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alfcze 10 allumeur
aleze, f., v. alese.
three points in same vertical plane.
aligner, v. a., to line out, up; to set out, mark out;
to align (in general); (art.) to lay a piece for
direction (rare); (surv.) to stake out; (mil.) to
keep up to a certain quantity, as rations, etc.;
to bring up to a certain amount; to get on the
same line;
$' , (mil.) to dress up to a line;
les hommes & deux jours de vivres, (mil.) to
furnish the men with two days' rations;
les rations pour tant de jours, (mil.) to issue,
furnish so many days' rations, to bring amount
up to so many days' rations.
aliment, m., food, aliment.
alimentaire, a., feed (as, feed-water); m., (mach.)
feed mechanism;
eau , (mach.) feed-water;
pompe , feed-pump;
tuyau , feed-pipe.
alimentation, f., victualing, rationing, supply;
(mil.) subsistence; (mach.) feed, feeding;
appareil d' , (mach.) feed, feed apparatus;
eau d' , feed-water;
pompe d' , feed-pump;
tuyau d' , feed-pipe.
alimenter, v. a., (mach.) to teed; (in gen.) to supply,
keep up; (mil.) to subsist.
allz6, m., *, trade winds;
vent , trade wind.
alkali, m., (chem.) alkali, potash,
alkali nite, f., (chem.) alkalinity.
allege, f., lighter (boat); (r. r.) tender.
allegement, m., relief, easing, lightening, alleviation.
allSger, v. a., ta ease, relieve, lessen, alleviate; to
unload; (man.) to ease (a horse); (cord.) to
stick out (a rope).
aller, v. n., to go, proceed, repair, depart, sail,
move; lie or rest on one's oars; (mach.) to work,
function;
I'amble, (man.) to amble;
en arriere, to back ;
en avant, to go forward, ahead;
& bord, (raw.) to go on board;
aux cartouches, (mil.) to go for cartridges, on
battlefield;
de conserve, (nav.) to sail in company, under
convoy;
aller en course, (nav.) to go privateering; to cruise;
en derive, (nav., etc.) to drift;
ft I'epee, (fenc.) to uncover one's self in a parry;
faire , to set in motion;
aufeu, (mil.) to go into action;
alia, m., (cord.) Spanish grass.
algarade, f., (mil.) feint, sham attack, bold dash,
etc., to excite alarm in enemy.
algarde, f., false alarm.
alidade, f., (inst.) alidade;
autoreductrice, alidade giving distances and
differences of level;
a eclimetre, clinometer alidade;
h lunette, telescopic alidade;
nivelatrice, leveling alidade;
tt pinnules, open-sight alidade;
plongeante, telescopic alidade; one fitted with
a sighting tube;
plongcante & lunette, telescopic alidade proper;
& telescope, telescopic alidade;
(j, viseur, sighting-tube alidade.
alignement, m., alignment; (surv.) bearing; line
of direction; (cons.) lining-out; (mil.) alignment,
dress, dressing; in commands, "dress!"
des approvisionnemenU, (mil.) state or condition
of keeping supplies and stores up to
regulation standard;
en arriere, (mil.) dressing on a line in rear;
des comptes, (adm.) condition of accounts so
that balance, final statement, may be struck;
direct, (mil.) dressing forward on a line;
droit, (r. r.) straight part of a track;
& droite, (gauche), (mil) right (left) dress;
ttre d' , to be in line;
oblique, (mil.) dressing up obliquely;
perdre I' , (mil.) to lose the dress, to get out of
rectifier'l' , (mil.) to rectify the alignment; _
topographigue, (top.) condition of having
aufond, to sink ;
le galop, (man.) to gallop;
laisser , to give way together (boats);
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le pas, (man.) to pace;
au recul, (art.) to recoil, to go to position of
"from battery;"
le trot, (man.) to trot.
alliage, m., (met.) alloy.
alliance, f., alliance, confederacy; (harn.) connecting
loop or strap (metal or leather);
acte d' , tratte d' , treaty of alliance.
allie, m., (mil.) ally.
allier, v. a. r., to combine, unite; ally; blend; (met.)
to alloy.
allingue, f., pile driven into the bed of a river.
allocation, f., allowance, grant;
de chauffage, (mil. adm.) fuel allowance;
de convoi, (mil. adm.) transportation in kind
(by team, in certain cases provided by regulations);
en deniers, (mil. adm.) money allowance, to
soldier (v. haute paye, indemnite, prime);
defrais de route, (mil. adm.) travel allowance;
enmatiere, en nature, (mil. adm.) issues in
kind;
de solde, (mil.) administrative term for pay.
allogne, f., (cord.) cordage used in construction of
flying bridges, and on trestle bridges.
allonge, f., extension-piece; eking-piece; joint (e. g.,
to lengthen a handle); (harn.) lunging rein:
(hipp.) strain of hip joint; (mach.) couplingrod,
sliding-rod;
de ceinturon, belt strap.
allonge, a., (man.) increased (of gaits);
trot , trot out.
allonsement, m., extension; extension, elongation,
of a test piece in a testing machine; (mil.)
elongation of a column (on march); (cord.)
stretch, lengthening of a rope (under stress);
(art.) term descriptive of field artillery method
of regulating practice.
du pas, du trot, (man.) increase in rate of
walk, trot.
allonger, v. a., to stretch, lengthen, elongate; to
wire-draw; (man.) to increase the gait; (fenc.) to
thrust, lunge, advancing right without moving
left foot;
to courroie, to ficelle, (mil. slang) to add
to a penalty;
lefeu, (art.) to increase the intensity of fire;
to nage, to lengthen the stroke (rowing);
le pas, (man.) to walk out;
le tir, (art.) to fire over the heads of one's own
men (in an assault), to extend the fire from
the hostile firing line to the reserves behind it.
allotir, v. a., to group into lots.
allotropique, a., (chem.) allotropic.
allouer, v. a., (adm.) to verify and approve title
to an allocation.
alluchon, m., (mach.) cog;
h s, cogged, toothed.
allumage, m., act of lighting, lighting; (mil., min.)
touching off a mine chamber.
allumelle f., (nav.) bar- or handspike hole of a
capstan; bush of a capstan-hole.
allumer, v. a., to light; to fire (a locomotive, engine,
furnace, etc.).
allumette, f., match, friction match;
amorphe, safety-match ;
de surete, fusee, vesuvian.
allumeur, m., igniter ; any burning substance used
to touch off a charge; inflammable core of any
fuse; touch-paper;
Bickford, (expl.) igniter composed of tube
25 mra long and 4mm Or 5""" in diameter;