A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

SpSc, rengatner V , v. remettre I' ;
liter V , to draw the sword;
vierge, unfleshed sword.
Speron, m., spur; ice-fender, stream-fender (of a
bridge); starling; buttress; mole, breakwater,
jetty; (top.) mountain spur; counterfort; (nav.)
stem, ram; (art.) trail-spur, trail spade;
chausser les s, to put on one's spurs;
d la chevaliere, (unif.) officer's spur, ordinary
spur (held on by straps and buckles);
dcchausser les s } to take off, remove, one's
spurs ;
donncr de I' , des s, (man.) to spur, put
spurs to;
dur dl' , (man.) not spur-wise;
fixe, screw-spur ;
gagner ses s, to win one's spurs;
mobile, v. d la chevaliere;
d'unpont, starling, fender, of a bridge;
sensible dl' , (man.) spur-wise.
SperonnS, a., spurred.
Speronner, v. a. n., (man.) to spur; (fenc.) to
move the foot to the side (in a manner resembling
a spurring motion).
Speronnier, m., spur maker.
Spenin, m., v. eparvin.
Spi, m., beard (of wheat, etc.); pile, mass; (eng.)
stockade of fascine work, jetty, line of mattress,
etc., work (along or across a river or
channel); (hipp.) cowlick; line formed by
change of set of the hair;
de barrage, (eng.) stockade thrown across a
river;
de bordage, (eng.) fascine, etc., work, to
protect the banks of a river or canal;
en , (mas.) herringbone-wise;
de pierres enrochees, (eng.) pile of riprap;
du vent, wind's eye.
SpidSmie, f., epidemic.
Spidemique, a., epidemic.
Spiderme, m., skin; (of trees) outer bark.
Spier, v. a., to spy, to keep a close watch over.
Spierrer, v. a., to clear of stones.
Spin ard, m., spinach;
graine d' , (unif.) large bullion (of an epaulet),
v. s. V., epaulette.
Spine, f., thorn, spine.
Spineux, a., thorny, difficult.
Spingler, v. a., (art.) to prick the vent of a gun.
Spinglette, f., (cord.) small marlin spike; (art.)
priming wire; (sm. a.) needle; (Fr. a.) ornamental
pin, prize for target practice;
d vritle, (art.) v. degorgeoir d vrille.
Spisser, v. a., (cord.) to splice.
Spissoir, m.. (cord.) marlin spike (iron); splicing
fid (wood).
Spissure, f., (cord.) splice;
de cable, cable splice;
carree, short splice;
courte, v. carree;
en diminuant le toron, tapering splice;
d'estrop, v. de ganse;
de ganse, eye splice;
en greffe, horseshoe splice;
longue, long splice;
d ceil; v. de ganse;
d'cemllet. v. de ganse;
ronde, sailmaker's splice;
avec le toron entier , full splice.
Spite, f., wedge tenoning; small wedge or pin
driven into a treenail to swell it.
Spitoir, m., iron pin, for making an epite.
Spizootie, f., (hipp.) epizootic, epizooty.
SpointS, a., having lost the point, with the point
broken off; (hipp.) hipshot; sprained in hip
or haunch.
Spointer, v. a., to break off the point of anything.
Spointure, f., (hipp.) state or condition of being
hipshot.
Sponge, f., sponge; (farr.) quarter of a horseshoe;
(hipp.) hygroma of elbow, shoe boil, tumor
on point of elbow, in horses that keep their
forelegs under them while lying down.
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Sponger v. a., to wash or clean with a sponge;
to dab off.
Spon tillage, m., stanchioning, shoring up, propping.
Spontille, f., stanchion, shore, prop;
- volante, movable stanchion.
Spontiller, y. a., to shore up, to prop, support by
a stanchion.
Spouser, v. a., to wed; (fig.) to take the form
of.
Spoussetage, m.. dusting; rubbing down (of a
horse) ; (powd.) dusting.
Spousseter, v. a., to dust, to rub down (a horse);
(powd.) to dust.
Spoussette, f., dusting rag, duster.
Spreuve, f., proof, trial; test, chemical test; service
test; experiment; (phot.) proof;
ii I'-- , under trial; (in combination) proof;
ill'de,
proof against; (mil.) protected against;
d I'del'eau,
waterproof;
d I'- des eclats, (fort., etc.) splinter proof;
- d'admissibilite, v. s. v. admissibiUte;
- d'admission, v. s. v. admission;
- d I'air comprime, (art.) compressed-air test
(cast-iron shells); - d'alcalintif, (expl.) alkali-test;
lane d'-(s), (sm. a.) proof-bench; proving-
- du bloe, (sm. a.) striking test (for the edge
of a sword); - de la bolte, (sm. a.) bending test (sword
blade);
butte d'-, (ball.) proof butt; - de chaleur, (expl.) stability test, heat test;
champ d'-
, (ball., etc.) proving ground;
- d chaud, hot test; _ au - choc, de choc, falling-weight test,
percussive test; - de conductibilite, (etec.) conductivity test;
- de conservation, v. quinquennale;
- de contrdle, v. semestrielle;
d'-
, probationary; - dtcennale, (powd., Fr. a.) decennial inspection
and test of certain powders of old
- de deformation, bending test; - de deformation par ployage, v. de deformation;
-- de densitl, (expl.) density test; - de durce, endurance test;
.- d I'eau, waterproof test; - de I'eau, (sm. a., etc.) water test;
-- d'ecrasement, crushing test;
-- d'elasticite, (sm. a.) elastic test (sword blades,
bayonets, etc.);
-- d'elasticite par mandrinage, (art.) mandrel
test of elastic strength of gun-hoops;
-- d'emboutissage, heading-up test (for plates);
- encombrante, pressure test (by weights resting
on object); - d'escarpolette. axletree test; - d'etancheite, (sm. a.) test to determine
whether cartridge cases are water-tight;
faire I'de,
to try, test, prove, anything;
faire ses-s, to pass, stand, a test, to be found
satisfactory; - d la flexion, bending test;
de fonctionnement , working test;
- de forge, forge test; - d froid . cold test; - d'hummte, (expl.) humidity test;
- d' incineration, (expl.) ash test;
- individuelle, test of each piece, as opposed to
a piece taken at random from a lot;
- d'isolement, (elec.) insulation test;
- de la jante, (sm. a.) striking test (flat of
sword on curved block);
mettre & I'-, to put to the test, make a trial
of; - d mouton, v. d'escarpolette; - d outrance, resistance test, proof to the limit
of ultimate strength, proof to bursting (as, of
guns); - de pliage, folding test; - de ployage, bending test; - de poinc_onnage, (art.) punch test;
- positive, (phot.) proof , photograph;