., very heavy shower of rain; water; slop, wash; a very hard stone (silicate of alumina with oxide of iron). Lave, f., flat surface stone in a quarry; lava; fusible, (mas.) artificial mastic. Iav6, p. p., light, light-colored; washed; bat, etc., (hipp.) light bay, etc.; couleur e, famt color. layer, v. a., to wash, wash out, off; to wash a drawing, to lay on a wash; (of rivers, the ocean) to wash; (chem.) to treat with water, (met.) to buddle ore; (carp.) to dress, trim (with a will); A Pencre de Chine, to wash (a drawing) with india ink. laveur, m., (expl.) washer, purifier. iavis, m., (drawing) wash, color; washing, tinting (with india ink, etc.); dessin au, wash drawing or sketch; dessiner au, to wash, to tint, with india ink, etc.; epure au, wash drawing. lavoir, m., washtub, lavatory; (sm. a.) washer, cleaning rod; (met.) buddle; mecanique, rotary washer. lavure, f., metal sweepings (in workshops). laye, f., V. laide. layer, v. a., to cut a path or lane in a wood or forest; to mark or blaze trees to be left Layette, f., (powd.) powder tray. Layeur, m., forest surveyor; person who lays out paths in woods or who marks trees to be left standing. Lay on, m., tailboard (of a wagon). Lazaret, m., lazaretto; lazar, pest-house; (mil.) German name for hospital. Lazaro, m., (mil.slan) prison, "jug." 16, m., towing path, towpath; breadth of cloth. Ie5on, f., lesson. lecteur, m., reader; (Fr. art.) man who reads the reglette; de cartes, map cover (transparent and checkered to a given scale, for use in wet weather). lecture, f., reading; reading of an instrument; de la carte d'accusation, (Fr. mil. law) reading of the order convening the court, and of the results of the instruction, q. v.; de la carte, des cartes, map reading. legalisation, Galler, v. a., to legalize. Idgalite, f., legality. Legation, I., legation. I6gende, f., legend, inscription (esp. legend of a map). Iger, a., light, slight; feeble, slim; faint; buoyant; light (of certain kinds of troops and materials); m. pi., a synonym of horse artillery (not a technical horse, (man.) to have a light rages, q. v. Herii artillene term); avoir la main — and good hand; cavalier, (man.) rider that has a good seat, and so does not fatigue his mount; cheval, (hipp.) spirited horse in good condition; de devant. (man.) light in front (said of a horse that in action keeps his hind quarters lower than his fore quarters); d, Peau, buoyant; infanterie, (man.) light infantry; d la main, (man.) easy on the hand; s ouvrages, (cons.) light plasterwork (partitions, moldings, coats, etc.); troupes tres, (mil.) light troops. Legion, f., legion; (Fr. a.) unit of organization of The gendarmerie, q. v.; departementale, (Fr. a.) departmental legion (of gendarmerie); (formerly, during the first part of the Restoration) official designation of a line regiment; ctrangtre, (Fr. a.) foreign legion, two regiments, serving in Algiers; de la garde republicaine, (Fr. a.) the republican guard (is formed into a legion); d'Honneur, Legion of Honor (for the various grades see p. xi); de Paris, (Fr. a.) the gendarmerie of the departments of the Seine and of the Seine-el-Oise. legionnaire, m., Inight of the Legion of Honor; militaire, m. France, an inaccurate expression frequently used to designate the body of laws applying to the military service. legume, m., vegetable; gros s, (mil. slang) field officers; s sees, dried vegetables. lenticulaire 239 lever lenticular, a., lenticular. lentille, f., lentil; pendulum bob; (opt.) lens, microscope, magnifying lens; (nav.) deck light; bi-concave, double concave lens; concave-concave, convexo-concave lens; concave-plane, plane-concave lens; concave-plane, plano-concave lens; concave-plane,  to vapeur, steaming (of wood, to drive out sap). Lessivation, f., lixiviation. Lessiver, f., lye; lixiviation. Lessiver, v. a., to extract; to lixiviate. Lesser, m., ballast (balloons and ships); Aller en, to go in ballast; En beton, permanent ballast; D'eau, water ballast; Enfer, iron ballast; En sable, sand ballast; Sur, sur son, in ballast; Volant, shifting ballast. Lesser, m., ballast. Lesser, m., ballast. Lesser, m., ballast lighter (boat and workman); Ballast heaver. Letters, f., letter; letter of the alphabet; (m pi.) letters, literature; administrative, official letter, letter from a department; de change, bill of exchange; chargee, registered letter; en chiffres, cipher letter; circulaire, circular; circular letter; collective, (Fr. a.) circular letter addressed by the minister of war to corps commanders, heads of services, etc., inviting their action in certain cases made and provided; de commandement, (Fr. a.) letter of appointment to command (of any unit comprising the three arms, of an army, or of all the armies); de compagnie, (mil.) designating letter of a company of infantry; (s) decreance, credentials; letter of credit; d' envoi, (wt?'