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chasser une , to drive a bolt; clavetee, clench-bolt; h croc, hook-bolt; h ergot, rag-, sprig-, barb-bolt; enfer, iron jptn; h fiche, rag-bolt; ^xe, steady pin; d, goujon, common bolt; d, grille, grillee, rag-bolt; hdche, (pont.) crossbar key of the Belgian trestle; maitresse, kingbolt; de manoeuvre, (art.) gun-lift pin; h mentonnet, (art.) cap-square bolt; ouvrihre, pivot, pivot-bolt, spindle; main- pin; bolster bolt; (art.) pintle, pintle bolt; ouvri^re arri^re, (—^- -avant, de I'avant), (art.) rear (front) pintle bolt; pivot, (art.) central pivot, pivot motmting, pivot-bolt or pUlar (esp. of armored mounts); h repousser, drift-bolt, starting bolt; ti la romaine, shifting-pin (of a carriage); sellette de ouvritre, pintle-block; h tete carree, square-headed bolt; d, tete de diamant, diamond-headed bolt; d, tete encastrte, coimtersimk bolt; h grosse tite, saucer-headed bolt; h tete plate, flat-headed bolt; ii tite ronde, round-headed bolt; de tournage, (cord, etc.) belaying pin; h tourniquet, screw-bolt; (pont.) rack-stick; d, virole, clinch-jDolt; d, vis, (art.) screw-pillar; vissee, screw-plug. clieviller, V. a., to bolt, to bolt together; to peg, to peg a shoe, etc.; d'un bord h Vautre, to bolt through; en cuivre, to copper fasten; clieviller en fer, to fasten with iron spikes, bolts, etc.; h travers bois, to bolt through. chevillette, f., pin, key, keep-pin; arret, keep-pin, stay-pin; d, clavette, key-pin; clef, pole key (of a wagon); key-pin; clefde timon, (art.) fork-strap key; de crochet cheville ouvri^re, (art.) pmtle key. chevlllot, m., toggle, belaying pin. chfevre, f., (art., etc.) gin; ascenseur, (art.) lifting-gin (used in for-tresses); brisee, field-gin; en cabestan, gin-fall; dable de, gin-fall; d, declic, garrison gin; dresser la, to raise the gin; entretoise de, crossbar of a gin; iguiper la en cabestan, to rig the gin as a capstan; iquiper la h n brins, to rig the gin with an fold tackle; b, haubans, gin used as sheers; gin as sheers; pied de, leg of a gin; de place, garrison gin; postiche, sheers; de tranchee, (siege) trench- or siege-gin; (art.) gun-lift. clievrette, f., small or light gin; small tripod used in cleaning wagons, etc.; setter; simple, setter. chevron, m., (cons.) rafter, couple, jack rafter of a roof; (mil.) n. c. o. chevron (not worn in France), service stripe; d'anciennete, (mil?) service stripe; passant, (cons.) rafter forming support of chevronnage, m., frame, framework. chevrotine, f., (sm. a.) buckshot. chicane, f., (mil.) slight skirmish, affair of small importance (to worry the enemy); obstacle, material obstacle of whatever sort, to delay or annoy the enemy, to dispute his possession of the ground; (steam, etc.) obstacle (e.g., to passage of flame, so as to have a greater heating surface); du fosse, (siege) defense of the ditch by every possible means; guerre de, (mil.) generic term for small operations designed to annoy or delay the enemy; lutte de s, (mil.) struggle in which the advance of the enemy is opposed at every step by obstacles; terrrain de, (mil.) ground possession of which is disputed by means of obstacles, etc., (in gen.) disputed ground. Chicaner, v. a., to dispute; le terrain, (mil.) to dispute the ground. Chicot, m., tree-stump. chicstrac, m., (mil. slang) refuse, offal, etc.; corvee de, (mil.) fatigue for cleaning cesspools and the like. chien, m., dog; (sm. a.) hammer (lock guns); cocking piece, cocking-stud (of modern military rifles); (r. f. art.) hammer; (mach.) dog; armier le, (sm. a.) to cock; bander le, (sm. a.) to cock; hcharnitre, hige. dog; de compagnie, (mil. slang) sergeant-major; conduire le h Vabattu, (sm. a.) to let down the hammer; dibander le, (sm. a.) to let down the hammer; desarmer le, v. dibander le; de guerre, (mil.) dog trained for military purposes (to give alarm in outposts, etc.); mettre le b, Vabattu, (sm. a.) v. conduire, etc., supra; officier, (mil. slang) a martinet; de regiment, (mil. slang) an adjutant. ant; sans, (sm. a.) hammerless (e. g., shotgun); chien clincelle chien vert, (mil. slang) any supply department (e. g., intendance); course of law at military schools; law instructors of military schools. chlendent, m., quitch grass, couch grass. cliffraison, f., (inst.) the figures on a graduated limb, etc.; (hence) graduation. chiffre, m., number, figure; cipher; arrondi, round number; carre, cipher of Blaise de Vigenere (so called from its base being a square); chiffrant, enciphering key of a cryptogram; dechifrant, deciphering key of a cryptogram; h grilles, cipher based on the use of enciphering frames; idechiffrable, par excellence, v. carré. chiffrer, v. a., to  slag-hole plate. Chirurgical, a., surgical. Chirurgie, f., surgery. Chirurgien, m., surgeon (obs. as a military term); major, {mil.) surgeon-major (obs.). Chlorure, m., {chem.) chloride. choc, m., shock, clashing, blow, concussion, collision, jerk; (mil.) attack, onset, encounter of two lines or bodies (esp. cavalry); (art., sm. a.) impact (of projectiles); direct, (ball.) normal impact; energie au, (ball.) striking energy; oblique, (ball.) oblique impact; troupes de, (mil.) assaulting troops; vitesse au, (ball.) striking velocity. choisi, a., picked (horses, men, etc.), choix, m., choice, selection; avancement au, (mil.) promotion by selection; de •, picked (men, horses, etc.). choke-bored, m., (of a mill, etc.) state of being idle, not in operation, out of blast (furnace). choquer, v. n., (of a mill, engine, etc.) to be idle, not in operation, out of blast (furnace). chorograph, v. a., to shock, strike, collide; au cabestan, to surge, check at the capstan. chronograph, v. a., to  