A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

flour 183 fo in; n re
fleur, f., flower; flower (i. e., pick); hair side, grain
side (of leather, of a skin);
h de, on the same level with;
& d'eau, awash, flush with surface of water;
between wind and water (of a shot)'
de chaux, v . farine fossile:
s de soufre, flowers of sulphur;
de troupe, (mil.) picked men.
fleuret, m., square boring bit, rock drill (point);
(fcnc.) foil;
de mine, (min.) mine-borer, miner's borer;
mouchete, (fcnc.) foil.
fleuron, m.. any ornamental small brass, etc.,
disk, as in harness (esp. on the headstall of a
bridle) ; lance-like ornament on top of a grating
(iron); finial.
fleuve, m., river (large river emptying directly
into the sea).
flexibility f., flexibility, pliancy, suppleness.
flexible, a., flexible, pliant; m.,
shaft, for small drills, etc.
(mach.) flexible
flexion, f., flexion, bending; (drill) change of direction
(rare); (gym.) (leg, trunk, and arm) exer-
cises;
du corps, (gym.) trunk exercise;
des cxtremites, (gym.) arm and leg exer-
cise;
simple, flexion:
de la voice (art.) droop of the chase.
flibuster, v. n., to become a filibuster.
flibusterie, f., filibustering.
flibustier, m., filibuster.
fiingol, m., (mil. slang.) musket, rifle.
flipot, m., (carp.) piece let in to conceal a defect.
floche, f., bit of cloth that is unraveling;
coton-poudre en s, (expl.) loose gun cotton,
gun cotton in yarn.
flocon, m., flake.
flore, f., flora.
floss, m., floss;
d'acier, lamelleux, (met.) white cast
iron fit to be converted into steel.
flot, m., tide; flood tide; stream, torrent: wave,
billow, waters; (in pi.) the sea;
H , afloat; floating, by floating;
4 s, in torrents, in waves;
commun, ordinary flood;
demi , mi , half flood tide;
direction du , set of the flood;
etale de , slack flood;
defond, ground swell;
mettre, remettre, (j, *, to set afloat, to set afloat
again;
quart de , first quarter of the flood tide;
trols quarts de , last quarter of the flood.
flottable, a., navigable for rafts or loose wood,
navigable (of a stream); that will float.
flottage, m., rafting.
flottaison, f., (navl) water line;
& la , on the water line, between wind and
w^ter;
liine de , water line;
& la ligne de , between wind and water.
flottant, a., floating, buoyant; (fig.) irresolute,
wavering, fluctuating.
flotte, f., washer (of a wheel); float (as of a cable);
(nav.) fleet, squadron, navy;
otter de , (nav.) to sail in company with;
armee, (nav.) fleet of men-of-war;
& crochet, (art.) drag washer;
cuirassee, (nav.) armored fleet;
de debarquement, (nav.) landing fleet for
landing operations.
flottement, m., (mil.) wavering or undulation
in the ranks; (fig.) hesitation, irresolution.
Hotter, v. a. n., to float; to fly out, to float, to
flutter (of a flag); to undulate, waver, wave;
to hesitate; (man.) to wabble about (of a
horse, e. g., a blind horse); to advance, move
aimlessly; (mach.) to wabble, be unsteady
(of a piston, shaft); (mil.') to waver (of a line),
to lose the dress;
un cdble, (nav.} to float a cable.
flotteur, m., floater; water gauge, float; float
(of a torpedo); float board; cable cask or buoy;
flotteur d'alarme, (steam), boiler float, to give
warning when water is low.
flottille, f., (nav.) flotilla; squadron.
flon, a., (phot.) running, indistinct;
image e, "oyster," shell marks.
flouet, m., vane, weathercock.
flouette, f., v. flouet.
fluet, a., thin, spare, lank, meager.
fluide, a., m., fluid.
fltlte, f., (mus.) flute; (nav.) storeship; open boat;
troopship;
& bcc, (mus.) generic term for clarinets,
oboes, and other similar instruments;
petite , (mus.) piccolo.
fluvial, a., fluvial;
eau e, river water.
flux, m., flow, current, stream, flood, influx; (met.)
flux;
et reflux, ebb and flow;
roue d et reflux, tide mill.
focal, a., focal;
longeur e, (opt.) focal length.
foi, f., faith, sincerity; parole;
en de, in witness of;
etre prisonnier sur sa , (mil.) to be a prisoner
on parole;
faire en justice, to be admitted as a witness;
ligne de , fiducial edge;
sur sa , on parole.
foin, m., hay; standing grass;
botte de , bundle of hay;
comprime, compressed hay;
delave, hay that has become too wet after
mowing;
echauffe, moldy hay;
faire les s, to make hay;
grenicr de , hayloft;
lave, light-colored hay; hay that is too wet,
before cutting;
meule de , haystack;
presse, compressed hay;
rouille, rusty hay;
vase, muddy hay.
foire, f., fair.
foirer, v. n., (cord.) to become slack; to slip, get
out of its place.
folsonnement, m., swell, increase, growth, in
volume (of dug earth).
foisonner, v. n., (of dug earth) to swell, to increase
in volume; (nav.) to swell up (as cork
filling, etc., of double bottoms).
foliation, f., feathering, foliation.
folio, m., sheet.
folle-avoine, f., wild oats, volunteer oats,
f olles, f. pi., (art.) guns whose axes are untrue.
tonnage, m., sinking (of shafts, piles, wells, etc.);
driving;
des pieux, pile driving.
fonceau, m., synonym of bossette (harn.), q. v.
foil cement, m., v.fonc.age.
foncer, v. a. n., to drive, sink (a well, shaft, pile);
to deepen; to bottom a cask; to countersink
(a rivet);
sur, to fall upon.
foncier, a., landed; based on land, on real estate.
foncoir, m., a sledge-hammer with a cutting
face.
fonction, f., function, duty (esp. in pi.), performance,
execution, working;
des pieces, working of gear, gearing.
fonctionnaire, m., functionary (civil); (Fr.
a.) functionary, official (generally limited
to functionaries of the intendance militate).
fonctionnement, m., function, method of working,
of operating, behavior; (mach., art.,
etc.) action (of a machine, of a breech mechanism,
etc.).
fonctionner, v. n., to work, to work properly,
to be in working order; to work, to operate,
to go (of a machine, etc.);
action de , play;
d. detente dans des cylindres separes, (steam)
to work like a compound engine;
& introduction directe, (steam) to work as a
simple engine.
foncure, f., facing (of a paddle wheel).