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ctablir 394 retour
rttablir, se , (gym.) to pull one's self up, to
mount on (a horizontal bar, etc.).
rttablissement, m., restoration, reestablishment;
thorough repair, doing up; (gym.) act of mounting,
of seating one's self on the horizontal bar,
etc.;
par renversement, (gym.) act of pulling one's
self up, of mounting on the bar, etc., by turning
over it.
retaille, f., shred, cutting, clipping (as of plates,
sheets, etc.); furrow of a millstone.
retainer, v. a., to cut again; to recut a file; (carp.,
etc.) to cut and fit again;
la lance, (mil.) to shorten the lance in the
hand.
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retamer,
v. a., to retin.
retard, m., delay, retardation, slowness, loss; lag
or lost time of any apparatus; (in gen.) the time
necessary to cause any apparatus to work, or
any operation to proceed; (mil.) delay in re-
porting, in returning to barracks; (art. artif.)
delay of inflammation; (artif.) delaying fuse;
d'aimantation, (elec.) magnetic lag;
de declanchement, (elec.) interval of time
between the breaking of a current through
an electromagnet and the flying back of the
armature;
de desaimantation, (elec.) lag of demagnetization;
d'eclatement, (art.) horizontal distance a
shell goes on ricochet before bursting;
en , behind time; backward, slow;
lire en sur, (of a watch) to be slow in com-
parison with;
de I'etinceUe d'induction, (elec.) lag of an
induction spark;
d' inflammation, (art.) delay of inflammation,
hang fire;
& I' introduction, (steam) state of being late (of
a slide valve);
de la maree, des marees, v. s. v. maree;
de la phase du courant, (elec.) lag of a current;
de renclanchement, (elec.) interval of time
between the making of a current and the springing
into place of the armature,
retardataire, a., in arrears, lagging; (mil.) slow
in joining, slow in reporting, m., person in
arrears, delinquent; (mil.) recruit slow in
joining; man who overstays his pass; person
late in reporting for duty.
retardation, f., retardation, negative acceleration.
retardateur, a., retarding.
retarde, p. p., delayed, retarded;
effet , (art.) delay action (of a fuse).
retardement, m., delay;
jours de , lay days;
des marees, retard of the tide.
retarder, v. a. n., to retard, delay, defer, put off,
put back; to lose (as of a watch); to go, be, slow;
(of the moon) to wane.
retassement, m., (met.) pipe (defect in steel).
retassure, f., (met.) pipe (defect in steel).
retenir, v. a., to get hold of again; to withhold,
retain; to hold, hold back; to keep back, reserve,
deduct, take off; to restrain, curb, check, fold
in; to hire, engage, secure; (of horses in harness)
to hold back (as going .\jm, downhill); Vt-VTY 1
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curb, hold in, check, (a horse); (cord.) to guy;
une cause, (law) of a judge, to declare hi liis
competency in a given case;
une poutre, (cons.) to cramp down a beam;
prisonnicr, to detain anyone as a prisoner;
se , to stop, to hold on; (man.) (of the horse)
to be unwilling to advance; to prance instead
of going forward.
retention, f., retention; (law) reservation; retention
of a case by a judge.
retentir, v. a., to resound, to peal; (art.) to boom
(of guns).
retentissement, m., resounding; (art.) (of a gun)
pealing, booming.
retenu, p. p., restrained, checked, etc.;
chcval horse , unwilling to start;
par les glaces, ice bound.
retenue, f., deduction, stoppage, stoppage of pay,
charge against one's pay; keeping in (punishment
in schools); confinement (U. S. M. A.);
basin between two sluices; reservoir of water;
(cord.) guy rope;
cable de , balloon rope; (nav.) anchor cable;
de cable-chaine, (nav.) cable reliever;
de chasse, flushing basin or reservoir;
corde de , (cord.) pendant, tackle guy;
mettreen , (of schools) to keep in; to confine
(U. S. M. A.);
palan de , (cord.) relieving tackle;
d'un pont suspendu, fixture of a suspension
bridge;
de solde, (mil.) retention of pay.
reticule, m., (inst.) reticule, cross hairs, cross
wires. |
reticule, a., reticulated.
rftif, a., (man.) obstinate, stubborn, refusing to
obey.
retirade, f., (mil. min.) mine that bursts into a
fourneau de t&te (q. v.); (fort.) retreat, retrenchment,
cut (obs.).
retirer, v. a. r., to draw over again; to withdraw,
to retire; to shelter, obtain; to draw from; to
remove, unship; to leave, go; to contract,
shrink; (of waters) to fall, subside; (of the tide)
to ebb; (art., sm. a.) to withdraw (a charge,
a load); to fire off again; (mil.) to retire, retreat,
draw off; to retire from the serviatfr (cord.) to
shrink;
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sa parole, to release one's self from a promise;
se a la prolonge, (art.) to withdraw with prolonges
fixed.
rfctivete, rttivite', f., (hipp.) obstinacy, refusal to
obey.
retombee, f., (cons.) courses of voussoirs near the
springing line; (more strictly) elbow of a voussoir
laid near the springing line.
retordre, v. a., to retwist, to twist again; to twist
together (as two or three strands, cords, etc.).
retors, a., twisted; m., (cord.) second twist.
retorsion, f., (law) retorsion.
rfctorsoir, m., cord wheel; spun-yarn winch.
retouche, f. finishing, dressing, trimming; fitting
clothes, i.
(agjpf e., that have to be done over
or made to nt); alteration (in any object, to
make it serviceable, e. g., articles of uniform).
retoucher, v. a. n., to retouch; to dress, finish,
trim (as after casting); (mach.) to dress, to
finish (after main work has been done).
retour, m., return; home journey, return journey;
angle, corner, turn, winding turn, twist; return
pipe; (cord.) lead; round turn; (law) reversion;
(Jort.) flank of a battery; flank or end traverse;
return, change of direction, of a sap, trench;
(mil. min.) return of a mine;
en arri&re, (hipp.) breeding back;
en batterie, (art.) return to battery;
bois sur le , tree decaying from age;
choc en , return stroke;
d'un cordage, (cord.) return lead or part o f a
rope led through a leading block;
cote en , return side;
courant de , (elec.) return current;
- de courant, eddy of a stream;
de , back, homeward, homeward bound;
droit, v. d'equerre;
en , at right angles; (mil.) thrown back (as
of a flank, or of a line);
d'equerre, (siege, mil, min.) rectangular
change of direction;
en d'equerre, at right angles;
tre sur le , (of trees) to begin to die, to fade;
faire son , (nav.) to return to the point of
departure (of a ship);
fil de , (dec.) return wire;
filer un cordage d , (cord.) to pay out a rope
with a turn;
d'une manoeuvre, (cord.) hauling or running
part;
de la maree, change, turn, of the tide;