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outrer 302 ouvrage
outrer, v. a., to overload, overwork, strain, exaggerate,
overwhelm; (.man.) to override (a
horse).
ouvert, a., open; free (of a port); (of a roadstead)
open, unsheltered; (of a river) open; (of a circuit)
open; (fort.') unfortified, without a parapet;
open (i. e,, without defenses along the
gorge); (r. r.) clear; (nav.) undecked; (top.) open
(of the terrain);
abreast of (a town, etc.):
h r , open,
cheval bien , (hipp.) horse with broad chest
and straight legs;
h force e, by open force;
& la gorge, (fort.) open-gorged;
aucrre c, open (i. e., unconcealed) war;
& uvrc at , sight;
outrage , ouvrage & la gorge, (fort.) open
pays L, country without fortifications;
v jHC C) open, unfortified, unwalled town.
ouverture, f., opening, act of opening, orifice, hole,
operture; crack, chink, rip, vent; width, gap;
spout, mouth, unlocking, overture, means, expedient;
opening (of Congress, of Parliament);
(pant.) width of a bay; waterway; (elec.) opening
of a circuit; (steam) port; (met.) mouth,
charging door, of a furnace; (r. r.) opening of a
line; (cons.) generic term for doors, windows, or
any other opening; width of a door or window;
span of an arch; (opt.) aperture of a lens; (mil.,
iiav.) beginning of a campaign, of a war, etc.;
(fort.) mouth of an embrasure; (top.) opening or
valley between two hills;
h r , bayed;
& I'admission, (steam) cylinder port;
d'u7i arc, span of an arch;
d' arson, (harn.) stuffing hole of a saddle;
d'une bale, mouth (entrance) of a bay;
de la campagne, (mil.) opening, beginning, of
a campaign;
de chargement,
door;
& charger, (met.) charging
de la cliauffe, stokehole;
dcs colonnes, (mil, nav.)
columns;
interval between
d'un compos, opening, spread, of a compass;
de la coquille du piston (macli.) crosshead
hole;
de coulee, (met.) tap hole;
de decharge, (steam) evacuation port;
exterieure, (fort.) outer mouth of an embrasure;
. dufeu, (mil, art., siege) opening or beginning
of fire;
d'unfourneau, (met.) charging hole of a furnace;
dcs hostilites, (mil.) opening of hostilities;
intericure, (fort.) inner mouth of an embrasure;
d'intervalles, (mil.) opening of intervals;
s de paix. overtures of peace;
de la piece, (art.) opening of the breech (act
of);
plate, (cons.) opening or window in a cupola;
de pointage, (art.) sighting hole in a turret top;
d'une porte, etc., (opening) width of a door,
etc.;
des portes, opening of the gates of a fort or fortified
town;
d'un puits, mouth of a well;
& la scoric, (met.) slag hole;
de sortie, (steam) exhaust port;
de la tranchee, (siege) opening of the trenches,
beginning of siege operations, establishment of
the first parallel;
de travee, width of a span;
utile de t'objcctif, (opt.) working aperture of
the objective;
de la vapeur, (macli.) steam port;
de vidange, (steam) mud hole;
d'une voute, v. d'un arc.
ouvrable, a., hcure , working hour;
jour , working day.
ouvrage, m., work, piece of work; workmanship
labor, performance; (met.) hearth of a blast furnace;
interior of a blast furnace; (fort.) work;
(mm.) method of working.
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to fortification.)
& I' at , work;
annexe, subsidiary work in the first line;
d'arret, generic term for any work or place
destined to arrest enemy on the frontier itself;
s a'art (r. r.) constructions, generic term for
bridges, culverts, viaducts, etc.;
d'attaque, offensive work;
avance advanced work; work outside of the
covered way, but flanked from the corps de
place, enceinte;
blanc, (tech.) tool making;
bois d' , v. s. v. bois;
de campagne, fieldwork;
casemate, casemated work;
de champ de bataille, generic term for any defensive
work on field of battle;
collateral, collateral work;
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par compartiments, (mm.) panel working;
hcornes, hornwork;
d, comes couronne, a crownhornwork;
h couronne, couronne, crownwork;
crenelt, loopholed, crenelated work;
de defense, defensif, defensive work;
degrade, work damaged by hostile fire;
demi-rev&u, half-revetted work;
detache, detached work;
donne & Ventreprise, (adm.) contract work;
echarpe, work reached by oblique fire;
enfile, enfiladed work;
epaule, any work protected by epaulments;
d'escadron, work holding one squadron (dismounted
and using carbines) ;
eventuel, (in gen.) job; job work;
exterieur, outwork, work outside the enceinte
ferme, closed work; work with closed (fortified)
gorge;
liflancs, work with flanks;
flanquant, flanking work;
flanque, flanked work;
defonte, (fond.) casting;
en fontett noyau, (fond.) cored, work;
de fortification, fortification;
en gradins, (mm.) stoping;
en, par, gradins droits, (mm.) underhand stopin";
'en, par, gradins renverses, (mm.) overhand
stoping;
par grandes tattles, (min.) long work;
gros s> (cons.) a generic term for foundation
walls, facades, party walls, arches, etc.; (in gen.)
heavy work;
d' interdiction, stop fort, barrier fort.
interieur, work within the corps de place, or
main enceinte; interior work; keep;
intermediate, intermediate work; a work in
the first line (to support the main permanent
works of same, occupied when needed); a work
between the line of detached works and the
noyau central;
isole, isolated work;
par massifs longs, v. par piliers et galeries;
menus s, (cons.) generic term for chimneys,
ceilings, etc.;
mettre d, r , (in gen.) to put to work, set to
work;
se mettre & Z'
, (in gen.) to go to work, set to
work;
mi-fcrme, half-closed work;
noir, (tech.) blacksmith work, black work;
nonrevetu, unrevetted work;
ouvert, open work;
passager, temporary work;
permanent, permanent work;
par piliers et galeries, (min.) working by post
and stall, pillar and breast;
par piliers et compartiments, (min.) panelwork;