standard chronometer; — — pointage, {ball.) stop watch for times of chronoscope, {ball.) chronoscope. chronometer, m., (hipp.) range finder. chryptorchide, m., (hipp.) cryptorchid, (according to some authorities) ridgeling. chute, f., fall; {art.) fall (of a projectile); {met.) sinking head, part rejected of an ingot; angle de, {art., ball.) angle of fall; du bas, {met.) (of an Ingot, etc.) lower end rejected; d'eau, waterfall; head of water; du haul, {met.) (of an ingot, etc.) upper end rejected; d'eau, fall of day; point de, {art., ball.) point of fall; de potentie, (elec.) fall of potential; timber en libre, to fall freely. fable, f. {mil), target (for small-arm practice); de buste, head-and-shoulders target (a disappearing target); silhouette of man's bust; cadre, {ball.) velocity-frame (in determination of muzzle velocities); cuirasse, plated target; eclipse, stationary target; flottante, floating target; mobile, moving target; oscillante, rockmg target; parlante, self-recording target; rectanguire, {Fr. a.) ordinary small. Arm target; Revenuement, disappearing target; Ressort, spring-target; Squeen, siqnaux automatiques, indicator target; Silhouette, silhouette target, skirmish target (U. S. A.); Tirh la ^ target practice; pour tir reduit, gallery practice target; tirer h la, to fire at a target. Cicatrice, f., scar. Cicatriser, v. a. and r., to scar, cicatrize; to skin over, to be cicatrized. Cicatrice, m., sky; weather; roof (of a mine gallery, of a furnace); convert, cloudy weather; b, convert, under cover, with overhead cover; b, ouvert, {art., fort.) without overhead cover; plancher de, {mil. min.) roof timbers; planches de, {mil. min.) roof planks of a mine gallery; pommele, mackerel sky; serein, clear sky; travauxd, ouvert, {min.) ordinary blasting as distinguished from tunneling operations. cierge, m., candle; (sm. a.) curve separating illuminated from dark portion of interior of barrel, when tested by the method h la planchette (v. dressage h la planchette). cigar, f., anchor-shackle. cigar, f., (mach., etc.) web, crank lever. cimaise, f., {sm. a.) part of guard supporting the knob of the hilt (model 1817). cimbale, f., v. cymbale. cime, f., {top.) crest, ridge, summit, peak. ctment, m., cement; {hipp.) cement (of a tooth); {met.) material, as quartz, added to clay in making furnace linings; in the cellular theory of steel, the carbide of iron surrounding a cellule simple, q. v.; arme, cement (blocks, etc.) reinforced or strengthened by iron; hiton de , concrete; hydraulique, hydrauhc cement, pozzuolana; h prise lente, slow-setting cement; d, prise rapide, quick-setting cement; • prompt, quick-setting cement; romatn, Roman cement. clmeiiter, v. a., to cement. cimeterre, m., {sm. a.) scimitar. ctmetifere, m., cemetery, burying ground. cimier, m., {unif.) crest (of a helmet). cimoKe, f., cimolie, f., pipeclay. cindnatique, f., kinematics. cinabre, m., cinnabar, red lead. cincelle, f., cincenelle, f., v. cinquenelle. cinglage 84 dvi^re cinglage, m,, (mc«.) shingling; laminoir de , shingling-roll; marteau de , shingling hammer; scorie de , shingling slag. cinglard, m., (met.) shingling hammer. cingler, v. a., to lash (with a whip); (met.) to shingle; machine h , {met.) squeezer, shingling rolls. cingleresse, f., {met.) shingling-tongs. cingleur, m., {met.) squeezer, shingler; rotatif, shingling rolls. ciiiquenelle, f., {pont.) sheer-line. cintrage, m,, plate-bending (armor plate, ship plates, etc.). cintre, m., curb; center-bit; bend, curve (as of an armor plate); {cons.) arch, center of an arch; (ar<.) bend or curve of a carriage; de crosse, {art.) rounding of the trail; — ;- en ogive, {cons.) pointed arch; plein , fiill-centered arch, semicircular arch; rampant, rampant arch; surbaisse, sur based, elliptical arch; surhausse, arch whose rise is more than twice the span; surmonte, surmounted arch. cintrement, m., sag, cambering. cintrer, v. a., to arch, to curve; to bend, camber; to sag; to bend to shape (as a plate), to shape, curve to shape; (cons.) to center an arch, to put in the center; (mil.) of a line, to sag back a little in the center; machined, plate-bending machine. cipai, m., (mil.) Sepoy, Sipai. cipaye, m., shoe-blacking; varnish (for equipments, etc.). circous, f., circumference; d'un cordage, (cord.) size of a rope; primitive, (mach.) pitch-circle. circous, f., (mil., etc.) Administrative, judicial, military subdivision of territory; d'etapes, in a ligne d'etapes, a subdivision of three or four days' march; — -de fourniture, (Fr. a.) subdivision of territory for purposes of supply; militaire, any subdivision of territory for military purposes, of no matter what nature. Constance, f., circumstance, occasion; general de, a general made so by circumstances, as distinguished from one by training, by profession; in the United States, a general of volunteers, appointed from civil life, and without previous military experience, (sometimes) "political" general; soldat de, an emergency or makeshift soldier, as opposed to a regular soldier. circuit, f., (fort.) circumvallation. circuit, m., circuit; (elec.) circuit; —de charge, charging circuit (of a storage battery); court, short circuit; de de charge, discharging circuit (of a storage battery); derive, shunt, derived circuit; fermer un, to close a circuit; d' inflammation, (torp., etc.); firing circuit; ouvrir un, to open a circuit; primaire, primary circuit; de sautage, fuse circuit; secondaire, secondary circuit; d' utilisation, external circuit (as in a light system). circular, a., circular; f., fifth wheel (of a wagon); circular band; (mil.) circular (of war department); (art.) racer, traverse circle; bande, fifth