A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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meule 274 mine meule, trituration sous les s, (powd.) incorporation. meuleau, m., small grindstone. mealier, a., of mills, for grinding;. m., millstone maker; carritre Ire, millstone quarry; pierre mculiere, ire, millstone. millstone, grindstone; millstone grit, buhrstone; millstone grit, buhrstone. pierre de , meurtrier, a., (mil.) deadly (of fire, etc.). meurtrlere, L, (fort.) loophole. ineurtrir, v. a., to bruise, to kill, slaughter. meurtrissure, f., bruise, contusion. mezalr, m., (man.) an air consisting of a succession of jumps forward. mho, m., (dec.) mho. mi-bois, m., (carp.) scarf, halving; assembler A , to scarf. mica, m., mica. mi-chemln, ti , halfway. ml-cOte, & , halfway down (up) a slope, a micro-farad, m., (elec.) microfarad. microhm, m., (elec.) microhm. micrometre, micrometer; micrometer caliper; & double i mage, double-image micrometer; objectif, heliometer; optique, dioptric micrometer; prismatique, v. ti double image; de torsion .(elec.) torsion micrometer; vls d micrometer screw. 1 micrometrique, a., micrometric. micron, m., one one-thousandth of a millimeter. microphone, m., microphone. microscope, m., microscope; compose, compound microscope; simple, simple microscope; solaire, solar microscope. microscopic, f., microscopy. microscopique, a. , microscopic. midl, m., noon, 12 m.; south. ml-doux, a., (met.) half soft. ml-dur, a., (met.) half hard. ml-fer, assembler it , to halve and lap (of iron beams, etc.). mf-flot, m., half flood. migraine, f., headache. mi-jusant, m.. half ebb. milice, f., militia; (m gen.) troops, army; war, warfare; soldat de , militiaman. milicien, m., militiaman. milieu, m., middle, middle point; middle part; midst; heart; center; coi^; expedient, medium, means; (art.) swing; attelage du . (art.) swing team. ' ' mill i ie, f. , (expl.) miline. . , ."' . militaire, a., military; soldier-like;architecture , art of fortification; art , art of warchantier , (nav.) navy-yard; execution . v. s. v. execution; heure , "snarp;" honneurs, s, military honors; justice , v. s. v. justice. militaire, m., soldier (either officer or man); etre . to be a soldier (by profession); isole, detached soldier. mllitalrement, adv., in a military, soldier-like, manner; smartly, energetically; by force of arms; occuper to , occupy with troops. militant, a., militant. militariser, v. a., to render military, to fill with the military spirit. militarisme, m. ; militarism, domination or supremacy of military ideas. mille, a., m., thousand; grand , (paver's term) 1,122 paving stones; mise au , v. s. v. mise. millc, m. . mile; d'Angleterre, statute mile; geographique, geographical (or nautical) mile; (sometimes) the fifteenth of a degree at