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passer, v. a. n., to pass, pass up, hand, go, clear;
to cross, go across, take across; to perish; to
put on; to exceed; to present one's sen; to take,
pass, an examination; to sift; (cord.) to reeve,
put on, run, pass;
ft, (mil.} lo join (as a battery or regiment);
sur son adversaire, to close with one's adversary;
un amarrage, (cord.) to pass a lashing;
par les armes, (mil.) to shoot, to be shot, to
execute by shooting;
I'armeh gauche, (mil. slang) to die;
& Varrtere, (nav.) to pass astern;
en arriere (avant), (fenc.) to retire (advance);
par les baguettes, to run the gauntlet; to compel
a man to run the gauntlet;
sous le beaupre, (nav.) to pass under the
bows;
un billet b, I'ordre de quelqu'un, to make a
check payable to the order of;
au bleu, jaune, etc., (met.) to temper up
to blue, yellow, etc.;
le cable, (cord.) when a knot or lashing (as,
for example, in two ropes lashed together)
comes to the blocks, to untie, etc., so that the
cable may pass;
cipitzine, general, (mil.) to become captain,
general, etc.;
ft un conseil de guerre, (mil.) to go before a
court-martial:
un control, to draw up, make, a contract;
h contre, (cord.) to reeve the wrong way;
sur le corps ft une armee, (mil.) to defeat an
army;
par les courroies, (caw.)torunthegauntlet,to
cause to run the gauntlet;
par dessus le bord, (nav.) to pass over the
rail;
devant, to have precedence of;
h I'encre, to ink a drawing;
hl'ennemi, (mil.) to desert to the enemy;
par lefcr, par lefil de I'epee, (mil.) to be
destroyed, put to death;
au fil de I'epee, (mil.) to put to the sword;
d'une formation ft une autre, (mil.) to pass
from one formation to another;
les garants d'un palan, (cord.) to reeve a
tuclle, fall, etc.;
d'un graded, un autre, (mil.) to be promoted;
par tous les grades, (mil.) to go, pass, through
all grades;
& gue, to ford (a river);
un habit, to put on a coat;
un homme a un officier, (mil.) to allow an
officer to have a man (soldier) as a servant;
.1'inspection, (mil.) to inspect;
b, la main, to pass along by hand;
au large, to go around;
une manceuvre, (cord.) to reeve a rope;
un marche, to ma.;e a contract or purchase;
b, la nage to swim (a river);
au noir, (fond.) to black wash;
-outre, v. s. v. outre;
un palan, (cord.) to reeve a tackle;
en palanfranc, (cord.) to reeve a tackle (said
of manifold blocks , where fall first goes through
end sheave);
sur le pied de guerre (de paix), (mil.) to pass
to a war (peace) footing;
-- les poudres, to pass cartridges on or up to
gun;
a poupe, (nav.) to pass close astern;
avec la protection de Mme. Bcrger-Levrault,
(mil. slang) to be promoted by seniority;
de la queue b, la tftc, (mil.) to become the
head from the tail of the column;
en revue, (mil.) to review, inspect; to be
reviewed, inspected;
la revue de, (mil.) to review (a given regiment,
etc.);
une revue, (mil.) to hold a review, an inspection;
une riviere b, gue, to ford a river;
par St. Cyr, etc., to go through St. Cyr, etc.;
au tamis, to sift;
Us torons, (cord.) to splice;
passer dessus un vaisseau, (nav.) to run a vessel
down ;
au vent, (nav.) to pass to windward;
sous le vent, (nav.) to pass to leeward;
svr le -centre a une armee, (mil.) to defeat an
paries verges, v. par les baguettes;
la visite de, to inspect ;
une visite, to mal.e an inspection.
passerelle, f., foot bridge, bridge (of a ship); gang
de commandement, (nav.) captain's bridged'
'entree, (nav.) gangway;
flottante, floating gang plank;
roulante, (pont.) light briclre on axle and
wheels for passing very slight streams;
de viqie, (nav.) lookout bridge;
volante, (nav.) connecting bridge.
passeresse, f., (cord.) ship line, lace.
passe-riviere, m., sort of raft, used to cross a ri-er
rapidly.
passeur, m., ferryman.
passe-violet, m.^(met.) violet tempering color.
passe-volant, m., (mH.) man falsely mustered or
enlisted, false muster, false enlistment.
passibilite, f., liability (to trial, punishment, etc.).
passible, a., liable to;
r- d'un conseil de guerre, (mil.) liable to trial by
court-martial;
de la peine da mort, punishable with death.
passif, a., passive; (fort.) organized or prepared for
protection merely (as an obstacle, abattis.
shelter, etc.);
abri , (fort.) mere shelter;
commerce , excess of imports over exports.
passoire, f., strainer; bird-shot mold.
pastel, m., crayon, pastel; pastel drawing;
au, en, in , crayon ;
dessiner au , to draw in crayon;
peindre en , v. dessiner au ;
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