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crachement 112 creosote
crachement, m., (of boats) starting of seams;
(art., sm. a.) escape of gas through defective
breech closure; (steam) priming, foaming, of
a boiler; (fond.) running over of a mold; (elec.)
sparking.
cracher, v. a. n., (art., sm. a.) to escape (of gas,
through defective breech closure); (steam) to
prime, foam (of boilers); (fond.) to run over
(of a mold); (elec.) to spark;
Ics etoupes, to expel, start, calking from
seams of a boat.
craie, f., chalk;
etre marquid la , (mil.) to have troops billeted
on a house;
logera la , (mil.) to billet;
maison excmpte de la , (mil.) house exempt
from billet;
marquer, tracer, d la , (mil.) to billet or quarter
soldiers.
crampe, f., cramp, staple, cramp-iron, catch.
crampon, m.. cramping-iron, staple; catch;
cramp; holdfast; spike; creeper; brace; (farr.)
calk of a horseshoe, calkin;
d Varagonaise, (farr.) pyramidal calk;
d'assaut, (mil.) creeper, worn on shoes in
an assault (obs.);
d'attelage, (harn.) shaft-staple;
defer d cheval, (farr.) frost-nail, calkin;
d glace, (farr.) calkin, frost-nail;
d oreilles de chat, (farr.) v. d I'aragonaise;
porte-esse de rechange, (art.) spare linchpin
hook;
d vis, (farf.) screw calkin.
cramponner, v. a., to cramp, fasten with a
cramp; (hence, fig.) to hold on tight (to a
wall, etc.); (farr.) to rough-shoe a horse, put on
calkins.
cramponnet, m., small cramp, cramp-iron; tack;
staple.
cran, m., notch, mark, nick; cog, ear; crank;
(met.) defect in welding; (hipp.) ridge of a
horse's mouth; (art., sm. a.) sight-notch; (sm. a.)
notch of the firing mechanism;
d s, cogged, notched;
de I'abattu, (sm. a.) sear-notch, (in the Lebel)
the first notch of the cocking piece receiving
the sear after firing;
de I'arme, (sm. a.) cocking-notch, full-cock
notch;
d'arret, (sm. a.) stop notch;
du bande, (sm. a.) full-cock notch;
du curseur, (art., sm. a.) slide notch (of
de d/montage, (sm. a.) (in the Lebel) dismounting
notch in the ejector-head;
de depart, (sm. a.) full-cock notch;
d'cmbarragc, (art.) maneuvering, embarring,
notch;
de la hausse, (art., sm. a.) rear-sight
notch;
de mire, (art., sm. a.) sight notch;
mobile, (art., sm. a.) slide notch;
de repos, (sm. a.) half-cock notch; (r. f. art.)
catch for operating handle;
de surete, (sm. a.) safety notch; (r. f. art.)
safety catch.
crane, m., skulL
crapaud, m., toad; (torp.) anchoring weight,
mushroom anchor; (hipp.) thrush (aggravated);
(mil. slang) diminutive man; purse
in which soldiers store up savings;
d'amarrage, mushroom anchor.
crapaudlne, f., (mach., etc.) step, bearing, stepbearing;
pivot-step; thrust-bearing; socket,
pivot-hole; bush, collar, pillow; valve of
a discharge or escape pipe; grating over the
mouth of a gutter pipe, etc.; (hipp.) disease
or affection of the anterior face of the coronet,
leading to fissures in the coronary band;
femelle, (mach.) spindle-bearing;
d grain mobile, (mach.) independent step
male, (mach.) pivot;
d, patin horizontal, step-bearing;
avec plaque de fixation verticale, (mach.) wall
step-bearing.
craquer, v. n., to give way, yield, crack,
spring.
crasse, f., (art., sm. a.) fouling of the bore; (met.)
dross, cinders, slag.
cratere, m., (art., mm.) crater (produced by explosion
of a shell or of a mine); (elec.) hollow
or crater of the arc-light carbon.
craticuler, v. a., (drawing) to reduce by
squares.
cravache, f., riding whip, horse whip.
cravate, m., Croatian horse; horse soldier
(obs.).
cravate, f., cravat, necktie; axle-collar,
-strap (of a capstan); (cord.) top tackle;
(mil.) bow tied around the top of staff of
colors; (expl.) quick-match (fastened to a
fuse, etc.);
-
d'avant-train, (art.) pintle-stay.
cravater, v. a., un drapeau, (mil.) to tie
a bow, etc., around the head of the colorstaff.
crayon, m., pencil, chalk, crayon; pencil-drawing,
rough, draught; sketch, outline; (elec.) carbon
of an arc lamp;
& dessiner, drawing pencil;
lithographique , lithographic chalk;
a nbecs, railroad pencil.
crayonner, v. a., to draw in pencil, to sketch,
outline.
crCance, f., trust, credit; bill, money owing,
debt;
^longer en , (cord.) to make a guess
warp;
lettre de , letter of credit; ambassador's
credentials.
crtat, m., (man.) riding-master's assistant.
creche, f., manager, crib.
credit, m., credit; (adm.) appropriation;
extraordinaire, emergency appropriation;
legislatif, appropriation by legislation, government
(congressional, parliamentary) appropriation;
lettre de , letter of credit;
ministeriel, funds turned over by a government
minister to his subordinates for
the expenses of their departments;
sous-delegue, (Fr. a.) in the intendance,
funds turned over by an intendant to his sousintendants;
supple mentaire, additional appropriation,
(sometimes) emergency appropriation.
crfmaillfcre, f., (mach., etc.) rack, rack-work,
rack-gear, rack-bar; ratchet, rack-tooth;
(fort.) indented line; (art.) traversing-rack,
elevating arc; (sm. a.) circular ratchet (Colt's
revolver);
eric ft , rack-jack;
en , indented;
en arc de cercle, (art.) circular elevating arc;
ligned , (fort.) indented line;
de pointage, (art.) elevating arc;
reunir en , (carp.) to joggle;
trace to, , (fort. ) cremaillere trace.
cremone, f., sash-fastener.
crfcneau, m., (fort.) loophole, battlement, em-
. de
brasure; (mil.) interval between units, place
of a chef de section in the line;
couronnement, (fort.) battlement;
droit, (fort.) normal loophole;
d'etage, (fort.) loophole through a wall at
anv point;
"horizontal, (fort.) horizontal loophole;
machicoulis, (fort.) machicolated loop-
de pied, v.
en sacs &
hole;
machicoulis;
terre, (fort.) sand-bag loop-
vertical, (fort.) vertical loophole;
de visee, (fort.) aiming peep or slit in
armored forts).
crCneler, v. a., (fort.) to loophole, embattle,
crenelate; (in gen.) to cog, indent, notch,
tooth.
crtnelure, f., (fort.) battlement; (in gen.) indenting,
toothing, notching.
crlosotage, m., creosoting,
creosote.
creosote, f., creosote.
impregnation with