wheel (wagon, etc.); dentie, (art.) cogged racer, traversing rack; de pointage, (art.) traversing rack, aiming circle (in twu-rets, etc.); de roulement, (art.) traversing rack, aiming circle (in twu-rets, etc.); de roulement, (art.) graduated circle for aiming in direction (cupolas,  or less circular valley; d'effondrement, sink-hole. clsalleage, m., shearing, cutting. cisaillement, m., shearing; shearing stress: guillotining (as of a cartridge). cisailler, v. a., to shear, cut with shears, to guilotine. cisailles, f. pL, (macA., etc.) shears, plate- or metal-cuttings shears; —de cavalerie, {Fr. "cav.) wire-nippers (for destroying telegraph lines, etc.) ; —circulaires, {mach.) circular, rotatory cylindriques, v. circulaires; a barber, {sm. a.) bullet-trimmer (gallery practice); d, main, snips. ciseau, m., chisel, (in pi.) scissors; turner's tool; —, {man.) the movement of facing the horses tail, from normal position In sad- In 1, (nau.) wing and wing; bedane, crosscut chisel; parting-tool; de cat fat, calking-iron; de cat fat, calking-iron; — :-<Ze calfat double, double-notched calkine-iron; de charron, cant-chisel; de charron, cant-chisel; de charron, rod chisel, hot chisel (for iron when hot); de cote, side-tool of a lathe; b, ebaucher, hollowing chisel; a/roid, cold chisel; a/roid, cold chisel; a/roid, moulding chisel; a/roid, moulding chisel; rond, roimd tool. ciselage, m., chasing, graving; action of chasing, etc.; paring, cutting down. ciseler, v., to cut, carve, chase, seize, m., graver. clselure, f., graving, cutting, chasing, citadelle, f., citadelle, f., citadelle. citadel, m., (with) civilian, "cit" (U. S. A.). citation, f., (law) summons; (more esp.) mention in orders, as for a gallant act; (more esp.) mention in a general order to the army. cite, f., city, (generally) the oldest part of a city; droit de, rights of a citizen; freedom of a city, citer, v., to cite, summon (as before a court) ; d'ordre, (mil.) to publish, mention, in orders. citerne, f., cistern; du condenseur, (steam) hot well; flottante, water-boat; voiture, tank cart. citerneau, m., reservoir, {esp., fort.) reservoir of filtered water. citoyen, m., citizen. citrouillards, m., citizen. civifere, f., handbarrow; (art.) shot barrow; d bobines, wire-drum barrow; d bombes, (art.) barrow for spherical projectiles; d chaine, (art.) chain  in motion. Claire, f., screen; (fort.) wickerwork, hurdle, wattle; passer h la, to screen; revetment en, (mil.) hurdle revetment. Clair, a., clear; written out in full, in plain words (of a cipher messaire); de-lune, moonlight. claire-voie, f., skylight; interval or space between joists, etc., when too large; opening closed by a grating; d, — —, with openwork, checkerwork of open and closed spaces. claire, f., (top.) clearing in a wood, glade. clayon, m., (mil.) bugle; bugler; eltve, lance-bugler (i. e., soldier learning the bugle); maltre, chief bugler. clamauder, v. a., to clamp, secure with a cramp-iron. clameau, m., clamp, dog, holdfast; cramp-iron, timber-dog; h une face, cramp-iron with points in same direction; h deux faces, cramp-iron with directions of points at right angles; plat, V. a une face; d, pointe et h crochet ouvert, cramp-iron with a point and a hook, respectively, at the ends, timber-dog; simple, V. a une face; tracl", h X, (fort.) trace of covered way in which the crest breaks at right angles to pass. traverses. clameur, f., (mil.) seditious cry. clamp, m., v. clan. clamponier, m., (mil.) straggler; lame soldier. clamponier, m., (hipp.) long-pasterned horse. clapet, m., (mach., etc.) clack, valve-clack, clack-valve, flap-valve, flap-valve, pump-valve; hart, articulations, hinged valve, flap valve; d' aspiration, suction valve; d' aspiration, suction valve; double, double-flap valve; dufond, foot-valve; inferieur, v. dufond; de pompe, pump-sucker, clapper; de pompe h air, blow-valve; Ae refoulement, delivery valve; de retenue, retaining valve; stop valve; de ventilation, damper, clapotage, m., rippling, chopping, turbulent motion (of the sea, lakes, etc.), and noise of same. clapeter, v. n., to ripple, to chop, to make a rip-plowing noise (of the sea, etc.). clapoteux, a., choppy (of the sea). claque, m., (hipp.) overstretching, (and hence) breaking down. claque, m., (unif.) cocked hat. claquement, m., crack, cracking (of a whip); (steam, etc.) water-hammering, claquer, v, a. n., to crack a whip; (hipp.) to over-stretch, and (hence) to break down. claquette, f., musical instrument imitating the cracking of a whip. clarinette, f., clarinet; clarinet player. classe, f., class, classification; (mil.) class (i. e., officers, men, of the first class, etc.); de mobilisation, (Ft. a.) class to which a man belongs when summoned for service, and depending on number of years of service accomplished; classe, premiere, (Fr. a.) the upper half of the list of captains and of lieutenants (except infantry captains); de recrutement, (Fr. a.) class to which a man belongs as fixed by drawing lots. classement, m., class, classifying; de chevaux, (Fr. a.) classification as to fitness for military service, after inspection. By a commission, of all horses and mules 5 years old on January 1 of year in which board operates; de sortie, graduation, final, standing (schools). claudation, f., lameness; act of limping. clausoir, m., (cons.) keystone of an arch. claveau, m., (cons.) keystone, arch stone, voussoir; de naissance, springer, clavate, m., (mach., etc.) keying, system or set of keys; assemblage, keyed connection; de hauteur, edged keying, clavate, v. a., (mach., etc.) to key, to gib, clavate, f., key, pin, peg; driving-wedge, cotter; forelock; (art.) cap-square key; (ham.) sort