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pingard 326 piquet
pincard, m. , horse that wears his shoe fast at the
toe; (man.) rider that sits tight, with a firm
seat.
pince, f., pinchers; pliers; nippers; clamp screw;
clamp; pinch bar, crowbar; toe or wedge (of a
lever) or pinch bar; tongs; hold, square, of a
handspike; trowsers clip (bicycle); purchase;
twibill; (fan.) toe (of a horseshoe); (hipp.)
pincher, foretooth; toe of the foot; (r. f. art.)
clip, catch (Maxim automatic 25 mm.);
b amor $ age, (expl.) fuse pliers, cutters, or
pinchers;
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assemblage, riveting flange, shoulder, or
rim (French boiler);
automatique, ( Fr. art.) automatic fuse punch;
avoir de la , (wan.) to sit tight ;
en bois, vise chops, vise claws, vise clamps;
b cliches, (phot.) platelifter;
b cote, side-cutting pliers;
b coulant, pin-tongs, sliding tongs;
coupante, cutting pliers;
bcouper, cutting pliers;
b couper et b sertir, cutting and crimping
pliers;
b crochet, small hooked lever;
debouchoir, (art.) adjustable fuse pinchers,
fuse punch;
b aeclic, tongs of a pile driver;
b desamorcer, (sm. a.) unpriming pliers or
pinchers, unpriming machine (reloading tool);
b double cran, cutting and crimping pliers
(for Bickford and other fuses);
deferb cheval, (fan.) toe;
b fil defer, wire pinchers;
deforgeron, smith's tongs;
b fusee, (art.) fuse drawer;
a goupille, pin pliers;
levier, pinch bar;
b main plate coupant de cote, side-cutting flatnose
pliers;
de manoeuvre, pinch bar, iron handspike;
de mineur, (mil. min.) miner's crowbar;
mlleton, (art.) spring clip (for the peep of a
sight);
b oreilles, round-nosed pliers;
pantalon, trowsers clip (bicycle);
petites s, tweezers;
b pied de biche, claw handspike;
plate, flat-nose(d) pliers;
pressante et coupante, cutting and pressing
pliers;
de pression, clamp (as on a sextant, etc.);
b ressort, spring pliers, spring catch; a synonym
of iziUeton;
b riper, crow or pinch bar;
b sertir, crimping pliers;
tire-culot, (art.) cartridge-head extractor or
pinchers (canon b balles, etc.):
tire-etoupilles, (art.) primer-case extractor
or pinchers;
tire-goupille, pin extractor;
de treillageur, wire pliers (lattice maker's);
b trois branches, (elec.) three-legged tongs;
b vis, hand vise.
pince, p. p., (of a lever) caught, pinched, under a
load, weight, etc.
pinceau, m., brush; (mil. slang) broom; (of balloons,
in pi.) the two pencils of cords to which
the car is directly attached;
bgoudron, b goudronner, tar brush;
b peindrej paint brush.
pince-balle, m., (sm. a.) bullet nippers; (art.) hotshot
nippers (obs.).
pince-dur, m., (mil. slang) an adjudant.
plncer, v. a., to pinch, nip, hold fast, press; screw
(man.) feel, press, gently with spur
le vent, (nav.) to go close to the wind.
pincette, f., pinchers, nippers; (in pi.) tones, fire
tongs, small nippers, tweezers;
ronde, round pliers, round-nose pliers.
pincebeck, m., pinchbeck.
piiicon, m., (fan.) clip.
pinne, f., (fort.) spear of chevaux defrise.
pinnule, f., (imt.) vane, sight vane; sight;
pinnule b crin, slotted, slit sight;
objective, object vane;
oculaire, eye vane;
b ozilletons, aperture sight.
pioche, f., pickax; pick, mattock; (slang) hard
study; cramming
for examination; (at the
Polytcchniquc) serious application to mathematics;
aux gazons, (fort.) sod mattock;
du genie, ( Fr. eng.) a pick of special model,
used by engineer troops;
b marteau, stone pick;
portative, (mil.) portable pick;
temps de , (slang) examination time.
piocher, v. a., to dig; (slang) to study hard; v. n.,
(mach.) said of a fly wheel, the upper part of
which turns from the steameylinders;
son examen, (slang) to cram for an examination;
I'x, (slang) to apply one's self to mathematics,
to "bone math" (U. S. M. A.).
piocheur, m., digger; man who uses a pick; (slang)
hard student, grind.
pionnage, m., (mil.) pioneering.
pionnier, m., (mil.) pioneer.
pioupiou, m., (slang) familiar term for an infantrymen;
"doughboy" (U. S. A.); "Tommy
Atkins" (British army),
pipette, f., pipette.
pipo(t), m., (mil. slang.) the Ecole Polytechnique;
a cadet of the Polytechnique.
pique, f., pike; poker;
d'abordage, (nav.) boarding pike.
pique, p. p., (of wood) worm-eaten; (steam) pitted
(of a boiler); (met.) pitted; (mas.) pointed and
drafted (of the face of a stone); (substantively)
a pointed and drafted stone;
moellon , v. s. v. moellon;
de vers, worm-eaten.
pique-chasse, m., (artif.) awl.
pique-feu, m., poker.
piquer, v. a., to prick, prick through; to interweave;
to backstitch; to puncture; to prick off;
(man.) to spur a horse; (carp.) to mark out
(work);
Zes absents, to note absentees;
Za chaudiere, (steam.) to scale a boiler;
un cheval, (man.) to spur a horse; (fan.) to
drive a nail into the quick;
Za cloche, v. I'heure;
des deux, (man.) to clap both spurs to a horse;
I'heure, (nav.) to strike bells;
I'horloge, v. I'heure;
du nez, (of a torpedo) to turn out of the
course;
Za mazette, (/aw.) to be poorly mounted, to
ride a poor horse;
une pierre, (mas.) to point a stone;
en rape, (sm. a.) to checker a gunstock;
le vent, (nav.) to go close to the wind.
piquet, m., picket (small stake), peg, holdfast,
stake; tent peg; (cav., etc.) picketing post;
(surv.) sighting, alignment, stake; (fort., siege)
tracing picket; (mil.) picket, detachment;
(more specially) detachment or party holding
itself in readiness to turn out at a moment's
notice for any duty whatsoever, or for duty
other than duty by roster, e. g., for an extraordinary
guard; (in the field) so much of the
fraction on duty for the day as is not on post,
men off post; picket (military punishment, so
called, obs.), extra duty (U. S. M. A.);
d'ancrage, anchoring, mooring, picket;
anet, (art.) stake (for the carriage of the
canon-revolver);
d' attache, picket pin;
au , (miZ.) on picket; standing in one place
as a punishment; (call) prisoners, turn out!
de campement, (mil.) tent peg;
commander de , (mil.) to detail, so as to be
ready at a moment's notice;
de cour d'assise, (Fr. law) detachment of
troops furnished a law court, when requested
by latter;