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dejeter, v. r., (of wood, trees) to cast, to warp;
(met.) to warp, become distorted, to get out
of true (as, in tempering).
dejoindre, v. a., to disjoin; start; part, open,
gape.
dejouer, v. a., to baffle, to neutralize, to render
null and void.
dejour, m., opening left in the fellies of a new
wheel.
dSjuger, v. r., (man.) to undercover, undercheck.
delabrement, m., dilapidation.
delabrer, v. a., to shatter, batter, ruin, dilapidate.
cISlacer, v. a., to unlace.
delai, m., delay; time, allowance of time (as, to
carry out an order, for a change of station,
etc.);
d'arrivee, ( Fr. a.) time granted every soldier
to reach his destination;
dans le plus bref , as soon as possible, with
the least possible delay;
de grace, (Fr. a.) allowance of time for joining,
granted every recruit or volunteer that
fails to join on the assigned day, before being
taken up as an imoumis, q. v. (1 month in
France, 2 months for Algiers, Tunis, etc.);
de recours, ( Fr. a.) period (3 months) within
which a regular decision of the minister of
war must be appealed to the conseil d'etat;
de repcntir, (Fr. a.) time allowed a man absent
without leave to return to duty before
being declared a deserter or insoumis;
de route, (Fr. a.) time allowance for making
de tolerance, (Fr. a.) 4 days allowed an officer
changing residence, in addition to regular
allowance of time for the purpose; (in gen.)
permission to delay in carrying out an order;
de transport, ( Fr. a.) time allowed for transportation
by rail, wagon, etc.
delaissement, m., abandonment.
delaisser, v. a., to abandon, give up.
delardement, m., chamfer, chamfering; splay,
slope; slope of earthwork.
delarder, v. a., to chamfer, splay; to cut sloping
(as earthwork).
delavage, m., dilution of a color by water.
deiaver, v. a., to dilute a color.
deiaye, a., (of the soil) reduced to a state of mud,
soaked, soaking wet.
delayer, v. a., to dilute, temper (lime, clay, etc.);
to soak.
delegataire, m., (in gen.) deputy; one who has
received authority (delegation) to act in the
name and place of another; (Fr. mil. adm.)
officer or functionary who receives the delegation
of the funds of the minister of war.
delegation, f., (adm.) warrant or authority bestowed
upon or granted to a person;
'de la commission superieure, (mil. r. r.) a
board, at general headquarters, in charge of
transports beyond the base of operations, in
the zone operated by the personnel of the
regular railway companies, or otherwise, from
that base to the stations de transition (q. v.);
de signature, authority to sign;
signature par , authorized signature of one
person for another;
de solde, (mil.) assignment of his pay, by an
officer or soldier, to third persons.
delestage, m., removal of ballast from a vessel.
d61ester, v. a., to unballast a vessel.
deiiaison, f., (mas.) unbound masonry.
deiicat, a., delicate, difficult;
entree e, difficult entrance (of a port).
deiicoter, v. r., (/mm.) to strip off his halter or
collar.
dSlie, a., thin, slender, fine; m., up-stroke of a
letter.
delier, v. a., to untie, unfasten.
delimitation, f., delimitation (of a territory, of a
sphere of influence).
delimiter, v. a., to delimit.
delineation, f., delineation.
deliquescence, f., deliquescence.
deliquescent, a., deliquescent.
deiit, m., misdemeanor; (mas.) wrong bed of a
stone;
le corps du , the offense itself;
mettre unc pierre en , (mas.) to lay a stone on
the wrong bed.
deiiter, v. a., (mas.) to lay a stone on its wrong
bed; to split a stone along its cleaving grain;
la chaux vive, to slake quicklime;
se , (mas.) to cleave, split (as slate, etc.); to
exfoliate (by the action of frost).
deiivrance, f., delivery, issue (of stores, arms, etc.);
par force, (mil.) rescue of a prisoner.
deiivrer, v. a., to deliver, deliver over; to free
from; set at liberty, free (a prisoner);
par force, par violence, to rescue a prisoner.
deiogement, m., removal, departure; (mil.) change
of quarters (of billets) (obs.).
dlloger, v. a. n., (mil.) to change quarters (of
billets) (pbs.); to dislodge the enemy, drive him
out of his position (v. debusquer); to decamp,
move out hastily and in disorder (when surprised).
delta, m., (top.) delta;
metal , delta metal.
deiutage, m., unluting.
deiuter, v. a., to unlute.
dftnaconner, v. a., to undo, take down, masonry
work.
dgmaigrir, v. a., to thin, reduce (a slab, a log, a
piece of timber, wood, etc.).
dfemaigrissement, m., feather-edge; thinning;
place where a stone, etc., has been thinned
reduced in thickness.
demailler, v. a., to unlink, unshackle; to unlace
demaillonner, v. a., to unlink a chain.
demanchement, m., unhafting; taking off a haft
or handle; removal of a handle.
demancher, v. a., to remove a haft or handle.
demande, f., demand, request, petition, suit,
inquiry, application; (mil.) requisition; (cons.)
proportions required in a piece of timber;
h la de, so as to fit, take, apply to;
en cassation, (mil.) request of the c. o. of a
detachment for the reduction of a n. c. o. to
the ranks;
filer d la , (cord.) to pay off a rope according
to the stress.
demander, y. a., to demand, require, call for,
want; (mil.) to submit a requisition;
du cable, (cord.) to require more rope.
demandeur, m., (law) plaintiff.
demanillage, m., unshackling.
demaniller, v. a., to unshackle.
demantelement, m., (fort.) dismantling; blowing
up works.
demanteler, v. a., (fort.) to dismantle, to raze,
demolish.
demarcation, f., demarcation;
ligne de , line of demarcation.
demarche, f., gait; walk; step; bearing; measure.
demarquage, m., erasure of a mark (as, the letter,
number, etc., from a weapon, etc.).
demarquement, m., fraudulent removal of the
mark on anything (as, clothes, etc.).
demarquer, v. n., (hipp.) to lose mark of mouth,
demurrage, m., (cord.) unmooring; casting off of
a rope; untying, undoing (of lashings); (r. r.)
starting of a train; (mach.) starting of an engine;
(art.) starting, moving off (of teams, car-
demarrer, v. a., (cord.) to cast off a rope, to clear,
to unbend; to cast loose; to unmoor; to unlash;
(mach.) to start an engine; (art.) to start, to
cause to start (of teams, carriages); (r. r.) to
start.
demasquer, v. a., (mil.) to unmask a front, a
position, a movement, an attack.
demler, v. a., to disentangle, unravel; to part.
demenagement, m., moving out.
demenager, v. a. n., to move out (of one house
into another).