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r, v. a. r., to narrow, shrink; (man.) to narrow;
to cause a horse to narrow.
Strfieissement, m., shrinkage, shrinking, narrowing.
etreignoir, m., clamp, cramp, jack, hand-screw.
etrein, m., (horse) litter.
(itreindre, v. a., to bind, clasp, tie.
etrCsillon, m., shore, prop, stretcher, stay, strut;
(cons.) bridging piece.
fitresillonnement, m., (cons.) battening, brac-
in.
ncr, v. a., to stay, to prop, to strut.
ier, m., shackle, strap, binding-strap, hoop,
fork, support (in many relations), stirrup;
(harn.) stirrup; (pont.) trestle-cap strap; (inst.)
fork (of a needle or index);
support,
d/armon, (art.) hound-strap;
de bat, (mountain art.) side-rack (pack for
supporting cargo that can not be lashed to
packing hooks) ;
coup de I' , stirrup cup;
croiser les s, (man.) to cross the stirrups;
de derriere (devant), rear (front) staple or
clasp on a pack saddle;
d'essieu, (art.) axletree hoop or stay;
etre ferme sur les s, (man.) to have a sure
seat;
d, franc at full , speed;
perdre les . (man.) to be unhorsed;
pied de I' , (man.) left foot (of the rider); near
fore foot (of the horse);
porte-leviers, (art.) handspike ring;
porte-ranchet, stake socket;
portereau, de portereau, (art.) carryingbar
strap (or a detachable limber chest);
porte-timon de rechange, (art.) spare-pole
ring;
de sellette, (art.) bolster hoop or clip;
de suspension, stirrup (e. g., of a bridge);
vider les s, v. perdre les s;
vin de I' v. , coup de I' .
fctrifcre, f., (harn.) stirrup strap (i. e., a strap to
secure the stirrups to the saddle when not
regularly hanging from the stirrup leathers).
fetrille, f., currycomb.
etriller, v. a., to curry (a horse).
fitripe, f., aller & cheval, to ride a horse furiously.
etrlpe, a., (cord.) worn, fagged.
fctriper, v. r., (cord.) to become fagged, to wear
out.
Striquer, v. a. . to scribe a piece of wood.
Strive, f., (cord.) elbow, bend, nip; throat seizing;
cross seizing; (in pi.) cross turns;
amarrage en , (cord.) seizing of a shroud or
stay close to its deadeye.
Ctriver, v. a. r. n., (cord.) to cross, to seize; to become
jammed or nipped; to get across, to form
an elbow or bend.
Ctriyifcre, f.. (harn.) stirrup leather; (in pi.) lashing,
whipping.
fctroit, a., narrow, tight, close; strict.
etroitesse, f., narrowness.
Ctrope, f., v. estrope.
Ctroper, v. a., v. tstroper.
ette, f., (mil.) in commands, abbreviation of
baionnette.
6tude, f . , study , investigation ;
& I'
, under investigation,
ment;
research, experi-
s preparatoires, preliminary experiments, in-
vestigation.
6tui, m., case, box, sheath; instrument, etc., case;
(sm. a.) cartridge case;
de cartouche, (sm. a.) cartridge case;
chargeur, (sm. a.) loading packet;
& collet renverse, (sm. a.) cartridge case the
interior of whose neck is cone-shaped;
combustible, (sm. a.) paper case (obs.);
crosse, (sm. a.) a pistol holster so contrived
as to be used for a stock;
de drapeau, (mil.) standard case, flag case;
d epaulement, (sm. a.) shouldered cartridge
case;
b gorge, (sm. a.) grooved head cartridge
6tul de mathtmatiques, (inst.) box or case of mathematical
instruments;
metallique, (sm. a.) metallic cartridge case;
musette, (mil.) haversack; bag;
porte-avoine , (cap.) grain sack;
porte-bolte to, mitraule, (art.) canister box or
case (on axle, one on each side, field artillery;
on gun-pack, mountain artillery);
porte-charge, (art.) leathern cylindrical case
for a single round;
brebord, (sm. a.) flanged cartridge case;
de revolver, (sm. a.) holster.
fituvage, m., seasoning (of wood); (fond.) drying
of a mold.
etuve, f., stove, drying-stove, drying-oven; room
heated by a stove; hot-air or vapor bath; (fond.)
foundry stove, drying room (for molds);
& eau, (chem.) water-oven, water dryingoven;
r -locomobile to, disinfection, traveling disinfecting
plant;
& qumquet, (chem.) drying-stove with lamp;
& vapeur, steam drying-oven.
etuvement, m., bathing, fomenting.
Stuver, v. a., to put anything into a drying-stove,
stove, to dry; to bathe, foment; (fond.) to dry
a mold.
euthymetre, m., (inst.) horizontal stadia rod
used in combination with the tacheometre, q. v.
fevac liable, a., (med.) that may be removed, taken
to the rear.
evacuation, f., (mil., etc.) evacuation; (med.)
transfer of a patient from one hospital to
another, sending of sick and wounded to the
rear; (steam, etc.) exhaust, eduction, evacuation;
(mach.) evacuation pipe;
convoi d' , (med.) hospital train or convoy
(land or water) conveying sick and wounded
to the rear, from field or corps hospitals;
hopitald' , (med.) "overflow" hospital;
transport d' , generic term for any method
of transporting the sick and wounded in the field.
Svacuer, v. a., (mil., etc.) to evacuate, (more esp.)
to send back or to the rear (of troops in disorder,
broken up); (med.) to transfer a patient
from one hospital to another; to send the sick
and wounded to the rear, home;
faire to clear , (a room, etc.) of people.
6vad6, m., escaped prisoner.
evader, v. r., to escape, break out of prison;
faire to , help, cause, a prisoner to escape.
evaluation, f., evaluation;
des distances, (mil.) estimation of distances .
^valuer, v. a., to value, estimate, rate;
les distances, (mil.) to estimate distances.
Evaporation, f . , evaporation.
evaporer, v. a. r., to evaporate.
cvase, p. p., bell-mouthed, splayed, wide at the
mouth; cupped;
fosse , (fort.) a ditch whose counterscarp is
not parallel to the scarp;
en pavilion, bell-shaped, hollowed out like
a bell.
Cvasement, m., splay, spreading; (art.) enlargement
(of the vent, bore); (fort.) splay (of an
embrasure); state of being not parallel (as,
scarp and counterscarp); (sm. a.) splay (of
cartridge-case neck).
evaser, v. a. r., to enlarge, increase; to T^iden
(an opening) to splay; (art.) to become enlarged.
evasion, f., escape (from jail, prison, cpnfmement).
evfenement, m., event;
deforce majeure, act, or fact, beyond one's
control; act of God. vis major:
napoleonien, (mil.) last phase of a battle,
crisis upon which depends victory or defeat.
fevent, m.. air-hole; ventilation passage; air-shaft
of a mine or gallery; decomposition of cement,
etc., by exposure; (art.) punching hole (of
a fuse); flash-hole, flame passage (of a fuse);
(art., sm. a.) small cavity, flaw or honeycomb;
(met.) longitudinal crack (defect); (fond.) escape-hole
(for gases), gas-port; (mil. min.) sort
of defensive mine, destroying the effect of
a hostile mine, by acting as a lin of least resistance;