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perspectif
i>erspectif, a., perspective;
, plan plane of the picture, prospective plane.
perspective, f., perspective; perspective drawing;
aerienne, aerial perspective;
cavaliere, cavalier-perspective;
lineaire, linear perspective;
speculative, science of perspective;
& vol d'oiseau, bird's-eye view;
en vue accidentelle, oblique perspective;
en vue deface, parallel perspective.
perte, f., loss; loss (of a battle, position, town, of
men, of a ship); waste; escape (of heat, etc.);
ruin;
ccnsee totale, (nav.) constructive total loss;
de charge, (tech.) loss of pressure; (elec.) waste
(as in the circuit);
de courant, (elec.) current leakage;
s graves, (mil.) serious, heavy, losses;
s legeres, (mil.) slight losses;
par les supports, (elec.) weather contact;
a la tcrre, (elec. ) ground leakage;
totale, (nav.) total loss;
& de vue, as far as the eye can reach.
pcrtuis, m., hole; ward of a key; hole or opening
of a screw plate; waste, drain hole (of a basin,
etc.); drain; sluice; opening for boats in a dike
or levee; strait (between two islands, between
an island and the mainland); narrow channel
in, to, or about a harbor; (in France) rapids of
the Seine; narrow part (of a river navigable
by flushing only, point where the retaining
dam is established); (top.) col; (met.) tap hole.
perturbateur, a., perturbating, disturbing.
perturbation, f., perturbation; disturbance;
de V aiguille, perturbation of the needle;
atmospherique, atmospheric disturbance.
pesade, f., (man.) rearing of a horse, pesade;
de chevre, pesade in which the horse does not
bend his fore legs under him.
pesage, m., weighing; weigning in.
pesant, m., horse that does not rise easily on his
fore legs.
pesant, a., heavy, ponderous; slow, sluggish;
cheval , horse sluggish, heavy, in front;
cheval d la main, hard-mouthed horse, horse
that bears on the bit;
grain , 1
vent , heavy wind.
pesanteur, f., weight; gravity, force of gravity;
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specifique, specific gravity;
universelle, universal gravitation.
pese-acide, m., (chem.) acidomoter, acid densimeter.
pesfie, f., weighing, weight; amount weighed at
one and the same time; effort made with a
lever; pull down on a rope;
faire une , to bear down on a lever, to take a
purchase.
pfcse-esprit, m., alcoholmeter.
pdse-lettres, m., letter scale.
pfcse-liqueur, m., areometer; hydrometer.
pese -papier, m., paper weight.
peser, v. a. n., to weigh, to weigh in; to bear hard;
to press; to be heavy; to lie, hang, heavy on;
(cord.) to haul down on a rope; (fig.) to weigh,
consider;
sur un (inspect, to bear down on a handspike;
bascule it, pour, , weighing machine;
brut, to weigh gross;
fort, to bear hard, heavily, on;
sur un levier, to bear down on a lever;
machined,, pour. , weighing machine;
& la main, (man.) to pull on the bit;
sur une manoeuvre, (cord.) to pull or haul on
a rope;
net, to weigh net.
pe.se-sel, m., salinometer.
peson, m., steelyard;
i contre-poids, steelyard;
dressort, spring balance.
pesse, f., Norway pine.
peste, f., pestilence, plague.
de guerre, typhus fever.
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pfetard, m., (artif.) petard, cartridge; (r. r.) torpedo;
(mm.) blast hole;
d' amorce, (artif.) the primed petard (in a
charge of several);
de cavalerie, (mil.) demolition cartridge carried
by cavalry;
de circonstance, (mil.) any petard or torpedo
made on the spot out of any material at hand;
de dynamite, etc., (expl.) dynamite, etc.,
pour e'coles hfeu, (art.) a petard or cartridge
to simulate burst of shell on strike;
de mines, (mm.) blast hole (made by ex-
plosives);
de poudre, (artif.) (black) powder petard.
pgtardement, m., act, action, of blasting, or of
destroying by explosives; (min.) blasting;
trou de , (mm.) blast hole.
petarder, v. a., (mil., min.) to blast, to blow up;
to destroy, demolish, by blasting.
petardeur, m., petard worker or thrower.
pfetardier, v. petardeur.
peterolle, f., (artif.) cracker.
pfcte-sec, m., (mil. slang) martinet.
pfctiUement, m., crackling; (sm. a.) crackling of
musketry.
petiller, v. n., to crackle (of a fire, of musketry,
etc.).
petit, a., small, short, little, insignificant;
autel, flue bridge;
s bois, v. s. v. bois;
equipement, v. equipement;
etat-major, v. **
etat-major;
e guerre, v. s. v. guerre;
e monture, v. s. v. monture;
pied, (hipp.) coffin bone.
petit-cheval, m., (mach.) donkey engine;
alimentaire, (steam) feed-water donkey
engine;
compresseur, donkey compressor.
petits-vivres, m. pi., (mil.) a generic term for
salt, sugar, coffee, dried vegetables, etc.
pgtralite, f., (expl.) petralite.
pfetrin, m., kneading trough, pug mill.
petrir, v. a., to knead (dough, clay); to mold, form,
make.
pfctrissage, m., pfetrissement, m., kneading.
pgtrofracteur, m., (expl.) petrofracteur.
petrole, m., petroleum, mineral oil.
petrolerie, f., (rock-)oil refinery.
petrolier, m., tank steamer.
peuplade, f., colony; tribe.
peuple, m., people, nation; host, throng, crowd.
peuplier, m., poplar (tree and wood);
blanc, white poplar;
franc, black poplar;
de Hollande, v. grisard;
grisard, gray poplar;
noir, v. franc;
pyramidal, Lombardy poplar;
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tremble, aspen.
peur, f., fear.
peureux, a., timorous;
cheval , skittish, shying, horse.
phalange, f., joint (of a finger, a toe); (hipp.)
phalanx;
deuxieme , (hipp.) cornet bone, coronary or
- small pastern bone;
premiere , (hipp.) great pastern bone, fetterbone;
troisieme , (hipp.) coffin bone.
phalangette, f., (hipp.) coffin bone.
phalaiigien, m., (hipp.) phalanx.
phalangine, f., (hipp.) cornet bone.
phare, m., light-house;
alternatif, alternating light (red and white
lights without eclipse);
droits de , light dues;
electrique, electric light-house; (fort.) electric-light
observatory or observing station;
& eclats, flash light;
to, feu fixe, steady light;
fixe to, eclats, flash light (the flash being preceded
or followed by short eclipses);
flottant, light-ship;