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mortier 281 motiflette
mortier de terre, (mas.) a generic expression for
clay, mud, etc., beaten up and used for rough
constructions, or as fire-wall linings, etc.
mort-subite, f., (the American) buggy.
mortuaire, a., mortuary, funeral;
drap-
, pall;
extrait-
, certificate of registry
of death.
morye, f., (hipp.) glanders;
atteint de-
, glandered.
morveux, a., (hipp.) glandered.
mot, m., word, expression; note, memorandum;
( Fr. a.) the countersign, parole; the mot in
the French army is composed of two names;
the first, known as the mot d'ordre, being the
name of some great man or celebrated general,
and the second, known as the mot de ralliement,
being the name of a battle, of a city, or of some
civic or military virtue; mot alone is frequently
synonymous of mot d'ordre.
The mot d'ordre is the answer to the challenge
of posts, patrols, rounds, and of double
sentinels, and is itself answered by the mot de
ralliement; the mot de ralliement, used independently,
is the answer to the challenge of single
sentinels; both may be translated countersign;
v. s. v. avance.
avance au- . - clef,
v. avance d I'ordre, au ralliement;
key word (of a cipher);
donner ie-
, (mil.) to communicate the countersign;
- de guet, watchword (obs.) ; - d'ordre, v. supra, in definition;; (mil. sig.)
call word; - de passe, password;
porter le-
, (mil.) to take, transmit, the countersign;
prendre le - , (mil.) to receive the counter-
sign;
de ralliement, v. supra, in definition.
inoteur, m., (mach.) motor; (elec.) electric motor;
& air , pneumatic motor;
d air carbure, hot-air engine, combustion occurring
in cylinder itself; - & air chaud, hot-air engine (cylinder separate
from point where heat is developed);
- anime, animal power , living motor (as, man,
horse, ox, etc.); - asservi, a servo-motor; - tt courants alternatifs, (elec.) alternatingcurrent
motor; - d courant continu, (elec.) continuous-current
motor; - d courant rotatoire, (elec.) rotating-current
motar; - en derivation, (elec.) shunt-wound motor;
- e.lectrique , (elec.) electric motor;
d gaz, gas engine, v. -& air carbure;
- d helice, screw propeller; - hydrautique, hydraulic motor;
- d petrole, oil engine; - de seconde main, any motor in which the
energy has been stored up; - . en serie, (elec.) series-wound motor;
- thermique, heat engine;
thermo-pneumatique, hot-air engine using
compressed air;
d vapeur, any steam engine.
inoteur, a., moving; motive;
appareil-
, motor;
axe-
, driving axle;
force motrice, motive power , prime mover;
principe-
, prime mover;
ressort -- , actuating spring;
roue motrice, driving wheel.
motif, m., motive, reason, consideration;
par-s de famille, sante, service, etc., on account
of family, health, etc.
motte, f., clod, peat, turf, sod; (top.) hillock;
(powd.) stone bed or foundation for a stamp
mill; - d bruler,tan balls, tan turf; - de gazon, sod;
--- de tourbe, clod of turf.
mou, a., soft; (of the wind) light; (cord.) slack;
cordage , (cord.) slack ropes;
temps , soft, heavy weather.
mou, m., (cord.) slack (of a rope, cable, etc.);
avoir du , to be slack;
embraquer le , to take up, or in, the slack;
donner du , to slack off a rope.
moacliarabi, moucharaby, m., moucharaby.
mouclie, f ., fly; small bit of paper; point of an
auger, of a bit; tuft of hair on under lip, imperial;
spy; (mach.) sun and planet wheels;
(fenc.) button of a foil; (t. p.) paster; bull's-
eye; (fan.) small calkin on the heel of the shoe;
(nav.) dispatch or advice boat;
abreuvoird s, (mil. slang) long, broad wound,
made by a cutting weapon;
bretonne, a hippoboscid that attacks horses;
chasser les s, (fenc.) to fence wildly;
de chien, v. bretonne;
couperdla , (fenc.) to beat off the adversary's
blade by a blow near its point;
faire , (t. p.) to make a bull's-eye;
defleuret, (fenc.) button;
riposter it la , (fenc.) to follow the couper d
la by a thrust made in the line toward
which the adversary's blade has been beaten;
du trepan, point of an earth auger.
moucher, v. a., (cord.) to cut off the fag end of
a rope; (carp.) to trim smooth the end of a
piece of timber.
mouchetS, a., speckled, spotted; (hipp.) f.eabitten
(spots black);
cheval flea-bitten , horse;
epee e, sword blunted on point for exercise;
fleuret , foil with button on point;
truitc, (hipp.) said of a flea-bitten coat, containing
red and brown spots, as well as black.
moucheter, v. a., (cord.) to mouse a hook; (sm. a.,
fenc.) to put a button on a sword, on a foil;
(fenc.) to hit or reach the adversary with the
button of the foil.
moucheture, f., (hipp.) slight and superficial
scarification; (of the coat) small, round, black
spots on the gray and sometimes on the roan
(aubere).
mouchoir, m., handkerchief;
en , (mas.) obliquely;
d' instruction, (mil.) handkerchief on which
are printed various data of use to the soldier.
mouchure, f., waste piece of wood; (cord.) fag
end (of a rope, after being cut off).
moudre, v. a., to grind, to mill; (met.) to grind
ore.
moufette, f., v. mofette.
moufle, m., (met., etc.) muffle;
fourneaud muffle , furnace, mill.
moufle, f., mitten; (cons.) anchor, tie iron; (cord.)
tackle, block and fall, (strictly) system of
pulleys -in same shell, but not necessarily on
same axis; a block of more than one sheave;
de charqement, (arj.) loading tackle; (pro-
jectile) hoisting tackle;
fixe, (cord.) standing block, fixed block;
gant , v. s. v. g-int;
mobile, (cord.) running block;
rapprocher les s, to round in the blocks;
separer les s, to overhaul a tackle;
de traille, traveling pulley, trail pulley
(trolley).
moufle, a., (cord.) fitted tackle;
with, operated by, a.
poulie e, tackle block;
presse e, roue a tackle.
e, press, wheel, operated by
moufler, v. a., (cons.)
ties.
to strengthen a wall by
mouflette, f., seat or socket of a boring bit; (in
pi.) holders for a soldering iron; (cord.) a tackle
formed of pulleys of unequal radius.