the equator (7 420 ; meters); gtometnque, v. mesure; mille matin, nautical mile (1,852 meters); mesure, (nav.) measured mile; m&rique, 1,000 kilometers. mill6sime, m., date (on a coin, gun, etc.) millet, m., millet. milliaire, m., millestone; borne , millestone. milliampere, m., (elec.) milliampere. milliare, m., milliare, one one-thousandth part of an arc. mlllier, m., thousand; 1,000 kilograms. milligramme, m., milligram. millilitre, m., milliliter, one one-thousand of a liter. millimetre, m. millimeter. millistere, m., one one-thousandth of astere, of a cubic meter. mils, m. pi. , (gym.) Indian clubs. mi-maree, & , at half tide. mi-mat, & , at half-mast, half-staff. mimeographe, m., (Edison) mimeograph. minahouet, minaouet, m., (cord.) .) serving board. mine, f., mine (of coal, iron, etc.); ore; (mil.) mine; {by extension) the shafts, galleries, and chambers of a mined site; & la- , by blasting; - d'acier, (met.) spathic iron; -- & aiguillette, (mil.) bored mine; anglaise, red lead; - d'attaque, (mil.) offensive mine; - automatique, (mil.) mechanical mine; - & bocarder, raw, crude ore; bourrer une-, to tamp a mine. - brute, raw ore; - cassante, dry ore; sans cervelle, (mil.) gallery of a mine requiring support on account of the loose nature of the soil; cJiambre dc- , (mil.) mine chamber; contre-- , (mil.) countermine; - en croix, (mil.) triple mine; cylindre de , (expl.) small disk of gun cotton for use in mines; - defensive, (mil.) defensive mine (countermine); - a demolition, (mil.) demolition mine; - dilatee, (mil.) horizontal mine; - double, double (mil.) mine; - douce, zinc blende, sphalerite; ecole des-s, school of mines; egaree, placer, pocket; - clevee, , (mil.) upright mine; entonnoir de- , (mil.) mine crater; - etagee, (mil.) tiered mine; -, eventer une (mil.) to discover a mine and destroy it; faire jouer, sauter, une - , (mil.) to spring a mine; - de fer, (met.) iron ore; - defer blanche, (met.) spathic iron; - de fer en grains, (met.) granular (brown) oxide of iron; - defer speculaire, (met.) specular iron (ore); - ficiive, (torp.) dummy mine; -s fixes, branchings, veins; - force, (mil.) bored mine, synonym of forage; fourheau de-, (mil.) mine chamber; - tifournmu ordinaire, (mil.) ordinary mine; galerie de-, (mil.) mine gallery; -, en galerie de (mil.) after the fashion of a mine gallery; guerre de-s, (mil.) subterranean warfare; - grasse, (met.) ore freed from its gangue; - inflammable ti volonte. (mil.) controlled mine, judgment mine; logement des -s, (mil.) lodgment of mines, of the mine; - micacee, (met.) specular iron ore; - militaire, (mil.) military mine (as distinguished from commercial mining); - offensive, v.d'attaque; - orange, red lead; - & percussion, (mil.) percussion mine; - de plomb, black lead; lead ere; black lead pencil;