.) letters of mark; d' envoi, (ship's) register; militaire, (mil.) official letter; nulle, nonsignificant letter in a cipher message; s numerates, letters used in The Roman notation; particuliire, private letter; de rappel, l'attendre de réponse; de réponse, unclaimed letter à la post-office; recommandé, v. chargé; de réponse, (nav.) letter  v. lever; p, p., {mil.) called into service. levée, f., raising, act of raising; removing, removal removal of funds, stores, etc. (from depository); dike, bank, embankment, causeway, mole-levee; agitation, rismg, of the sea; collection of, mail from mail boxes, the mail so collected; rising (of a congress, meeting); harvest; arrest of a prohibition, cancellation of an arrest, of a punishment; collection (of a duty); (mach.) cam; cog; lifter; wiper; throw, course (as of a piston); lift, stroke, length of stroke; (mil.) levy, levying, raising, formation, of troops, of a body of troops; soldiers levied; (man.) act of raising the lance in ring riding; (top., drawing) V. lever; d'arret, (mil.) termination of arrest, of confinement; d'un blocus, (mil., nav.) raising of a blockade; des bolettes, collection of mail from letter boxes; de boucliers, unsuccessful attack; much ado about nothing; de camp, (mil.) breaking of camp; d'ecrou, termination of confinement in a jail, either by expiration of sentence or by transfer of the prisoner; faire une, to embank; en maste, (mil.) raising of the population for the national defense; general uprising of a nation in self-defense; de piston, (mach.) piston stroke; de scelles, (law) removal of seals; d'un sihge, (mil.) raising of a siege; de terre, (fort., etc.) embankment; de troupes, (mil.) levying of troops (no longer an official term). Ifeve-gazon, m., turf-spade. Lever, v. a. r., to lift, raise, raise up, heave; to get, pull, take hold; to remove, clear away, relieve; to recall (a permission, an order); to rise (wind, sun, sea); to raise (a quarantine); to clear up (of the weather); to raise (a siege, a regiment, etc.); to break (camp); to raise (a siege, a sentry, a post); to relieve (a guard, a sentry, a post); to remove (a guard, a post); to remove, take off (a stopper, a service); to remove (a stopper, a service); to top, to survey, to plot, to make a plan. I'ancre, (nav.) to weigh, hoist, anchor; les arrets, (mil.) to release from arrest; le blocus, (mil, nav.) to raise the blockade; le camp, (mil.) to break camp; la conigne, to revoke orders; vêtendard, to proclaim war; unefourrure, (cord.) to take off a service; la garde, (mil.) to relieve guard; un objet, (surv.) to take a bearing on an object; le piquet, to retire precipitately, "to pull up stakes"; — — un plan, to draw up, make a plan, a ground plan; le piquet, (mil., sig.) to break up a station; lever lever rame, to lie on the oars; des recrues, (mil.) to raise, procure, recrim; le silge, (mil.) to raise a siege. lever, m., rising, levee; rising (of the sun, moon, etc.); (man.) lifting of the foot; (top., etc.) survey, sketch, topographical sketch; survey, sketch, topographical sketch; survey, design (of a house, a machine). In France, the form levee is used by the geographical service of the army, that of lever being retained by the corps of engineers. Except where otherwise indicated, the following expressions relate to surveying: Par alignment, plotting, survey, by assignment; La boussole, compass survey (any other suitable instrument may be substituted for boussole); au, (man.) off the ground, out of bearing; du canevas, skeleton survey; du canevas de detail, filling in survey; du canevas de ensemble, skeleton survey of the whole area to be covered; par cheminement, plotting or survey by