A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

mutilation 286 nappe
mutilation, f.,mutiliation; maiming: castrating.
inutile, m., ( Fr. a.) soldier of a punishment company,
sent to it for self-mutilation ;
volontaire, (mil.) man who has mutilated
himself to escape military service.
inutiler, v. a., to mutilate, maim, mangle, cas-
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se (mil.) to mutilate one's self in ord* to escape
military service.
mutin, a., obstinate, headstrong; (mil.) mutinous,
seditious; m., (mil. nav.} mutineer;
en , mutinously;
fa ire \ e to be mutinous, seditious.
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mutine, p. p., (mil., etc.) mutinous, seditious,
rebellious.
nabajb,m., nabob.
nable, m ., scuttle hole, plug hole of a boat; the plug
itself;
bouchon de , plug.
nacelle, f., boat, skiff, dingey; car of a balloon;
(pont.) small pontoon boat; mooring boat (U.
S. A..); (nav.) anchoring boat;
de manoeuvre, (pont.) working boat;
regiment-aire, (ponj.) (so-called) regimental
pontoon boat,
nadir, m., nadir.
nage, f., swimming; rowing, pulling (a strictly
naval term); part of a rowlock on which the
oar rests; way through water; boat; crew;
pile of rafted timber;
ensemble, to pull together;
faire un vaisseau, to take a ship in tow;
& faire abattre, to pull to leeward;
sur le fer, to pull against the wind or the
stream (e. g., when an anchor fails to hold);
deforce, to pull with a will, hard;
lentement, to pull a long stroke;
de long, to pull a long stroke;
plat, to feather;
a, en, pointe, to pull a single stroke;
sec, to pull without splashing, row dry;
& sec, to row aground; to touch the ground
with the oar; to push against a bank, a wharf,
to row dry; (man.) to compel a horse to go on
three legs (by tying up the lame one);
& terre, to pull for the shore;
vivcment, to pull a short stroke.
In commands;
nage! give way 1
mutiner, v. a., to drive into rebellion, revolt;
se , (mil.) to rebel, mutiny.
mutinerie, f., mutiny, revolt; sedition.
muzin, m., (Mpp.) cross between the tarpan and
the domestic horse.
myelite, f., (hipp.) inflammation of the spinal
marrow.
myope, a., shortsighted.
myopic, f., shortsightedness.
myriagramme, n., myriagram (10,000 grams).
myriametre, m., myriameter (10,000 meters).
myriare, m., myriare (1 square kilometer).
nager, nage babord (tribord)! give way port (starboard);
nage en douceur! easy all!
nage ensemble! give way together; pull together!
tuigeh faire abattre! pull to leeward!
nageferine! pull away!
nage deforce! stretch out; pull hard!
nage le long! bend to your oars!
nage vartout! give way all!
nagt qui est pare! pull with oars that are shipped!
nage sec! row dry!
nage tribord et scie babord! give way starboard;
& fa , by swimming;
allcr & la to , swim; to row;
bane de , thwart;
chefde , stroke, stroke oar;
coup de , stroke of an oar;
donner la , to pull the stroke oar; to set the
stroke;
etre en to be in a , sweat;
exercice de , rowing drill;
passer to, la to swim , over;
perdre la to catch a , crab;
regler la to set the , stroke;
tente de , boat's awning;
traveler a la to swim over.
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nagee, f . , stroke in swimming, distance traveled in
a single stroke.
nageoire, f., fin; any inflated vessel used to support
a swimmer.
nagcr, v. n., to swim; to float; to row, to pull (a
strictly naval term; is also used transitively in
this sense); (man.) to dish; to paddle;
& I'anglaise. v. de long;
en arriere, to back water;
b, couple, to back port!
nage au vent! pull to windward!
nageur, m., swimmer, oarsman, rower (a strictly
naval term ;
de I'arriere, stroke oar;
de l-'avant, bow oar;
maitre , swimming
pull double-banked;
h caler, culer, to back water;
debout & la lame, to pull head to sea;
debout au vent, to pull into the wind;
& deux mains, avec deux avirons, des
deux mains 6 lafois, to scull;
teacher.
naille, f., clamp, small iron plate;
grande , iron plate for covering knot holes
in a boat plank;
Tnoyenne et petit, small iron plate ,to cover
seams.
naissance, f., birth; source, starting point, origin
(cons.) springing line (of an arch); (mas.) tooth;
toothing stone; band or strip of plaster;
i acte de certificate of , birth;
de colonne. defut, (cons.) apophyge;
d'enduit, (cons.) plaster dressing (around a
window, etc.);
ligne de , (cons.) springing line;
s masculines (Jeminines), number of boys
(girls) born in a given time;
niveau de , springing level;
des rayures, (sm. a., art.) origin, starting point,
of the rifling;
de voute, (cons.) springing line of an arch.
naissant, a. , rising, springing up; (chem.) nascent;
etat , (chem.) nascent state;
rouge nascent red , (of bodies subjected to
heat);
nantir, v. a., to give security (as, for a debt);
se to secure one's self.
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nantissement, m., security (as, for a debt).
naphtasril, m., sort of natural bitumen.
naphtaline, f., (chem.) naphthalene.
naphte, m., naphtha;
huile de , naphtha.
napoleon, m., 20-franc piece.
nappe, f., sheet; nappe;
aquifere, water-bearing stratum;
d'eau, sheet of water (both standing and
falling);
d'eau souterraine, soil water;
de glace, sheet of ice;
paravent, (ball.) name given to the layers of
air immediately around and displaced by a
projectile in motion;
de pene, bolt nap, catch.