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pair-.; 315 pays
pause de pas, (mil.) said of marching at a walk,
as a rest from 3 more rapid gait.
pavas?e, m., paving; paving work; pavement; paving
materials;
en asphalte en bois, etc., asphalt, wood,
etc., paving.
pav, m., paving block; pavement, paving; paved
road, paved floor; carriage way;
d'asphalte, asphalt pavement;
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& bun de mortier, mortar paving;
en bcton, concrete pavement;
de blocage, pebble pavement;
en bois, block wood pavement;
en brique(s) , brick pavement;
bruler le , to ride furiously, go whip and spur;
en cailloutis, pebble pavement;
d'echantillon, standard paving stone;
epince, face-hammered paving stone;
or os , street , road , paving stone, ;
haut du ; wall side; inside of the pavement;
de mosaique, tessellated pavement;
petit } paving stone for courtyard, etc ;
de pierre, stone pavement;
pique, dressed paving stone;
d'un pont, floor of a bridge;
& sec , dry paving;
smillc, hammer-dressed paving stone;
tdter le , to examine the ground.
pavement, m., act of paving; paving materials.
paver, v. a., to pave;
b, bain de mortier, to lay a pavement on a coat
of mortar;
de carreaux, to flag;
pierre ft paving stone.
pavilion, m .
, pavilion, sumrnerhouse, tent ; mouth,
bell (of a bugle or other instrument); mouthpiece
(of a telephone); standard, colors, flag,
ensign (strictly a naval term); (fig.) navy, sea
power; (mil.) officers' quarters in barracks;
amener amener son , , to strike one's colors;
amener le , to strike, to haul down, the colors;
amener un to haul , down, strike, colors;
amiral, admiral's flag;
appuyer le , appuyer son , (of a ship) to
fire a gun under its proper colors;
arbor er le to hoist the , colors, to hang out the
colors;
d'armateur, house flag;
d' assistance, signal of distress;
d' assurance, signal of peace;
assurer le, son, , v. appuyer le ;
baisser , to strike sail, to yield;
baton de ,flagstafl;
battant de , fly of colors;
battre de . . . ., to fly the flag of . . . .;
de beaupre, jack;
en bernejv. d'assistance;
blanc, en blanc, flag of truce;
came aux s, flag chest;
capitaine de , (nav.) flag captain;
cane, square.flag;
du chefde I' Etat, President's flag;
de combat, signal for action;
^-de commandement, headquarters flag; designating
flag (as an admiral's);
le commerce suit le trade follows the , flag;
de conseil , signal for council of war;
consulaire, consular flag;
coup de , morning and evening gun;
cornette, burgee;
le couvre la marchandise, the flag covers the
goods;
de depart, blue peter;
distinctif, de distinction, distinguishing
flag;
de la douane, custom-house flag, revenue flag;
drisse de , ensign halliard;
d'embarcation, boat flag;
etoile, the "Stars and Stripes";
etranger, foreign flag;
faire blanc, to strike colors in token of peace
or of surrender;
fendu, swallowtail flag;
pavilion de garde, guard flag;
gaule de , flagstaff;
de guerre, man-of-war's flag, man-of-war's
pennant;
en guidon, swallowtail flag;
guindant de . hoist of colors;
hisscr le , to hoist the colors;
d'honneur, flag of honor;
imperial , imperial standard ;
jaune, quarantine flag;
jeu de s, set of colors or flags;
de justice, punishment flag;
de malle-poste, mail flag;
marchand, merchant flag;
mat de . flagstaff;
mettre has, to lower one's flag;
to, mi-corne, d, mi-drisse, & mi-mat,
flag at half mast;
du ministre de la marine, naval secretary's
flag;
national, national flag;
neutre, neutral flag;
noir, black flag, pirate flag;
de paix, flag of truce;
parer un to , clear a flag;
parlementaire, flag of truce;
de parlance, blue peter;
(de) pilote, pilot flag;
porter de . . .
, to fly the flag of ;
porter le el lajlamme, to wear the colors of a
man-of-war;
poste, mail flag;
de poupe, stern ensign, main ensign;
de quarantaine, quarantine flag;
renverse, flag with union down (distress) ;
rouge, powder flag (ship carries explosives);
royal , royal standard;
serie de s, set of flags;
de signaux, signal flag;
de societ^, house flag;
vaisseau , flagship (obs.).
pavois,m., (nav.) bulwark; weatherboards; flagsfor
dressing ship;
deployer le , to display colors;
grand , full dress of ship;
montrer le , to show colors;
petit , dressing ship with masthead flags;
rentrer le , to haul down colors.
pavoisement, m., decoration by means of flags;
(nav.) dressing of ship.
pavolser, v. a., to deck with flags; (nav.) to dress
ship;
d I'anglaise, (nav.) to dress ship fore and aft;
& la franc,aise , (nav.) to dress ship over the
yardarms.
paye, f., pay; paymaster; wage;
& la basse , ordinary pay;
entiere, full pay;
haute , v. haute-paye;
jour de , pay day;
morte , (mil.) pensioner (obs.);
sans , unpaid.
payement, paiement, palment, m., payment.
payer, v. a., to pay, pay oft';
1' equipage, to pay of! the crew.
payeur, m., payer; (mil., nav.) paymaster;
adjoint, (Fr. a.) assistant paymaster (ranks
as captain);
general, ( Fr. a.) chief paymaster of an army
(ranks as general de brigade) ;
particulier, ( Fr. a.) division paymaster (ranks
as major);
principal, (Fr. a.) corps paymaster (ranks
as colonel).
pays, m., country, countryside, region; part of a
country from which one comes, home; climate;
at home;
au , home,
battre le , (mil.) to explore the ground;
dechicane, (mil.) intersected, broken country;
coupe, (mil.) rough, intersected country, full
of natural obstacles;
haut mountainous , part of a country;
mal du , homesickness;
ouvert, (mil.) open country;
plat, flat country;