A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

president 355 pri-venir
president, m., president; (law) senior, presiding
judge.
presqu'Ile, f., peninsula.
pressage, m., pressing.
presse, t., press; crowd; the press; (nav.) press
gang; (mach.) press, printing press;
damorcer, (sm. a.) priming machine, priming
press;
d approche rapide, (mach.) quick advance
press;
d bras, hand press;
d coins, wedge press;
d copier, copying press;
& cylindre, (mach.) roller press;
decoupoir, (mach.) punch, punching press;
d desamorcer, (sm. a.) unpriming press;
detachement de la , (nav.) press gang;
d emboutir, (mach.) stamping press;
de I'etabU, bench screw;
d etamper, v. d emboutir;
exercer la contre, (nav.) to impress seamen;
& forger, (mach.) forging press;
afusie, (artif.) rocket press;
d galeter, (powd.) gunpowder press;
hydraulique, (mach.) hydraulic press;
d levier, (mach.) lever press;
lithographique, lithographic press;
a main, cramp, screw clamp;
d mandriner, (mach.) mandrel press;
des matelots, (nav.) impressment;
d mater, (mach.) hydraulic press (for seating
bands home on projectile);
me.canigue, (mach.) engine press, fly press,
power press;
mettre & la , to seat by pressure (as a rifling
band, etc.);
d mouler, (fond.) molding press;
ouvrage fait & la , presswork;
de pointage, (art.) elevating (hydraulic) cylinder;
pot de , v. s. v. pot;
& poudre. (powd.) powder press;
driver, riveting clamp;
d rotule, (mach.) circular toggle press;
d rouleau, v. d cylindre;
d satiner, (phot.) rolling machine;
d satiner d chaud, (phot.) burnishing machine;
d serrer, v. d main;
sous in , the press (of books);
a tourillons, (art.) trunnion cylinder;
d vis, (mach.) screw press, fly press.
presse^toupe(s),m.,(macft.)stuffingbox;stuffingbox
gland;
chapeau de , stuffing-box gland;
collier de collar or , hoop of a stuffing box;
d chapeau en ecrou, screw-gland stuffing box;
d contre-chapeau, counter-gland stuffing box;
couronne de , stuffing-box gland;
faire le to , pack a stuffing box;
grain de collar or , hoop of a stuffing box;
d lantcrne, lantern-brass stuffing box;
serrer un , to press down the packing of a
stuffing box;
siege de , v. couronne de .
presse-fusee, m., (art.) fuse setter (obs.).
presse-garniture, m., (mach.) (leather) packing
box; stuffing box; collar screwed into cylinder
heads and keeping packing in position.
pressement, m., compression.
presse-papier, m., paper weight.
presser, v. a. n., to press, compress, squeeze, jam;
to urge, hasten; to crowd, throng; (man.), to
ride hard;
un cheval, (man.) to urge a horse, keep him
from slackening his gait;
le pas, to hasten on.
presseur, a., m., pressing, pressman.
pressipn, f., pressure; (fenc.) slight pressure of
point on point to deflect the adversary's blade;
absolue, absolute pressure;
actuelle, actual pressure;
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atmospherique, atmospheric pressure;
avoir de la , to have steam up;
barometrique, barometric pressure;
pression, basse-
, (steam) low pressure;
centre de - , center of - pressure;
de chaudiere, boiler - pressure;
constante, constant pressure;
contre--
, back pressure;
course des-s, curve of pressures;
echelle de- scale of , - pressure;
d'eclatement, bursting pressureeffective,
useful, effective,
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working, pressure;
, (steam) with steam up, under pressure,
- eugee, - exterieure,
- hydraulique, hydraulic - pressure;
initiale, initial pressure; - interieure, internal pressure; - intermediaire, medium -- pressure;
limite, limiting pressure:
mettre en-
(steam) to get up steam;
mise en -- , (steam) act, operation, of getting up
eprcuve de-
, pressure test;
Ore sous- to , have steam up (as a steamer, , etc V
necessary pressure;
external pressure;
faire monter la - to , get up steam;
finale, final pressure;
Haute-
, high pressure;
steam;
-, moyenne (steam, gen.) mean -- pressure;
normale, normal pressure;
pleine-
, full pressure; - de regime, working pressure; - requise, v. - exigee;
sous-
, with steam up;
tenir de la-
, to keep steam - up;
de travail, working pressure; - de la vapeur, tension or pressure of steam;
v.-exigee.
- voulue,
pressoir, m., rolling or pressing mill; pinch bar.
prestataire, m., person compelled (by statute)
to work on the public roads; (mil.) soldier (regarded
from the point of view of the allowances,
etc., drawn).
prestation, f., swearing fidelity, taking an oath;
compulsory labor on the public roads; stores,
supplies ; ( FT . a. ) genenc term for pay and allowances,
supplies;
- en denier s, (mil.) pay and allowances;
- en nature, (mil.) supplies in kind furnished
by the government.
prtt, m., action of lending money, loan, sum of
money lent; ( Fr. a.) pay of n. c. o. and privates;
- franc, ( Fr. a.) pay free from any detention
whatever, given to men not living at the mess;
- d la grosse, (law) respondentia.
prfit, a., ready, prepared;
se tenir-, to be ready, in readiness, prepared,
etc.
prtter, v. a. n., to lend, give, attribute; to yield,
stretch (as cloth); - le cote, (nav.) to prepare for action;
- le flanc, (mil.) to expose one's flank;
- la main,-les mains, to help, lend a hand;
- main-forte, (law) to carry out a verdict;
- secours, to help; - serment, to take an oath.
, (fort.) outwork with three salients
prfctre, m., priest (esp. Roman Catholic priest);
bonnet de - in front (obs.).
preuve, f., proof, trial, evidence, testimony;
commencement de - , incomplete proof;
-s par ecrit, written proof;
faire ses-s, to give proof of one's ability, courage,
etc.;
-s induites des cir 'Constances, circumstantial evi-
dence; - litterale, written proof; - resultant des presomptions, presumptive evidence;
- testimonials, proof by witnesses, oral proof.
preux, a., valiant.
prfivenir, v. a., to precede, anticipate; to prevent,
forestall; to forewarn;