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lunette 250 machine
lunette, de campagne, field glass;
s de cantonnier, (t. p.) stone-breakers'
spectacles, eye-protector, worn by markers
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in the butts;
de chargement.(art.) loading hole of the Krupp
wedge;
d charnitre, (art.) synonym of volet, carrier
ring;
de chevaux, (man.) blinders (used on horses
hard to mount);
d e cheville-ouvritre, (art.) pintle eye;
contre- , (art.) lower or bottom pintle
cylindre- , (art.) cylinder gauge; band
gauge;
de demoulage, (fond.) lifting ring;
d'equipement, (art.) rigging eye (of a cabestan
de carrier);
dfacettes, multiplying glass;
fixe, (mach.) center rest;
de fleche, (art.) pintle eye, lunette;
de longue-vue, telescope;
dc marqueur, (t. p.) marker's spectacles (having
a wire mesh instead of glasses);
mettre la au point, to focus a telescope;
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micrometrique, telescope with stadia attachment,
for measuring inaccessible distances;
de nuit, night glass;
plaque de , (art.) pintle eye-plate;
polar imetrique, polariscope;
proftl, (art.) profile gauge;
pyrometrique, pyrometric telescope;
de reception, (mil. sig.) receiving telescope;
(art.) shot or ring gauge;
de reception grande (petite), (art., etc.) maximum
(minimum) gauge;
de repere, lower telescope of a theodolite;
verifying telescope;
macadam, m., macadam, macadam pavemect.
macadamisage, m., macadamizing.
macadamisation, f., macadamization.
macadamiser, v. a., to macadamize.
macaron, m., (unif.) leather patch (under the
button of a belt loop); (mach.) valve adjuster
(of a locomotive).
maceration, f . maceration.
,
macerer, v. a., to macerate.
mac he, f., horse-mash.
inachecoulis, m., v. machicoulis.
machefer, m., slag, forge scale, hammer slag,
scoria, clinkers.
macheliSre, a., of the jaw; f., grinder; jaw tooth,
mill tooth;
dent , jaw tooth, grinder; mill tooth.
machemoure, f . , bread dust.
macher, v. a., to chew, grind;
lefrein, (hipp.) to champ the bit.
machete, m., matchet, machete.
machicoulis, m., (fort.) machicoulis, machi-
colation;
crencau v. s. v. creneau.
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machinal, a., mechanical.
machinalement, adv., mechanically.
machine, f., machine, engine; machinery, piece
of mechanism, contrivance; bicycle; (r. r.) locomotive;
(elec.) dynamo.
I. Steam; II. Operating machines; miscellaneous;
III. Electricity.
I. Steam:
(The full expression for steam engine being
machine d vapeur, the following compounds
are occasionally found with the phrase
a vapeur following the word "machine,"' e. g.,
machine & vapeur & detente, instead of machine
d detente, the shorter being the usual
form.)
& action directe, direct-acting engine;
d admission et d echappement independants.
scientific name for engines of the Corliss
type;
M.
lunette de serrage, (art.) assembling hoop (of the
French canon a balles, a ring or hoop connecting
the rear and front blocks of the firing
mechanism);
stadimetrique, stadia;
terrestre, terrestrial telescope:
de verification, (art.) shot, etc., gauge;
d vis de reglage, (art.) adjustable shot
& vlseur, sighting telescope (e. g., for a compass,
etc.);
de votee, (art.) splinter-bar plate.
lupin, m., lupin.
lusin, m., (cord.) houseline, housing.
lustrage, m., glossing, polishing.
lustrer, v. a., to polish, to smooth.
lut, m., luting, cement, lute.
luter, v. a., to cement, to lute.
lutte, f., struggle, fight, contest, strife;
d'artillerie, (art.) artillery duel;
generale de traction, (gym.) tug of war.
hitter, v. a., to struggle, fight; to wrestle; to
strive.
lutteur, m., wrestler.
lux, m., (elec.) unit of light (the illumination
produced by one bougie decimale).
luxation, f., dislocation; luxation.
luxe, m., luxury;
armes de , sporting arms;
train de , (r. r.) first-class express.
luxer, v. a., to dislocate, put out of joint.
luzerne, f., lucerne (grass).
lycopode, m., lycopodium.
lyddite, f., (expl.) lyddite.
lymphangite,
flammation
f., (hipp.) lymphangitis,
of the lymphatic vessels
in-
and
ganglions.
lyre, f., lyre;
cians).
(unif.) lyre (insignia of musi-
machine atmospherique, atmospheric engine;
d balancier, beam engine, lever engine;
d balancier de deuxieme ordre, half-beam
engine;
a balancier libre, grasshopper engine;
& balancier simple, single-beam engine;
& balancier superpose, overhead-beam
engine;
a balanciers lateraux, side-lever engine;
d basscpression, low-pressure engine;
d bielle articulee, engine with jointed
connecting rod;
d bielle directe, direct-acting engine;
d bielle renversee> v. d bielle en retour;
d bielle en retour, back-acting engine; return
connecting-rod engine;
saws bielle, v. oscillante;
en clocher, steeple engine;
dcommande directe, direct-acting engine;
compound, compound engine;
compound d n cylindres, n-cylinder compound
engine;
compound horizontaled cylindres accoles, horizontal
cross compound engine;
-compound honzontale d cylindres en tandem,
horizontal tamden engine;
compound d reservoir intermediate, (intermediate)
receiver engine;
d condensation , condensing engine;
d condensation par surface, surface condensing
engine;
d condensation sans detente, condensing nunexpanding
engine;
sans condensation, noncondensing engine;
d connexion directe, direct-acting engine;
d connexion indirecte, beam engine, indirectacting
engine;
Corliss, Corliss steam engine;
d cylindre oscillant, oscillating engine;
d cylindres accouples, compound engine;
d cylindres combines, intermediate-receiver
engine;
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