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ambulance 12 amorce
ambulance de gare, r. r. station hospital; cares for
sick and wounded in transit;
de quartier general, ambulance at corps headquarters,
(serves as a sort of reserve);
de tranchee, (siege) ambulance established in
trenches during attacks.
ambulancier, m.. (mil.) hospital attendant; (also)
attendant in civilian ambulance.
ame, f., (art., sm. a.) bore; (cord.) core (of a cable);
(fond.) core (of a mold); (fort.) interior part of a
fascine; (cons.) web (of a rail, girder, of channeliron,
T -beams, plate-beams, etc.), vertical plate
or brace of iron; (artif.) core, or filling, of a
quick or other match; (sm. a.) hollow (cylindrical)
of breech-casing (Lebel);
de chargement, (art.) loading-tube;
fausse , (art.) loading-hole of the Krupp fermeture;
fausse de chargement, (art.) loading-tube;
fond de I' , (sm. a., art.) bottom of the bore;
lisse, (art.) smooth bore;
rayee, (art.) rifled bore.
amelioration, f., improvement, bettering;
de la hausse, (art.) correction of the elevation,
in ranging.
ameliorer, v. a., to better, correct:
Za hausse, (art.) to correct the elevation, in
ranging.
amelotte, f., v. allumelle.
amenageinent, m., selection, etc., of trees for
cutting and felling; (mil., Fr. a.) any labor undertaken
by engineers to prepare rooms, etc.,
to furnish arm-racks, breadboards, etc., for the
service of troops.
amenager, v. a., to alter; to regulate the felling of
trees; to saw up, cut up a log into lumber,
amende, f., fine; money penalty (of a contractor);
frapper d' , to impose a fine.
amener, v. a., to bring up, on; to lead, to take;
(cord.) to lower, to ease off; (nav.) to haul down,
strike (colors).
I'avant-train, (art.) to limber up, (esp.) to
limber rear:
I'avant-train en avant, (art.) to limber front;
en douceur, en paquet, to lower handsomely;
pavilion, son pavilion (nav.) to strike
one's colors;
& retour, to lower with a turn (around a cleat,
etc.);
un signal, to haul down a signal;
I'un par I'autre, to bring into one (as two
masts).
amer, m., beacon, sea- or land-mark.
ameublemeiit, m., generic term for furniture in
barracks, headquarters, etc.
ameublir, v. a., to loosen earth (as with a pick);
to make the ground soft by turning over the
surface.
ameulonner, v. a., to stack hay, etc.
amiunte, m., fibrous asbestos, amianthus; earth
flax; mountain flax.
amiantlne, f ., (art.) cartridge-bag cloth;
toile , (art.) cartridge-bag cloth.
amidogene, m., (expl.) amidogen.
amidon, m.. starch;
nitre, (expl.) Uehatius white powder.
aminci, m., any thin part of a device, mechanism
(i. e., any part
that has been reduced in thickness,
that is thinner than adjacent parts);
circulate (or simply aminci), (sm. a.) circular
chamfer in breech end of barrel, corresponding
to seat of extractor.
amincir, v. a., to thin, to reduce in thickness.
amincissement, m., thinning, reduction of thickness;
tactique, (mil.) term used to describe the
gradual loss of depth of formation of troops,
due to effectiveness of modern fire.
amiral, m., (nav.) admiral; flagship;
contre , rear-admiral;
vaisseau , flagship;
vice , vice-admiral,
amiraute. L. (nav.) admiralty;
bureau d; V , admiralty, admiralty office.
ammoniacal, a., (chem.) ammoniacal.
ammoniadynamite, f., (expl.) amidogen, ammoniadynamite.
ammoiiiagelatine, f., (expl.) ammoniagelatine.
ammoniaque, f., (chem.) ammonia.
amiiistie, f., amnesty.
amnistier, v. a., to grant an amnesty.
amoise, f., (carp.) tie, brace, binding-piece.
amolette, f., v. allumelle.
amont, m. the , height from which a river or stream
flows, i. e., higher level with respect to mouth
or to any point below the one considered;
d' , en , upstream;
ancre d' , (pont.) upstream anchor;
vent d' , land breeze.
amorcage, m., priming, action of priming; starting
(of a pump, a dynamo) ; (sm . a.) action of seating
a primer in a cartridge case; (in gen.) action of
fitting a primer (as, e. g., to a mine, a torpedo,
etc.); priming charge; primer-holder.
amorce, f., beginning, outline, sketch; (art., artif.,
mil., min., expl., sm. a.) primer, priming; fuse.
I. Fuse; II. Beginning, indication.
I. Fuse.
& . . . ., primer to detonate a given explosive;
one containing a given ingredient, e. g.,
& dynamite, to detonate dynamite; au fulminate
de mercure, one containing mercury fulminate;
d'dme, (mil. min.) central primer, one in
contact with the core (Ame) of a Bickford or
other fuse;
boite d' , (torp., etc.) primer or detonator casing,
box, or tube;
bouchon d' , (torp.) fuse-plug;
branche d' , fuse- wire, fuse-lead;
d, broche, (sm. a.) pin primer (obs.);
sans bruler une , (mil.) without firing a shot;
cable d' , (torp.) fuse-cable;
Canouil, (art.) priming for French canon &
balles:
- chimique, chemical fuse;
dree, pellet primer, wax-primer;
composee, (art.) a primer or priming in which
fire is communicated to a secondary igniting
charge;
couvre- , (sm. a.) primer cover;
.
electrique, (art., etc.) electric primer or fuse;
aetincelles, (elec.) high-tension fuse;
d fil continU; low-tension, quantity fuse;
CL fil discontinu, high-tension fuse;
b, fil metallique, low-tension, quantity fuse;
& fil de platinum, low-tension, quantity fuse;
ti friction, (art., etc.) friction primer; friction
primer composition;
fulminante, any fulminating primer;
galvanique, quantity fuse, wire-bridge fuse,
low-tension fuse;
d'induction, high-tension, induction fuse;
mecanique, mechanical fuse (percussion,
friction, etc.);
des pares du genie, French service fuse;
d, percussion, percussion primer;
& percussion centrale, (sm. a.)
primer;
center-fire
porte
peripherique, (sm. a.) rim-fire primer;
, (art.) central channel (of a fuse);
pyrotechnique, (mil., min., etc.) pyrotechnic
fuse (like Bickford, etc.);
de quantite, low-tension, quantity fuse;
simple, (art.) fuse that communicates fire dl
rectly to bursting charge;
de tension, high-tension fuse;
fuse hole;
trou d' , (torp.)
tube d' , (torp.) fuse;, primer-casing;
voltatque, low-tension fuse.
(According to some writers, amorce is a fuse to
explode gunpowder, while detonateur is used for
high explosives. But this distraction is not observed.)