mine 275 mise mine, poudre poudre de anguleuse, (expl.) sharp-grained blasting powder; poudre de fin grain, (art*/.) fine-gram powder de , (expl.) blasting powder; used in safety fuses; poudre de ronde, (ex-pi.} round-grained powder (demolition and blasting) ; de projection, (art.) Brialmont's name for a torpedo shell; synonym of savartine, q. v.; puits de , mine shaft; saucisson de , (mil.) firing train; simple, (mil.) single mine; sous-chargee, (mil.) undercharged mine, v. s. v.fourneau; sous-marine, f . , (torp.) submarine mine; v. s. v. surchargee, (mil.) overcharged mine, fourneau; , systeme de s mute, (mil.) a combination of the two following systems; systeme de s du, moment, (mil.) a system of mines established when required (i. e., during systeme de s permanent, (mil.) a system of mines established in peace; en, T, (mil.) double mine; en trefle, treflee, triple, (mil.) triplo mine. miner, v. a., to mine (as coal); to undermine, sap, hollow, eat away; (fig.) to prey upon; to'ruin by degrees; (mil.) to mine. mineral, m., ore; d''alluvion, alluvial ore; bocarde, crushed ore; broyer les s, to crush ore; brut, raw ore; ^ essai de s, assaying; essayer un , to assay an ore; essayeur de , assayer; defer, iron ore; defer en grains, granular iron ore; en grains, granular ore; grillage de s, roasting of ore; griller les s, to roast ore; liydrate globulaire, kidney iron ore; limoneux , limonite ; des marais, bog iron ore; s menus, small ore; ore in fragments; riche, best work; en roche, compact ore; ore in masses; terreux, earthy ore; trier les s, to sort ore. mlnferal, a., m., mineral. mlneralogle, f., mineralogy. minSralurgie, f., art of treating minerals so as to increase their usefulness. mlneur,m., miner; (mil.) miner; corps de s, (mil.) corps of sappers and miners. mlnier, a., mining, mineral, mlniere, f., earth, sand, or stone in which ore is found; (more specially) a surface mine. mlnistere, m., ministry; department (U. S.); office, administration; des affaires etrangeres, foreign office; Department of State (U. S.); des finances, treasury department; de la guerre, war department, war office, ministry of war, Horse Guards; de I'interieur, Interior Department (U. S.); home office; de justice, department of justice; de la marine, navy department, admiralty, ministry of marine; public, (law) public prosecutor. mlnlstre, m., minister, secretary; (in France) a Protestant clergyman; (mil. slang) a mule; de I' administration de la guerre, v. de la guerre; des' affaires etrangeres, secretary of State for foreign affairs; Secretary of State (U. S.); d'Etat, cabinet minister; des finances, secretary of the treasury; de la guerre, minister of war, secretary of state for war; Secretary of War (U. S.); de I'interieur, home secretary; Secretary of the Interior (U.S.); de justice, attorney-general; minlstre de la marine, minister of marine; first lord of the admiralty; Secretary of the Navy (U. S.); pUnipotentiaire, minister public, envoy. minium, m., red lead; plenipotentiary; defer, iron minium; cover with red peindre au , to red-lead, lead; peinture au , red-lead painting; de plomb, red lead. minot, m., (nav.) davit, boom. minuit, rn., midnight. minute, f., minute (of time); rough sketch, note, notes, approximate report, minute; minute glass; (top.) field notes; graphical translation, in pencil and to the scale of the survey, of field operations; carte v. s. v. , carte; de degre, minute of arc, demi , thirty-second glass; quart de fifteen-second , glass; de temps, minute of time. minuter, v. a., to make a rough draft or note or copy; to jot down. minuterie, f., hour train (of a clock). mi-ouvert, a. half , open. mi-parti, a., half-and-half. mi-pente, & , halfway down or up a slope. miquelet, m., (mil.) soldier of the body-guard of a Spanish captain-general. mirador, m.. (art.) observation station (for hits of battery). mirage, m. , mirage. mire, f., (art., sm. a.) front sight, fore sight; (inst.) leveling rod, sight "vane; (surv.) directing mark; v. s. v. angle; angle de , bouton de v. s. v. , bouton; coin de v. s. v. coin: , a, coulisse, (inst.) sliding leveling rod; cran de v. s. v. , cran; fronteau de v. s. , v.fronteau; grzduee, graduated rod; ligne de =-, v. s. v. ligne; v. s. v. longueur; longueur de , longueur de la ligne de , v. s. v. longueur; masse de v. s. v. , masse; mettre en v. s. v. , mettre; de nivellement, (inst.) leveling rod; parlante, (inst.) self-reading rod; point de , (ball.) point aimed at; (surv.) sighting point; prendre la , (ball.) to aim; dereperage, (art.) sighting rod; triangle de , (ball.) triangle of sight; ti voyant, (inst.) leveling rod; de voyant, (inst.) slide vane of a leveling rod. mirer, v. a., (ball.) to aim (rare). miroir, m., mirror, looking-glass; blaze (or a tree); scutcheon; cavity (on 'the face of a dressed stone, caused by chipping too deep); & , (fiipp.) dappled; ardent, burning glass; grand , (inst.) index glass of sextant; d'octant, (inst.) horizon glass; petit , (inst.) horizon glass of sextant; de pointage, (sm. a.) in aiming drill, small mirror or reflector used to verify the aim; rcflecteur, (sm. a.) reflector for inspecting rifle barrels. miroitant, a., specular, shining, flashing. miroite', (hipp.) dappled. miroiter, v. r., to shine, flash. miroiture, f., (hipp.) dapple; regular round spots (either lighter or darker than the main coat, but always of the same color). mirouette, a., (hipp.) bright dappled bay. mise, f., laying, laying down, putting, placing, setting, installation, starting; (met.) layer; en accusation, indictment; (mil. law) arraignment; bas, bringing forth, foaling, littering; en batterie, (art.) act or operation of going into battery; mounting of guns in their emplacements;

