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anse 16 appareil
anse, f., handle, ear; (art.) maneuvering handle
(on gun); (top.) arm or bay (of the sea);
de bombe, (art.) lug, ear, of a (spherical) shell;
de panier. (lit. "basket handle") curve used
inroad-making, made up of three arcs of circles;
ft vis, screw eyebolt.
ansette, f., small handle; (mil.) kind of clasp into
which ribbon of an order is passed.
an spec t, m., handspike; windlass handspike;
barre d' , handspike.
antenne, f., catch, hook; (torp.) striker (e. g., of
Whitehead);
ft ressort, (F. m. art.) implement for drawing
a projectile from a gun, mortar.
anterieur, a., (hipp.) fore (as, leg); m., fore leg of
antestature, f., barricades improvised of gabions,
sandbags, fascines, etc.
antheximetre, m., instrument for testing papers,
etc., tissues in general.
anthracite, m., anthracite coal, hard coal.
anticipation, f., anticipation;
de service, (Fr. a.) credit for service allowed
certain classes of men (sons of foreigners, pupils
of certain government schools, etc.).
antidfirapant, a., (of a bicycle tire) nonslipping;
m., pebble-tread tire.
anti-fortificateur, m., (mil.) opponent of fortifications
as a means of defense.
anti-friction, a., antifriction;
metal antifriction metal.
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anti-incrustant, a., (steam) scale-preventing.
antimoine, m., (met.) antimony.
antiparallele, a. and f., antiparallel, antiparallel
line.
antique, m., (mil. slang) cadet of the Polytechnique
who has completed the regular course
of studies.
antiseptique, a., antiseptic.
antrfiometre, m., instrument for measuring the
size of head-wear.
apercu, a., (sig.) answering signal, (nav.) answering
pennant.
aperiodique, a., (eke.) dead-beat, aperiodic.
a-pic, m., (top.) bluff.
aplanetique, a., (opt.) aplanetic.
aplanir, v. a., to smooth, smooth off, level, bring
to a regular surface.
aplati, a., (fort.) blunted (of a trace);
lunette e, blunted lunette;
redan , blunted redan.
aplatir, v. a., to flatten;
un ressort ft bloc, to close down a spiral spring
completely between two flat surfaces.
aplatissemeut, m., (ball.) flatness of trajectory
(rare).
aplomb, m., perpendicularity; (hipp.) stand or
way of standing of a horse, with respect to the
position of his legs;
bon, regulier, (hipp.) regular distribution
of the weight on the legs, such a disposition
as is most favorable to either standing or
moving;
ft V de, immediately underneath;
d' , vertical;
s du cheval, (hipp.) v. supra;
prendre I' to , try with a plummet line.
apomecometrie, f., pedantic term for art of
measuring distances by pacing.
aponSvrose, f., (hipp.) aponeurosis.
aposter, v. a., (mil.) to post a (small) detachment,
either to guard a point or at a point from which
a surprise is to be made.
appareil, m., apparatus, device, gear, fixture,
arrangement, disposition, contrivance, mech-
anism; plant 1
, purchase, hold; (mas.) bond,
stonecutting. ^Appareil, followed by ft or de,
etc., is combined with a very great number or
words to denote the gear or apparatus for the
thing, or consisting of the thing, represented
by the dependent word or words.)
I. Artillery and military in general;
II. Technical, machinery, and miscella-
I. Artillery and military in general:
appareil, (m pi.) implements, equipments;
de bouchc, (ball.) muzzle "target," in getting
small-arm muzzle velocities;
de campagne, de campagne ft lentilles,
French field visual signaling apparatus;
de charge, de chargement, loading implements;
& chargement central, device in certain Canet
turrets by which guns may be loaded from
any radial position;
de choc, buffer;
concutant, the striker and related parts of a
double-action fuse;
ft contrepoids, rolling-table and counterweight,
for testing eccentricity of the center
of gravity of projectiles;
crusher, crusher gauge;
de deformation, generic expression for pressure
(crusher) gauges;
de detente, (r.f. art., sm. a.) trigger and related
parts;
ft ecrasement, generic expression for crusher
gauges;
defermeture, breech-closing mechanism;
ft fracture, (med.) splints, bandages, etc.;
defrein, recoil-checking device;
fusant, the time element of a combination
fuse;
grand , (Fr. a.) search light (complete);
ft grenade et ft obus. (Fr. art.) sort of projectile
consisting of a half-barrel full of shells
or of grenades, fired from a mortar (known
as Moisson); de grenage, (powd.) granulating machine;
grimpeur, creepers, climbing outfit (cavalry
pioneers, etc.);
de lancement tournant, (torp.) torpedo car-
riage;
lance-torpilk, (torp.) torpedo-tube, torpedolaunching
gear;
ft lentUle, French field signaling apparatus;
de mise en batterie, mechanism for returning
a piece to battery;
de mise de feu, any device, etc., for firing a
gun, mine, torpedo, etc.;
M oisson, v. ft grenade et ft obus,'
d'obturation, gas-check, obturator;
optique de campagne, French field signal
apparatus;
ft panscment, (med.) portable box containing
medical supplies, dressings, etc.;
percutant, the percussion element of a com-
bination fuse; firing gear (e. g., of r. f. guns);
de pointage, de pointage en hauteur, elevating
gear;
de pointage Deport, the Deport depression
range-finder;
de position, French field signaling apparatus;
s prothetiques, generic term for artificial
limbs, etc.;
de rellvement, de relevement rapidc, gear
for bringing a gun quickly into loading position
after firing;
Rodman, Rodman's pressure gauge;
secondaire, French army search light (complete
on one carriage);
de signakurs, French field signaling apparatus;
ft soufevement, (siege and fortress artillery')
arrangement or gear (eccentric) for raising a
carriage so that it may easily be run into battery;
de
surete, safety device;
telescopique, French field signaling apparatus;
ft tige canneUe, (Fr. art.) device (insertion
of a grooved rod in a mortar) by which several
spherical projectiles may be fired at once from
the same piece;
de tir, (in gen.) firing gear;