successive stations; d'uneo, survey of a coast; h coup d'oeil, eye-sketch made on the terrain (without instruments); de detail, details, filling-in work, plotting of details; survey for the purpose of filling in; en detail, v. de detail: d' ensemble, -general survey; survey of a position (e.g., mil, of a set of Works forming a system; expedit, sketch map, quick sketch, field sketch, topographical survey (1:20000 to 1:10000); de fortification, fortification survey; general, general survey; hydrographique, hydrographic survey; par intersection, plotting, determination of points by intersection; irregular, v. de reconnaissance; d'itineraire, road sketch, road map, road survey; de moure, sketch, map, made from members of the army; au moure, sketch, or survey by measurement (made for very short distances, without angle-measuring instruments, and to a scale from 1:500 to 1:100; angles computed from sides measured); de mine, mining survey; de nivele, contoured survey; par les perspectives, generic expression for photographic and other similar surveys; phoiographique, photographic survey; de plan, des plans, plot, plotting, of a survey; h la planchette, plane-table survey; de position, survey of ground for a position, esp. for A fort; de precision, accurate instrumental survey (1:500 to 1:10000); par rayonnement, plotting by polar coordinates; de reconnaissance, (mil.) reconnaissance sketch, map; par recoupement, plotting by resection; regulier, accurate instrumental survey (1:10000 to 1:5000); par renseignements, sketch, survey, made on the spot, from information received, and not by actual sight; : souterrain, mining survey; la stadia, stadia survey; topographique, topographical survey, sketch, sum of the operations leading to a map of the terrain (1:20000 to 1:10000); de triangulation, geodetic survey, triangulation survey; h vue, eve sketch or map, made on the spot without instruments (1:20000, 1:40000, 1:50000). Live rames, m., (command) "oars" (boat drill). Leveur, m., de plans, engineer officer (Marbot). Levier, m., lever, hand spike; crow, crowbar; arm; handle; (sm, a.) operating handle; carrier lever; spring catch (for detachable magazines); (mach.) arm. I. Artillery, small arms; II. Machinery, miscellaneous. I. Artillery, small arms. d'abatage, (art.) long handspike or crowbar; d'arret, (sm., a.) cartridge-stop lever; arret de repetition, (sm. a.) cut-off; arretoir, (F. m. art.) lever-stop; arret, (F. m. art.) lever-stop; d'auget, (sm. a.) carrier lever; d, bander, (r.f. art.) cocking lever; de chargement, (art.) projectile-hoist lever; de chbvre, (art.) gin lever; de chbvre, (art.) gun lever with staple to hold it to the cheek of the carriage (obs.); cuvette, h cuvette, (art.) gear, socket, lover; de cylindre, (sm. a.) operating  as a lever in packing and impacking the piece); d'embarrage, (art.) embarrage lever; d'embrayage, (art.) gear lever; en ferh rouleaux, (art.) gearing lever, traversing lever; en ferh rouleaux, (art.) iron handspike (service of French s. c. carriages of old model); de frein, (art.) brake lever; h, de, galet, (art.) roller handspike (one roller); d, galets, (art.) roller handspike (two rollers); de galet (s) arrihre, (art.) rear eccentric lever; — —d, griff e, (art.) carrier lever (used when, after firing, the breech screw is hard to turn); inferieur, (art.) carrier lever; — -d lunette, (art.) carrying bar; de manoeuvre, (art.) hand lever, maneuvering le ver, any operating lever; traversing hand-spike, trail hand-spike; (sm. a.) bolt handle, bolt lever; operating handle or lever; (of the Lebel) cut-off, magazine cut-off, locking lever; marin, (art.) hand-spike; mobile, v. tenon; fi pied de biche, T^inch bar; de place, v. s. v. gaUre; place en gaUre, v. s. v. gaUre; poighte, (art.) lever handle; (sm. a.) operating handle; de pointage, (art.) trail hand-spike; pontet, (art.) lever handle; porte-patin(s), (art.) brake beam (Lemoine); portereau, (art.) lifting bar, carrying bar; rancher, (art.) stake of the porteur, q. v.; rancher, (art.) setting, adjusting, lever; rancher, (art.) roller hand-spike. Houlettes, (art.) roller lever; de serrage, (Fr. s. c. art.) compressing lever; de siège, (Fr. s. c. art.) compressing lever; de souvement, (art.) eccentric lever; de souvement, (art.) levier