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vent 167 execution
event, deboucher I' , (art.) to punch,
fuse ;
- de degorgement, (fond.) riser;
de prise defeu, (art.) flash-hole;
cut, a
reglage de I' , (art.) determination of the
point where a fuse should be punched or cut ;
regler 'V , (art.) to determine where a fuse
should be punched or cut.
Cventnil, m., fan; fan light; screen; bat-wing gas
burner;
en , fan-shaped.
Cventer, v. a. n. r., to fan, ventilate, air; to give
vent to; to discover, to get wind of anything;
to hold or pull a weight from the wall while
hoisting; to lose strength, decompose, by
exposure (of cement, etc.); (mil. min.) to
discover and destroy or neutralize a hostile
mine; (hipp.) to raise, elevate, the nose too
much;
I'approche (la marche. la presence, etc.) de
I'ennemi, to discover the enemy's approach
(march, presence, etc.);
une mine, (mil. min.) to discover a mine
or the wires or train leading to it;
une veine, to bleed, let blood.
tactics, sail tactics.
exam e 11, m., examination;
investigation;
survey, inquiry,
d'admission, entrance examination;
d'avancement, (mil.) promotion examination;
certificat d' , certificate of having passed an
examination;
ccrit, written examination;
oral, oral examination;
passer un , to pass an examination;
pratique, practical examination;
de sortie, graduation examination;
subir un , to undergo an examination;
de theorie, examination in the theoretical
part of a subject, book work.
examinateur, m., examiner.
excavateur, m., excavator, digging machino.
excavation, 1., excavation; excavating; hollowing
out; digging a foundation;
machined, , excavating machine;
excavation d'une mine, crater of a mine.
excaver, v. a., to excavate, hollow, dig out.
excfidant, a., m., exceeding, in excess; surplus,
excess, overweight; (in pi., adm.) excess (over
what one is responsible for).
excfider, v. a., to exceed; tire, weary; to knock up
(a horse); to wear out.
excentre", a., eccentric; out of center; out of
true.
excentricite", f., eccentricity.
excentrique, a., eccentric; m., (mach., etc.) eccentric;
eccentric gear, wheel, or motion; eccentric
chuck (of a lathe); (r. r.) switch;
barre d' eccentric , rod;
bras d' , v. barre d' ;
bras el collier d' eccentric , rod and belt;
circulaire, circular eccentric;
en c&ur,
en forme de cozur, heart-wheel,
fventoir, m., (min.) adit.
Gventrer, v-. a., to rip, rip up or open.
^venture, f., (art., sm. a.) crack, honeycomb
(rare).
Cversite, f., (expl.) eversite.
6videment, m., hollow, aperture, cut, grooving,
recess, cavity, guttering;
de la balle, (sm. a.) hollow in the base of a
bullet;
du bloc, (r.f. art.) breechblock mortise;
du ful, (sm. a.) lateral groove of the forestock.
fivider, v. a., to cut hollow, to make a hollow,
groove, recess, or cavity; to scoop out; to
hollow out; to groove; to cut sloping or
slanting.
Cvidiire, f., hollowing, sloping out, scooping
out.
evler, m.. stone channel or gutter;
picrre a' , sink-stone.
evitiige, m., navigable breadth, navigable channel
(of a river, canal), fairway.
evitee, f., v.evitaae.
evitement, m., (r. r.) turn-out;
garc d' turn-out , station;
voie d'- , side track (of a single-track road).
Cviter, v. a., to avoid, shun.
evolubilitfi, f., (nav.) quickness, readiness, in
heart-shaped cam;
a deux tetes, (Fr. art.) elevation gear (field
piece);
d',
making evolutions (i. e., in answenng helm).
Gvoluer, v. a., (mil., nav.) to make evolutions;
d la vapeur, ft la voile, to make evolutions
under steam, under sail.
Evolution, f., (mil., nav.) evolution; (mach.) (complete)
stroke, as of a piston;
s de ligne, (inf.) the drill or evolutions of
a line of several battalions, of a regiment,
of a brigade in line (obs.); (cav.) the evolutions
of a brigade or of a division of cavalry
(obs.);
s sous vapeur, s sous voiles, (nav.) steam
de I', expansion, (steam) expansion eccentric;
de la marche en arriere (avant), back, go
astern (forward, go ahead) eccentric;
poulie d' , eccentric sheave;
roue , eccentric tappet, gab;
tirant d' , v. barre d' ;
du tiroir, slide-valve eccentric;
triangulmre, triangular eccentric.
exces, m., excess;
spherique, spherical excess.
excitateur, a., exciting; (expl.) determining; m.,
(dec.) discharger, discharging rod;
liquide , (elec.) liquid of a plunge battery or
cell, exciting fluid, electrolyte.
excitation, f., excitement; (elcc.) excitation;
compound, en compound, composee,
(elec.) composite excitation;
en derivation, (elec.) shunt excitation;
double , (elec.) shunt and series excitation;
en double circuit, v. double ;
independante, (elec.) separate excitation;
separee, v. independante;
en serie, (elec.) series excitation.
exclusion, f., (steam) cut-off;
du service, (mil.) state of not being allowed
to serve (of convicts, etc.).
excoriation, f., sore on foot, or abrasion, produced
by shoe.
excroissance, f., excrescence (defect of wood).
excursion, f., excursion, inroad; (mil.) raid,
incursion; (mach.) stroke, travel (as, of a
piston).
exficuter, v.a.,to execute, perform, accomplish; to
go through (ar, a maneuver), carry out, fulfill;
to put to death;
une bouche & feu, (art.) to serve a gun;
les cheminements, (siege) to advance, push
forward, the zigzags;
les feux, (art., sm. a.) to fire; to perform,
practice, the firings;
militairement un pays, to punish a country,
to subject it to rigorous treatment by way of
punishment.
execution, f., execution (of a sentence, of a man-
euver, etc.); achievement, fulfillment; (adm.)
synonym of gestion (rare); (mil.) the call for
execution;
de la bouche h feu, (art.) standing-gun drill;
service of the piece;
des breches, (art.) breaching;
des feux, (art., sm. a.) firing, practice in the
firings;
d'un judgement, (law) execution of a sentence;
militaire, military execution; forcing
inhabitants to pay their contribution;
the
mised, , execution;
ft mort, execution of a death sentence;
ordre d' , death warrant, warrant for execution;
des ordres, carrying out, execution, of
orders;
peloton d' , (mil.) firing party;
des requisitions, (mil.) execution, accomplishment,
of requisitions;
de la sape, (siege) sapping.