of key or toggle for fastening watering or bridoon bit to halter; en arc, curved key; de bielle, connecting-rod key; boulon h, cotter-pin; de calage, tightening key, adjusting key; contre, gib; et contre, cotter and gib; gib and key; double, spring-key, split pin; de dressage, tightening key; excentree, eccentric key, forming wedge; endue, spittle pin, split-cotter pin; fourche, forked cotter, spittle pin. de hauteur, edge key; mentonnet, gib; rasante, side key, rectangular key; de serrage, tightening key; de susbande, (art.) cap-square key; de torsion, torsion key, clayonnage, m., (fort.) small rod used in gabion making, gabion rod, clayonnage, m., (fort.) to wattle, a gabion; to wattle. clayonner, v. a., (fort., etc.) to make the web of, to wattle, a gabion; to wattle. clef, f., (sometimes spelled cle) key (of a lock); key (of a cipher); chock; fid; wedge; cotter; Elug (of a cock); spanner, wrench; toggle, ook, at the end of a chain; key of a locking- chain; (cons.) keystone; (art.) stop (of a carrier- ring); (cord.) hitch, knot; (mil.) key (of a position); anglaise, d, I'anglaise, screw-wrench, monkey wrench; anglaise d, ecrous, monkey wrench; d' assemblage, assembling key, key; h bequille, spanner ; de calage, adjusting, tightening, key; de chalne, fetter', (pont.) toggle or hook; ■ de chalne d'embrelage, keep-chain hook; de chalne d'enrayage, locking-chain hook; de chaine de suspension, (pont.) suspension- chain hook; de charpenterie, (cons.) reinforce, reinforcing piece (of a beam); de chiffre, cipher key; de couplage, (ari.) assembling key of German double-action fuse; de decharge, (elec.) discharging key (as of a condenser); demi , (cord.) half-hitch; double, double wrench, double-ended wrench; double htcrous, double screw-wrench; 6. double , said of a cipher in which the alpha- bet is changed at each word or letter, in which the reference of the symbol changes; double a fourche eta tenons, (art.) screw- and adj usting- wrench ; def 86 code cletitdouille, key-wrench, socket-wrench; d, tcrous, screw-wrench, nut- wrench; h ergot, spanner; h fourche, wrench, fork-wrenca, spanner, spanner-wrench, alligator wrench; ii, de, fusses, (art.) fuse-wrench; pour fusees b, temps, (art.) time-fuse key or wrench; d' interruption, (elec.) make-and-break key; d, invariaole, said of a cipher in which the key remains unchanged; d'inversion, (elec.) reversing-key; de manoeuvre, (art., etc.) cam-lever; mot , key word (of a cipher system); ouverte, spanner; de palter, plummer-block key; pendante, (cons.) hanging post; d, platine, (art.) lock-wrench (Gardner gun); de position, (mach.) setting key, flat key; de poutre, (cons.) anchor, or support (on the end 01 a beam); d, quatre branches, combination wrench; de rappel, adjusting key; de reglage, (art.) fuse-wrench; de robinet, plug of a cock; de serrage, wedge-key, tightening key; siTOpZe, simple wrench; h simple , said of a cipher in which the key remains unchanged; strattgique, (mil.) strategic key-point; tactique, (mil.) key-point of a position, of a battlefield, etc.: ii tetons, sort of socket-wrench; tourney-gauche, tap-wrenph; universelle, monkey wrench; h, variable, said of a cipher system in which the key changes; b, vis, turn screw, screw-wrench, screw- spanner; de vis ecrou, (art.) fuse- wrench; d, volant (r. r.) brake key; de voute (cons.) keystone. clenclie, f., bolt, latch (also clenchette). clepsydre, f., clepsydre; electro-balistique, (ball.) electro-ballistic clepsydre. clerc, m., clerk (esp. lawyer's); candidate for the ministry; compter de l'amour, (adm.) to accompany for receipts and expenses only, without further responsibility; regime de d, maitre, (adm.) administration or management by an agent for a principal. cliche, m., stereotyping. cliche, m., stereotyping. cliche, m., stereotype plate; (phot.) negative; instantane, instantaneous negative; nigatif, negative; negatif retourne, reversed plate; photographique negatif, full term for negative; post, negative; retourne, reversed plate; cliner, m., on maps, space between two parallels; (hence) climate. Clin, m., (of boats) clinker-work; bordt h, clinker-built. clinométre, m., (inst.) clinometer clinométre, m., (inst.) clinker-work. clinquant, m., Dutch leaf, foil; foil of any metal; tinsel. clique, f., (mil. slang) squad of drummers and buglers; pour percer, ratchet-drill. cliquet, m., click, pawl, detent. it contrepoids, gravity pawl; h percer, ratchet drill; h ressort, (art.) spring latch. cliquetis, m., (mil.) clash (noise) of arms, clisimfitre, m., (inst.) clinometer; d, collimateur, collimating clinometer; ii perpendicule, plummet clinometer. clisse, f., rod or stem of osier; splint; little hurdle, wicker, etc. cloche, f., bell; any inverted vessel (in manufacturing, etc.); barrel, spindle (e.g., of a capstan); (chem.) bell-jar; de brouillard, fog bell; b,, de, plongeur, diving-bell. cloclier, m., steeple, belfry, bell-tower; v. n., to limp, hobble; course au, race across country, steeplechase. cloison, f., partition. partition wall; (sm. a., etc.) partition of a revolver cylinder, of a cartridge box, etc.; (wat;.) bulkhead; (art., sm. a.) land; cuirassee, (nav.) armored bulkhead; directrice, guide blade (of a Fourneyron turbine); tanche, (nav.) water-tight bulkhead; transversale, (nav.) bulkhead; transversale, (nav.) armored bulkhead. clolsonnement, m., (nav.) generic term for bulkheads and partitions. cloque, f., (sm. a., etc.) blister-like defect in a cartridge-case, etc.; blister produced by firing. clos, m., (top.) field, cultivated, and enclosed by walls, hedges, etc.; walled inclosure; d'equarrissage, (hipp.) inclosure for holding autopsy on horses, etc. cloture, f., inclosing