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sablier 408 sac
sablier, m., hourglass; sand box, glass; sanddi-gor;
sand box of a locomotive;
de demi-heure, de demi-minute, etc.,
half-hour, half-minute, etc., glass;
d'une heure, hourglass;
de loch, (nav.) log glass.
sabliere, f., sand pit; (cons.) wall plate; ground
timber, sole, or plate; (r. r.) ground plate;
{fort . ) metallic ring surmounting the cylindrical
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en bois, (art.) wooden bottom of a case shot;
de boiteh balles, (art.) case-shot bottom;
& boulet, (art.) round-shot bottom (obs.);
cassant, (hipp.) brittle hoof;
chaussure, armature;
de cheval, (hipp.) hoof, coffin; .
devant du , (hipp.) toe of a horse's hoof;
derobe, (hipp.) hoof so worn that no shoe can
be put on;
d'enrayage, (art., etc.) shoe, brake shoe, drag
shoe, chock;
d'enrayage de campagne, (art.) field-gun drag
shoe;
d'enrayage de siege, (art.) siege-gun drag shoe;
& enrayer, drag, shoe, drag shoe; locking skid
for a wheel;
d'epars, (art.) the slotted shoe or support of
the first cross bar of the French garrison gin;
etonnement du -, (hipp.) concussion of foot by
shock or blow;
fendu, cloven hoof;
defrein, (mach.) brake block;
sabot-galoche, (Fr. a.) barrack shoe (wooden sole,
leather upper);
& glace, ice shoe, for going down hill covered
with ice; creeper;
guide, (sm. a.) sabot of a tubular bullet;
de lance, (sm. a.) shoe of a lance;
d'obus, (art.) shell bottom;
patin, (art.) wheel runner (to be used on
snow);
de pied, iron shoe plate (for a trestle leg, etc.);
de pilot(is), pile shoe:
de pompe, pump piston;
& rainvres, (art.) groo ed sabot;
de traineau, sledge shoe.
part of a turret;
basse, (com.) sill;
haute, (cons.) girt, intertie.
sablon, m., very fine sand;
ecurer.avec du to scour with , sand;
recurer avec du , v. ecurer avec du
sablonner, v. a., to scour with sand;
scatter, sprinkle, with sand.
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(met.) to
sablonneux, a., sandy, gritty.
sablonniere, f., sand pit, gravel pit; (fond.) (molding-)
sand-box.
sabord, m., (nav.) port, porthole; gun port; (fort.)
gun port; embrasure;
d'aerage, '(nav.) air port;
d'arriere, de I'arriere, (nav.) stern port;
de I'avant, (nav.) bow (loading) port;
des avirons, (nav.) row port;
barre de , (nav.) port bar;
de belle, v. de charge;
brisc, (nav.) half port;
cadre de , (nav.) port frame;
de casemate, (fort.) casemate, cupola, port,
or embrasure;
de charge, (nav.) cargo, loading, port;
de degagement, (nav.) bulwark port;
d'cchelte, v. a' entree;
d' entree, (nav.) gangway port;
faire ie ? (art.) to fife a (hostile) shot through
the embrasure;
faux , (nav.) sham port; deadlight;
fermer les s, (nor.) to close the ports;
fermeture de , v. barre de sabotage, m., (r. r.) operation of fixing the chairs
on the ties; cut or notch for the foot of a foot
rail.
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hublot, (nav.) scuttle port;
h lester, (nav.) ballast port;
mantelet de , (nav. , fort. ) port lid;
de nagc, v. des avirons;
de pavois, v. de degagement;
de tourelle, (nav., fort.) turret port, embrasure.
sabordement, m., (nav.) scuttling.
saborder, v. a., to scuttle (a ship).
sabot, m., wooden shoe; drag, drag shoe, skid;
shoulder block; (hipp.) hoof; (tech.) shoe (of a
post, pile, etc.); (cons.) rafter shoe; curved part
of the stringboard of a staircase; (cord.) laying
top; (mach.) clamp, pump piston; (r. r.) chair;
(art.) sabot of a projectile; recoil-checking shoe;
socket of a gin shoe; (sm. a.) sabot of a bullet;
ferrule of a lance;
d'ancre, shoe of an anchor.
de I'arbre, cog, catch, of a wheel;
armer d'un to , shoe;
de bigues, step for the heel of a sheers;
saboter, v. a., to put on a sabot or shoe; to shoe
(a pile, etc.); to scamp, skimp, work.
sabotte, f., de chevalet, (pont.) collar or shoe
(to prevent a trestle leg from sinking too deep).
sabre, m., (sm. a.) sword, saber; (mas.) mason's
filling trowel;
d'abordage, (nav.) cutlass;
ba'ionnftte, sword bayonet;
-ba'ionnette isole, sword bayonet to which
there is no corresponding rif.e;
briquet, short infantry sword (obs.);
au clair, sword bared;
coup de sword , cut, sword wound;
coup de plat de blow with the flat of a , sword;
droit, straight sword, saber;
d'escrime, fencing saber;
de grosse cavalerie, cut-and-thrust sword;
haut le / (command) raise saber!
d'honneur, sword of honor (oficers' reward
for gallantry, given during the Revolution, before
the institution of the I.erion of Honor);
main! (command) draw saber!
b, la main, (call) draw saber;
mancheto, , soldier (regarded as a mere killing
machine; term of contempt);
Montmorency, light ca : \ airy saber;
-poignard, sort of dirk;
port du -
, position of carry saber;
porter le , to carry saber;
presenter le , to present saber;
remettre le , to return saber;
reposer le , to order saber;
trainant, cavalry saber;
traineur de , blustering soldier (term of contempt);
yatagan, curved sword bayonet.
sabrer, v. a., (mil.) to saber, to cut down with the
saber; (fig.) to hurry o er, to patch up (work)
(cf. our expression to " soldier" or "soger");
en aveugle, (mil.) to saber recklessly, without
doing much;
et pointer, to cut and thrust.
sabretache, f., (mil.) sabretache.
sabre-tout, m., fire-eater.
sabreur, m., (mil. slang) bra^e soldier, without
great knowledge of his profession; bloodthirsty
soldier; (fig.) slo enly workman (cf. our
"soldier" or "soger").
sac, m., sack, bag, pouch; sac'c (of a town); (mil.)
knapsack, haversack; (mm.) poc.cet;
abri, (mil.) shelter-tent half;
d'ambulance, (med.) sort of medical field kit;
& avoine, (mil.) oat sack for field equipment;
de batterie, (art.) grain sack;
d battre la poudre, (powd.) calfskin for pulverizing
powder;
d blanchissage, wash bag;
& bit, corn sack;
de bourrage, (mil. min.) sand bag used for
tamping;
bretelles de , (mil.) slines of a knapsack;
d cartouches, (mil.) cartridge bag for carrying
cartridges;
& charge(s), (art.) cartridge bag;
de couchage, bed sack, sleeping sack;
course en , sack race;