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semaine 418 sentinclle
semaine, de grande , (Fr. art.) on duty (week)
with a group of batteries;
officier de , v. s. v. officier;
de petite , (Fr. art.) on duty (week) with a
battery, on "battery officer" (U. S.. Art.);
prendre la
? (mil.) to begin, enter on, one's
duties as officier de semaine.
semaphore, m., semaphore, semaphore station;
paste de , semaphore station.
sCmaphorique, a., semaphore;
signal , semaphore signal.
semaquc, f., boat,
semeiotiqirt, f., v. semiotique.
semelle, f., sole (of a shoe); pace, step; sill, ground
sill, sleeper; bed, bedplate; floor timber of a
boat, of a bridge; chord, stringer, boom, of a
bridge; bottom of a furnace; shoe of a capstan;
'
(cons.) tiebeam; cap piece (of an arch center);
(nav.) leeboard; (mil. min.) ground sill of a
frame; (pont.) shoe of a trestle leg; lower part of
a pontoon-boat knee; bottom strake of a pontoon
boat (at the edge); chafing batten; (art.)
bed of some carriages; firing .support (French
220mm
siege mortar); shoe of a gin leg; sill (of a
gun lift); racer support of a gun platform; side
rail of a truck wagon, of a mortar wagon;
d'afful, (art.) swing bed (obs.);
d'ancre, anchor shoe;
d'appui de tir, (art.) shoe (for firing support .
Russian 6-inch field mortar);
de bateau, (nav.) Iseboard;
d'ancre, shoe of an anchor;
d'assemblage, (cons.) ground plate, ground
sill;
de chassis, (min.) ground sill of a frame; (art.)
chassis s.ide rail;
de chevalet, (pont.) trestle-leg shoe;
de comble, (cons.) pole plate;
d'un cbussinet de rails, (r. r.) chair foot;
courbe, (cons.) curtrplate;
s de croisillon, (art.) sills at right angles to
one another, on which rests the sellette de cheville
ouvriere, in some old platforms;
de derive, (nav.) leeboard;
double- , doubter entre-deux, middle sole
of a shoe;
d'embrevemenl, (cons.) bearing surface or
shoulder of a silt-and-tongue joint;
d'etat, sill of a stay;
exterieure, (pont.) chafing batten;
infer ieure, lower chord of a bridge; stringer of
an arch center;
interieure. (pont.) bottom board of a boat or
pontoon laid lengthwise;
mobile d'une vis de pointage, (art.) swing bed
(obs.);
oscillante, (mil. r. r.) rocking support (on some
of the trucks of the Decauville system);
de palier, (mach.) plumber-block bottom, or
bedplate, or ground plate;
premiere, insole, inner sole;
d'un robot, face of a plane;
d'un rail, (r. r.) foot of a rail;
reculer, rompre, d'une , (fenc.) to retire a foot's
length;
seconde, outer sole of a shoe;
superieure, top chord of a bridge;
de (d'une) vis de pointage, (art.) elevatingscrew
bed.
sen ic nee, f., seed; fine sprig, sprig nail,
seiner, v. a., to sow; (art.) to examine a gun;
des chausse-trapes, (mil.) to spread, scatter,
caltrops.
semestre, m., half year, six months; one-half year's
pay, revenue, duty, rent, etc. ; (mil.) six months'
leave of absence, furlough; soldier on furlough
for half a year (obs.);
de -, half-yearly semiannual;
conge de , (mil. ) six months' leave of absence;
etre de , to be in one's half-year's duty;
etre en , to be on six months' leave of absence;
etre hors de , to be off duty for six months;
de Janvier, semester beginning January 1;
semestre, par , half-yearly.
semestre, a., half-yearly, semiannual.
semestrier, m. , (mil.) soldier absent on six months'
furlough.
sfimiotique, f., (mil.) the art of drilling troops by
signal (no commands).
semonce, f., (nav.) summons to show colors, to
heave to.
semoncer, v. a., (nav.) to summon a ship to show
colors, to heave to.
sfenat, m., senate.
senateur, m., senator.
senau, m., (nav.) sort of brig.
sens, m., sense, meaning, import, signification,
acceptation, construction; (mach., mil.) direction,
side, way, sense;
bon , (mach.) direction of rolling;
en contraire de, in a contrary direction;
du courant, direction of a current;
dans le , in the right way, in the right direction;
dessus dessous, upside down, wrong side up;
devant derriere, hind part foremost;
en inverse, in a contrary direction;
en long, with the grain; (mach.) with the
direction of rolling;
du laminage, v. en long, (mach.);
de la marche, (r. r.) direction of the train;
mauvais , (mach.) direction opposed to the direction
of rolling (also at right angles to) ;
mettre dessus dessous, to turn upside doVn;
de rotation, direction of rotation;
Iravers, across the grain; (met.) across the
direction of rolling;
in all directions;
du tir, (mil.) direction of fire.
dans lous les ,
sensibilisateur, a., sensitizing;
6am , (phot.) sensitizer.
sensibUisation, f., sensitization.
sensibiliser, v. a., to sensitize, to make sensitive
(as a fuse, a photographic plate, etc.).
sensibility, f., (expl., etc.) sensitiveness of an explosive,
fuse, primer, of a balance, etc.; (elec.)
figure of merit of a galvanometer;
au choc, dla friction, (expl.) sensitiveness
to shock, friction;
de la main, (man.) lightness and quickness
of hand.
sensible, a., perceptible, sensitive; (expl., etc.)
sensitive (fuse, plate, thermometer, etc.);
bouche , v. s. v. bouche,'
au choc, & la friction, (expl.) sensitive to
shock, friction;
& I'eperon, (man.) spurwise;
& lajambe, (man.) legwise;
aux mouches, (hipp.) sensitive to '
flies;
it, la rene, aux renes, (man.) bridlewise.
sensitif, a., sensitive;
fusee ive, (art.) sensitive fuse.
sente, f., v. sentier.
sentence, f., sentence; (law) judgment, (more
specially) decree, sentence, of death;
appeler d'une , to appeal from a judgment;
confirmer une , to confirm a sentence;
prononcer une , to sentence, to pass a sentence.
sentencier, v. a., to sentence, to condemn.
senti, p. p., conspicuous, noticeable, marked.
sentier, m., path, footpath, track;
baltu, beaten path;
detourne, bypath; (mach.) footway (in machinery);
muletier, mule path.
sentiment, m., feeling, sensation; sentiment; esti-
mate, guess, judgment;
au , by judgment, by guess (e. g., in running
lines, contours).
sentine, f., well of a boat.
sentinelle, f., (mil.) sentinel, sentry;
d' augmentation, extra sentinel (posted at
night);
avancee, advanced sentinel;
de communication, warning or communicating
sentry;
devanlles armes, sentinel at the guardhouse,
No. 1;
s doubles, double sentry;