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- de Whitworth, Whitworth thread.
III. Miscellaneous:
d'dne, C.ipp.) bit to keep horse's mouth
open for examination; balling iron; (harn,)
sharp bit for a horse, sharp bridle bit; (sm. a.)
basket hilt; (fort.) "stepped" ramp for pedestrians
and pack animals;
en artiere, (Mpp.) breeding back;
un en arriere (avant), (few.) in bayonet
exercise, advance (retire);
avoir le sur, to have the precedence of;
de Calais, Straits of Dover;
de clerc, Blunder, mistake;
de cog, (Mpp.) springhalt;
double en arritre (avant), (fenc.) front (rear)
pass (bayonet exercise);
un & droite (gauche), (fenc.) right (left) step
(bayonet exercise);
faire un, des, en arriere, to step back;
faux , stumble, misstep; mistake;
geometrique, geometrical pace of 5 feet;
& grands , rapidly;
marcher & comptes, to walk slowly and in a
dignified manner;
marcher d, grands (petits) , (/me.)
or retire by long (short) steps;
to advance
mauvais , bad place or obstacle in a road;
mc.iurage au , (top.) measuring by pacing;
mesurer au , (top.) to measure by pacing;
metriquc, pace assumed equal to 1 meter;
outils de toutes sortes de , tools of all sizes;
de porte$ step stone, stone sill of a door;
de souris, (fort.) pas de souris, small steps
(in permanent works) between the ditch and
the covered way.
passade, f., (fenc.) thrust, passade; (man.) passade.
passage, m., passage, passing (as of a column);
transit, crossing; voyage (beyond seas), passage,
passage money, fare; road, way, thoroughfare,
ferry; arcade, gallery; passage (short corridor);
strait; undercut of a vehicle; (r. r.) crossing;
(mil.) crossing, passage (of a stream, defile,
ditch, etc.); transfer (as from active army to
reserve, from one regiment to another); (art.)
track or print of a projectile; passing, handling,
of ammunition (as from magazine to gun);
(man.) sort of trot (action well marked and
cadenced);
balise, buoyed channel;
barrer le , to stop the way, stand in the way;
bateau de , ferryboat;
de bateau, boat-crossing of a stream; (top.)
representation of a boat-crossing on map;
Hindi, (siege) covered or protected passage
in batteries and trenches;
d'un chemin defer, railroad crossing;
ficontre-bord, (nav.) broadside on;
de , in transit; temporary;
en dessous (dessus), (r. r.) street crossing
under (over) a railway;
donner h, to give vent to;
de Uflamme, (met.) fire bridge;
d'une formation to, une autre, (mil.) passage
from one formation to another;
de fosse, (siege) passage of the ditch;
sefrayer un , to break one's way through;
gagner son to work , one's passage;
garder le to , maintain, keep, the pass or
passage;
sur la glace, passage on ice;
grand developpe, (man.) an air consisting of
the passage highly developed;
& gue , fording (of a river) ;
instrument de s, (astr.) transit;
lieu de
f thoroughfare;
de la ligne, crossing of the line (equator);
de munitions, (nav.) ammunition passage;
a la nage, passage by swimming;
&, de, niveau, (r. r.) grado
crossing;
point de , (top.) ool;
prixde _ ^ _
de rivie're, (mil.) passage, crossing, of a river;
passage de roues, undercut of a vehicle;
des tangles, (Mpp.) girth (i. e., part of body
around which girth passes);
par St. Cyr, etc., training, education, at
St. Cyr, etc.;
souterrain, underground passage;
systeme de , (mil.) system in which officers
serve first in one and then another arm, in the
staff, etc., (as opposed to systeme de carriere,
q. v.);
de vapeur, (steam) steam-passage, -way.
passager, v. a. n., (man.) to passage.
passager, m., passenger;
de I'avant, steerage passenger;
b, la chambre, cabin passenger;
de I'entrepont, 'tween-decks passenger;
de pont, deck passenger.
passant, m., crosscut saw; (/tarn.) keeper; (unif.)
shoulder-knot loop or keeper;
coulant, (harn.) sliding keeper or loop;
d'epaulettes, (unif.) keeper, binder;
fixe, (harn.) fixed loop;
mobile, v. coulant.
passation, f., (adm.) conclusion or accomplishing
of a bargain, contract, etc.
passavant, m., permit (to pass goods through a
custom-house) .
passe, f., pass, situation, case, state; small channel,
fairway, entrance of a harbor; loop, keeper
(e. g., a leather loop to hold a file against a wall);
(fenc.) pass; (cord.) end strand, passing through
the eye in making a splice; turn (of a mooring);
(harn.) loop or binder; (mach., met.) pass;
d'attaque, (mach.) working pass;
d'un cordage, (cord.) turn of a rope (over a
pulley, in a knot, etc.);
d'ebauchage, (mach.) rough-shaping pass;
de finissage, (mach.) finishing or shaping
pass;
defleuve, channel;
mesure de , (fenc.) position such that the two
blades can cross near the point;
mot de , (mil.) password;
nccud de , v. s. v. naud.
passe-appareil, m., (cord.) whip line;
passe-balle, m., (sm. a.} bullet gauge (obs.).
passe-bombe, m., (art.) shell gauge (obs.).
passe-boulet, m., (art.) shot gauge (obs.).
passe-campane, m., (Mpp.) capped hock.
passe-canal, m., canal ferry.
passe-cbeva!, m., horse ferry.
passe-corde, m., (harn.) drawing awl.
passe-cordon, m , large needle for thread or
string.
passe-coudes, m., gauntlet.
passe-debout, m., permit for passage of goods
through a city without payment of octroi dues.
passe-droit, m., (mil.) injustice done to anyone
by promoting a junior ever him; overslaughing.
passee, f., passage (of troops); track.
passe-lacet, m., bodkin.
passement, m., ?ace, trimming;
dejam.be, (gym.) cut-off (rings);
de pied en avant (arribre), step to the iront
(rear) (French boxing).
passementerie, f., lace, trimmings.
passe-mfeteil, m., maslin (two-thirds wheat, onethird
rye).
passe-parole, m., (mil.) word passed from mouth
to mouth, from the head to the tai 1 oi a column.
passe-montagne, m., sort of headdress (either
a knitted woolen shawl wrapped around the
head and neck or a cap pulled down over the
passe-partout, in., master key, pass key; large
crosscut saw, keyhole saw, pad saw; passpoit;
(mil. r. r.) short (0.25^) piece of track, used
(in the DecauVIlle system) to connect two
tracks end to end;
de batterie, (Fr. art.) long crosscut saw.
passe-poil, m., (unif.) piping; welting, welt.
passe-port, m., passport; pass; sea letter;
de navigation, sea letter;
visa d'un , indorsement of a passport;
viser un , to indorse a passport.