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devancer 132 direct
devancer I'appel, (Fr. a., etc.) to enter the service
before the legal date fixed for such entry (navy
colonial troops, etc.).
devaut, prep., adv., before, head;
vent , head wind.
devant, m., front, fore part of anything, fore end;
breastplate of a cuirass;
cheval de , (art.) lead horse;
les s, (mil.) the front of an army;
gagner le de, to forge ahead of, outstrip;
jambe de , (hipp.) fore leg;
de sabot, (hipp.) toe of a hoof;
du systeme percutant, (Fr. art.) front block
of the firing mechanism of the canon b, balles.
devastation, f., devastation.
devaster, v. a., to devastate, lay waste.
developpee, f., development (as, of a spiral, etc.).
dSveloppenient, m., development (of a curve,
etc., of a photograph, of a bicycle); (fenc.)
spread.
developper, v. a., to develop, to uncoil (a wire
from a drum); expand; uncover, unfold, extend;
Vallure, (man.) to increase, develop, the
gait.
d6 verrouiller, v. a., to unbolt.
devers, a. , warped, crooked; inclining, out of plumb
(as, a wall).
divers, m., inclination, warp; (r. r.) inclination
of the vertical axis of the rail to the interior
of the track;
de I'essieu, set of an axle-arm.
deversfi, a. , sloping.
deversement, m., inclination, state of being out
of level, out of plumb; overflowing (of canals,
weirs, etc.); (ball.) angular displacement of the
axis of a bullet with reference to the base, and
vice versa;
lateral, spreading, lateral yield (as. a railway
track).
dSverser, v. a. n., to bend, curve, to bend out,
to put out of level; to bend, incline, to be out
of plumb, out of level; to change the direction of
a stream, of waters;
se , to warp, to get out of level, out of plumb;
to fall into, empty into (of a river, canal, etc.).
deversoir, m., weir; sluice-gate.
dfivetir, v. a., (fond.) to open a mold.
dSviateur, a., (ball.) deviating.
deviation, f.. deflection, deviation; compass deviation;
(ball.) deviation, error;
laterale, lateral error, lateral deviation;
longitudinale, longitudinal deviation, error in
range;
en portee, v. longitudinale.
devidage, m., winding off, unwinding, uncoiling,
(as, from a reel, drum, etc.).
devidement, m., v. devidage.
devider, v. a., to unwind, reel off (as, wire from a
drum).
devidoir, m., reel, spindle.
devier, v. n. , to deviate, swerve , turn out.
devirage, m., (art.) unscrewing of the breechblock
(esp. an accidental and hurtful unscrewing).
de"virer, v. a., turn back (as, a capstan); to come
unscrewed., to work backward; (as, a winch);
to disengage (as , a screw from its seat), to unscrew;
to turn an oar flat; to turn upside down,
to turn turtle (of a boat); (cord.) to take out the
kinks of a rope, to unkink;
an,, le, cabestan, to heave back, turn back,
the caps tan;
le cable, to surge the cable.
devis, m, estimate; specifications;
approximati, rough estimate;
es^raa^/,estimate, of cost, materials, etc.
dfivisser, v. a., to unscrew;
la culasse, (art.) to unscrew the breech-plug.
dfevoiement, m., flaring; inclination, slope (as, of a
chimney, etc.).
devoir, m., duty;
militaire, military duty (in general);
rentrer dans le , to returnto one's duty,
allegiance (as, after a mutiny).
de'voyer, v. a., to place obliquely, to put out of
trvie; to bend and turn (as, a smoke pipe, a funnel);
to set (a saw).
dextrine, f., (chem.) dextrine.
diafole,. m., (art.) devil-carriage, truck-carriage,
small truck (Fr, art.) used in maneuvers with
the gin;
& roulettes, small truck for transporting the
carriage of the revolving cannon.
diagonal, a., diagonal.
diagonal, m.,(hipp.) legs diagonally opposite;
droit, off fore and near hind legs;
gauche, near fore and off hind legs
diagonal , f . , diagonal brace , tie ;
en , diagonally.
diagonalisation, f.. (man.) training of a horse in
the extension of his diagonals.
diagonaliser, v. a., (man.) to train a horse to extend
his diagonals.
diagramme, m. , diagram;
de I'indicateur, (steam) indicator diagram.
diamant, m., diamond; lozenge; point of an earthauger
or jumper; (fort.) drop ditch, diamond
ditch;
de I'ancre, crown, throat, lower part of the
shank of an anchor;
fosse , (fort.) diamond ditch, drop ditch;
hrabot, glazier's diamond. .
diamfctre, m. , diameter ;
demi , se midiameter ;
d''evolution , (nav.) tactical diameter;
primitif, (mach.) pitch diameter.
diane,f. , (mil. ) reveille (and call for same);
battre, sonner, la , to beat, sound, reveille;
coup de , morning gun ;
coup de canon de , morning gun.
diapason, m., tuning-fork; (drawing) scale of
hachures, of graded tints, oftones.
diaphragme, m., diaphragm (mach.) stop valve,
sliding stop-valve;
en ce.il de chat (inst.) diaphragm with adjustable
orifice.
diaspongglatine, f., (expl.) diaspongelatine.
diaste'mome'trique, a., (inst.) measuring distances
by direct reading (i. e., without having
to go over the distance to be measured).
diatomique, a., (chem.) divalent.
diazobenzol, m., (chem.) diazobenzole;
azotate de , (expl.) fulminating aniline.
dictateur, m., dictator.
dictionnaire, m., dictionary;
chiffre, cipher dictionary, code book (cryptography).
difedre, a, diedral; diedral angle.
diete, f.,. diet; (medical) diet;
absolute, (Fr. a.) abstention from food of any
sort;
avec aliments, (Fr. a.) hospital diet comprising
two articles of the list of articles prescribed);
lactee, (Fr. a.) milk diet.
differentiel, a., differential:
palan , (cord.) differential tackle;
vis le, differential screw.
dignitaire, m., dignitary,
digue, f., dike, dam, bank, embankment;
defensive, (fort.) dike or dam of an inundation
reservoir;
defascinage, fascine-work dike;
-d'inondation, v. -defensive.
diguer, v. a. ,to dike dam.
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dilaniateur, a., (expl.) brisant, rending,
dilatabilite, f . .
, dilatability
dilatation, f ., dilatation, expansion;
construction de , (cons.) allowance for expansion
in the joints of metallic constructions.
dilater, v. a., to expand, dilate.
dimension, f., dimension, size; dimension (of a
unit).
diorrexine, L,(cxpl.) diorrexine.
direct, a, direct, straight; (dec.) in series; (fenc.,
etc.) straight to the front .