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applique 18 arasement
applique, f., a piece, applied or affixed to another;
reenforce.
appliquer, v. a., to apply (as one piece to another,
to strengthen or adorn it).
appoint, m., anything over; (as, odd pennies
over, odd inches over a certain number of
feet, etc., hence frequently) addition, advantage;
(art.) priming charge of black powder,
for a cartridge of brown powder; (top,) the
difference between total distance to be measured
and the distance corresponding to
the whole number of times the measure is
contained in the distance (similarly of
weights);
V d'un bataillon, (mil.) the addition of a
battalion, the having a battalion over and
above.
appointage, m., pointing (of branches, stakes,
etc.).
appoint eiricnts, m. pi., pay (especially of
officers).
appohiter, v. &., (mil.) to pay (obs.); to sharpen
(a branch, stake, etc.);
de corvee, de garde, etc., (mil.) to put on
extra fatigue, extra guard, etc., by way of punishment.
appomlure, f., binding-piece (on a raft).
appontement, m., (nav.) flying-bridge; mooring
buoy.
apport, m., dotal, ( Fr. a.) dowry a bride must
bring her husband, if in army.
apposer, v. a., to affix (a seal, a signature).
apposition, f . , affixing (of a seal, of a signature) .
appreciation, f., estimation;
des angles, measurement of angles;
des distances, (mil.) estimation of distances;
des pentes, measurement of slopes.
apprScier, v. a., to estimate;
les distances, (mil.) to estimate distances;
trop court, (mil.) to underestimate (distances);
trop long, (mil.) to overestimate (distances);
les vitcsses, (art.) to estimate speed of vessels.
apprfcter, v. a., to prepare, make ready;
I'arme, (drill) to come to a "ready."
approche, f., approach; approach to a position;
*, (pi., siege) approaches;
directe, (siege) double sap, method of advance
by double sap;
lignes d' , (siege) trenches;
marche d' , (mil.) v. marcJie;
travaux d' , (siege) trench-work, trenches, approaches;
en zigzags, (siege) zigzags.
approfondir, v. a., to deepen (as trenches); (fig.)
to go profoundly into a subject.
approprie, a., adapted (as, art., a carriage to a gun
not its own).
approyisionnement, m., supply, store; (sm. a.)
rilling of magazine; m. pi., (mil.) stores, supplies
(any and all kinds of supplies, as,
d'artillerie. artillery stores du genie,
etc.);
* de campagne de lire ligne, supplies (i. e.,
subsistence) carried by and accompanying
mobilized troops;
s de campagne de stations-magasins , supplies
kept in the stations-magasins, q. v., and drawn
in case of war;
s de concentration, supplies for use during the
concentration that follows the transports
strategiques;
s de corps, regimental supplies, kept on hand
for current service;
de debarquement, supplies for first needs in
zone of concentration;
s de I'etat, reserve of supplies for general needs
of a mobilization;
s de mobilisation, supplies that are to be
drawn on when mobilization is ordered (i. e.,
des 20 jours, des transports strategiques,
de concentration, qq. v.);
s en munitions, supply of ammunition (inf.
and art.);
s rcgionaux, 8 days' supplies, kept in each
corps region for the troops mobilized therein;
approvisionnement, s de la reserve de guerre,
comprehensive term for all supplies and stores,
kept up in view of mobilization;
s du service courant, supplies for current
service;
- s de siege, supplies stored in places fortes, in
view of war;
s de surete, stores, etc., kept up in a place forte
during peace, so as to be sure to have them at
hand in war;
s des transports strategiques, supplies organized
in the stations halte-repas, q. v., to subsist men
in the transports strategiques, q. v.;
s des vingt jours, 20 days' supplies for subsisting
men and horses during the first 20 days
of mobilization.
approvisionner, v. a., to victual, to supply, to
furnish stores; (sm. c.) to fill the magazine;
(art.) to supply ammunition to a piece, to a
battery in action.
appui, m., buttress; prop; stay; support; rest; sill
(of a window, frame building); (man.) movement
in which shoulders and hindquarters go
of the foot on the
on parallel tracks; the bearing
ground, in the walk;
n'avoir point d' , (man.) to have a tender
mouth (horse);
de la cuirasse, (nav.) armor-shelf, for belt
armor;
donner de I' , un , & un cheval, (man.) to
let a horse bear on the hand (while urging
him forward); by an increased tension of the
reins;
ft hauteur d' , breast-high;
mobile, (pont.) support or prop for raising
or lowering the cap of the Belgian trestle;
piece dl' , (adm.) voucher;
plaque d' , (art., etc.) wheel-guard plate;
point d' , (tech.) fulcrum, pivot; (mil.) any
accident of the ground (natural or artificial)
that troops may take advantage of in attack
or defense;
donner un point d' ft un cheval, (man.) v.
donner de I' , supra;
pour les roues, (art., etc.) v. plaque d' ;
de tir, (sm. a.) firing-rest; aiming-rest (aiming
drill).
appuyer, m., (man.) passage.
appuyer, v. a., to support, to prop, sustain; to
strengthen, protect; to incline to the right
(left); to enforce (as, a signal by a cannon
shot); (man.) to cause a horse to passage,
to bear to the right or left; (adm., etc.) to support
or bear out a statement, account, etc., by
vouchers;
une armie ft . . . .
, (mil.) to rest an army on
(such and such a natural, etc., support, as a
swamp, lake, etc.);
la botte, (fenc.) to press the foil after touching
the adversary;
un cheval, (man.) to passage a horse; to cause
a horse to bear on the hand by increasing the
tension of the reins;
I'eperon, (man.) to spur briskly;
au guide, (drill) to touch to the pivot;
sow pavilion, (nav.) to fire a shot under one's
true colors.
appuyeur, m., holding-up hammer.
aptitude, f.. fitness;
militaire, fitness for military service;
professionnelle, fitness for certain duties (as,
ouvrier d'artillerie).
apurement, m., (adm.) auditing of accounts.
apurer, v. a., (adm.) to audit accounts.
apyrite, f., (expl.) apyrite.
aquarelle,!., water-color (sketch).
aqueduc, m., aqueduct, culvert.
araignfie, f., spider; the American buggy; (mil.
min.) system of branches of a mine, each terminating
in a mine chamber (obs.);
fils d' , cross-hairs of a telescope;
pattes d' , (mach.) grease-channels.
arasement, m., act of bringing to the same level,
leveling (as, a course of masonry, etc.).