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mordache 280 mortier
inordache, f., clamp, vise clamp, vise jaw; tongs,
pincers;
ft chanfrein, vise clamp;
d'ctau, vise claws, vise clamp;
ft river, riveting clamp;
& souder, soldering pincers.
mordant, m., brass nail or stud; double-pointed
brass nail used by saddlers; mordant; (of a
file, etc.) cutting power.
mordre, v. a. n., to bite; to take hold of, to catch;
to corrode; (cord.) to jam, to nip;
au cabestan, to ride (one part over another);
fa ire u bout, (cord.) to push down the end of
a rope under a loop, a turn, etc.;
rhorizon, to dip; (of the sun);
la poussiere, to bite the dust, to be killed.
mords, m., jaw (of a clamp); cutting or biting
edge of nippers, pincers, etc.
mordu, p. p., (cord.) jammed, nipped, stuck fast.
more, m., Moor;
. cheval cap de, cavece de, v. s. v. cheval;
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t cte de , (cord.) Turk's head knot.
moreau, a., m., (hipp.) shining black; horse of
shining black coat; mort(e) maree, neap tide, dead low water;
(xuvres es, (nets.) upper works, dead works;
papier , unstamped paper;
e-paye, (mil.) pensioner (obs.);
point , (mach.) dead center: (of balloons) any
instant of cessation of oscillation;
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e(-)saison,
hair nosebag. .
saison e, slack time, dull season;
tour 1 (cord.) single turn of rope around a
bitt, etc.
mortaisage, m., mortising.
xnortaise, f., mortise; hole; recess; (harn.) eye or
evelet (for passage of straps); (cord.) sheave
hole; (fond.) tap hole; (art.) wedge slot (Krupp);
en adent, (carp.) indented mortise;
assembler ft -, (carp.) to mortise;
du cabestan., capstan-bar holes;
de clavette, (mach.) keyway;
d'etriviere, (harn.) stirrup leather hole;
d'helice, (nav.) propeller key way;
machine ft continue, groving machine;
d'une poulie, (cord.) sheave hole;
de surete, (art.) lever-handle recess (hence)
safety recess;
. et tenon, (carp) mortise and tenon.
mortaiser, v. a., to mortise;
machine ft , mortising machine.
mortal sense, f., mortising machine.
mortalite, f., mortality; death rate.
mort-bois, m., v. s. v. mort, a.
morte-eau, f., v. s. v. mort, a.
mortel, a., mortal, deadly;
COUp death 1 blow; (fig.) ruin.
morfil, m., wire edge.
morfontdu, (cord.) relaid rope.
morne, m., (top.) low mountain, small mountain
(in the French colonies).
mornet, m., (top.) hill.
mornette, f., ferule, ring.
mors, (harn.) bit; (mach.) jaw, chop;
d'Allemagne, sort of bit for refractory horses;
ft ranglatse, port-mouthed bit, English bit;
a branches droites, v. omnibus;
de bride, bridle bit. curb bit;
de bridon, snaffle bit, watering bit;
de bridon-lieol, sname-and-halter bit;
ft canon brise, jointed bit, German bit;
ft canons tordus en spirales, twisted snaffle bit;
de filet, snaffle bit;
ft gorge de pigeon, v. ft I'anglaise;
ft, avec, gourmette, curb bit;
ft liberte montante, v. ft I'anglaise;
macher son to , champ the bit;
au miroir, a bit to prevent the protrusion of
the tongue;
omnibus, straight-branched bit;
dter le ft, to unbit;
parleur, a bit that the horse must be continually
champing, thus announcing to rider
that he is feeling it; mouthpiece (as in certain
kinds of telephone);
ft pompe, curve-branched bit;
prendre le aux dents, to take the bit in the
teeth; to run away;
rude, severe bit;
ft simple canon brise, bit with a jointedmouth-
piece.
mort, f., death;
arret de . v. sentence de ,"
civile, (law) loss of all civil rights;
cottp de death , blow, shot;
crime de , capital crime;
mettre ft to , put to death;
sentence de , sentence of death.
mort, a. m., dead, spent, still, dormant, lifeless,
dull, inanimate; dead person, body;
angle v. s. v. , angle;
argent , money returning no interest; dead
capital;
balle e, v. s. v. balle;
bois deadwood , (either failed trees or trees
dead standing);
bois, brambles, briers; wood of no value;
bras v. s. v. , bras;
e charge, (art., sm. a., mil. min.) inadequate
charge;
ft e charge, (nav.) overladen;
corps , v. s. v. corps;
eau e, stagnant water;
le d eau, de I'eau, neap tide;
eaux es, stern eddy of a vessel;
-e(-)cau. neap tide, season of neap itdes; low
water (of the tide);
mortellier, m., cement-stone breaker.
morte-paye, f., v. f. v., mort, a.
morte-saison, f., v. s. v., mort, a.
mort-Kage, m., (tow;) mortgage.
mortier, m., mortar; sort of cap or headdress (worn
by presiding judges in France), (hence) the
E residing judge; furnace clay; cob; adobe;
me pit; (art.) mortar; (mas.) mortar; (powd.)
mortar piece; (mach.) socket or cup to support
the work;
v. s. v. bain;
6am de ,
batard, (mas.) mortar composed of good and
of poor lime;
bati ft chaux etti , solidly built;
blanc, (mas.) mortar made of poor lime;
de campagne, (art.) field mortar;
mortar casemate;
ft chaux eth sable, (mas.) ordinary mortar;
de chaux, (mas.) lime mortar;
de ciment, (mas.) cement mortar;
clair, (mas.) thin mortar;
ft la Coehorn, (art.) foehorn mortar;
de compas, compass box;
cave & 1 (fort.)
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corroyer le , (mas.) to beat up mortar;
de cote, (art.) seacoast mortar;
dur, (mas.) stiff mortar;
d'epreuve, v. eprouvette;
eprouvette, (ball.) eprouvette, proof mortar;
trial mortar;
gras, (mas.) fat mortar;
hydraulique, (mas.) hydraulic mortar, water
cement;
liant, (mas.) mortar easy to work;
liquide, (n-as.) grouting;
lisse, (art.) smoothbore mortar;
maigre, (mas.) thin mortar (lacking in lime);
ft main, v. ft la Coehorn;
manege ft , (mas.) mortar mill;
marin, (nav. art.) naval mortar;
de moulin ft poudre, (powd.) hollow for the
stamp of a powder mill;
ft plaque. ( Fr. art.) mortar and bed cast in one
piece (obs.);
de plalre. (mas.) plaster;
ft plein , (mas.) in a bed of mortar;
pouzzolanique, (mas.) pozzuolauic mortar;
ft prise lente (prompte, rapide), (mas.) slow
(quick) setting mortar;
raye (art.) rifled mortar;
&semelle,v.
it plaque;
de siege, (art.) siege mortar;
ft soufflant, (mas.) in an excess of mortar;
spherique, (art.) Schumann mortar;