fence, wall, hedge, etc.; closure (of debate); close, closing, as of the fiscal year. donner, (sig.) to close (a station). clou, m., nail; spike; rivet; stud; (more accurately) a rectangular nail; (mil. slang) guard room, cell; bayonet; (mil. slang in pi.) "dough boys," "mud crushers;" becquet, shoe nail, shoe peg; de bouche, tack; it cheval, (farr.) horseshoe nail; couvre-lumihre, (art.) vent-cover (s. c. pieces); de demi-tillac, sixpenny nail; —  hferrer, v. b, cheval; fraisi, countersunk nail; glace, (arr.) calkin, frost-nail; de marechal, v. b cheval; de route, de rue, (hipp.) pick-up, picked-up nail, etc.; de soufflet, tack; de tillac, tenpenny nail; b vis, screw nail; visse, (farr.) screw nail. clouer, V. a., to nail, nail on, spike, spike on. coaccus, m., one accused along with others. coak, m., coke, gas coke. coaIis, a., in coalition, leagued; s, m. pi., members of a league, of a coalition. coalition, f., coalition, league; any unlawful combination of functionaries, contractors, workmen, etc. coaltar, m., coal-tar. coaltariser, v. A., to cover or paint with coal-tar. Cobalt, m., cobalt. Cocarde, f., (unif., etc.); cockade (art.) part of cartridge-bag above the choke; (steam.) ventilator of a steam engine; prendre la, (mil.) to become a soldier, to enlist. Cocardier, m., (mil. slang) soldier fond of his profession. coche, f., slit, notch; score; en, (cord.) chock-a-block, two-block (of blocks). coche, m., barge, passenger barge. cochon, m., hog, pig. coco, m., (mil. slang) horse; labotte, stables." cocons, m. pi., (mil. slang) first-term cadets of the Polytechnique. code, m., code, code of laws; code colback German name for single code de justice militaire, militaire, (mil.) military law; militaire penal, articles of war. co-efficient, m., coefficient; balistique, {ball.) ballistic coefficient; economique, {steam, mach., etc.) efficiency; de securite pour la charge, (cons.) (load) coefficient of safety; de securite contre la rupture, (cons.) (breaking) factor of safety. coeur, m., heart; heartwood, or heart of a tree; h. to the interior (as of tempering); courbe en, (mach., etc.) Heart, heart, wheel; de croisement, (r. r.) frog; en, heart-shaped (cam, etc.); excentrique en, (mach.) heart wheel; plateau de, (mach.) heart wheel; plateau de, (in timber) the diametral slab containing the heart of the tree; roue en, (mach.) heart wheel; de tour, (mach.) heart wheel; de tour, (mach.) heart-shaped driver or carrier. coffin, m., (mil. slang) peculiar sort of desk in use at the Polytechmque (so called from the inventor, General Coffin). coffin, m., (mach.) planing, sheeting, sheathing (as, min., of a gallery); crib, cribwork; planches de, (min.) plank lining. coffre, m., box, chest, trunk; (min.) mine-chamber (obs.); (fort.) flanking casemate, caponier; (siege) epaule, parapet, of a siege battery; d'amarrage, mooring buoy; shore fast; d'avant-tram, (art.) lumber-chest; havoine, (cav.) grain-chest; de contrescarpe, (fort.) counterscarp gallery, flanking gallery in the angle of the ditch; sort of flanking casemate; defensif, (fort.) caponier; demi, (jort.) caponier; demi, (jort.) caponier; d'encaissement, v. de la voie; flanquant, (fort.) flanking casemate or works (in modern works); caponier, especially an infantry caponier in a short ditch; flanquant double, (fort.) double caponier, — de flanquement, (fort.) single caponier, — de flanquement, (fort.) sort of caponier, V. flanquant; -fort, strong-box, Money-chest; de fortification, (fort.) obsolete flanking work in the ditch of a bastion; German name for double caponier; de mine, (mil. min.) obsolete name for mine-chamber; ii munitions, (art., sm. a.) ammunition chest; h outils, tool-chest (traveling-forge, etc.); b, vapeur, (steam) steam-chest; de la voie, (r. r.) ballast-bed of a railway. coffrer, v. a., to plank, to line with planks, to sheathe (as a mine gallery, a shaft, etc.). coffret, m., small chest, box; d'affin, (art.) trail-chest; d'avant-train, (art.) limber-box; de caisson, (art.) caisson- or body-box; de cartouchière, (sm. a.) v. de giberne; dessieu, (art.) axle-box; de giberne, (sm. a.) leather body of a car. Tridge box; marchepied, (art.) small chest under foot-boards; d'outils, tool chest; d'outils, tool chest; de rempart, (siege, etc.) ammunition box. cogné, f., ax; de bixheron, felting-ax. cogner, v. a., to strike on a nail, bolt, etc., to drive it; to wedge together. coinage, m., (art.) fuse-cap. Coiffe, f., cap, cover, hood; guard: any strong metal plate covering or joining adjacent parts, or any parts; sling or strap (e.g., on a gin, to take an additional block); inside band of a hat, etc.; (unif. Fr. a.) white linen attachment (manchon) to which the havelock is fixed (Algiers and Tunis), (in France) white cover, marking the enemy at fall maneuvers; (art.) soft nose or cap for projectiles; d'armons, (art.) futchel strap; de culasse, (art.) breech cover; d'ecouvillon, (art.) sponge-cover; exterieure. (unif.) cap- or headgear-cover; de fusee, (art.) fuse-cap; inter leure, (unif.) band of a cap or of other ir; de lisoir, (art.) bolster-plate; de manoeuvres, (unif.) v. supra, coiffe under (unif., Fr. a.); d'obturateur, (art.) obturator guard; projectile h, (art.) Soft-nosed or capped a. p. shell; de sassoire, (art., etc.) sweep-bar plate; de sellette, (art.) bolster-plate, pintle-plate; de voice, (art.) muzzle-cover. colfler, V. a., to cap, fit over, anything; la chhvre, (art.) to apply or fit a sling to a gin; la fuste, (art.) to put a cap (coiffure) on a fuse. coiffure, f., generic term for head cover, head-gear. coin, m., wedge, quoin; comer, angle, solid angle; die; (hipp.) corner tooth; (art.) chock; the