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edresse 378 reforme
redresse, f., (cord.) relieving rope;
cable de , relieving cable.
redresse, p. p., straightened; (dec.) undirected,
commuted, redressed;
courant , (dec.) commuted current.
redressement, m., straightening; making straight;
new erection; unwarping; (fig.) redress, repara-
d'un courant, (elec.) commutation of a current.
redrcsser, v. a., to straighten; to make straight
again; to erect, reset, set up again; to rectify,
redress, put, set, to right; (make) right; to
repair, relieve, remedy, correct, adjust; (man.)
to train over again;
les armes, (sm. a.) to "recover arms;"
Us courants (aUernatifs), (elec.) to commute
currents;
les rayures, (art.) to freshen the grooves by
se*, (drill) to resume one's original direction.
redresseur, m., de courant, (elec.) commutator.
refaction, f., doing up again; (commercially)
allowance;
de droits, rebate.
refaire, y. a., to do or make over again, to remake,
repair, mend; to begin again; (mil.) to rest,
refresh (troops);
un cheval, to make a horse;
se , to recruit one s strength; to "pick up."
refait, p. p., done over again: (cord.) twice laid;
bois , (cons.) squared timber, prepared for
use and dressed upon all sides;
cheval , made horse;
cordage , (cord.) twice-laid cordage or rope.
refection, f., repair, reconstruction; (sm. a.) 'preparation
of cartridge cases for reloading.
relectionner, v. a., (sm. a.) to prepare cartridge
cases for reloading.
reiectoire, m., mess room.
refend, m., splitting; (carp.) strip removed from
a plank, etc., that is too large; (cons.) party
wall, partition wall; (mas.) joint of a wall;
bois de , cleft, hewn, wood; quartered timber;
timber sawn lengthwise into several pieces;
mur de , (cons.) partition wall, bearing wall;
pierre de , (cons.) corner stone.
reducteur, a., (chem., met.) reducing (as agent).
reduction, f.. reduction; (chem., met.) reduction;
(mil. and in gen.) subjugation; reduction of a
position, fortress, etc.;
-au centre, (surv.) reduction to the center;
de la course du tiroir, (mach.) linking up;
it Vhorizon, reduction to the horizon;
de pression, reduction, lowering of pressure;
de la route, (nav.) working up the day's run;
au sommct, (surv.) in leveling, reduction of
zenith distance to summit of station.
reduire, v. a., to reduce, change; to subdue, subjugate,
subject; to compel, oblige, force; to
diminish, abate, cut down; (chem., met.) to
reduce; (mil.) to reduce a place;
Vacier, (met.) to reduce steel to iron;
en cendres, to reduce to ashes;
un cheval, (man.) to break a horse;
& rhorizon, to reduce to the horizon;
un plan, to reduce a plan to a smaller scale;
-en poudre, to grind, reduce, to powder;
en poussiere, to crumble to dust;
la pression, to reduce, lower, a pressure;
la ration, (mil,) to reduce or cut down the
ration;
to route, (nav.) to work up the course and
distance;
au silence, (art.) to silence (a battery, etc.);
au sommet, in leveling, to reduce to the
summit;
la vitesse, to cut down the speed of, to slow
down,
red uit, p. p., reduced, diminished;
& nombre , (drill) with diminished numbers;
carte e, map on Mercator's projection.
redtiit, m., (fort.) keep, redoubt; (nav.) redoubt;
blockhaus, (fort.) blockhouse in the reentering
place of arms;
central, (nav.) central redoubt; central battery,
keep, or casemate in certain types of
armored ships;
de groupes de batteries, (fort.) a redoubt
subserving a group of detached batteries at
close intervals;
de demi-lune, (fort.) demilune redoubt;
de place, (fort.) keep of a fort;
de place d'armes, (fort.) redoubt of the place
of arms;
dc position, (mil.) keep of any position (village,
tele de pont), to which one may fall back
until succor comes, or in order to prolong
defense;
du ravelin, (fort.) ravelin redoubt.
rtel, a., real; (law) real (as distinguished from
personal);
ojjres les, cash offer.
rienclertchement,
separated parts).
m., (mach.) recoupling (of
reengagement, m., (mil.) reenlistment.
reengager, v. refendage, m., (met.) slitting of iron.
refendre, v. a., to split, cleave; to saw wood,
stone, etc.. lengthwise;
a., (mil.) to reenlist.
to quarter timber; to
saw stone into slabs.
refente, f., splitting, sawing, lengthwise.
rcferrer, v. a., (fan.) to reshoe; to new-shoe.
refeuillement, m., (carp.) rabbet made in situ.
refeuiller, v. a., (carp.) to make a double-lapping
rabbet.
refeuillure, f., (carp.) double-lapping rabbet.
reficher, v. a., to sink in anew; (mas.) to pick
out the joints of a wall (in repairing the pointing).
rtflfichlr, v. a. n., to reflect, be reflected.
rSflechissement, m., reflection.
rtflecteur, m., reflector; (sm. a.) reflector for
inspecting barrels;
& miroir, (sm. a.) reflector for inspecting
barrelsparabolique,
parabolic reflector.
reflet, m., reflection.
refleter, v. a., to reflect.
reflexion, f., reflection.
instrument (t , reflecting instrument.
refluer, v. n., flow back, run back (of the tide),
to ebb; to flow.
reflux, m., ebb, ebb tide, reflux.
retonsage, m., reheading of a cask.
refondre, v. a., to remelt, melt down; to overt
thoroughly; to make thorough repairs; to
rect, improve, remodel.
refonte, f., remelting, recasting, remolding; the
ough repair; overhauling.
reforer, v. a., to bore up, ream out, enlarge.
reforeur, m., borer, workman who bores gun
barrels.
relorme, f., reform, reformation; (Fr. a.) condemnation
of material; casting of horses; enforced
retirement of officers and of men (from
physical disability or from unworthiness to
serve) ;
chevaux de , cast horses;
de chevaux, casting of horses;
conge de , v. s. v. conge;
de , cast, condemned;
etre en , (Fr. a.) to be on the compulsoryretirement
list (either from misconduct or from
physical disability);
mettre & la , v. s. v. mettrc;
traitement de , ( Fr. a.) reduced pay.
reforms, p. p., (Fr. a.) condemned (of material);
cast (of horses); on the compulsory retirement
list (oflicers and men);