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prevenir 356 prise
prtvenir un ch?val, (man.) to stop a horse when
about to change the foot.
prevention, f., (law) accusation; (Fr. mil. law)
confinement of a man until publication of
verdict;
mise en , (law) commitment for trial.
pre'venu, p. p., (law) accused; m., prisoner before
trial; (mil.) person ordered to be tried on
charges preferred.
provision, f., prediction;
du temps, weather prediction.
pre\6t, m., (mil.) pro-ost marshal; (Fr. c.) c. o.
of gendarmerie of a corps d'armee; (fenc.) fencing
master;
d'armes, (fenc.) fencing master's assistant;
brigadier d'armes, (cav.) assistant fencing
master (corporal);
drogue de cat-o'-nine , tails;
tfae , (Witt.) soldier candidate for fencing
master;
d'cscrimc, (mil.) assistant fencing master;
des etapes, (Fr. a.) c. o. of gendarmerie of a
direction a' etapes, q. v.;
grand , (Fr. a.) c. o. of gendarmerie of an
army in the field; provost-marshal-general.
prevOtal, a., (mil.) relating to provost duty;
cour e, (in gen.) temporary criminal court
sitting without appeal;
service , (mil.) pro ost duty;
unite e, (mil.) any unit on provost duty;
(in France) the various units of the gendarmerie
serving with troops in the field.
prfivote, f., (mil.) provost-marshal's troops; (in
France) the gendarmerie attached to the various
headquarters and under the orders of a prevot;
militiire, pro -ost duty, (in France) carried
on by the gendarmerie.
prtvdtalement, adv., by martial law.
primage, m., primage, hat money.
primaute, f.. (mil.) seniority, "rank";
de grade, seniority in one's grade.
prime, f., premium; (mil.) bounty; any amount
allowed for some special ser ice, or to keep up
a fund (masse); (fenc.) prime;
d'assurance, insurance premium;
de chargement, primage ;
d' engagement, enlistment bounty;
d' enrolement, v. d''engagement;
de functions, (Fr. a.) allowance to bands,
bandsmen;
parade de , (fenc.) prime parry;
de reniaiement, (mil.) reenlistment bounty;
de travail, (mil.) extra-duty pay (Fr. a.,
artillery workmen, regimental ateliers, workmen
of administration).
primer, v. a. n., to ta-ce the lead; to give a premium
to; (steam) to prime;
la maree, (nav.) to take advantage of the
tide.
prince, m.^prince; (mach.) tilt-hammer beam;
deVEglise, cardinal; bishop;
royal, crown prince;
d u sang, prince of the blood royal.
princesse, f., princess;
rmjale, princess royal.
du, sang, princess of the blood royal,
principal, a., capital, principal; ( Fr. a.) chief (used
in the designation of the grades of various
services and departments); m., capital;
somme e, capital.
prinripat, m., principality.
principality, f., principality.
principe, m., principle; (hipp.) white marking
surrounding the leg, and not rising above the
coronet; beginning of white foot;
de I'etat initial et de I'etit final, (chem.) (in
thermo-chemistry) principle of the calorific
equivalency of chemical transformations, principle
of the initial and final states;
du travail miximum, (chem.) in thermochemistry,
the principle of maximum work;
principe des travaux moUculaires, (chem.) in thermochemistry,
the principle of molecular work.
pris, p. p., taken, caught; fixed, settled (as an
hour); made, formed, shaped; congealed, set,
frozen; entangled (as a horse in the traces, in
the halter);
de calme, (nav.) becalmed 5
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de chaleur, (hipp.) suffering a pulmonary
congestion;
cheval Men , (hipp.) well-made, well-built,
horse;
des epaules, (hipp.) stiff in the shoulders;
de la.fumee, (hipp.) affected by staggers;
par les glaces, frozen (of ri.ers, ports, etc.);
ice-bound, frozen in (of a boat, ship);
non , loose;
de la nuit, overtaken by night;
- dans ceuvre, measured in the clear, inside
measure;
hors d'ceuvre, outside measure.
prise, f., talring, hoM, purchase, gripe, handle;
quarrel; (tech.) val -e, cock; (mas.) setting (of
mortar); (cows.) end of stair seated in wall of
case; (mtch.) hold, bearing; (mil.) capture, conquest,
taking; way in which fire has reached
the enemy, as, priced'echarpe, deftanc, etc.;
(nav.) capture; pri-.e;
d'air, (tech.) air passage; draught passafe;
d'armes, (mil.) taking arms, getting under
arms, for a duty; parading, turning out, under
arms; duty performed under arms;
an ft de , v. s. v. arret;
d'assaut, (mil.) capture by storm, by assault;
avoir sur, to ha e hold, to ha e a hold on;
(mach.) to bear upon, engage with;
beaucoup (roofn*) de , greater (lesser) object
or mark presented;
bonne , (nav.) lawful prize;
capitaine de , (nav.) prize master;
en charge, (adm.) taking up (of property,
etc.);
code des s, (nav.) prize code;
consacrer une , (nav.) to le-'alize a capture;
de corps, arrest, apprehension;
de courant, (elec.) point at which a current
come sin;
droit de , (nav.) right of capture;
d'eau, source of supply of water for manufacturing
purposes; supply of water for manufacturing
purposes; water channel, or gutter, or
pipe; (r. r.) water tank;
d'eauh la mer, sea cock;
(en) etre aux s to clash, come to blows, fight;
etre aux s avec, to struggle, be struggling,
with;
etre de bonne , (nav.) to be a lawful prize ;
etre en avec. (mach.) to have engaged;
etre en aufeu de, (mil.) to be exposed to the
fire of;
etre hors de to be out of , reach;
faire , (of mortar, cement, etc.) to set;
faire une , (nav.) to make a capture, prize;
de feu, (art.) flame passage (in the head of
certain cartridge cases);
lacher , to let go, let go one's hold; (mil.) to
quit the combat;
lente, slow setting (of mortar, etc.);
de longe, (hipp.) halter cast;
mortiera lente (rapide), slow- (quick-) setting
mortar;
part(s) de , (nav.) prize money;
ne. point donner aufeu, (mil.) not to expose
one's self to fire;
de possession, act of taking possession; (mil.)
capture (of a town or position);
de service, (mil.) taking up of duty;
station d'eau. (r. r.) water tank;
tribunal de , (nav.) prize court;
de vapeur, (steam) taking, drawing, delivery,
of steam; steam cock, steam valve, steam port;
steam dome; mouth of the steam (also "steam
pipe") at the boiler;
en venir aux s v. (en) etre aux s;