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fontaine 185 force
fontaine, f., spring, fountain; cistern cock; (harn.)
hollow in padding of saddle (over a projection
on the back);
filtrante, filtering stone.
fontanclle, f., (hipp.) rowel.
fonte, f., (met., fond.) melting, founding; casting
Sig iron, crude iron, cast iron; (sm. a.) pistol
olster;
d'acier, cast steel;
pour acier, forge pig;
aciercuse, steel pig, steely pig;
d'afflnage, forge pig;
& affiner, v. d'affinage;
fi I'air-chaud, hot-blast pig;
4 I'airfroid, cold-blast pig;
atelier de , melting house, smeltery ;
bigarree, v. , truitee;
blanche, white pig; hard white cast iron;
No. 5 pig;
blanche caverneuse, porous white cast
iron;
blanche cristalline, specular iron, spie-
gcleisen;
= blanche lamelleuse, v. blanche cristal-
line;
blanche grenue, white semigranular pig;
blanche miroitante, v. blanche cristalline;
blanchie, fine iron or metal;
blanchie a la surface durcie, chilled casting,
chilled cast iron;
de bois, charcoal pig;
brut de , as cast, just as cast, rough cast;
& canon, gun pig;
& canon en bronze, gun metal;
& canon enfer, gun pig;
de canons, gun casting (operation);
a*n obsolete term for bronze
canon de ,
gun;
caverneuse, porous pig;
au charbon de bois, charcoal pig;
au coke, coke pig;
en creux, hollow casting;
crue, casting, pig iron, cast iron;
dure, chilled cast iron; cast iron especially
refined or
incompletely refined, for the special
purpose of bringing out strength and tenacity;
en , (made of) cast iron;
epuree, pig refined by hearth process:
defer, cast iron;
fer de cast , iron;
& fusion crue, gray pig;
fifusionseche, white or mottled pig;
de lere fusion, cast iron made directly from
ore; all-mine pig;
de Semefusion, cast iron, made by a mixture
of various grades of all-mine pig, or by a mixture
of these with scrap iron;
graphiteuse, black pig; graphitic pig;
grise, gray pig; No. 2 pig;
grise claire,flight-gray pig; No. 3 pig;
grisefoncee, dark-gray pig;
gueuse de , pig iron;
jeter. en to , cast;
lamellaire, lamellar pig;
7- limailleuse, graphite iron; blade, dark-gray
iron;
loupante, metal too rapidly refmed and
hard;
macutee, mottled pig;
maUeable, malleable cast iron;
melee, v. maculee;
de minerals, smelting ore;
mitts, mitis metal;
lark-gray pig; foundry
iron iron, Kisny pig; .No. 1 pig;
a noyau, cored work, cored casting; hollow
casting;
de pistolet, (sm. a.) pistol holster;
raffinee, refined pig;
de regeneration, cast iron from a regenerative
furnace;
en saumon, pig iron;
tcndre, gray pig iron;
truitee, mottled pig; No. 4 pig;
venir de avec, to be cast at the same time as,
or in one piece with; to be integral with;
venir en , to be cast;
fonte, venu de , cast in one piece with, cast
solid with; integral, integral with;
v erte, an obsolete term for bronze.
fonteux, a., (met.) resembling pig iron (bad
scnso).
fonticule, f., (Hipp.) rowel.
forage, m. , (mach., etc.) boring, drilling; (mil
mm.) drilling of a blast hole; also the hole itsell
(I0 c mto30cmin diameter); bored mine or camounet
(small mine);
bane de , boring bench;
barre de , boring bar;
puits de , driven well;
des puits, driving, boring, of wells.
forain, a., foreign; wide enough for two carriages
to pass abreast;
mouillage , (nav.) open anchorage;
rade e, (nav.) open roadstead.
forant, m., balk, spar.
forban, m., pirate, corsair.
forbannir, v. a., to banish.
forbannissement, m., banishment transportation.
forcat, m., convict, galley slave.
force, f., force, power, strength; skill, ability; purchase;
violence; spirit; plenty; capacity; supporting
power (of a crane, bridge, raft, boat,
etc.); (in pi, mil.) forces, troops; (cons.) strut;
buttress;
acceleratrice, accelerating power;
armce, (mil.) armed force; troops of all arms'
(in France) the publique, q. v., together
with any other body or organization bearing,
or susceptible of bearing, arms, e. g., rifle clubs,
fire brigades, etc.;
avoir de , (cord.) to be strong enough;
du bois, heart, strength of the wood;
de bras, by strength of arm;
brisante, v. explosive;
centrifuge, centrifugal force;
ccntripete, centripetal force;
de cheval, horsepower;
en chevaux, horsepower;
en chevaux effectifs, effective horsepower;
en chevaux estimes, estimated horsepower;
en chevaux indiques, indicated horsepower;
en chevaux nominaux, nominal horse-
power;
en chevaux
power;
theoriques, theoretical horse-
contre electro-motrice, (elec.) counter electromotive
force;
du coup, (art.) energy of the blow (from a
projectile);
des eaux, force of water (against column of
air pressing on it);
elastiquc, elastic force;
electro-motrice , (elec. )electro-motive force;
entrerb
elre en
to force , on;
, (cord.) to bear; (mil) to be in
force;
expansive, force due to rases);
expansion (as of
explosive, (expl) bursting power, explosive
force;
faire sur, (cord.) to bring a strain on;
flux de , (elec.) flux of force;
des hommes, man-power;
d''impulsion, momentum;
intrinseque, (mil.) intrinsic strength
position);
(of a
jambe de , strut;
dejet, projectile force or energy;
ligne de , (dec. ) line of force;
des machines, available power of an engine
or machine;
maison de , jail;
majeure, act of God, act of Providence;
overwhelming necessity, stress of weather;
vis major;
manoeuvres de
vers;
, (art.) mecnam'cal maneu-
militaire d'un navire, offensive power of
a ship ;
motrice, motive power;