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ouvreau, m., (met.) working hole; air vent.
ouvrer, v. a., to work.
ouvrier, m... workman, laborer, artisan, operative,
x mechanic, journeyman artificer; (Fr. a.) regimental
workman or artisan;
d''administration, (Fr. a.) special workman
(as baker, miller, tinner, saddler, etc.; v. s. v.
commis); - armurier, (mil.) armorer; - d'art. skilled workman;
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d'artillerie, (art.) artificer;
de batterie, (art.) battery artificer;
en bois, wood worker;
chauffeur, stoker, fireman;
chef-- , v. s. y. chef;
-s des chemins defer, (Fr. a.) railway operatives
(9 sections, called into service on mobilization
only);
civil, ( Fr. a.) workman hired in civil life;
s des corps, (Fr. a.) soldiers having a trade
and plying it in the regiment;
-s "d'etat, (Fr. a.) in the artillery and engineers,
n. c. o.'s ranking as adjudant and acting
as foremen or chief workmen in arsenals and
in the artillery and engineer schools;
ouvrier dfaQon, outworker;
enfer, worker in iron;
* de I'habillement et du campement, tinners,
saddlers, etc. (belong to the s d'administration);
manoeuvre, journeyman;
de port, 'longshoreman; dock laborer;
premier , (Fr. a.) foreman of a regimental
workshop;
s du service des subsistances, (Fr. a.) bakers,
ouvrage de position, a generic term for tetes de
pjnt, works in denies, and in any important
and quasi-permanent position near important
lines or positions; - de premiere ligne, outer work of a fortified
position; - principal, main work; - de protection, in mountainous countries, a
work constructed on a point which, if held
by the enemy, might threaten a barrier fort;
-s publics, (in gen.) public works, public
buildings; - reticule, (was.) net masonry; - retire, retiree 5 work; - revetu, revetted work;
a seaux, (tech.) scoop wheel; - secondaire, secondary, auxiliary, work;
- de seconde ligne, intermediate work (between
the line of detached works and the
noyau central);
simple, a work of simple trace, covering but
1 i ttle ground by its fire ; - a la tache, (in gen.) piecework;
- de,en, terre, earthwork;
-s de
sujetion, (cons.) a generic term for concealed,
difficult, or special work;
- en travers, (min.) cross system of mining;
--type
de compagnie, type of work to hold
one company; - vu de revers, work commanded in rear.
ouvrage, a., wrought.
ouvrager, y. a., to work, to adorn; - la mine, (met.) to scum the ore in a furnace.
ouvrant, a., opening;
a jour- at , daybreak;
-e(s), porte(s) at the opening of the gates
of a town.
ouvre, p. p., wrought, shaped;
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