meule 274 mine<br />

meule, trituration sous les s, (powd.) incorporation.<br />

meuleau, m., small grindstone.<br />

mealier, a., of mills, for grinding;. m., millstone<br />

maker;<br />

carritre Ire, millstone quarry;<br />

pierre<br />

mculiere,<br />

ire, millstone.<br />

millstone, grindstone;<br />

millstone grit,<br />

buhrstone;<br />

millstone grit, buhrstone.<br />

pierre de ,<br />

meurtrier, a., (mil.) deadly (of fire, etc.).<br />

meurtrlere, L, (fort.) loophole.<br />

ineurtrir, v. a., to bruise, to kill, slaughter.<br />

meurtrissure, f., bruise, contusion.<br />

mezalr, m., (man.) an air consisting of a succession<br />

of jumps forward.<br />

mho, m., (dec.) mho.<br />

mi-bois, m., (carp.) scarf, halving;<br />

assembler A , to scarf.<br />

mica, m., mica.<br />

mi-chemln, ti , halfway.<br />

ml-cOte, & , halfway down (up) a slope, a<br />

micro-farad, m., (elec.) microfarad.<br />

microhm, m., (elec.) microhm.<br />

micrometre, micrometer; micrometer caliper;<br />

& double i mage, double-image micrometer;<br />

objectif, heliometer;<br />

optique, dioptric micrometer;<br />

prismatique, v. ti double image;<br />

de torsion .(elec.) torsion micrometer;<br />

vls d micrometer screw.<br />

1<br />

micrometrique, a., micrometric.<br />

micron, m., one one-thousandth of a millimeter.<br />

microphone, m., microphone.<br />

microscope, m., microscope;<br />

<strong>com</strong>pose, <strong>com</strong>pound microscope;<br />

simple, simple microscope;<br />

solaire, solar microscope.<br />

microscopic, f., microscopy.<br />

microscopique, a. , microscopic.<br />

midl, m., noon, 12 m.; south.<br />

ml-doux, a., (met.) half soft.<br />

ml-dur, a., (met.) half hard.<br />

ml-fer, assembler it<br />

, to halve and lap (of iron<br />

beams, etc.).<br />

mf-flot, m., half flood.<br />

migraine, f., headache.<br />

mi-jusant, m.. half ebb.<br />

milice, f., militia; (m gen.) troops, army; war,<br />

warfare;<br />

soldat de , militiaman.<br />

milicien, m., militiaman.<br />

milieu, m., middle, middle point; middle part;<br />

midst; heart; center; coi^; expedient, medium,<br />

means; (art.) swing;<br />

attelage du . (art.) swing team.<br />

' '<br />

mill i ie, f.<br />

, (expl.) miline.<br />

. , ."' .<br />

militaire, a., military; soldier-like;architecture<br />

, art of fortification;<br />

art , art of warchantier<br />

, (nav.) navy-yard;<br />

execution . v. s. v. execution;<br />

heure , "snarp;"<br />

honneurs, s, military honors;<br />

justice , v. s. v. justice.<br />

militaire, m., soldier (either officer or man);<br />

etre . to be a soldier (by profession);<br />

isole, detached soldier.<br />

mllitalrement, adv., in a military, soldier-like,<br />

manner; smartly, energetically; by force of<br />

arms;<br />

occuper to , occupy with troops.<br />

militant, a., militant.<br />

militariser, v. a., to render military, to fill with<br />

the military spirit.<br />

militarisme, m. ; militarism, domination or supremacy<br />

of military ideas.<br />

mille, a., m., thousand;<br />

grand , (paver's term) 1,122 paving stones;<br />

mise au , v. s. v. mise.<br />

millc, m. . mile;<br />

d'Angleterre, statute mile;<br />

geographique, geographical (or nautical) mile;<br />

(sometimes) the fifteenth of a degree at the<br />

equator (7 420<br />