Krupp, or any other similar breech-closing wedge; (in timber) the slab or part of a loe lying between the plateau ana the plateau de coeur, qq. v.; (in pi.) screw- dies; d'arrit, (sm. a.) nose of the cocMng- piece, cocMng-stud; (art.) chock or stop (at the end) of a traverse circle; small recoil- checking wedge; d^arr image, stowing, securing, wedge or chock; . arrondir les s, (man.) to cut comers in riding- hall; h canon, (art.) gun-chock (in the transpor- tation of guns); de collier de guindage, (pont.) balk-stirrup wedge; cylindro-prismatique, (art.) cylindro-pris- matic wedge; dfendre, ordinary splitting wedge; de fermeture, (art.) breech-closing wedge; guide, (art.) sledge-chock (transportation of guns); de guindage, (pont.) side-rail wedge; h manche, calking-iron; (art.) chock; de mire, (art.) elevating quoin (obs.); h poignee, wedge with handle; de pointage, v. de mire; pnsmatique double (simple), (art.) double (single, flat) wedge; de recul, (art.) recoil-checking wedge (siege, etc., guns); de retour en batterie, (art.) v. de recul; roulant, (mach.) rolling wedge; sabot, (art.) wheel-chock, drag-shoe; sabot elevateur, (F. m. art.) recoil chock. coincer, v. a., to wedge, to jam; v. r., to jam (as bvillets in the magazine). colte, f., launching-cradle, way; de vindas, check of a windlass. coke, m., coke, gas coke. col, m., neck, collar; (unif.) stock; (top.) saddle, pass, col; de cygne, (art.) "swan neck" (siege carriage); (mach., etc.) goose-neck. colback, m., (unif.) colback, busby; (mil. slang) raw recruit. colichemarde 88 eolonne colichemarde, f., (sm. a.) fencing sword (long thin blade, very broad near guard). colique, f., colic, gripes, colis, m., package, box, bale. colismarde, f., v. colichemarde. collage, m., pasting, gluing; sizing. collateral, a., collateral; points aux, points halfway between the car- dinal points. colle, glue, paste; for, glue; de menuisier, carpenter's, joiner's glue; a pierre, cement; de poisson, isinglass. collecteur, m., collector; (élec.) collector; simple, (élec.) collector (as of alternating-current machine); de vapeur, (steam) steam drum (Belleville boiler, etc.). collection, f., collection; d'effets (Fr. a.) the collection of tools, objects, etc., necessary to a given service or duty; (more particularly) the clothing and necessaries of the men, kept in the company magazines, and subdivided into: No. 1 (guerre et parade), clothes, equipments, etc., issued in peace only on mobilization or on occasions of great ceremony; No. 2 (extérieur), the next best articles, etc., after No. 1, and used by men when they go into town individually; No. 3 (instruction), all articles unfit for active service; in general, all other articles in use in the company; d'effets de pansage Horse-kit, stable-kit; de materiel de bivouac, bivouac outfit. Coller, V. a., to glue, to stick, to adhere; to cake; to fit close; to size paper; to find deficient (a candidate, student), to "find" (U. S. M. A.), to "bile" (U. S. Naval Academy); au bloc, (mil. slan) to send to the guard house; d, onglet, to mount on strips (as, maps for binding, an extra sheet for indorsements, etc.). Solerette, f., rim, flange, ring; polar ring or collar of a balloon; (mach., etc.) collar; (exp) necklace (of cartridges); (fort.) glacis armor, outer protecting ring (of a land turret or cupola) (may be of concrete); (nav.) capping ring or flange (of an open turret). Collieron, m., (ham.) neck harness or strap, harness collar (supports pole, worn only by wheel horses). Collet, m., collar; shoulder; neck; throat (of an anchor, of a knee); (mach., etc.) bearing of an anchor, axle, spindle, etc.; brass, pillow, pillow-bearing, spindle, collar, neck, shank, throat, flage, gland; (sm. a.) neck of a cartridge case, shank of the bolthead, neck or narrowing of barrel-cover (German Mauser); (hipp.) neck (of a tooth); (cons.) end of stair mattress from supporting wall; (unif.) collar; (art.) neck (of the cascable); de l'ancre, throat of an anchor; d'arbre, (mach.) shaft collar; du bouton, (art.) gun sling; du bouton, (art.) neck of the cascable; de buttee, (mach.) thrust ring or collar; a capuchon, (unif.) collar and hood; d'une courbe, throat of a knee; crimeenne, (unif.) Fr. A sort of tippet worn by officers (not regulation); de cylindre, (steam) cylinder flange; d ever on, neck (of a spur); de t'etui, (mach.) neck of a cartridge case; inferière (mach.) step, lower brass; de jonction, (mach., steam, etc.) shoulder, flange, collar; de lance, (sm. a.) neck of a lance; de manchon, (sm. a.) shank, neck; manteau, (unif.) sort of cape worn by men of the gendarmerie; de mdt, step of a mast; de la mortaise du te, (mach.) cross-tail butt; collet de selle, (ham.) hollow of the pommel of a saddle; superieur, (mach.) upper brass, collar; de la tete mobile, (sm. a.) bolthead shank; de tulipe, (art.) neck of the muzzle of a gun; de vis, screw-neck. Collier, m., collar, hoop, ring; heel-piece of a spur; (inst.) ring, bearing ring (as of a level in the Y's); (pont.) rack collar, suspension-chain ring; (hipp.) draught horse; d'attache, (hipp.) collar to prevent cribbing; d'attache, (ham.) hitching collar, picketing collar; pack-mule collar; de cheval, (harn.) horse-collar; cheval de, (harn.) horse-collar; cheval de, (mach.) eccentric guide collar; coup de, (of teams) pull on the collar, (hence) great effort; — — d'aperon, neck or bow of a spur; d'excentrique, (mach.) eccentric hoop, belt, strap; deforce, (hipp.) collar or brake for restraining horses (in veterinary operations, etc.); — d'écou, galets, (mach.) friction-roller collar; guide, guide-collar; de guindage, (pont.) balk collar, balk stirrup; se Jeter dans le, ( of