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fond 184 fond UPC
fond, m., bottom (of a vessel, of a steam cylinder,
of a ship, of the sea, of a river); ground,
anchoring ground; soundings; head (of a cask);
crown (of a hat); depth; l>ed; groundwork,
foundation, base, background; first coat or
coats (of paint); center, heart; back, back part;
farthest, remotest, part; floor, flooring; Utipp.,
etc.) endurance, bottom; (fort.) sole (of an
embrasure);
d , bottomed; thoroughly, fully; tight,
de Tame, (art., sm. a.) bottom of the bore;
d'argile, clay bottom (stream, sea);
avoir du , (hipp., etc.) to have endurance,
to be sound-bottomed;
bas
&on
de
v. , bas-fond;
good anchoring ground;
bonne tenue, good bottom (for anchoring);
de cale, (nav.) bottom of the hold;
to charge
diaryer h , & de train, (mil.)
home;
d'une chaudierc, bottom of a boiler;
de en comble, from top to bottom;
covler & , (nav.) to founder, to sink, to go
down;
de cour, cure, bottom neither sandy
nor muddy (stream, sea);
courant de -, undertow;
de cuve, hollow, with rounded angles;
de cylindre, (mach.) cylinder bottom;
de , (cons.) resting on a foundation;
& deux s, (nav., etc.) double-bottomed;
donner , to cast anchor;
double double bottom or , casing; (wot?.)
double bottom;
ft dragee, shot mold;
dur, hard bottom (stream, sea);
de I'eau, bottom (of the water), ground;
d''embrasure, (fort.) sole of an embrasure;
d' embrasure en contrepente, (fort.) counter-
sloping sole;
faux- , false or movable bottom (as of an
ammunition chest);
fosse & de cuve, ditch with steep sides;
du fosse, (fort.) bottom of the ditch;
de galene, (min.) bottom, sole, of a gallery;
d'une galerie, (min.) heading;
grand , deep water;
de gravier, gravel bottom (stream, sea);
haut- , flat, shoal, shallow water, shoal
water;
haul, v. haut ;
lame de , ground wave;
de lit, frame or slats (for the mattress);
de mauvaise tenue, bad bottom (for anchoring);
de miroir, back of a mirror;
mou, soft bottom (stream, sea);
h mouillage, anchorage;
mouvant, shifting bottom;
d'un navire, ship's bottom;
petit , depth of water under the keel;
pcu de , shoal, shallow water ;
pierrcux, stony bottom (stream, sea);
& plat, flat-bottomed;
de pre, grassy bottom (stream, sea);
prendre , to cast anchor ; to touch at a port;
de la rayure, (art.) bottom of the grooves;
de sable, sandy bottom (stream, sea);
sale, foul bottom;
- de son, bran-colored bottom (stream, sea);
& de train, as fast as possible (of a charge,
gait of horses, etc.);
de vase, muddy bottom (stream, sea);
visserti , to screw tight, to screw home.
fondage, m., (met.) melting.
fundamental, a., fundamental; radical;
pierre e, foundation stone.
fondant, a., melting; m., (met.) flux.
fondation, f., foundation, groundwork; bed
(as of a machine, engine, etc.);
& I'aircomprime, compressed air foundation;
asseoir les s. to sink a foundation;
boulon de , holding-down bolt;
avec empatement, footing foundation;
par ertcaissement, cofferdam foundation;
par encaissement et cuvette, cofferdam, used
in waters liable to rise, (the rise being kept out
by a small dam forming cuvette);
fondntion sur fascines, fascine work; brushwork
foundation;
jeter une , to lay a foundation;
pierre de foundation stone ,
;
plaque de sole , plate, bedplate;
reprise sous csuvre, underpinning.
fondement, m., foundation, (frequently in pi.)
base; (in pi.) excavation for a foundation;
groundwork; substructure; (fig.) ground, reliance,
trust;
d air comprime, compressed-air foundation
(plenum process);
pir caissons, caisson foundation;
par enrochement, random stone, riprap
foundation;
au moyen de cours de palplanches, sheetpiling
foundation;
a pierres perducs, v. par enrochc'
ment;
sur pieux, pile, (hence) grillage, foundation;
pneumatigue, pneumatic foundation ;
refaireun de sous ceuvre, to underpin a foundation;
reprendre les s, to rebuild a foundation;
saper le , to sap a foundation;
sur le sol, direct foundation.
fonder, v. a., to found; to lay a foundation; to
establish, institute, set up.
fonderie, f., foundry; founding;
de bronze, brass foundry;
de canons, gun foundry;
defer, iron foundry.
fondeur, nx, founder, melter, smelter,
molder;
de bronze, brass founder.
fondis, m., settling, sinking of the foundation (of
a building).
fondre, v. a. n. r., to melt; to smelt: to fuse; to cast;
to found; to blend; to dissolve; to sink in,
give way; to fall away; to disappear suddenly,
break, break in; to dart, pounce
upon;
en moule, (fond.) to cast in a mold;
en moule creui, (fond.) to cast in a mold without
a core ;
en scrie, (fond.) to cast a number of small
identical pieces together continuously and at
one pouring;
d'une seulc piece, (fond.) to cast in one
piece;
sur, to throw one's self upon (an enemy,
line, etc.).
fondrier, a., bois , wood heavier than
water, either naturally or by immersion
(water-logged); m., water-logged raft (of
logs).
fondrftre, f., (top.) quagmire, marsh, slough.
londs, m., the ground or soil of a field, etc.; a
sum of money; fund, funds; public funds;
business;
- de commerce, stock in trade;
comrmin,(Fr. a.) regimental fund used in
certain contingencies (part of masse d'entretien
et d'JiabillemenL q. v.), fund for expenses
common to unit concerned ;
de concours, (Fr. a.) funds supplied by
communes, to assist in execution of military
works in which the communes are interested;
cour ants, current funds;
d' economic, savings;
de la guerre, de la marine, annual appropriations
for the war and the navy departments,
respectively ;
particulier, (Fr. a.) fund (part of masse
d'entretien et d'habillement, q. v.) used to
meet special expenses of each administrative
unit ;
publics, public funds; stocks;
de reserve (de siege), (Fr. a.) funds placed,
on mobilization, at the disposition of the
governor of a place, and to be used only in
case of investment;
du trcsor, public money, treasury funds.
fondu, p. p., melted;
acier , cast steel;
fer , cast iron.
fondure, f., (hipp.) grease, molten grease.