A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

soleil 427 sonde
soleil levant, sunrise;
lever du , sunrise;
marche de , sunway; as the sun goes;
montant, (artif.) tourbillon, (two rockets
composing a cross);
dans le sens du v. comme le
,
;
tournant, (artif.) sun revolving vertically.
solf'noide, m., (elec.) solenoid:
electro-magnftique, electro-magnetic helix,
solenoid; practical solenoid;
ferme, closed solenoid.
solidaire, a., integral, in one piece with anything,
forming one rigid piece with; (law) jointly and
separably answerable;
de, integral, rigid with, forming one rigid
piece with.
solidarity f., (law) joint responsibility.
solide, a., solid, stout, secure; sound, firm, strong;
massive, stable, consistent, hard; m., solid,
solid body, cubical contents; ^
angle solid , angle;
d'une batterie, (fort.) cubical contents of
earthwork in parapet;
de bonne rupture, (expl.) v. ellipso'ide de bonne
rupture;
creuser jusqu'au to , dig down to solid ground ;
de 'revolution, solid of revolution;
derupturelimite,v.ellipsotde derupturehmite;
terrain , solid ground (as for foundations).
solidifier, v. a. r., to solidify, to become hard; to
make or render solid, acquire solidity,
solidite, f., solidity, density; soundness, stability;
compactness; massiveness; strength; stoutness;
steadfastness.
solin, m., (cons.) distance, space, between joists;
mortar filling of the space between joists; (in
a tiled roof) the joint or covering of plaster or
cement along the intersection of the roof and a
vertical wall; joint filled with mortar;
tonde de , flashing strip (under a solin in
mortar).
solipedc, a., m., soliped, solid-ungulate.
* m., calculation of the number of beams
that may be cut out of a log; (cons.) timberwork
of a house.
solive, f., (cons.) joist;
armee, trussed joist;
boiteuse, tail joist;
croisee, cross joist;
d'enchevetrure, trimmer joist;
poser des s, to joist.
soliveau, m., (cows.) flooring joist, boarding joist,
small joist.
solivure, f., (cons.) all the joists of a building.
sofflcitation, f., solicitation.
sollieiter, v. a., to solicit, petition;
un cheval, (man.) to urge, animate, a horse.
solliciteur, m., petitioner.
soluble, a., soluble.
solubilite,f., solubility.
solution, f., solution; dissolution; resolution; discharge;
de continuite, breach of continuity.
solvability f., solvency.
solvable, a., solvent.
somache, a., v. saumache.
sombre, a., dark, gloomy; (weather) overcast,
cloudy;
faire , to be cloudy, dark, overcast, etc.
sombrer, v. n., (nav.) to sink, to founder.
sommail, m., (hydr.) bank, shoal (in a channel).
sommaire, m., summary, compendium; abstract,
abridgment, contents.
sommaire, a., summary, concise, short; (law)
summary; without trial:
condamnation sur procedure , (law) summary
conviction.
sommation, f., summons, process, challenge;
reading of the riot act; (mil.) summons (to
surrender);
faire les trois s, to read the riot act.
somme, f., sum, amount; burden, load (of a horse,
mule); (hydr.) bar at the mouth of a port or of
a river;
bete de , pack animal, beast of burden;
cheval de , pack horse;
haute , contingent money, large sum paid out
by a shipowner;
pays , (hydr.) shoal, shallow.
so-.miieil, m., sleep.
sommer, v. a., to summon (as a position, to surrender);
to call upon; to challenge, charge; to
sum, add up;
une place, (mil.) to summon a besieged town,
etc., to surrender;
quelqu'un de sa parole, to call upon one to
keep his promise.
sommet, m., summit; vertex (of an angle, cone,
etc.); top (as of a dam, etc.); ridge; height;
apex; (fig.) pinnacle, zenith, meridian, crown;
de la trajectoire, (ball.) highest point of a
trajectory, summit, vertex;
de la triangulation, (surv.) triangulation
vertex.
sommier, m., register, ledger; sumpter-, pack-,
horse or mule; mattress; piece of wood supporting
a heavy mass; springpiece of a bridge; support
for long beams; beam of a balance; lower
crossbar of an iron gate or grating; double hoop
at the end of a barrel or cask; (cons.) breastsummer;
end stone of a platband; springer,
springing st.ne of an arch; (fort., nav.) iron
backing or part of compound armor; (nav.)
upper sill of a port; (mach.) bed of a machine
(boiler, etc.);
des barreaux, v. de grille;
de crin, hair mattress ;
cul de , (cons.) skewback;
elastiquc, spring mattress;
de grille, fire-1 ar support;
de lit, mattress;
de pont, stringer of a bridge;
de porte, wooden architrave of a door.
sommiere, f., (harn.) packing rope, packing strap,
packing cord; (top.) open space, glade, in a
wood.
sommite, f., summit, top, (extremity) end; head;
les s, highest grades, authorities;
les s du commandement, (mil.) the highest
authorities in the army.
son, m., bran; sound;
discordant, rattling noise, rattling (in machines);
mouille, bran mash (for horses).
sondage, m., boring (of earth, as for foundations,
etc.); (nav.) sounding; (med.) probing (of
wounds) ;
chinois,
h la corde, boring by rope (boring
tool raised by a rope);
d la grande sonde, (nav.) sounding with deepsea
lead;
outil de , boring tool;
& tige rigide, boring with a string of tools.
sonde, f., borer, earth auger, boring tool; (med.)
probe; (nav.) lead, sounding lead, sounding
fine; soundings; sand or gravel sticking to the
lead; (art.) vent probe; (surv.) numeral exdon
of the distance of a point below a
allerd la , (nav.) to go by the lead;
barre de , sounding rod;
s d'une carte, soundings marked on a chart;
chercher la , to make soundings;
crier la , (nav.) to call the depth;
& crochet, (art.) vent searcher;
etre sur la , (nav.) to be on soundings;
grand plomb de , grande , (nav.) deep-sea
lead;
to heave the lead;
jeter la , (nav.)
lance de , sounding rod;
ligne de , (nav.) lead line;
& main, (nav.) hand lead;
navigeur la & la main,
v. oiler h la ;
& nonius, (art.) shellgauge (thickness of base);
plomb de , (nav.) lead;