teams) to jump forward, struggle, work against the collar; d martingale, (ham.) collar fitted with breast straps; de pointage, (art.) elevation collar, muzzle collar (as in French 155° casemate); porte-guidon, (art.) sight collar; de pression, (mach., etc.) stuffing-box collar; de pression, v. de poussee: h la prussienne, (pont.) iron stirrup, in permanent military bridges; vis, screw-collar. Collideur, a., collimating; niveau, (top.  mobile, traveling or movable dovecote; de pied J v. fixe; sur piliers, v, mobile. colonilin, m., (mas.) mixture of plaster of paris and baryta. colombine, f., pigeon dung. colombopliile, m., pigeon-fancier, -breeder. colombophile, f., pigeon-fancying, -breeding. colon, m., colonist; (mil. slang) colonel; petit, (mil. slang) lieutenant-colonel. colonel, m., colonel; proprietaire, personage of high rank, after whom, by way of compliment, a regiment is named; - — de tranché, (siege) colonel detailed every day for each of the principal attacks and who commands the troops on duty in the trenches. colonelle, f., the colonel's wife; (mil.) the first company in a regiment (obs.). colonial, a., colonial. colonic, f., colony. colonic, f., (cons.) column; (in the fullest development a column consists of: 1, troops proper; 2, trains de combat; 3, ambulances; 4, trains regimentaires; 5, convois; colonienne, (m.) combat; d'assaut, (mil.) storming party; d'attaque, (mil.) attacking column; de bataillon, (inf.) battalion in column of. companies in company columns; de bataillon en masse, (inf.) battalion in close column of companies (at 6 paces); de bataillons en masse, (inf.) of a regiment, column of battalions in close column of companies (6 paces); par batteries, (art.) (of a group) column of batteries in line at 14 meters distance; par brigade en ligne de masses, (cav.) of a division, column of brigades in line of masses; chapeau en, (unif.) cocked hat worn in the usual way, horns or peaks "fore and aft"; cheval, (art.) the teams, carriages, of artillery marching alone; de combat, (Fr. a.) so much of the column as consists of troupes, trains de combat, and ambulances: de compagnie, (inf.) company column (section front); contre la cavalerie, (inf.) column against cavalry; demi-istance, (inf.) column At half distance; direct, column right in front; distance entire, column at full distance; distance entire par section (par compagnie), column of sections (of companies) at full distance; distance de six pas, (inf.) English quarter column; de, par, divisions, (Fr. cav.) column of divisions (front of two platoons); double, (inf.) of a battalion, double column at 6, 24, or more, paces interval, with columns in column of company columns; (cav.) double column, each of a half regiment in column of platoons, interval of 12 paces (or more or fewer); (in a brigade or division) two regiments side by side in column of platoons; double double column, (inf.) double column with more than 24 paces interval; double de regiment, (inf.) column of battalions in double column at 24 paces, one behind the other. The other at section distance plus 12 paces; d'escadrons, (cav.) column of squadrons (troops, U. S. cav.); d'escadrons b. demi-distance (ii distance en- Hire), (cav.) column of squadrons at half (full) distance; expeditionnaire, column on special duty, on detached duty, on a special expedition; fut de, (cons.) shaft of a column; ligne de — — s, (art.) line of batteries in column of platoons (sections, R. Colonne de munitions, ammunition column, to supply ammunition on battle field (this designation holds, no matter what the formation of the wagons); in the German artillery, the same as the French "section de munitions"; & nervures en croix, (cons.) cruciform column; ordre en, column formation; parallé, any column formed parallel to a previous line; de pelotons, par peloton, (inf.) column of platoons; (cav.) column of platoons (squadron, regiment, brigade); perpendiculaire, any column formed at right angles to a previous line; par pihce, (art.) column of pieces (battery, group); d, pied, (art.) the unmounted men of artillery marching alone; pivot, (r. f. art.) pillar-motometer; balance-pillar; supporting pillar; profondeur de, depth of a column; de purge, (mach!) drain pipe (of a pump) between pump and accumulator; par quatre, (cav., inf.) column of Fours, squads; queue de, rear of a column; de regiment, (inf.) regiment with battalions one behind the other at section distance plus 12 paces, each in colonne de bataillon: de rendez-vous, column formed in a position d'attente: rompre en, to break into column; de route, route column, cavalry in fours or twos, infantry in 4 ranks (exceptionally, in 6 or 8); (art.) column of pieces; par section, (art.) column of platoons (U. S. Art.), of sections (R. A.) (battery and group formation); serre. (inf.) close column; (art.) close column of catteries in line, distance of 14 meters; close column of squadrons at 18 paces; serrer en, to close in mass; serrer une, to close a column; tete de, head of a column; tronc, vif, de; du vent, (nav.) weather column; de sous le vent, (nav.) lee column. colonette, f., short column, post. colopliane, f . , colophony. colta, m., colthar, m., coal tar. coltinage, m., act of carrying a load on the shoul- ders or back. coltlner, v. a., to carry a load on the shoulders or back. coltineur, m., stevedore; (in gen.), a man that carries a load on his shoulders or back. Combat, m., (mil.) combat, fight; action, affair, engagement (less in importance than a battle); d'attente, delaying action; b, contre-bord, (nav.) engagement broadside on; corps b, corps, hand-to-hand fight; decisif, real attack (i. e., flank attack) while