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galct 199 gamelle
galet a friction, (mach.) friction disk;
de friction, friction roller;
(juide, roller guide, chain-roller guide;
de relevemcnt, (art.) eccentric roller; (Fr.
art.) rear roller of the affut h soulevement;
b, rcssort, spring roller, roller with elastic
bearings;
de roulement, (art.) recoil roller; friction
roller;
de soulevement,
art.);
v. de retevement (Fr.
tournant, swivel roller.
galctage, m., (powd.) operation of making press
cake;
aux meules, pressing in an incorporating
mill;
ti la presse, operation of making press cake
by (hydraulic) pressure.
galeter, v. a., (powd.) to make press cake.
galette, f., thin, flat cake; biscuit, cake; (powd.)
press cake; (art.) obturator pad, gas-check
pad; separator, separating disk (of a shrapnel);
comprimie, (powd.) press cake;
de I'obturateur, (art.) gas-check pad;
plastique, (art.) gas-check pad;
de poudre, (powd.) mill cake;
promenade , (St. Cyr slang) general marching
out.
galeux, a., mangy, scabby, scabbed,
galiette, f., v. gaillette.
gali.'>te, f., (nav.) galliot;
& bombes, bomb-ketch.
galipot, m., white rosin.
galle, f., oak-apple; (fond.) knot, aggregation of
vitrified sand (in casting sand, if not sufficiently
refractory);
noix de , nutgalls.
galoclie, f.. snatch block, leading block, quarter
block, shoe block; belaying cleat; (Fr. a.) sort
of shoe (wooden sole, leather upper);
de bois, hollow cleat;
defer, hanging clamp*
sabot--. , (Fr. a.) the army name of the qaloche,
supra.
galon, m., (unif.) gold lace, galloon, trimming,
stripe, band (as on collar, sleeve, forage cap
saddlecloth, etc.);
arroser ses s, v. s. v. arroser;
s de chevrons, (Fr. a.) woolen stripes worn
by corporals;
de distinction, distinguishing lace, stripes;
s de fonctions, (Fr. a.) distinguishing badge
(fourriers, buglers, drummers);
s de grade, ( Fr. a.) grade stripes (n. c. o. and
corporals);
s d'imbecile, (mil. slang) long-service stripes;
--montant, (unif.) on a forage cap, lace running
from band to crown;
de premiere classe, (Fr. a.) stripe worn by a
private of the first class;
rendre ses s, to resign one's rank (n. c. o.);
to resign one's chevrons (U. S. A.);
soutache. (Fr. a.) insignia of adjudants,
nonary distinction worn by reenlisted n. c.
o.'s and by officers "who do not wear the epaulet;
-
-tournant, (unif.) on a forage cap, lace around
the band.
galoniier, T. a., (unif.) to lace, to galloon,
galop, m., (maw.) gallop; canter;
aise, easy canter;
allcr an, , to gallop;
allonge, (Fr. cav.) a gallop at th rate of
440"> a minute; full gallop;
Ott . at a gallop; (call) gallop;
branle de , start of a gallop;
de charge, (Fr. cav.) full-speed gallop; charging
gallop;
de chasse, a gallop at the rate of GOO a minute;
- - de contretemps, a broken gallop (gallop, fore
legs; courbettcs, hind legs);
- de course, a gallop at the rate of 800m to
900 a minute; running gallop, run (U. S.);
galop desuni, disunited gallop;
dur, rough gallop;
d'ecole, v. de manege; (according to
some authorities) a synonym of galopade, last
definition;
enlever de , run off at a gallop;
iifaux, gallop with the wrong foot leading;
force, overreached gallop;
grand , full gallop;
juste, true gallop;
de manege, (Fr. cav.) hand gallop; a slow
gallop of variable rate (according to some
authorities, of 350 a minute), employed in
training recruits and young horses;
ordinaire, (Fr. cav.) gallop at the rate of
340 ra a minute;
petit , hand gallop, canter;
plcin , v. grand ;
& quatre temps, a gallop in which four beats
are heard, (hence) irregular gallop; (according
to some authorities) a synonym of de
maiiege;
au triple , as fast as possible;
& trois temps, true gallop, normal gallop.
galopade, f., (man.) galloping, gallop; space galloped
over; an air consisting in a short-gaited,
well-marked gallop;
/ofre une , to have a gallop.
galoper, v. n., (man.) to gallop; to go at a gallop;
desuni, to gallop disunited;
ti droite (gauche), to gallop with the right
(left) foot leading;
faux, to gallop false;
juste, to gallop true;
pres du tapis, to gallop close to the ground
(to raise the feet but slightly);
& quatre temps, to gallop so that the diagonally
opposite feet make two beats instead of
one;
sur le bon (mauvais) pied, to gallop with the
right (wrong) foot leading;
sur le pied droit (gauche), v. & droite
(gauche).
galopeusc, f., secondhand (of a watch).
galvanique, a., (elec.) galvanic;
batter ie , galvanic battery;
element, galvanic cell;
pile , galvanic battery.
galvanisation, f., (met.) galvanization;
dufer, galvanizing of iron.
galvanlser, v. a., (met.) to galvanize.
galvanisme, m., (elec.) galvanism, voltaic electricity.
galvano, m., electrotype.
galvano-cautere, m., (hipp.) electric cautery.
galvanometre, m>., (eke.) galvanometer;
absolu, absolute galvanometer;
aperiodique, aperiodic galvanometer, deadbeat
galvanometer;
astatique, astatic galvanometer;
balistique, ballistic galvanometer;
differentiel, differential galvanometer;
d'essai, testing galvanometer (as for torpedoes);
a fil de cocon, Nobili's astatic galvanometer;
a inductions rapides, deadbeat galvanometer!
d'intensite, current-strength galvanometer;
marin, marine galvanometer;
& miroir, reflecting, mirror, galvanometer;
& reflexion, ft y. miroir;
dcs sinus, sine galvanometer;
des tangentes, tangent galvanometer;
h torsion, torsion galvanometer.
galvanoplastie, f., electroplating.
galvanoplastique, a., galvanoplastie.
galvanoscope, m., galvanoscope.
gamache, f., (mil.) spatterdash (obs., fausscs
bottes being now used).
gamelle, f., cup, bowl, platter; (mil.) mess kit,
mess, dinner (also breakfast);
de campement, (Fr. a.) camp kettle;