suplrieur, (sm. a.) follower, carrier proper; de tenon, (Fr. s. c. art.) II. Machinery, miscellaneous. d'abatage, long lever; a simplificateur, multiplying lever; d'arbre de relevage, weigh-shaft lever; fi articulations, toggle joint; bras de lever arm; hrière, joint lever, bent lever, angle lever, an'le beam, bell crank; a cames, cam lever; de changement, de changement de marche, re ersing lever; a cliquet, paw lever; compose, combined lever; fi confrepois, comiterpoised lever; (r. r.) switch lever; coude, V. brise; coude d, angle droit, right-angled lever; (> croix, law handspike; en croix, cross lever de declenchement, disengaging, tripping, relining, lever; a deux branches, d. deux bras, crooked, bro'en, lever; double-armed lever; de distribution, starting lever, link lever; de distribution d main. Hand starting lever; d'embrayage, clutch lever, coupling lever; d'embrage et de desembrayage, gear lever, engaging wm. disengaging lever, clutch lever; d'enclanche, gab  brise, toggle joint; oscillant, rocking lever; pince de, claw of a handspike; — de pom page, pumping lever of a hydraulic jéric; de pompe, pump lever; du premier (deuxihme, troisihme) genre, of the first (second, third) order; de reglage, adjusting, setting, lever; regulateur, du regulateur, regulator lever, standard lever; deregulation, rocker of the Creusot-rorliss pudne; de relevage, v. de changement de marche: de renvoi de mouvement du registre de vapeur, throttle-valve lever; a rochet, ratchet lever; de serrage, compressing lever; simple, simple lever; rocker arm; simple b, plateau, simple lever-testing machine; de soupape, valve handle, valve lever; de soupape de sureté, safety-valve lever; taille en hise Au, beveled handspike; tourillon de, lever journal; aoec talon, shod lever; a vis, screw lever. S'vite, f., frock coat; overcoat, surtout. levre, f., lip, edge; rim, lip (of a crater, of a cartridge case); s'armer de la - (man.) to oppose the bit with thalps (said of a thick-lipped horse); de Ventonnoir, (mil. min.) rim of a mine crater; pendante, flap; O'Ux s pendantes, flap-mouthed, 16zarde, f crack, crease (in masonry, etc.));(Fr a umf.) sort of gold (silver) lace used to mark the grade of n. c. o. lezarder, v. a. r., to crack, become cracked. liage, m. binding; (powd.) mixing or incorporating of ingredients. liais, m., has. liaison, f., binding, tie; joint, joining, connection; (com-.) strengthening piece, brace; (mas.) bond, pointing mortar; (mil.) connection or communication to be established between various officers or between various units and officers (field of battle, march). In a more limited sense, artillery and cavalry; the relation or connection between the guide and the unit, or between the guide of the entire unit and the guides of the subimits; agents, (milit.) any means by which troops, lines, and echelons may be kept in touch with one another, or by which a c. o. may be kept in communication with the various units under his command; anglaise, (mas.) English bond; a articulation, (mach.) joint; croisee, (mas.) cross bond; de, (mil.) communicating (said of imits, of the parts of the ammunition supply line from front to rear); diagonale, (cons.) diagonal brace; f^, (mil.) in touch; (mas.) with broken joints, so as to break joints; de joint, (mas.) pointing mortar: manquant de, badly put together; i «ec, (mas.) dry masonry. liaisonner, v. a., to join, bind; (mas.) to grout, to point, to bond. liant, a., tenacious, tough (of metals); elastic (of springs): m., elasticity (of a spring); toughness (of metals); cohesion (of earth, land, etc.); (man.) suppleness (of a horse). hasse, f., bundle, file (of papers); string, tape. libel, m., (mas.) large, rough-dressed stone, rough ashlar. libel, m., (mas.) large, inner bark. libel, m., (Fr. a.) soldier that has completed his time in a given category. liberation, f., deliverance, discharge, acquittance; (mil.) liberation of discharge from military service after having accomplished all that the law requires; de comptable, (adm.) discharge from administrative responsibility: notice sent to responsible officer (money and property) that his accounts are correct and have been passed, after auditing, by ministerial officers. libel, m., (Fr. a.) man who has accomplished the military service