A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

grenade 209 grivier
grenade eclairante et incendiaire, (artif.) light and
incendiary grenade;
extinctrice, fire grenade;
de fosse, (artif.) ditch grenade;
dmain, (artif.) hand grenade;
dperdreaux, (artif.) disk grenade;
porte , grenade pouch;
de rempart, (artif.) rampart grenade;
roulante, (artif.) wall grenade.
grenadier, m., (mil.) grenadier; (sm. a.) grenade
wall-piece.
grenadifcre, f., (mil.) grenade pouch; (sm. a.) middle
band; (to-day) lower band;
arme, (command for) sling carbine;
bassc, (sm. a.) lower slide;
mettre I'arme d la,
, (sm. a.) to sling a musketoon,
carbine;
porter d la , (sm. a.) to carry slung (as a carbine).
grenadine, f., (expl.) grenadine (blasting powder).
grenage, m., (powd.) granulation, corning; act or
operation of making powder grains.
grenaille, f., refuse grain (wheat, etc.); small shot;
en , granulated.
grenailler, v. a., to granulate (metal).
grener, v. a., to grain, to granulate; (powd.) to granulate,
to corn.
grenette, f., (powd.) powder grains remaining in
sieve.
greiiier, m., granary, loft; garret;
en , in bulk; in store;
fairs , v. s. v. faire.
grenoir, m., (powd.) corning house, corning machine,
granulator. sieve;
anglais d cylinares, cylinder granulating machine;
- d cannelures, granulating machine with
ribbed cylinders.
d cribles, sieve and shaking frame;
d cylindres, cylinder granulating machine;
a retour, granulating drum of Colonel Letebure's
device (so called because the grains too
large to pass through the second sieve return automatically
to the crusher above);
tonne , granulating barrel.
grenouille, f., frog; bush, coak (of a block); antimony
sulphide triturator; (mil. slang) pay;
mess fund;
bruit de , v. s. v. bruit,'
emporter, manger, la , (mil. slang.) to be dishonest
(said of the holder or keeper of the mess
fund).
grenouille', bushed, coaked (of a block).
grenoulllette, f., (hipp.) disease of the canal of the
tongue.
grenu, a., granular; (powd.) corned, granulated,
grained;
cassure , granular fracture;
gres, m., sandstone; freestone; gritstone;
d aiguiser, grindstone;
dur, gritstone;
-d meule, millstone grit.
grfcsil, m., broken, powdered, window glass; sleet;
grfisiller, v. n., to sleet.
gresserie, f., sandstone quarry.
grfcve, f., strike (of workmen); strand, sandy shore;
(mas.) mortar sand;
faire , to strike.
grSviste, m., striker (workman).
grief, m., grievance, injury, tort.
griffage, m., queue de , (met.) tong-hold.
griffe,f., claw, catch, hook; pawl, prong, clasp;
guide; facsimile of a signature, and stamp for
making same; claw (of a hammer); chuck
square; (sm. a.) claw of the extractor; (pont.)
balk cleat or claw; (art.) plug-tray guide rail;
clip (as of the Merriam fuse); (fan.) toe of a
horseshoe;
anet, clip stop;
de chargement, (art.) shell hook;
s de la console, (art.) breech-plug guides;
de contreseing, facsimile signature;
du grand ressort, (sm. a.) mainspring hook;
de raise defeu, (art.) firing catch or hook;
de noix, (sm. a.) tumbler hook;
d ressort, spring claw.
griffon ner, v. a., to scribble; to make a rough
drawing, sketch.
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griffonnis, m., pen-and-ink sketch.
grignard, m., plaster of Paris.
gril, m., grate, grating; (cons.) grillage.
grillage, m., grating;
fire grate; wirework. wire
lattice; (met.) calcining, roasting of ores; (cons.)
de bois, timber - frame;
de la bolted feu, stokehole - bars;
en fil metallique, wirework or lattice;
fourneau de -, (met.) roasting, calcining, furnace.
grille,
- anglaise, iron grating;
barreau de-
, fire bar;
d circulation d'eau, water-circulation - grate;
en escalicr, step grate;
defer, iron grating, gate;
dfeu, '"
. , fire grate;
de forteresse, (fort.) grating; defensive grating
(proposed as a substitute for the scarp and
counterscarp);
de foyer, v. dfeu;
fumivore, smoke-consuming grate;
a gradins, step grate;
mobile, revolving grate;
ouvrante, iron gate;
surface de , grate area;
tournante, v. mobile.
grille, a., barbed; p. p., barred.
(met.) calcination, roasting, furnace, (art.) hotshot
grate (obs.); (artif.) rocket frame; (fort.)
gate; defensive fence;
griller, y. a., to inclose with iron rails, to rail in,
bar in; (met.) to roast, to calcine.
grilloir, m., roasting kiln.
grimper, v. a:, to climb.
grimpeur, a., climbing;
appareil , climbing outfit (for telegraph poles,
etc.).
grippement, m., (mach., etc.) gripping, wedging,
wearing (of parts of a mechanism), friction,
abnormal or undue friction.
gripper, v. a., to grip, wedge, bind, grind (of parts
of a mechanism).
grippette, f., creeper.
grippure, f., (mach.) worn bearing or seat of any
moving or movable part.
gris, a., gray; (of the weather) gray, raw; (Jam.)
drunk;
faire , faire un temps , to be raw (of the
weather);
fer , gray iron;
temps , raw, gloomy weather.
gris, m., (hipp.) gray (horse and coat);
ardoise, gray shading on a bluish slate color;
argente, silver gray;
ccndre, ash gray;
clair, light gray;
tres clair, almost white;
d'etourneau, flea-bitten gray;
defer, iron gray;
fonce, dark gray;
louvet, deep yellow dun;
mouchete, flea-bitten gray;
ordinaire, gray of black and white in equal
parts;
pommele, dapple gray;
porcelaine, gray with slate-colored spots;
rowan, roan;
sale, yellowish gray;
sanguin, blood roan;
soupe de lait, light or silver gray;
truite, flea-bitten gray;
vineux, blood roan.
grisard, m., very hard freestone or sandstone.
grison, m., purbeck stone; spy, secret, messenger.
grisonnfi, a., (hipp.) grayish (of the coat), i. e.,
showing white hairs in a black coat, or on the
black parts of the body.
grisou, m., fire damp;
mine d , a mine with fire damp in it, or liable
to fire damp.
grisoutine, f., (expl.) grisou tine.
grisoutite,f.,(ezpZ.)grisoutite;fire-dampdynamite.
grivier, m., (popular slang) soldier of the line.