A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

deserter 130 ciesimioii
deserter & I'ennemi, to go over to the enemy.
cUiserteur, m., (mil.) deserter;
ennemi, deserter from the enemy.
desertion, f., (mil.) desertion;
d I'ennemi, desertion to the enemy;
& I'etranger, desertion involving escape to a
foreign country; desertion from troops serving
abroad;
d I'intlrieur, desertion without quitting the
country.
dfishgrite, a., badly formed, imperfect (as, organs
of a horse).
dCshydrater, v. a., (chem.) to remove water from
(a substance).
designation, f., appointment, nomination, assignment;
(mil.) detail.
designer, v. a., to appoint, nominate, assign;
(mil.) detail, tell off for service or duty.
desincorporation, f., (mil., etc.) disincorporation.
desincorporer, v. a., to disincorporate, disunite.
desincrustant, a., (steam) scale destroying.
dOsiiicrustation, f., (steam) destruction, removal,
of scale.
dfisincruster, v. a., (steam) to scale a boiler.
desinfecter, v. a., to disinfect, fumigate.
disinfection, f., disinfection, fumigation.
dfisobfeir, v. a., to disobey.
desobeissance, f., disobedience, contumacy.
desoler, v. a. to , waste, lay waste.
desordonne, a., disorderly, unruly, ungovernable.
d6sordonner,-v. a., to revoke orders; to confuse,
disorder; to throw into disorder.
dsordre, m., disorder, confusion; uproar, riot;
havoc.
dts organisation, f., disorganization; (mil.) confusion
or disorder (of troops, of the enemy , etc.);
dismantling (as, of a farmhouse, to keep the
enemy from making use of it); destruction, disorder
(as, of the enemy's siege works,
etc.).
dCsot-ganiscr, v. a., to disorganize, disorder;
(mil.) to break up the enemy, etc. ; to dismantle
(as, a farmhouse, to keep the enemy from
using it); to disorganize, destroy (the enemy's
siege works, etc.).
dfisorientation, f., (top., in gen.) loss of bearings;
(inst.) state of being out of station.
dfisorienter, v. a., (top., in gen.) to cause to lose
one's bearings; (inst.) to get out of station;
se -. to lose one's bearings, one's way.
dfcsoxydant, a., (chem.) deoxidizing.
dfisoxydation, f., (chem.) deoxidation.
dfisoxyder, v. a., (chem.) to deoxidize.
desoxygenation, f., (chem.) deoxidation.
dfisoxygSner, v. a., (chem.) to deoxidize.
dessanafcr, v. a., (harn.) to ungirth, to loosen
the girths.
dessechant, a., drying, dessicative.
dess6ch6, a., dried, seasoned (of wood).
dessechement, m., draining, drying;
fosse de , drain;
travaux de , drainage.
dessfcclier, v. a., to dry, drain;" to season (wood).
dessecheur, m., steam-drier.
dessein, m., design, plan; project; resolution,
intention.
desseller, v. a., to unsaddle.
desserrement, m., (mil.) loosening or loss of distance
in columns on the march.
desserrer, v. a., to slacken, to loosen; to unclamp;
(inst.) to let the compass card down on the
pivot; (art.) to unship a brake;
se , to work loose;
une vis, to loosen a screw.
desserroir, m., screw-driver.
desservir, v. a., to supply; to perform, or attend
to, the service of anything;
un caisson, (art., sm. a.) to pass out ammunition
from a caisson.
dessicatif, a., drying; m., (Fr. a.) regulation drying
oil.
dessication, f., drying; (of wood) seasoning.
dessin, m., drawing, draught, sketch; design,
plan; designing;
dessin d'apres nature, sketch from life, from nature;
d' atelier, working drawing;
cahicr de , drawing book, sketchbook;
caique, tracing;
cote, drawing, etc., with dimensions marked
on it;
de construction, working drawing;
au crayon, pencil sketch;
dccalque, counter tracing;
de, en, detail, detailed drawing sketch,
of details;
d' ensemble, drawing of the whole, general
plan, general view;
a' execution, working drawing*,
lineaire, linear, mechanical, drawing;
& main levee, free-hand drawing;
militaire, sketch for military purposes;
ne.gatif, negative of a drawing (blue print);
ft la plume, pen-and-ink drawing;
de projets, working drawing;
topographique , field sketch;
au trait, line-drawing, drawing in outline.
dessinateur, m., draughtsman, designer.
dessiner, v. a., draw, to sketch, design, delineate,
outline;
d'apres nature, to sketch, draw from nature,
from life;
it main levee, to draw free-hand.
dessoler, v. a., (hipp.) to draw the sole of a horse's
hoof.
dessoudage, m., (met.) unwelding, separation
along a welding joint.
dessoudfe, a., (met.) unwelded, unsoldered, separated
along a welding joint;
angle , (met.) in plate rolling, the overlapping
corners not welded together.
dessouder, v. a., (met.) to unsolder, to separate
along a weld;
se , to become unsoldered, separated along
a welding joint.
dessoudure, f., (met.) unwelding, separation along
a welded joint; break or crac"k in a welded
joint or surface; unsoldering.
dessous, adv., under, underneath.
dessous, m., under part or side; wrong side (of
cloth);
avoir le , (mil.) to have the worst of it in a
combat;
beau , (hipp.) fine, well-shaped, legs;
de gorge (d'une bride), (harn.) throat-latch;
du vent, (nav.) lee-gauge.
dessus, adv., on, upon, over, above;
sens dessous, upside down, topsy turvy.
dessus, m., upper part, top; right side (of cloth);
lid, cover;
avoir le , (mil.) to have the advantage, the
upper hand, to get the best of it (in a combat)
;
beau bon , , (hipp.) good back, fine and
good upper line of back;
de cou, (harn.) support of the breast-collar;
neck or shoulder strap;
enfer du caveqon, (man.) cavesson-iron;
de nez, (harn.) nose-band;
prendre le , (mil.) to get the upper hand, to
have the best of it;
de tete, (harn.) crown piece (of a headstall);
du vent, (nav.) weather-gauge.
destinataire, m. , f . , addressee.
destination, f., destination;
ft , (r. r.) through (of a train).
destituer, v. a., to dismiss, discharge; deprive
of employment; turn out; (Fr. a.) to dismiss
an officer.
destitution, f., dismissal, discharge, removal, de-
privation of employment; deprivation of office,
of grade; (Fr.a.) dismissal of an officer.
destruction, f., destruction, ruin; (mil.) intentional
destruction, demolition.
desuni, m., (man.) horse that drags his hips, that
gallops false, or on the wrong foot;
au pas, au trot, irregular in his walk, trot.
des union, f., disunion, separation.