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etranchement 396 revetement
retranchement rapide normal, normal hasty intrenchment
(constructed if time permits);
rapide perfeciionne, intrenchment less elaborate
than the usual type (lower parapet, narrower
and shallower ditches, etc.;;
rapide simplifie, modification of the usual
type (narrower and shallower ditches, lower
and thinner parapet, etc.).
retrancher, v. a., to retrench, cut off. deduct
stop the allowance of, strike off, take away;
(ir.il.') to intrench;
se , (mil.) to intrench one's self; to be intrenched.
retravaitler, v. a., to work over again; to file; to
retouch.
retrecir, v. a., to narrow, straiten, take in, contract,
shrink, limit, confine;
un cheval, (man.) to narrow a horse.
retrecissement, m., narrowing, shrinldng; shrinkage,
contraction; narrowness, cramping.
retreindre, v. a., to hammer out, shape under the
hammer;
au martelage, to raise, shape, under the
hammer;
au lour, to shape in a lathe.
retrain te, f., hammering out, shaping under the
hammer;
au martelage, raising; shaping under the
hammer;
au tour, shaping in a lathe.
retremper, v. a., to dip, soak, again; (met.) to
temper again, anew; (fig.) to strengthen, give
new vigor to.
retribuer, v. a.', to remunerate, repay; to reward.
retribution, f., remuneration, salary.
retrier, v. a., to sort over again.
retroceder, v. a., (law) to cede back.
retrocession, f., (law) retrocession; (Fr. a.) retrocession,
by sale, of horses issued to officers.
retrosrradation, f., retrogradation; (Fr. a.) reduction
of a noncommissioned officer or corporal
to a lower grade.
retrograde, a., retrograde;
mouvcment , retrograde motion; (mil.) retrograde
movement (not necessarily a retreat).
retrograder, v. n., (Fr. a.) to be reduced to a lower
grade (noncommissioned officers and corporals);
(mil.) to fall back.
retrotter, v. n., to retrot.
retrousse, p. p., tucked up, turned, trussed;
entrait , (cons.) hammer beam;
flancs s, (hipp.) hollow, tucked up, flanks.
retroussement, m., turning, tying, tucking up.
retrousser, v. a., to turn, tie, tuck, truss up;
la queue, to carry the tail high (horse).
retroussis, m., (unif.) facings (i. e., part turned
back and showing the lining);
de botte, boot top;
bottes h , top boots.
retrouver, v. a., to find, find again;
son chemin, to find one's road;
lefond, (nav.) to get on soundings again.
retuver, v. a., to foment a wound.
rfeunion, union, junction, collection; (mack.) connection;
d contre-appui, (art.) y. contrt-appui;
& suspension, (art.) pintle-and-hook connection
of the parts of a carriage.
rGunir, v. a. r . to , join, unite, bring together, annex,
collect, muster, assemble, summon; to meet;
a aaent, (carp.) to joggle;
en cremaillere, v. -d, adent.
rCusinage, in., machining over again.
rfiusiner, v. a., to machine over again.
revalorisation, f., (steam) revaporization.
revaporiser, v. a., (steam) to revaporizc.
revCche, a., harsh;
fer , (met.) iron that becomes hard on annealing.
riJveil, m., awakening; alarm (of a clock); (mil.)
reveille, call for reveille;
battre. sonner, le , (mil.) to beat, sound, reveille.
reveil(le)-matin,
reveille.
m., alarm, alarm clock; (mil.)
reveiller, v. a., to wake, rouse, call;
le commas, to touch, tap, the compass (so as
to quicken the needle).
r6veiateur, m., (phot.) developer.
revelation, f., revelation, disclosure; (phot.) development,
reveler, v. a., to reveal, disclose; (phot.) to develop,
bring out.
revendeur, m. , retailer, broker.
reveriir, v. n., to come back, return; (met.) to
recover original qualities by tempering and
annealing;
a la charge, (mil.) to renew an attack after a
repulse;
fiire racier, v. s. v.faire.
revenu, m., income; (adm.) revenue; (met.) annealing.
revenue, f., return: new growth of timber.
reverberation, f., reverberation, rejection.
reverbere, m., reilector; street lamp; (met.) dome
of a reverberatory furnace;
feu d e 1 (met.) reverberatory fire;
four d -, , (met.) reverberatory furnace;
fourneauh, de, , v.fourb, ;
foyerfi , v.fourd, ;
lamped, , reflecting lamp.
reverdie, f., spring tide at new and at full moon.
revers, m., back, other side, wrong side, reverse;
back stroke, back-handed blow; facing, lapel
(of a coat); (fenc.) reverse; (top.) reverse slope
of a hill, etc.; (sm. a.) back of a sword blade;
(fort.) reverse (reverse slope);
& , (mil.) in reverse;
batterie de , (art.) reverse .
battery;
battre ti.de, , (mil.) to take (a work, a line,
etc.) in reverse;
boUcsh , top boots;
de botte, boot top;
coup de , back blow, stroke, back-handed
blow; (fcnc.) reverse;
in reverse;
de , (mil.)
double , said of a road with a gutter in the
middle;
d'eau, (cons.) sort of pavement surrounding
the walls of a house, to protect the foundations
against rain water;
du fosse, (f^rl.) opposite side of the ditch
(from the interior of the place);
frappcr de , to strike a cack-handed blow;
d'un habi^ facing of a coat;
de pave, side pavement, inclined part of the
pavement from the house to the gutter;
prcndreh, de, , (mil.) to take in reverse;
de la tranchee, (siege) reverse of the trenches
(side toward the open country); (incorrectly)
the exterior side of the parapet.
reverseau, m., (cons.) weather-strip on the sill of
a window, of a casement.
reversement, m., change, turn, shift (of wind,
current, tide, monsoon, etc.).
reverser, v. a., to pour out again; to transfer from
one account to another.
reversibilite, f., reversibility; (elec.) reversibility
of a dynamo.
rfeversible, a., reversible; (elec.) reversible (of a
dynamo).
reversion, f., (hipp.) breeding back.
revetement, m., revetment, facing, coating, casing;
(fort.) revetment; (sleam\ lagging;
(Except where otherwise indicated the following
terms relate to fortification:)
en bois, (fort., nav.) wood backing of armor;
(nav.) wooden sheathing;
en bordages, (naw.) planking;
en boue de route, mud revetment;
en
branchageS; branch revetment;
en briques, brick revetment;
en charpente, plank revetment;
de chaudier e, (steam) boiler lagging;
en chiendent, pisa revetment;
en claies, hurdle revetment;
en clayonnage, wicker revetment;
de contrescarpe, counterscarp revetment;
du cylindre, (steam) cylinder lagging;
en decharge, counter-arched revetment;