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lache 235 lame
lache, p. p., (mach,, cord.) started, loosened.
lachefer, in., (met.) tap bar.
lache-mains, m., riding with hands off the handle
bars (bicycle).
lAcher, v. a. r., to let go, release, loosen, let loose,
let slip; to slacken, slack off, cast off (a rope);
to become slack (of a spring) ; to allow to escape;
(art., sm. a.) to discharge; m., release, let go
(as of carrier pigeons);
une armed feu, to discharge a firearm;
une bordce, (nav.) to pour a broadside into
the enemy;
la, bride, (man.) to slacken the reins;
un coup (de fusil, etc.), to fire (a gun, etc.);
l r i detente, (sm. a.) to pull the trigger;
un fusil, (sm. a.) to fire a gun;
la gourmette, (man.) to loosen a curb chain;
la main, (man.) to slacken the hand;
la mesurc. (fenc.) to fall back, retreat;
pied, to give way, to yield;
un robinet, to turn a cock.
lachetC, f., cowardice.
lacheur, m., raftsman.
lachure, f. , synonym of eclusee, q. v.
lacis, m., fold, ; plait, twist.
lacs, m., cord, snare; (harn.) hobbles, fetters,
shackles.
lac une, I., gap, breach of continuity.
lacunette, f., (fort.) cunette.
ladre, a., leprous; (hipp.) said of a horse having
so-called leprous spots;
dans let naseau, having a leprous spot in
such a nostril;
entre les nascaux, having a spot between the
nostrils;
entre et dans les naseaux, having a spot between
and in the nostrils.
ladre, in., (hipp.) leprous spots about the natural
openings (due to absence of cutaneous pigment);
horse having leprous spots;
horde, bordered spot (surrounded by a hairy
zone of darker color);
interrompu, crossed spot;
marbre, marbled spot (sown with black
spots);
melange, mixed spot (partly covered with
hair).
lagan, m., lagan.
lagon, m., (top,) salt-water lagoon.
lague, f., (nav.) wake (obs.).
laguis, m., (cord.) running bowline, bowline
knot.
lagune, f., (top.) lagoon.
lale, f., lane or road through a forest; (mas.) toothax,
tooth-axing.
lainage, m., woolens; fleece; teaseling.
laine, f., wool;
defer, filaments of iron;
de scories, slag wool.
lainer, v. a., to tease (wool, leather, etc.).
lais, m. pi., young trees left standing to reach a
full growth; (hydr.) bank, land gained from
the sea (lais et relais is often said for lais alone).
laisse, f., string, leash; (hydr.) strand or beach
between hijrh and low water marks; furrowlike
deposits of sand, etc., left by the sea on
the shore;
de basse mer, low-water mark;
de basse mer d'eau vive, low-water mark in
spring tides;
de basse mer de morle eau, low-water mark in
neap tides;
de haute mer, high-water mark.
laisser, v. a. n., to let, allow, permit; to, let go;
to abandon, give up, depart from, quit; to
leave off or out; to omit, pass over; to cede;
oiler, (of boats) to have way enough; to
let down, lower, a weight (as in mechanical
maneuvers); to let go;
aller une ancre, to let go an anchor;
aller les avirons, (of boats) to have way
enough; to cease rowing;
aller une manoeuvre, (cord.) to let go by, the
run;
la bride sur le cou ft un cheval, (man.) to let
a horse go his own way, find the way;
laisser courir, to let go;
courir les avirons, v. aller les avirons;
courir une manauvre, to let go; to let n:r.;
lombcr, to let fall the oars.
lalsser-passer, m., (mil.) pass through the lines,
lait, m.,milk;
de chaux, whitewash;
dent de , colt's tooth; milk tooth.
laitance, f., pulpy, gelatinous fluid exuding from
concrete deposited in water.
laiterol, m., (met.) floss-hole plate,
laiticr, m., (met.) slag, iron slag; dross, scoria,
clinl-rrs;
cnfcr, iron slag or cinders.
laltoii, m., brass;
& cartouches, cartridge-case brass;
cnfeuilles, sheet brass;
defonte, cast brass;
rouge, red brass, bronze.
laize, f., breadth (of cloth); a breadth of sail-cloth,
of canvas.
lamanage, m., river pilotage (with special reference
to the mouth of a river, entrance of a
port, etc.).
lamaneur, m., river pilot, coast pilot (especially
for entrances, mouths of rivers, etc.).
lambeau, m., shred, fragment, piece.
lambin, m., straggler, loiterer; a., straggling
loitering.
lambiner, v. n., to straggle, loiter.
lambourde, f., a soft calcareous stone; (com.)
sleeper; .{oist; scantling; wall-plate; (art.) skid
(mechanical maneuvers); sill or sleeper (of a
gun platform);
d'arret, (art.) hnrter;
de calage, (art.) in a platform, a cross-sleeper
notched in to secure the system;
dufond, sleeper, ground sill;
gite, ground sill, floor sill laid on the ground;
(art.) under sleeper, ground sill of a platform;
de recouvremcnt, (art.) flooring sleeper of a
gun platform.
lambrequin, m., decorative fringe of a tent.
lambris, m., wainscot; ceiling; paneling;
d'appui, low wainscoting;
bois de , wainscoting;
de revetement, paneling covering the whole
wall;
de socle, skirting board.
lanabrissage, m., (act of) ceiling, paneling, wainscoting;
the wainscoting, etc., itself.
lambrlsser, v. a., to panel, wainscot, ceil.
lame, f., plate, blade, bit (of tools); sea, wave,
breaker; slat (of a shutter); (harn.) side bar
(of a saddle); (sm. a.) sword, (hence, fig.)
swordsman; (fan.) width of a horseshoe nail;
(art.) friction plate (for checking recoil, obs.);
(sm. a.) clip, magazine clip;
d'alesoir, \mach.) cutter;
avoir de la , (hipp.) to have fine lines;
de bawnnette, (sm. a.) bayonet blade;
bonne , good swordsman;
Misante, breaker;
& canon, (sm. a.) skelp;
--charge, (sm. a.) clip, magazine clip;
--chargeur, (sm. a.) magazine clip, clip;
courbe, (sm. a.) curved blade;
courte, short sea;
creux de la , trough of the sea;
de Damas, (sm. a.) Damascus blade;
damasquinee, (sm. a.) inlaid blade;
damassee, v. de Damas;
debout,'head sea;
de la detente, (sm. a.) trigger blade;
dos de la , (sm. a.) back of the blade;
droite, (sm. a.) straight blade;
d'eau, sheet of underground water; (steam)
water space (ol a boiler, of a condenser);
d'eau a separcr, (steam) water leg;
:
entre-deux des s, trough of the sea;
entre deux s, in the trough of the sea;
d'csloc, (sm. a.) thrusting blade;
evidee, (sm. a.) hollowed blade;
faible de la , (sm. a.) part of the blade near
the point;