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egagner 380 regir
regagner, v. a., to regain, gain back, retake, recover,
retrieve; to rejoin, to reach, to meet again;
le chemin, to get Hack into the road;
an corps, (mil.) to rejoin ;
le dcssus du vent, (nav.) to regain the weather
gaure;
scs foyers, to return home;
un ouvrage,
un paste, (mil.) to retake a
work, a post;
du terrain, (mil.) to recover lost ground, to
drive back the enemy from the ground he has
taken;
-le terrain, (man.) to bring a horse back to
the track, to the ground that he had left;
le vent sur, \ . le dessus du vent.
regain, m., second crop of grass; second cut of
forage (clover, etc.); amount by which a timber
or stone is too large for the place it is to occupy.
rggalage, m., v. regalement.
regalement, m., leveling (of ground); (r. r.) grading,
finishing, of eirthwork; (fort., etc.) distribution,
spread, of earth (as in a parapet); (adm.)
equitable distribution of a tax.
rtgaler, v. a., to level (the ground, upturned earth,
an embankment); (fort., etc.) to distribute,
spread, earth, soil; (r. r.) to spread ballast even.
regaleur, m., (fort., r. r., etc.) spreader, leveler
(of earth, as in or on a parap'et, etc.).
regard, m., look, aspect, survey, glance; supervision,
superintendence; cardinal point; (cons.)
opening, eye, skylight, hole; draught hole;
opening in an aqueduct; (met.) sight hole;
(fort . ) opening, as in some disappearing rapidfire
turrets; giving access from one part to
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another;
en , facing, opposite to.
regarder, v. a. n., to look on or at; to face, front,
be opposite to; to point toward; to survey,
examine;
de I'arriere, de I'avant, (of a block) to lead
astern, forward;
de pres, to be nearsighted;
dans la volte, (man.) to have the head turned
inward or in the direction of advance.
rega(t)te, f., regatta;
a rames, boat race (oars);
h voiles, yacht racfe.
regayer, v. a., (cord!.) to hatchel.
regayoir, m., (cord.) hatchel.
regayure, f., (cord.) refuse of hemp.
regazonnement, m., resodding.
regazonner, v. a., toresod.
regel, m., freezing anew.
regeler, v. a. n., to freeze again.
regence, f., regency.
regenerateur, m., regenerator (of a hot-air engine);
(met.) regenator;
ai pareil , (met.) regenerative furnace.
regeneration, f., regeneration; (met.) regeneration,
regenerative principle.
regent, m., regent.
r6gime en direction, (art.) peculiarities of a gun as
regards deflections;
le nouveau , in France, the times following
the Revolution of 1789;
en portee, (art.) the peculiarities of a gun as
regards range;
sanitaire. (med.) sanitary measures;
special, (med.) diet in hospital recommended
by surgeon.
regiment, m., (mil.) regiment;
actif, ( Fr. a.) infantry regiment of the active
army;
d'artillerie-pontonniers, (Fr. a.) bridge-train
regiment, formerly part of the artillery (suppressed
in 1894);
- -cadre, skeleton regiment;
chien de , v. s. v. chien;
demi , ( Fr. cay.) half regiment;
de corps, (art.) regiment of corps artillery;
divisionnaire, (art. ) regiment of division artillery;
etranger, (Fr. a.) regiment composed of foreigners;
- -frontiere, a regiment stationed or serving on
the frontier;
Jiistorique de , regimental history;
de manoeuvre, (Fr. cav.) drill regiment. i. e.,
regarded as an organic unit from point of view
of drill only;
de marche, a regiment composed of men beloru'ing
to different regiments; (more esp.) such
a regiment in 1870;
mixte, (Fr. a.) regiment formed of two or
more kinds of troops, e. g., dragoons and chasseurs;
infantry regiment composed of one active
and twoterritorial battalions;
regional, (Fr. a.) infantry regiment of four
battalions of four companies (formed in peace);
(more generally) territorial regiment raised in
a particular region and intended for service in it ;
de salade, paltry regiment ;
service interieur du , interior economy of a regiment;
situation du , monthly regimental return;
subdivisionnaire, (Fr. a.) name given to the
regiments of the infantry of the line on account
of the fact that each belongs to a subdivision
(q. v.) of the region de corps d'armee (q. v.);
de tirailleurs algeriens, (Fr. a.) regiment of
Algerian rifles;
territorial, (Fr. a.) infantry regiment of the
territorial army.
regimen taire, a., regimental;
bibliothe'que , v. s. v. bibliotheque;
ecole , v. s. v. ecole;
service v. s. v. , service;
train v. , s. v. train.
region, f. .region ; (Fr.a.art) subdi ision of the planchette
de tir bounded by parallels and meridians;
(hinp.) region (of the horse);
basse, lower course of a river;
de corps d'armee. (Fr. a.) military district of
an army corps in time of peace, has eight subdivisions
dc region, one to each infantry regiment
of the corps;
d'aapes, ( Fr.a.) subdivision or region of the
etapes sen ice;
fartifice, (fort.) fortified region, behind whose
regie, :
f., administration, excise;
en , directly and wholly under government
control; (in general) in the hands of trustees.
regiinbement, m.',.kicking (of saddle animals).
regimber, v. n., to kick, to wince (of saddle animals).
forts armies may assemble and maneuver, or an
regime, m., diet, regimen; rule, system, go ern- army incapable of taking the field may still offer
ment, administration, management; resistance
regime,
to an enemy;
flow (of a river or stream); (art.) frontiere, behavior, pe-
(mil.) frontier region
culiarities, of a gun (v.heiher due to atmospheric
conditions or to theessence of the piece);
I'ancien in , France, the times preceding the
Revolution of 17*9;
blanc, (hipp.) diet of straw and of bran or
barley mixed with drinking water;
de combustion, control, regulation, of combustion;
de , normal;
de detonation, (expl.) the limiting state for
the propagation of the explosive wave;
or military
subdivision of territory;
haute
} upper course of a river;
s offictelles, circles of the administration;
principale, (fort.) that part of the enceinte
most exposed to fall into power of enemy;
secondaire, (fort.) such part of an enceinte as
is less likely to fall into power of enemy;
subdivision de .( Fr.a.)v. de corps d'armee;
territorial, (Fr. a.) territorial subdivision or
region.
rtgir, v. a., to govern; to manage; to administer;