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oblique 294 obus
oblique, marche , (mil.) obKque march;
navigation , loxodromics;
ordre , (mil.) oblique order of battle;
p0rt , (in France) a port not the residence of
a maritime prefect;
rendrc to , slant;
route , (nav.) traverse.
obllquement, a., obliquely, slant, askew.
obliquer, v. n., (mil.) to incline, oblique.
obliquite, f. , obliquity;
du tir, (art.) oblique impact (as on armor
plates).
obliteration, f., obliteration; canceling of postage
stamps; (hipp.) the filling up of the pulp
cavity.
obliterer, v. a., to obliterate; to cancel (a postage
stamp).
oblong, a., oblong.
obron, m., v. auberon.
obronniere, v. aubcronniere.
of the
obseryateur, m., observer (especially, art.,
points of fall).
Observation, f., observation (instrumental and
other); observance, fulfillment; accomplishment;
armee d' , (mil.) army of observation; an
army watching the frontier of a neutral but
suspected state;
bailment d' , (nav.) lookout boat;
corps d' , (mil.) corps of observation;
des coups, (art.) observation of shots (points
of fall);
etre en ..(mil., nav.) to be on the lookout;
faire, prendre, des s, to make, take, observations
;
par miroir, mirror observation;
rapporier des s, to lay down, plot, reduce,
observations.
observatoire, m., observatory ; (mil.) any position,
whether natural or artificial, whence the
progress of a battle, etc., may be observed;
(fort.) observing station;
blinde, (fort.) armored, protected, observing
station;
dc campagne, (mil.) field observatory;
cuirasse, (fort.) conning tower, armored observatory;
(t eclipse, (fort.) disappearing observatory or
conning tower;
phare, (fort.) electric-light observing station;
volant, (siege) mobile observatory (attack).
observer, v. a., to observe; to keep in view, look
out, watch; to take an observation, a bearing,
an angle, etc.; to fulfill, perform;
les distances, (mil.) to observe, maintain,
distances;
les hanches,la ligne, (man.) (of the horse) to
keep on the line;
le terrain, v. garder le terrain.
obstacle, m., obstacle, incumbrance, bar, hindrance,
impediment; (mil.) obstacle.
obstruction, f., obstruction ;
de I'ame par le projectile, (art.) jamming of
a projectile in the bore.
obtempCrer, v. n., to submit, to obey;
d un ordre, to obey an order.
obturant, obturateur, a., (art.) obturating
sealing.
obturateur, m., (tech.) flap, plug, stopper, screen,
cut-off, shutter; (mach.) generic term for valve,
for any device used to close a tube; (art., sm. a.)
obturator, gas check; (fort.) embrasure plug (in
turrets and armored forts) ;
anneau , (art.) ring obturator;
dboule, (art.) pellet obturator;
A bloc-bascule, (sm. a.) the obturator of the
Guedes rifle;
Broadwell,(art.) Broadwellring;
en carton, pasteboard obturatorti
clapet, (phot.) flap shutter;
composite, (art.) Schneider's obturator
( Broad well ring and plastic pad);
conique, miter;
ft contre-yaids, (fort.) counterpoise embrasure
plug (Gruson turret);
dfcroche , (art.) obturator release;
ademeure, (sm. a.) fixed obturator;
obturateur d'embrasure, (fort.) embrasure plug
(of a turret gun);
fixe, (art.) an obturator fixed in position in
the gun;
par glissement, (mach.) slide valve;
ft guillotine, (phot., etc.) drop shutter, camera
slide;.
de lumtere, (art.) vent sealer, vent-sealing
device;
d'oculaire, (inst.) eyepiece cap;
plastique, (art.) plastic obturator;
a rideau, (phot.) blind shutter;
ft secteurs, (phot.) sector shutter;
par soulevement, (mach.) lift valve.
obturation, f., obturation; (art., sm. a.) gas checking,
sealing, obturation;
appareild' , (art.) gas-check mechanism;
automatique, (art.) automatic obturation
(due to the special construction of the parts
involved);
a boule, (art.) pellet obturation;
par expansion, (art., sm. a.) obturation by
expansion of case;
de lumiere, (art.) vent sealing; vent-sealing
device;
par serfage automatique, (art.) obturation
produced by the pressure of the powder gases
on the obturating device;
par serrage initial , (art.) obturation produced
by the initial tight fit of the obturating device.
obturer, v. a., to close, close up; (art., sm. a.) to
obturate.
obtus, a., (of an angle) obtuse.
obtusangle, a., obtuse-angled.
obus, m., (art.) shell; shellgun (rare);
en acier, steel shell;
d ailettes, studded projectile (the studs are
set approximately parallel to the rifling, obs.);
allonge, elongated shell; a synonym of
torpille; a shell of great interior capacity;
a anneaux, ring shell;
arme, live shell;
a balles, shrapnel;
ti balles & chambre arriere (posterieure) , shrapnel
with rear burster;
& balles d chambre avant, shrapnel with front
burster;
& balles libres, a shrapnel whose bullets are
not packed or set in sulphur or plaster;
de breche, battering shell ;
brisant, a shell with high-explosive burster;
canon, term descriptive of shrapnels whose
walls do not burst, and whose bullets are
projected as it were from a gun;
& ceinture, a shell fitted with a rotating
band;
& ceinture expansive, a shell fitted with an
expanding rotating band;
& charge arriere, shell with rear burster;
& charge centrale, shell with central burster;
charge, loaded shell, filled shell;
d chemise, coated shell;
concentrique, concentric shell;
d cordons de plomb, shell with leaden rotating
rings;
acouronnes dentees, sort of segment shell;
& culot rapporte, shell whose base is assembled
to the body;
a culot visse, a shell whose base is screwed
onto the body;
& diaphragme, diaphragm shell;
double, dow ^ shell;
& double pare/,, Jouble-walled shell;
eclairant , light shell , illuminating shell ;
tclats d' , shell splinters;
enveloppe d' & mitraille, shrapnel body;
d, ctoile t star shell;
excentrique, eccentric shell;
& expansion, expanding shell (takes tLe
grooves by expansion);
explosif . torpedo, shell;
& explosif, a high-explosive shell;
fictif, dummy shell;
enfowte, castrixon shell;