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appareil 17 application
appareil de tir it mitraille des mortiers, (Fr. art.)
apparatus for using mitraille in mortars (v.
supra, & grenade et & obus, & tige
canneiee).
II. Technical, machinery, and miscellaneous:
ft air chaud, (met.) hot-blast stove;
alimentaire Giffard, (steam) Giffard in-
jector;
d'alimentation, (mach., etc.) feed-gear;
par assises reglecs, (mas.) plain work;
h cadran, (teleg.) dial instrument;
de changement de marche, (mach.) reversing
gear;
de changement de vote, (r. r.) switch;
d chargement, (met.) qharging apparatus of a
blast-furnace, etc. ;
des chemins de fer, apparatus for making
falling weight tests;
de choc, buffer (e. g., of a railroad car);
de cinglage, (met.) shingler;
de commande, (mach.) general term for any
operating gear, any controlling gear;
Cowper, (met.) Cowper hot-blast stove;
h croisettes, (mas.) cross-bond;
de debrayage, (mach.) any device for throwing
out of gear;
de detente, (steam) expansion gear;
de la distribution, (steam) slide-valve gear;
(dit) anglais, (mas.) old English bond;
(dit)flamand, (mas.) headers and stretchers,
Flemish bond;
dynamique, dynamometrique, (mach.)
dynamometer;
d'eclairage. illuminating plant; generic term
for any lighting apparatus;
electrique, (elec.) electrical machine;
d'embrayage, (mach.) any device for throwing
in gear;
& enclanchement, (r. r., eic.) interlocking
gear;
en epi, (mas.) herringbone work;
etalon, (elec.) calibrator, standard;
de I'excentrique, (mach.) eccentric gear;
& feu de cave, sort of smoke-proof dress for
entering rooms, etc., full of smoke;
fumivore, smoke-consuming apparatus;
graisseur, de graissage, (mach.) lubricator;
de la locomotion, (hipp.) mechanism of a
horse's motion;
de marche & contrevapeur, (mach.) reversinggear;
en moellons, (mas.) ashlar-work;
moteur, (mach.) driver, driving engine;
multiplicateur , (mach.) any device for increasing
power, speed , etc . ;
d percussion, (min.) generic term for jumpers,
drilling bars;
de perforation, (min.) borer, earth auger,
photographique, (phot.) camera;
d'une pierre, (mas.) height of a stone;
b, retour rapide, (mach.) quick-return gear,
motion;
& rotation, (min.) generic expression for
earth-augers;
de sauvetage, any life-saving device; life-belt;
air-supplying device, making possible entrance
into places full of smoke, asphyxiating gases,
etc.; fire-escape;
de sondage, boring apparatus (foundations,
etc.);
telegraphique, telegraph key and sounder;
de la transmission, (mach.) transmission
gear;
de la vote, (r. r.) switch;
Whitwell, (met.) Whitwell stove.
appareillage, m., (nav.) preparation for sailing,
getting under way, weighing of anchor; (hipp.)
matching (of horses, for a pair, team); (mas.)
bonding, bond; matching (of bricks, stones,
etc., in construction).
appareiller, v. a., (nav.) to hoist anchor, to get
under way; (mas,) to bond, to match (stones,
bricks, etc.), to give a model for stonecutting-
(hipp.) to match (horses, for a pair,
team).
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,c ., m., call; (mil.) rcll-call, call or signal for
appel,
rol roll-call; ruffle (of a drum); call (drum,
bugle, trumpet); call oi' a sentry to the
guard; levy; general term for the operations
of census-taking, drawing by lot assignment,
etc.. for the military service; order
to a classe to join the colors; muster; (sm. a.)~
click of a gun-lock, or of the sear mechanism;
(fenc.) appcf, beat or stamp of the
foot, by way of challenge; (tech.) tension,
pull; draught (of air); (law) appeal to a higher
court.
I. Military; II. Technical and miscella-
I. Military:
& I'activite, summons or
colors;
order to join the
battre I'
, to beat a call;
billet d' , roll-call list (showing absentees and
passmen);
centre check , roll-call;
demi v. , demi-appel;
devancement d' , joining before date on which
a new class is ordered to leave home (French
navy and colonial troops);
devancer I' v. devancement d' ;
echelonne, summons to service, by individual
order, at any time of the year, by corps
commander, of certain classes of men, performing
special duties; as, reservists of artillery,
workmen, etc.;
faire I'
, to call the roll;
feuille d' muster , roll;
de la journee, roll-call during the day (in
the field) ;
manquertil' , to be absent from roll-call;
du matin, morning roll-call (half hour after
reveille);
de mobilisation, levy
bilization;
depansage, stable-call;
or summons on mo-
passer I', to pass muster;
recevoir I'
rendre I'
call;
, to receive a roll-call;
, to report the results of a roll-
repondreh V , to answer to one's name;
retard & I'
, delay in reporting for enlistment
(bureau de recrutement); delay in joining regiment
or corps after having been drawn for
service;
du soir, evening roll-call (half hour after
the retraite).
II. Technical and miscellaneous:
d'air, draught, supply of air;
faire d'air, to draw a supply of air
(for ventilation);
& la concurrence, (adm.) advertisement for
bids;
de cravache, (man.) signal made with riding
whip (e.g., tap on boot);
de langue, (man.) cluck (of the tongue);
mixte, telephone call used in connection
either with an electric bell or with a buzzer;
phonique, telephone call, from
buzzer;
de la vapeur, steam-blast.
appele, m., (mil.) member of a class summoned
to enter the service.
appeler, v. a., n., to call; (sm. a.) to click (of
the sear); (mil.) to call the roll; to summon
into service, to call out a contingent; (sig.)
to call up (a station); (tech.) to draw (of a
chimney); crumneyj to drive (air, ventilating ma-
chinery);
& I'activite, sous les drapeaux, (mil.)
to call out for service in the active army, for
active service.
appendice, m., neck (of a balloon); projection,
stud; (adm.) detailed list of baggage of a body
of troops changing station, or moving in
general;
de prise de vapeur, (steam) interior steampipe.
appentis, m., shed, lean-to; (siege) protective
plate or shield used in trench-work, sapshield.
application, f., application;
de peine, (mil. law) determination of suitable
punishment after finding of guilty.