demonatif is going on; demonatif, front attack, feint, attack to engage attention of enemy (synonymous now with front attack) (v. de front, dusure); encadre, combat by troops acting in concert, e. g., by two divisions supporting each other, by two corps, etc. (opposite of isole): engager le, un, to engage, to come into action; iviter le — —, to shun, avoid, battle; hfeu, fire action; formation de, attack formation; fort du, thick of the fight; de front, front attack; (in modern tactics) the demonstrative attack, to engage. Attention of enemy while the real attack is going on somewhere  and ambulances; trainant, combat of which the object is to allow the real attack time to make its dispositions; d'usure, (v. diminuissement de front, synonyms) in the preparation for the attack, the back and forth of defensive and offensive fighting, in which the artillery supports the infant ly, drives off the adversary, backs up offensive movements, etc. combattant, m., (mil.) combatant; non, non-combatant. combattre, v. a., to fight, be engaged; to make war on; corps b, corps, de prts, to fight hand to hand. combines, f., (top.) valley between two mountains (combines), of English compounds). combination, f., combination; chemical combination; contrivance. combing, a., of, or belonging to, two or more allied powers. combine, v. a., to combine, join, unite. combine, m., top, ridge; garret, roof, generic term for roof with all its parts; summit, height, zenith; complement, consummation; a., heaped, full; en dume, domed roof; d, deux igouts, ridge roof; ii un igout, shed roof; ti la. Mansard, mansard roof; en pavilion, pyramidal or conical roof; pied, (hipp.) pumiced foot. combine, m., (cord.) strong rope used in mechanical maneuvers to lift, drag, and, at a pinch, for hitching horses to ponton wagons. combine, m., filling up (as of a ditch, ditch of a besieged place, etc.). combine, v. a., to fill, fill up; supply, make good; crown, fulfill complete. combustible, a., (chem.) oxidizing, burning; m., oxidizing agent, burning agent. combustible, a., (combustible) to burn, oxidize. combustible, a., combustible; m., combustible, fuel; alimenter en, to fuel, keep in fuel; ancien, generic term for coal; d'Mairage, any lighting material operating by combustion; mineral, v. ancien; moderne, generic term for wood and peat. combustion, f., combustion; (expl.) propagation of flame to interior of grain or mass; lente, slow burning or combustion; au libre, combustion in free air; .vive, quick Duming, combustion. comestible, a., eatable, comestible; m. pi., victuals, food. Comity, m., committee, commission, (esp., mil.) Board of officers; d'ath de chevaux, (Fr. a.) horse board; d'administration centrale, (Fr. a.) a war department board of which the minister is president, and whose object is to secure and maintain uniformity of views and of principles in respect of the various branches of the war department, and to coordinate the general measures to be taken in any given case; consulting, advisory board; consulting des poudres et salpêres, (Fr. a.) war department board to consider administrative and technical questions bearing on explosives; de defense, (Fr. a.) board to consider the defensive system of France (suppressed in 1888, and functions assigned to consul general de defense); permanent des subsistances, (Fr. a.) consulting and investigating board or committee tending cognizance in the widest sense of all questions bearing on the supply, in war, of armies in the field. Of fortified places, and, in general, of all questions relating to resources, both domestic and foreign; de sante, (Fr. a.) the technical committee of the medical department; de surveillance des approvisionnements de ses deux, (Fr. a.) committee having charge of the question of supplies for a fortress (garrison and civilian population); technique, (Fr. a.) board investigating all technical questions submitted to it by minister of war (one to each arm and to each department of the service). commandant, m., (mil.) commanding officer (troops, department, service, etc.); (colloquially) major; commandant, commander; d'armes, the commander in chief of an army; d'armes, the c. o. of a garrison, or of a fort, in peace; d'artillerie de tranche, (siege) field officer of artillery charged in each attack, or important part of each attack, with the direction and service of the batteries; des avant-postes, the c. o. (field officer) of outposts; des batteries, c. o. of a battery; des batteries, c. o. of a group of batteries; du campement, c. o. or officer in charge of a campement, q. v.; de céré, (Fr. a.) in Algiers, the chief of administration in each subdivision of military territory; en chef, commander in chief (reserved in France to c. o. of a group of armies, or of an army operating independently). d'etapes, officer in command of a post on a line of communication, i.e., of a gare d'itapes; de la force publique d'une division, c. o. of the gendarmerie of a division; de gare, (Fr. a.) officer discharging functions of commissaire de gare, in a commandement de gare, i.e., acts as d'armes in respect of passing troops, etc.; de groupe d'armes, commander in chief; V. — en chef; officer, commanding officer; pir intirim, temporary commander; de place, c. o. of a place (obs. in a technical sense); de quartier general, c. o. of a headquarters, officer in charge of a headquarters; de recrutement, (Fr. a.) officer in charge of a recruiting bureau; de secteur d'attaque, ( Siege) in the French army, an officer specially detailed to command a sector of attack on receipt of order or mobilization; En sous-ordre, subordinate commander; Superieur de l'artillerie (du genie), 