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flammeche 182 flette
flammeche, f., flake, spark; (art.) burning shred
of cartridge blown out of a gun.
flan, m., plate, disk; flanch (for coins); (am. a., art.}
the disk of which a cartridge case fric-
(primer ,
tion primer, etc.) is made; the plate of which
a bayonet scabbard is made.
ilanc, m., flank, side; (top.) slope or side on
each side of a ligne de thalweg, q. v.; (art.)
edge, side of groove in rifling; (fort.) flank
(of a bastion, etc.); (hipp.) flank; (mil.) flank;
avo i r du 1 (hipp.) to have fine flanks, good
contre . (art.) loading edge;
corde, (hipp.) stringy, corded flank;
flanquement, tir de , v. s. v. tir;
par le trace, flanking from the work itself (as
in the bastion system).
flanquer, v. a., (mil., fort.) to flank, to attack in
flank; to defend, secure, guard, the flank of a
line or work of a body of troops;
8 et 7 , (mil. slang) to give a man a fortnight's
confinement or arrest.
well-turned ribs;
avoir les s cousus, (hipp.) to be thinflanked;
bas, (fort.) lower flank, casemate;
battre de , (art.) to take in flank;
b-Mre du , (hipp.) to heave;
de charge, de chargement, (art.) loading
edge of a flanqueur, m. and a., (mil.) flanker, flanking.
flaque, f., puddle, stagnant pool.
flasque, a., weak, poor, feeble; not completely
rilled (of a balloon)
flasque, m., standard or support (as of the
driving axle of a dynamo); (art.) bracket,
cheek, flask; f., (art.) rocking-arm (in some
Hotchkiss types);
s d'affut, (art.) brackets, cheeks (of a gun
groove;
conducteur, (art.) y. deforcement;
carriage);
de cabestan, whelp of the capstan;
exhaussement de , (Fr. art.) cheek plate to
fit the old 24 siege-gun carriage for 138mm siege
gun;
de levage, (Fr. art.) lifting frame (used to
lift a caisse & obus from its truck) ;
queue de , (art.) rear"end of cheek.
flatoir, m., flatter, flatting hammer.
flatter, v. a., to flatter;
un cheval, (man.) to make much of, to caress,
a horse; to yield to a spirited horse, so as grad-
de courtine, (fort.) auxiliary flank;
convert, (fort.) retired flank;
creux, (fort.) concave flank; (hipp.) hollow
flank;
dcfensif, (mil.) a flank standing on the
defensive; the defensive flank in a cavalry
charge;
directeur, (art.) v. deforcement;
droit, (fort.) straight flank;
par le droit (gauche), (drill) by the right
(left) flank;
etierieur (interieur) exterior , (interior)
(lank;
faire par le , (drill) to face to the right (or
loft) flank;
de forcement, (art.) driving edge of a
groove;
garde, (mil.) flanker;
haut, (fort.) upper flank;
levrette, (hipp.) greyhound flank;
ligne, (mil.) detachment on the flank of
a main line, intended to deceive enemy as to
the real points of support of the wings of the
main line;
de marche, (drill) directing flank;
marclie de , (mil.) flank march;
mai-che, marcher, par le , (mil.) march, to
march, by the flank;
montrcr le d, v. preter le &;
mort, (mach.) surface opposed to bearing
surface;
oblique, (fort.) auxiliary flank;
offtnsif, (mil.) a body of troops holding a
position menacing a flank of the enemy; tbf
attacking flank in a cavalry charge;
de portage, (mach.) bearing surface;
prendre de , v. battre de ;
prcndre en , (mil.) to flank, outflank; to take
in flank;
preter le &, (mil.) to be exposed to attack
in flank;
des rayures (art., sm. a.) the edge of a land;
retire, (mil.) retired flank;
retrousse, (hipp.) tucked up flank;
de tir, (art.) driving edge of a groove;
vif, (mach.) v. de portage.
flanconade, f., (fenc.) blow, pass, or thrust in
the flank.
Handle, f., flannel;
ceinture de , (med.) flannel waistband.
flanquant, a., (fort.) flanking;
angle , flanking angle.
flanquement, m., (fort., mil.) flanking; flanking
defense; flanking fire;
bas, v. rasant;
bitterie de , flanking battery;
par les crates, v. ually to quiet him;
un courant, to divert gradually a stream
from a threatened bank;
les vagues, to break the force of waves (by
the opposition of an inclined surface).
fleau, m., flail; door beam, crossbeam (to shut
a door); beam, bar (of a balance),
par le trace;
direct, flanking by fire from loopholes in
main work (galleries, relieving arches) as
opposed to flanking from special works for the
purpose;
fichant. flanking by downward fire (as in the
bastioned trace);
haut, v.
fichant;
ra.sa.nt, flanking from works specially constructed
for the purpose (as in the polygonal
trace);
scalebeam;
(mach., etc.) beam; knife-edge; link,
joint;
de porte, (fort.) crossbeam.
flee he, f., arrow; sag, deflection (of a belt or cable,
of a beam) ; sag bend , , departure from a straight
line (in falling-weight tests); compression
of a spring; underpole connecting the fere
and hiud parts of a carriage (4-wheel); perch
or pole of a carriage; height of the crowning
of a pulley; rise of an arch or vault; spire (of
a church); stem (of a tree); sweep (of a horsepower);
(art.) droop of the muzzle; trail; (ball.)
maximum ordinate of a trajectory (measured
from the ligne de mire, q. v.); (min., etc.) point
(of a drill bar); (fort.) fleche, redan; (surv.)
surveyor's pin;
d'affttt, (art.) trail;
de caisson & munitions, (art.) perch;
de courbure, (pont.) dip of a bridge cable;
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directrice, (mach.) guide bar;
& elargir, (min., etc.) widener, widening
bit;
en , tandem (of a team) ;
fausse , fausse, (art.) false trail (used
for limbering up short-trailed, heavy carriages,
e. g., that of the French 220mm
siege
mortar);
& flams, (fort.) flanked fleche;
de grue, crane post;
de pont-levis, pliers; swipe beam, of a drawbridge;
prendre sa , (of a beam) to get its permanent
sag or set;
rallonge de , (art.) extension piece of a mountain-gun
trail;
d, tambour, (fort.) fleche with tambour;
de la trajectoire, (ball.) maximum ordinate of
a trajectory;
de triqueballe, (art.) shaft, pole, of the truck
wagon.
flechir, v. a. n., to bend, sag; (in gen.) to give
way, stagger, waver; (mil.) to give way,
waver.
flechissement, m., bending, giving way; (art.)
droop of the muzzle of a gun (esp. of a very
long gun) .
flectographe, m., (art.) flectograph (instrument
to measure the flexions of the points of attachment
of the various organs of a gun carriage).
Hectometre, m., Hectometer.
flette; f., punt, small ferryboat.