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ondelle 402 roue
rondelle d'obturateur, (F. m. art.) gas-check plate;
obturatrice, (mach.) packing washer;
ouverte, semicircular washer;
-r- de papier, (t. p.) paster;
en papier, (artif., etc.) paper round, patch;
porte-couronne d'appui d'obturateur, ( F. m.
art.) bearing plate of an obturator collar;
porte-obturateur, ( F. m. art.) gas-check plate;
de poudre, (art.) powder ring (of a doubleaction
fuse) ; (powd.) powder pellet;
de pression, buffer-spring disk;
de refroidissement, (fond.) cooling ring (used
to protect the band of a projectile in projectile
casting, v. prisonnier);
de reglage, (art.) adjusting disk (of a subcaliber
tube);
ressort, (art.) spring safety disk (of a fuse);
de rivure, rivet plate, washer;
de serrage, (art.) tightening or filling disk;
de surete, v. ressort;
en talus, beveled washer (for bolts);
de transmission, (art.) powder ring (communicating
fire to the time train of a doubleaction
fuse);
de verification, (art.) fiat iron ring used as a
gauge for shot molds.
rondement, adv., 'smartly, quickly.
rondeur, f., roundness, circumference.
rondin, m. round , log or spar (of small dimensions) ;
round wood, pole, billet; (fort.) short palisade;
chemin de s, corduroy road;
d'une palanque, (fort.) filling-in timber of a
stockade;
plancher en s, corduroy floor or roadway;
devoie, (r.r.) round tie. ^
roud-point, m. ; point of intersection of several
streets, circuit.
ronflement, m., snoring; peal, boom;
de canons, roar of guns;
de la, mer, roar of the sea.
ronfler, v. n., to snore; to roar, rumble, peal; to
boom (of guns); to snort (of a horse).
rongfe, p. p., eaten, worm-eaten, corroded; pitted
(of iron);
de vers, worm-eaten.
ronger, v. a., to gnaw; to corrode, eat away, waste;
lefrein, to champ the bit.
roquentin, m., (mil.) in France, old soldier allowed
a residence in citadels, forts, etc.
roquet, m., (artif.) war rocket.
roquette, f., v. roquet.
rosbif, m., roast beef;
de mouton, leg of mutton (rare).
rose, f., rose; rose color; (art.) wind card, wind
diagram;
de I'acier, (met.) irisated spot in steel;
bois de , rosewood ;
de la carte, fleur-de-lis of the north point (on
a map);
de compas, compass card, compass rose;
de correction, (art.) wind card, showing correction
or allowances for delation and ranges;
d' orientation, v. d'orientement;
d'orientement, (top. drawing) the rose or
"compass " of a plan or map;
reciter la des vents, to box the compass;
des vents, v. de compas.
roseau, m., reed;
etoupille de , (art.) reed friction primer.
rosfce, f., dew;
point de , dew-point.
rosette, f., rosette; red ink; red chalk; burr, rivet
plate, disk, washer, scutcheon; spur rowel;
clout nail; speck (defect) in wood, etc.; (met.)
cake of (purified) copper; (cord.) rose lashing;
de battant, (sm. a.) fore-swivel stud;
d boucle et d anneau, rivet plate, with loop
and ring attached;
cuivre de v. s. v. , cuivre;
crochet, (art.) hook and plate;
piton de chaine d'enrayage, (ordinary wagons)
lock-chain plate;
en talus, beveled washer.
rossard, m., (carrier pigeons) poor, worthless,
pigeon.
rosse, f., (man.) worthless horse; jade.
rossignol, m., nightingale; picklock; quarryman's
fork; (carp.) mortise wedge; (mach.) air valve,
snifting valve; (hipp.) artificial fistula (ignorantly
supposed to help the breathing of a
broken-winded horse).
roster, v. a., (cord.) to woold.
rosture, f., (cord.) woolding;
faire une to woold.
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rotang, m., v. rotin.
rotatif, a., rotatory, rotating;
machine ve, rotary engine;
outil , rotating tool.
rotation, f., rotation; (man.) action of turning on
the spot;
cremaillered , (mach.) revolving rack.
rotative, f.,