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colichemarde 88 colonne
colichemarde, f., (sm. a.) fencing sword (long thin
blade, very broad near guard),
colique, f., colic, gripes.
cells, m., package, box, bale.
colismarde, f., v. colichemarde.
collage, m., pasting, gluing; sizing.
collateral, a., collateral;
points aux, points halfway between the cardinal
points.
colle, f., glue, paste;
forte, glue;
de mcnuisier, carpenter's, joiner's glue;
a pierre, cement;
de poisson, isinglass.
collecteur, m., collector; (elec.) collector;
simple, (elec.) collector (as of alternatingcurrent
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 (extcricur), the next best
articles, etc., after No. 1, and used by men
when they go into town individually;
No.
8 (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
"bilge " (TJ. S. Naval Academy);
au bloc, (mil. slang) to send to the guard
house;
& onglet, to mount on strips (as, maps for
binding, an extra sheet for indorsements,
etc.).
collerette, f., rim, flange, ring; polar ring or collar
of a balloon; (mach., etc.) collar; (expl.) 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).
colleron, m., (/mm.) 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
arbor, axle, spindle, etc.; brass, pillow, pillowbearing,
spindle, collar, neck, shank, throat,
flnage, gland; (sm. o.) 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 farthest from
supporting wall; (unif.) collar; (art.) neck (of
thecascable);
de I'ancre, throat of an anchor;
d'arbre, (mach.) shaft collar;
d'un aviron, shaft or loom of an oar;
& billot, (art.) gun sling;
de boiteiibourrage, (mach.) packing ring;
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 eperon, neck (of a spur);
de I' etui, (sm. a.) neck of a cartridge case;
inferieur, (mach.) step, lower brass;
de jonctton, (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, (harn.) hollow of the pommel of a
saddle;
superieur, (mach.) upper brass, collar;
de la tete mobile, (s.m. 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 01 a level in the
Y's); (pont.) rack collar, suspension-chain ring;
(hipp.) draught horse;
d f
antitiqueur, (hipp.) collar to prevent cribbiting;
d'attache, (harn.) hitching collar, picketing
collar; pack-mule collar;
de cheval, (harn.) horse-collar;
cheval de , draught horse;
cheval franc de , willing, energetic puller;
de conduite d'excentnque, (mach.) eccentric
guide collar;
coup de , (of teams) pull on the collar, (hence)
great effort;
- d'eperon, neck or bow of a spur;
d'excentnque, (mach.) eccentric hoop, belt,
strap;
deforce, (hipp.) collar or brake for restraining
horses (in veterinary operations, etc.);
a 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, (harn.) collar fitted with breaststraps;
de pointage, (art.) elevation collar, muzzle
collar (as in French 155mm
casemate);
porte-guidon, (art.) sight collar;
de poussee, (mach.) thrust ring;
de presse-etoupe , (mach., etc.) stuffing-box
collar;
de pression, v. de poussee;
d la prussienne, (pont.) iron stirrup, in permanent
military bridges;
a vis, screw-collar.
collimateur, a., collimating;
niveau , (top. inst.) collimating level.
collimation, f., (inst.) collimation.
colline,f., (top.) hill.
collodion, m., collodion.
collodine, f., (expl.) collodine (sporting powder, of
the Volkman type).
colloxyline, f., (expl.) colloxylin (synonym of soluble
cellulose).
colombage, m., (carp.) row of columns or joists in
a wall or partition.
colombier, m., dovecote;
fixe, stationary dovecote;
'militaire, military dovecote;
mobile, traveling or movable dovecote;
de
pied;
v. fixe;
sur piliers, v. mobile.
colombin, m., (mas.) mixture of plaster of paris
and baryta.
colombine, f., pigeon dung.
colombophile, m., pigeon-fancier, -breeder.
colombophilie, f., pigeon-fancying, -breeding.
colon, m., colonist; (mil. slang) colonel;
petit , (mil. slang) lieutenant-colonel.
colonel, m., colonel;
proprittaire, personage of high rank, after
whom, by way of compliment, a regiment is
named;
- de tranchce, (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.
colonie,f., colony.
colonne, f., (cons.) column; (mil.) column; (in the
fullest development a column consists of: 1,
troops proper; 2, trains de combat; 3, ambulances;
4, train* regimentaires; 5, convois);