required by law; soldier set at liberty after serving out his sentence, or after pardon. libeler, v. a., to liberate, set free, exempt; (milit.) to discharge (a soldier); (milit.) to free from administrative responsibility, to pass the accounts of liberty, f., freedom, liberty; (mach.) play; du commerce, free trade; du cylindre, (mach.)  released; loose; at large; open; (mach.) out of gear; fair, in the open air; space, clear ground; plenty of room; air, (ball.) in free air (of combustion of powder, etc.). Ice, f., lists, field, arena; entrer en, to enter the lists. licence, f., license, permission. Licence, m., (mil.) disbanding, mustering out. Licence, m., (mil.) to disband, muster out. Licence, m., (ham.) halter; bride, v. s. v. bride; bridle, v. s. v. bridon; décou, stable halter; deforce, shoeing halter (for refractory horse); collar for restraining horses in certain veterinary operations; de parade, (in the French cuirassiers and dragoons) bridle halter. Licence, m., (ham.) halter; head collar, stable collar; débarbé, watering bridle. , f., sediment, dregs. Ilfige, m., cork; (carw.) knee-pufif; a, corked; fossile, de montagne, asbestos, fossil cork. liement, m., (fenc.) binding. lien, m., tie, strap, hoop; band, knot; iron band, strap; hoop for strengthening timber; brace; (in 'pl.) shackles, chains, irons, bonds; (cord.) lashmg; (mach.) link (of a link-motion); defer, enfer, iron strap or band; incZme, tie-rod; pendant, hanging-tie. Her, V. a., to bind, tie, fasten, lash; to connect, join, unite; (fenc.) to bind the adversary's blade. Heme, f., rail, stringpiece; floor plank of a boat; (cons.) wall-plate (of a roof); de volte, tie piece for supporting king-post; tie, ribbon (bolted to a row of piles to keep them in place). lieu, m., place, spot; ground; room; order; locus; turn; (in pi.) premises; (f'aisaTices, latrine, water-closet, "rear;" de franchise josylxxva. (refuge); porter en beau, (man.) to carry the head well. Lieutenant, marine league; geographique, marine league; marine, marine league (3,556 meters); de poste, postal league (3,898 meters); commune, (so called) common league (4,444 meters); metrique, metric league, 4,000 meters. Lieutenant, m., (to?7.) lieutenancy. Lieutenant, m., (mil. and nav.) lieutenant; (fig.) assistant; adjoint au tresorier, (Fr. a.) assistant of the capitaine tresorier; adjudant-major, (Fr. a.) a lieutenant acting as adjudant-major; amiral, (nav.) vice-admiral (rare, not official); d'armement, (Fr. a.) in the infantry, a lieutenant charged with the repair, care, and accountability of the arms in service (acting ordnance officer, U. S. A.); de bord, (nav.) executive officer; colonel, lieutenant-colonel; en deuxième, second lieutenant; general, lieutenant-general; lieutenant d'habillement, (Fr. a.) the Officier d'habillement of separate battalions, of the battalions of fortress artillery and of the squadrons of the train; d' instruction, v. s. v. instruction; en premier, first lieutenant; second, second lieutenant; sous —, sublieutenant; tresorier, (Fr. a.) the paymaster of separate battalions, of battalions of foot artillery, and of the train squadrons; de vaisseau, (Fr. nav.) lieutenant. ligan, V. lagan. ligature, f., ligature, tie, binding; (art.) choke of a cartridge bag; (elec.) twist joint. lignard, m., (mil. slang) foot soldier of the line, linesman. ligne, f., line; line (of railway, of telegraph, of cable, etc.); (railway) track; order; path in a forest; twelfth part of an inch; the equator; (fenc.) line, division; (man.) track (followed by the horse in riding school); (cord.) small rope, line (esp. Fr. art.) rope 75™ long Used with the 80™'° gun on mountain duty; (mil.) line, line of battle, line of troops; rank; the line of the army (as opposed to irregular or light or special troops); line (as opposed to guards); (in ol.) lines (quarters); (fort.) line of works. Artillery, ballistics, fortification; Military operations, drill, formations; Military operations, drill, formations; Technical and miscellaneous. Artillery, ballistics, fortification. d'apvroche, (art.) axis of the bore; d'apvroche, (art.) axis of the bore; d'apvroche, (siege) line of approach, trench; d'apvroche, (art.) axis of the piece produced; bastionnee, (fort.) bastioned line; de but, (art.) 