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corps 104 coton-poudre
corps, de support, (pont.) support of the superstructure
of a bridge (either fixed or floating);
du train des equipages, (mil.) the train, train
troops;
du train de dessous, (art.) limber-body, caisson-body;
de troupe, ( Fr. a., etc.) in each arm, the largest
body whose command and administration are
exercised by one and the same chief; (hence,
generally) regiment, unless otherwise indicated;
troop unit;
Us de troupe, the line of the army;
volant, (mil.) flying body.
correcteur, m., (art.) corrector; compensator (on a
sight.)
correction, f., correction; (expl.) addition of alcohol,
when fumes appear, in manufacture of
mercury fulminate.
correctionnel, a., (law) correctional; punishable
(said of certain tribunals, of corvee supplementaire, extra fatigue, by way of
punishment.
corvette, f., (nav.) sloop of war, corvette;
cuirassee, armored, protected cruiser
cosaque, m., Cossack;
poste
misdemeanors,
and of the punishment of these misde-
it la , (mil.) Cossack post, irregular
post.
cosaquerie, f., (mil.) raid, sudden raid.
cosse, f., (cord.) thimble.
costal, a., of the ribs, costal.
cote, f., (top.) altitude of a point (in meters and
fractions of); signal, level; (ball.) the coordinates
of a point of impact; reference lines on
a target; (fort.) reference; (in gen.) dimensions
marked on a tracing, drawing, map,
etc.;
de niveau, (top.) reference to a datum plane,
level.
cOte, f., rib, edge, fillet; coast, seacoast, shore; (top.)
rise of a hill;
ft , edge to edge;
artillerie de , (art.) seacoast artillery;
aster nale, (hipp.) false rib;
basse, (hipp.) rib that comes down below the
meanors).
correspondance, f.. correspondence; transfer
(omnibus, etc.); (sig.) communication; (mil.)
assimilation of rank;
de grade, (mil.) assimilation of rank;
optique, (sig.) communication by visual
telegraphy;
ouvrir la , (sig.) to open communication;
poste de , (sig.) transmitting station;
de service, (mil.) official correspondence.
correspond, v. n., to correspond; ( mil.) to report
to;
se , to be exactly opposite one another.
corridor, m., corridor, passage-way; (fort., etc.)
communication;
d'assechement, (fort.) drying or ventilating
corridor of a powder magazine;
de circulation, (siege) communication along
interior crest (obs., see couloir de circula-
tion);
de surveillance, (fort.) exterior corridor.
corriger, v. a., to correct.
corroder, v. a., to corrode; (of rivers) to wash,
erode,
corroi, m., claying, puddling; layer or lining of
earth or of clay; currying of leather.
corrosion, f., corrosion; wash, erosion (of
rivers).
corroyage, m., dressing, currying, of leather; (met.)
refining, shearing (of steel);
de n, (met.) said when the section of the ingot
is at least n times as great as that of the gun, on
leaving the forge.
corroye-masse, m., (met.) scrap-iron.
corroyer, v. a., to dress leather; to trim, dress down
(as a felly); to plan ; (fond.) to roll sand; to
beat up, pug, puddle with clay; (met.) to reheat
and weld, to shear, refine, (steel) to weld together,
to "shut."
corsage, m., (hipp.) chest of a horse.
corsaire, m., pirate; (nav.) privateer;
autorise, (nav.) privateer.
cortege, m., escort, cortege, funeral escort,
corveable, a., liable to contribution of forced
labor.
corvee, f., forced labor, statute labor; (mil.) fatigue,
fatigue duty, fatigue party; (in pi.) fatigue
call;
de , on fatigue duty;
du bois, fuel fatigue, and party for this
duty;
de chicstrac, (mil. slang) fatigue for cleaning
cesspools, etc.;
d'eau, water fatigue, and party;
exterieure, any fatigue beyond the limits of
camp, of quarters;
de fourrage. forage party or detail (and
duty);
d'hommes, fatigue detail;
d' installation, labors, duties, etc., of installation
in one's cantonments;
interieure, post or garrison fatigue;
de I'ordinaire, kitchen police, (call, party, and
duty);
de proprete, police;
de quartier, police call;
service de , fatigue duty;
level of the elbow;
batterie de , (art.) seacoast battery;
des s, (art.) seacoast, coast, de-
defense
fense;
descendue, v. basse;
materiel de r (art.) seacoast material;
ft mi , halfway up the hill;
sternale, (hipp.) true rib;
s de vache, (met.) slit iron (iron in small rectangular
rods);
au vent, weather shore;
sous le vent, lee shore.
cOte> m., side; party; (nav.) side of a ship; (art.) side
rail of chassis (seacoast guns);
las } footpath, or other way, at a lower level
than the main road; side aisle; lean-to,
penthouse;
de la chair, flesh side (of leather);
de champ, edge (as of a plank, etc.);
du chassis, (art.) side rail of a chassis;
de , sidewise;
droit, off side (of a team, etc.);
de droite, (harn.) off-side neck strap (of breast
strap);
exterieur, (fort.) exterior side (of a bastion);
(pont.) side farthest from bank from which the
bridge is built or from bank toward which the
bridge is dismantled;
gauche, near side (of a team, etc.);
de gauche, (harn.) near-side neck strap (of a
breast strap);
grand , (art.) chassis side rail; (harn.) longer
strap of a bridle;
interieur, (pont.) side nearest bank from
which the bridge is built "or toward which the
bridge is dismantled;
ft to main, near side (of a team, etc.);
de la moelle, end grain of wood;
montoir, du montoir, (man,) near side of a
horse;
hors montoir, hors du montoir, (man.) off side
of a horse;
pas de , (man., etc.) side step;
petit -, (harn.) shorter strap of a bridle, (v.
grand );
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sous-verge, off side of a team;
d'un triangle, side of a triangle.
coteau, m., (top.) hill, slope; hill taken in its length;
hillock.
coter, v. a., to put down references, measures,
dimensions, etc., on a map, plan, drawing, etc.
cOtier, a., coast, coasting; m., coaster, coasting
vessel.
cotiser, v. a., to assess, to rate.
coton, m., cotton;
azotique, (expl.) gun-cotton;
fulminant, (expl.) gun-cotton;
au nitrate, (expl.) nitrated gun-cotton;
nitrate (de Faversham), (expl.) tonite;
pyrique, (expl.) pyrocotton.
coton-poudre, m., (expl.) gun-cotton;
comprime, compressed gun-cottond
fusil, small-arm gun-cotton;
humide, wet gun-cotton;
sec, dry gun-cotton.