; meters);<br />

gtometnque, v. mesure;<br />

mille matin, nautical mile (1,852 meters);<br />

mesure, (nav.) measured mile;<br />

m&rique, 1,000 kilometers.<br />

mill6sime, m., date (on a coin, gun, etc.)<br />

millet, m., millet.<br />

milliaire, m., millestone;<br />

borne , millestone.<br />

milliampere, m., (elec.) milliampere.<br />

milliare, m., milliare, one one-thousandth part<br />

of an arc.<br />

mlllier, m., thousand; 1,000 kilograms.<br />

milligramme, m., milligram.<br />

millilitre, m., milliliter, one one-thousand of a<br />

liter.<br />

millimetre, m. millimeter.<br />

millistere, m., one one-thousandth of astere, of a<br />

cubic meter.<br />

mils, m. pi. , (gym.) Indian clubs.<br />

mi-maree, & , at half tide.<br />

mi-mat, & , at half-mast, half-staff.<br />

mimeographe, m., (Edison) mimeograph.<br />

minahouet, minaouet, m., (cord.) .) serving<br />

board.<br />

mine, f., mine (of coal, iron, etc.); ore; (mil.) mine;<br />

{by extension) the shafts, galleries, and chambers<br />

of a mined site;<br />

& la-<br />

, by blasting; - d'acier, (met.) spathic iron;<br />

-- & aiguillette, (mil.) bored mine;<br />

anglaise, red lead; - d'attaque, (mil.) offensive mine;<br />

- automatique, (mil.) mechanical mine;<br />

- & bocarder, raw, crude ore;<br />

bourrer une-, to tamp a mine. - brute, raw ore;<br />

- cassante, dry ore;<br />

sans cervelle, (mil.) gallery of a mine requiring<br />

support on account of the loose nature of<br />

the soil;<br />

cJiambre dc-<br />

, (mil.) mine chamber;<br />

contre--<br />

, (mil.) countermine; - en croix, (mil.) triple mine;<br />

cylindre de , (expl.) small disk of gun cotton<br />

for use in mines; - defensive, (mil.) defensive mine (countermine);<br />

- a demolition, (mil.) demolition mine;<br />

- dilatee, (mil.) horizontal mine;<br />

- double, double<br />

(mil.) mine; - douce, zinc blende, sphalerite;<br />

ecole des-s, school of mines;<br />

egaree, placer, pocket; - clevee, , (mil.) upright mine;<br />

entonnoir de-<br />

, (mil.) mine crater;<br />

- etagee, (mil.) tiered mine;<br />

-, eventer une (mil.) to discover a mine and<br />

destroy it;<br />

faire jouer, sauter, une - , (mil.) to spring a<br />

mine; - de fer, (met.) iron ore; - defer blanche, (met.) spathic iron;<br />

- de fer en grains, (met.) granular (brown)<br />

oxide of iron; - defer speculaire, (met.) specular iron (ore);<br />

- ficiive, (torp.) dummy mine;<br />

-s fixes, branchings, veins; - force, (mil.) bored mine, synonym of forage;<br />

fourheau de-, (mil.) mine chamber;<br />

- tifournmu ordinaire, (mil.) ordinary mine;<br />

galerie de-, (mil.) mine gallery;<br />

-, en galerie de (mil.) after the fashion of a<br />

mine gallery;<br />

guerre de-s, (mil.) subterranean warfare;<br />

- grasse, (met.) ore freed from its gangue;<br />

- inflammable ti volonte. (mil.) controlled mine,<br />

judgment mine;<br />

logement des -s, (mil.) lodgment of mines, of<br />

the mine; - micacee, (met.) specular iron ore;<br />

- militaire, (mil.) military mine (as distinguished<br />

from <strong>com</strong>mercial mining);<br />

- offensive, v.d'attaque;<br />

- orange, red lead; - & percussion, (mil.) percussion mine;<br />

- de plomb, black lead; lead ere; black lead<br />

pencil;

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