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serrure 421 service
serrure encastelee, mortise lock;
entaillee, v. encastelee;
entree de scutcheon of a , lock;
ft fourreau, v. encastelee;
ft houssette, v. (ft) demi-tour;
ft mortaise, v. encastelee;
ft palastre, rim lock;
pendante, padlock;
ft pene dormant, stock lock;
ft ressort, spring loci:;
secrete, combination lock; rim lock;
ft secret, v. secrete;
de surete, safety lock;
trefiliere, v. ft broche;
ft un seul pene, bolt lock.
serrurerie, f., locksmith work, business, art, etc.;
(cons.) ironwork of a building;
grosse .
, (cons.) ironwork (of a building).
sermrier, m., locksmith;
f,n bdtiments, person who furnishes or is occupied
with construction-iron work;
charron, mechanic who does the ironwork of
vehicles;
mecanicien, engine builder.
sertir, v. a., to set, seat; to put into a seat (as, art.,
a rifling band); (sm. a.) to crimp a cartridge
case;
bague ft
, (mach.) crimping-, seating-, band or
collar;
machine ft
, v. s. v. machine.
sertissage, m., setting, seating; (sm. a.) crimping
(of a cartridge case about a projectile).
sertissement, m., v. sertissage.
sertisseur, m., (sm. c.) crimping tool.
sertissure, f., seating; (sm. a.) crimping.
servant, m., (art.) cannoneer, gunner (R. A.);
de manivelle de la vis ae pointage, handle of
the elevating screw;
pelpton des 8, v. s. v. peloton.;
pointeur , v. s. v. pointeur;
pourvoyeur v. s. v. , pourvoyeur.
servante, f., drag staff; (art.) pole prop; prop (for
lid of limber chest); (powd.) scraper or a cylinder
incorporating powder mill.
servl, p. p., served, etc.; (art.) ready for action (as
a turret, etc.);
feu bien , (mil.) well-sustained fire.
service, f., service, duty, office; (mil.) service (i. e.,
the army); military duty or work in general;
special military duty or work; any duty or
class of duties; department, arm, etc., in charge
of, or performing, a special or specified duty;
department as distinguished from corps de
troupe.
(Unless otherwise indicated, the following
expressions are military:)
abandonner le to , leave, give up, the service;
ac.tif active senice, senice with the colors;
en activite de on the , active list; in full active
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service;
s administratifs (de I'armee}, administrative
sen ices (correspond to the so-called staff departments,
U. S. A.);
- d 'administration, administrative service;
s de I'administration de I'armee, (Fr. a.) the
administration of the artillery, engineers, intendance,
powders and saltpeters, and medical
departments, respectively;
des affaires indigenes, (Fr. a.) administration
of the military territory in Algiers;
ambulancier, hospital sen ice in the field;
arme, en armes, sen ice under arms;
des armees en campagne, field service in
general;
-armement en , v. s. v. armement;
de Varmement, all duties, etc., relating to the
armament;
ft I'arriere, service at the rear;
de I'arriere, in widest extension, the transport
forward of ammunition, supplies, and
men; rearward, of the sick and wounded; includes
the guarding and care of lines of communication,
the care of sick and wounded in
transit, and of material and men going for-
ward: (Fr. mil. teleg.) the telegraph service
connecting the army with the base of operations;
( Fr. a. med.) medical service on the lines
of communication.
service de I'arriere de la zone des armees, v. de
I'arriere (general definition);
d'arriere-garde, rear-guard duty or service;
de I'artillerie, artillery ser ice duties, in the
most general sense (similarly of other arms or
corps, as du genie);
au , in the sendee;
* auxiliaires, (Fr. a.) (state of war only) comprehensi
e term for railroad, military telegraph,
pay and post, etaves, and any other
ser ices that may be performed by men not
armed (noncombatants) ;
ft I'avant, service at the front;
de I'avant, the supply ser ice, etc., carried
on by the army itself from the local resources;
( Fr. a. med.) medical ser ice at the front, with
the troops engaged;
d'avant-poste, des avant-postes, outpost
duty;
avoir du , to have seen ser- ice;
avoir ens de , to have served (so many)
years;
le bien du , the good of the service;
ft bord, (nav.) sea service (U. S. N.); service
afloat;
de (la) bouchedfeu, (art.) standing-gun drill;
de campagne, field ser ice ;
du campement, generic term for everything
relating to camping;
de cantonnement, generic term for everything
relating to cantonments;
central, (Fr. a.) generic term for all operations,
etc., that are taken cognizance of by the
minister of war or his direct subordinates;
centraliser le , to centralize the ser ace, to
concentrate all responsibility, direction, etc.;
charge de , (art.) normal, service, charge;
des chemins defer, ( Fr. a.) branch of the
de I'arriere. railway senice between the army
and home in time of war;
commander le , to make details for regular
routine duties r
commander pour le , to detail (for such and
such a duty) ;
au commerce, (nav.) merchant sen ice;
de communication, communication service;
conge absolu de , conge de liberation de ,
discharge from the service;
controle de , duty roster;
du contrdle (de I'administration de l'armee) f
( Fr. a.) v. s. v. controle;
du corps d'armee, (Fr. a.) the services (departments)
forming the link, as regards supply,
between the tete d'etapes de route and the
corps;
de correspondance, transmission service (as
from the front to the rear);
de la correspondance, communication service
(between the various bodies of troops engaged
in the same operation);
de corvee, fatigue duty, extra (fatigue) dutyj
courant, daily service, ordinary routine
service; current senice;
en courant, in service, forming part of the
system;
de couchage, v. s. v. couchage;
de courte duree, "short" service;
des cultes, (Fr. a.) department of public
worship in the army;
de , on duty;
de decouverte, name applied to the special
function of the exploration cavalry, of dis-
covering enemy, keeping in contact with him,
etc.;
de defense, (siege) defense of a place (fortified
place or fort only);
degagement de , discharge from the service;