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marche 263 marechal
marchf, au comptant, cash sale;
sur dcvis, (adm.) contract (for public works)
based on estimates furnished and subject to
change;
ferme, binding contract (involving certain
delivery);
ft forfait. (adm.) contract in which everything,
both work and price, is fixed in advance
;
de fnurniture & long terme, (adm.) contract
to supply materials, etc., for a given length of
time;
de gre ft gre, (adm.) contract established
between contracting parties, without the inten
ention of bids; direct contract;
libre, option;
delivraison, (adm.) contract to deliver specified
articles at fixed time and place ;
de lots defournitures, (adm.) contract to supply
certain amounts (lots) of supplies;
a'j, metre, contract for work at so much a
meter;'
d'ouvrages, building contract;
passer un , to make a contract, purchase,
etc.;
ft prime, v. libre;
& prix ferme, (adm.) government contract
(i. e., involving a fixed price);
ft la ration, (adm.) contract to furnish supplies
to the troops in rations, i. e., ready for
immediate use, during a designated period;
sur serie de prix, (adm.) contract in which
prices are assigned to all works, in a statement
(bordereau), and by which a contractor
binds himself either to carry out all works
that may be exacted of him, without knowing
their nature, within a certain internal (6 years
maximum), or to execute a given work; (useful
in works that must be kept secret, or that
can not be fixed in advance; requires sanction
of minister of war);
a terme, time bargain;
ft termeferme, binding time-bargain;
ft terme fictif, optional time-bargain;
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de transformation, (adm.) contract by which
the contractor is furnished the raw -material
(and sometimes all or part of his labor) and
in which he agrees to convert this raw material
into objects for "which he receives -a set
price, fixed in advance.
marchef , (mil. slang) abbreviation of marechal des
logis chef.
marchepied, m., step, stepladder, steppingstone;
footstep; towpath; landing place; stretcher
of a boat; (art.) footboard; chassis steps; (nav.)
footrope;
de chirgement, (art.) step (of a siege-gun
carriage); (fort.) loading steps (on which the
men stand to pass ammunition to the gunroom
of a turret);
de derriere, (art.) platform board;
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de devant, (art.) footboard;
de nage, stretcher of a boat;
de pointage, (s. c. art.) gunner's platform.
marcher, v. n., to walk, go, travel, ride, run, to
proceed, more on, go ahead, progress; to take
precedence of; to work, behave (of a machine,
engine); (nav.) to sail, steam (well or ill); (mil.)
to march; to go on duty, to take duty, to march
on, to take duty by roster or in turn; to go out
(as on expeditions), (of an aid-de-camp) to
"gallop;"
ft I'aise, (mil.) to march at ease, at the route
step;
apres, (mil.) to follow (on the roster);
en arriere, (mil.) to march to the rear, to
retreat; (mach.) to be reversed; (nav.) to go
astern;
en avant, (mil.) to march to the front, to
advance; (mach., nav.) to go ahead;
avec, (cord.) to walk away with a rope;
ft I'aveuglette, to march hither and thither,
at random, without definite purpose;
en bataille, (mil.) to march in line;
au canon, (mil.) to march to the sound of
the guns;
marcher ft cheval, to ride;
ait, coke, (bois, etc.) (met.) to use coke (wood,
etc.) (as in a blast furnace);
en colonne, (mil.) to march in column;
ft condensation, (steam) to use the condenser;
ft contre-vapeur, (mach.) to reverse an engine;
en corps, (mil.) to troop;
ft echappement, (steam) to exhaust into the
air;
faire , to march, set in march; set agoing;
aufeu, (mil.) to go under fire;
de front, (mil.) to march abreast;
ft gueule bee, of a mill, to work under a full
head (water gate lifted clean out of the water);
ft qrand.es journees, (mil.) to advance by
forced marches;
large, to keep off;
ft main droite (gauche), (man.) to turn, gallop,
work, to the right (left);
le pas en arriere, (mil.) to step back;
au pas cadence, (mil.) to march at attention;
au pas de route, v. ft I'aise;
en sape, (siege) to sap, to ad\anee by sap;
serre, (mil.) to march in close order;
sous bois, to march in the woods;
sur deux (une seule, etc.) colonnes, (mil.) of
an army, to march in two (one, etc.) columns;
to march with
en tiroir, (mil.) in column,
the rear elements passing through those in
front in order to take the head in turn;
sur troisjambes. (hipp.) to be lame;
ft la vapeur (voile), (nav.) to be under steam
(sail);
a vanne trempante, of a mill, to work under
a partial head (water gate not wholly drawn
out);
ft vide, (mach.) to work unloaded;
ft volonte, v. ft I'aise.
marcheur, m., pedestrian, walker; a., (mil.) having
good marching powers;
bort (mauvais) , grand , (nav.) of a ship,
good (bad) sailer.
maroheux, m., (in brickmaking) trough or ditch
for kneading clay; workman who kneads brick
clay.
marchoir, m., (in brickmaking) place or shop for
kneading clay.
mare, f., pool, pond.
manage, m., (nav.) hiring of sailors for an entire
voyage.
mar^cage, m., (top.) marsh, bog, fen, swamp.
mare'cageux, a., (top.) swampy, marshy, boggy;
pays , marsh land;
terrain ,
, marsh or moor land.
marshal, m., blacksmith; veterinarian; (mil.)
marshal, field marshal;
q,ide , aide ferrant, (Fr. a.) underfarrier
(art., cav., train, and engineer drivers);
brigadier maitre ferrant, (Fr. a.) farrier ranking
as corporal (art., cav., train, and engineer
drivers);
ferrant, farrier, veterinary ;
d'empire, (Fr. a.) (under the first Empire)
a marshal of France;
de France. ( Fr. a.) marshal of France;
des logis, (Fr. a.) sergeant (art., cav., train,
and engineer drivers);
des logis chef, (Fr. a.) sergeant-major (art.,
cav. , train, and engineer drivers; almost the
same as first sergeant, U. S. A.);
des logis chef matire-charpentier, (Fr. a.)
master carpenter (bridge troops);
des logis chef maitre-cordier, (Fr. a.) cordage
master (bridge troops) ;
des logis chef maitre-forgeron, (Fr. a.) master
blacksmith (bridge troops);
des logis chef mecanicien, (Fr. art.) sergeant,
assistant to the captain in charge of the regimental
park;
des logis fourrier, (Fr. a.) quartermastersergeant
(art . , cav. , train, and engineer drivers) ;