A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

puits 361 quantity
pults de service, dc travail, workiBg shaft; (mil.)
trou-de-loup;
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souterrain, (mm.) sump;
& tube-fieche, tube well;
de tunnel, tunnel shaft.
pulpage, m., pulping.
pulper, v. a., to pulp.
pulsateur, m., (mach.) pulsator.
pulsometre, m., (mach.) steam vacuum pump;
pulsometer.
pulverin, m., (powd.) mealed powder; priming
powder;
d'amorce, priming powder;
toile d , (mil. min.) linen, or calico covered
with mealed powder paste;
tert, powder previous to pulverization;
vieux, powder caked from damp age, etc.
pulvfirisateur, m., pulverizer; (mach.) sprayer of
an oil motor.
pulverisation, f., pulverization.
pulveriser, v. a., to pulverize, reduce to powder;
(powd.) to meal.
pulvirulence, f., pulverulence.
pulverulent, a., pulverulent.
punaise, f., thumb tack.
punir, v. a., to punish.
de mort, to punish by death.
punition, f. ? punishment;
disciphnaire, (mil.) disciplinary punishment;
lever une , to remit a punishment;
lime de s, (mil.) defaulter book; record of
previous trials and convictions (U. S. A.);
petoton de , (mil.) punishment squad.
pupille, m., f., ward.
pureau, m., (cons.) tail, uncovered or exposed part
of a shingle or tile; distance between two laths.
purgation, f., (met.) refining of metals.
purge, f., cleaning, disinfection; (steam) blowing
through; (mach.) blow-through valve;
robinet de . (mach.) blow-off cock, pet cock.
purgeoir, m., filtering basin or tank.
purger, v. a., to purge, to clean, purify, clear;
to strip (bark and sap from wood); (law) to
purge; (steam) to blow through;
une condamnalion, (law) to serve out a sentence;
la contumace, (law) to purge one's self of contempt;
quadrangle, m., quadrangle.
quadrangulaire, a., quadrangular.
quadrant, m., (inst.) quadrant; Hadley's quadrant;
(elec.) henry.
quadrature, f., quadrature; dial work.
quadricycle, m., two bicycles side by side.
quadrilatere, m., quadrilateral; (mil.) quadrilateral,
(esp.) the quadrilateral of northern
Italy;
italien, (mil.) the Italian quadrilateral (Mantua,
Peschiera, Verona, Legnano).
quadrillage, m., flagging; checkering (of cross
section or profile paper); (sm. a.) checkering (on
a hammer).
quadrille, f., (man.) group of horsemen executing
fanciful movements in a carousel.
quadrille, a., m., checkered; any checkered part
of a mechanism, etc.; checker work.
crete e, (sm. a.) checkered cocking piece;
papier cross-section , paper;
systemes s, (cons.) framing by parallel pieces
braced by other parallel pieces at right angles;
& tete e, with checkered head.
quadriller, v. a., to checker; to cover with lines at
right angles.
quadruplette, f., quadruplet, (four-seat bicycle).
quadruples, a., quadruplex;
sysleme , quadruplex telegraphy.
quai, m., quay, wharf; (r. r.) platform;
& charbon, coal wharf;
purger la machine, (steam) to blow through;
les metaux, (met.) to refine metals;
la quarantine, to lie out the quarantine, to
spend the quarantine;
robinet d , (mach.) drain COCK, blow-through
cock;
soupape de , (mach.) drain valve; blowthrough
valve.
purgeur, m., (mach.) blow-off gear; purging gear.
purifier, v. a., to purify, clean, cleanse.
pur(-)sang, m., (hipp.) thoroughbred (horse).
putzen, m., (met.) unmelted ore sticking to sides
of furnace.
puy, m., (top.) eminence, peak, puy.
pyldne, m., (mach.) supporting station or tower
(of a rope transmission).
pyr, m. ? (elec.) a bougie decimale; pyr (unit of in-
tensity of light, producing one lux).
pyramide, f., pyramid; (top.) mountain or elevation
more or less pyramidal in shape.
pyrite, f., pyrites.
pyrobalistique, m., pyroballogy, ballistics.
pyrocoton, m., (expl.) pyrocotton.
pyroelectricitfe, f., (elec.) pyroelectricity.
pyroglycferine, f., (expl.) fobrero's name for nitroglycerin.
pyrolite, f., (expl.) pyrolit(h)c.
pyromfctre, m., pyrometer;
& air, air pyrometer;
& cadran, dial pyrometer;
elecirique, electric pyrometer;
optique, optical pyrometer (photometer
really);
thermo-eleclrique, thermo-electric pyrometer.
pyronitrine, f., (expl.) pyronitrine.
pyronfime, m., (expl.) pyronome.
pyrotechnic, f., pyrotechny.
pyrotechnique, a., pyrotechnical.
pyrothSque, m., (elec.) exploder (induced-current
machine).
pyroxylam, m., (expl.) pyroxylam, Uchatius' white
powder.
pyroxyle, m., (expl.) gun cotton, pyroxylin.
pyroxyline, f., (expl.) gun cotton; pyroxylin.
pyroxylol, m., (expl.) name proposed for nitrocellulose.
Q.
quai de debarquement, (mil.) point where troops
detrain;
d' cmbarquement, (mil.) point where troops
entrain;
emplacement to,
, (nav.) quay berth;
elre & , (nav.) to be at the wharf;
floltant, landing stage;
ft houille, coal wharf;
de rive, river quay.
qualification, f., qualification; name, style.
qualifier, v. a., to qualify; to call, style.
qualUe, f., quality; property; position, title, rank;
(law) qualification; proposition, motion, of a
litigant;
avoir pour, to have legal or statutory competency
or qualification; to be qualified to;
bois de , (cons.) good timber;
-* s d' evolution, s evolutives d'un navire,
(nav.) maneuvering qualities of a ship;
s duiugement, (law) the facts of the case;
smiluaires, (nav.) offensive qualities of a ship;
s nauliques, s de navigation, (nav.) seawortliiness
of a ship.
quantieme, m., day of the month; date;
monlre a s, watch giving the day of the month.
quantitg, f., quantity; (elec.) quantity, parallel;
d'eau motrice, quantity of driving water;
en (elec.) in quantity, in parallel;
monter en , (elec.) to join up in parallel, in
quantity;