A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

subsistance 435 support
subsistance, mettre en , (mil.') to assign a man
to a unit not his own, for pay and subsistence;
s militaires, (mil.) food, forage, illuminating
and heating, supplies, etc.;
mise en , (mil.) assignment of a man to a unit
not his own, for pay and subsistence.
subsistant, m., (mil.') man temporarily subsisted
and paid in a unit not his own (said of militaire
isole).
subsister, v. a., to subsist;
faire une armee, (mil.) to subsist an army.
substance, f., substance; matter;
isolante, (elec.) insulating material;
s rebelles, (met.) refractory ores.
substituer, v. a., to substitute.
substitut, m., substitute; deputy.
substitution, f., substitution; (esp. Fr. a.) the
substitution of one sort of forage for another.
substruction, f., substruction; underpinning;
foundation.
subvention, f., relief; subsidy; grant; supply, aid.
subventionner, v. a. /to subsidize; to make a grant,
a subsidy.
subversion, f., subversion, ruin, overthrow.
subverter, v. a., to overthrow, ruin, subvert.
succomber, v. n., to fail, yield, succumb, be
worsted; to sink beneath; to be overthrown.
succursale, f., branch establishment.
sucre, m. , sugar;
casser du & deux sous le mitre cube, (mil.
slang) to be in punishment companies, breaking
stone.
sud, a., south, southerly; m., the south; south
wind;
magnetique, magnetic south;
vrai, true south.
sudiste, m., Confederate, 1861-1865.
sud-ouest, a., southwest; m., the southwest;
southwest wind, southwester; southwester
(head gear).
suee, f., (hipp.) sweating, sweat.
suer, v. a., to sweat; to perspire;
blanc, (hipp.) to sweat foam; to sweat foamy;
to foam;
lefer, (met.) to weld completely.
sueur, f., sweat,
suie, f.,soot;
de bois, wood soot.
suM, m., tallow; suet; tallow (art.)i disk; (nav.) mixture
of soap, tallow, brimstone, etc., for paying
a ship's bottom;
boite d tallow , box;
bouilloireh tallow , kettle;
coupe d , v. godetb ;
cuir en v. s. v. , cuir;
donner un , to grease;
godetb, tallow , cup; grease cup;
goutte de round-head , screw, button-head
screw;
mettre en to , tallow;
mineral, a variety of talc.
suiffer, v. a., to tallow; (nav.) to pay with suif,
q. v.
suiutement, m., oozing, running, exudation (running,
leaking, of seams, boilers, etc.); (expl.)
exudation, leakage, of acids;
de la fourchette, (hipp.) thrush, running
thrush.
suinter, v. n., to leak, filter, drip through; to run
out, ooze; (expl.) to exude, leak (as acids).
suite, f., retinue, train; sequel, continuance, succession,
series, set, consequence;
& la , (mil.) supernumerary;
& la de I'armee, (mil.) of a general officer, in
excess of the statutory number;
d la d'un regiment, (mil.) of an officer, attached
to a regiment as supernumerary of his grade;
Stre mis a la , (mil.) to be discharged with a
pension;
officier d la v. s. v. , officier.
suivage, m., tallowing.
suivant, m., follower in a flight of pigeons.
suiver, v. a., v. sniffer.
suivre, v. a., to follow, pursue, go after;
un cours, to take a course of study (in a college,
etc.);
la piste, (man.) to go close to the wall of a
riding hall;
le poing de la bride, (man.) to obey the hand
readily.
suiet, a., subject to, amenable, liable; prone, given
to, addicted to.
sujet, m., subject, topic, matter; subject (of a
king);
Ion , steady, well-behaved man.
sujetion, f., subjection; inconvenience;
pierre de , v. s. v. pierre.
suifatisation, f., impregnation, injection, with
sulphate of copper.
sulfatiser, v. a., to inject, impregnate, with sulphate
of copper.
sulfoglycfcrique, a., (chem., expl.) glycerolsulphuric.
sulfoiiitrique, a., (chem., expl.) sulphonitric.
sulfurite, (expl.) sulphurite.
sultan, m., sultan.
sultane, f., sultana.
super, v. a. n., (of a pump) to suck up the packing;
(of tubes, etc.) to be stopped, plugged, up.
superflcie, f., superficies; surface, area;
& la , superficially;
de , superficial, in area.
superfln, a., superfine; (of a file) dead smooth.
superieur, a., superior; upper (of rivers, of countries,
e. g., the upper Rhine, etc.);
cour e , higher court; supreme court;
officier , (mil.) field officer; \
tribunal , v. cour e.
superposer, v. a., to superpose.
f., superposition, superposition; (sm. a.) overlapping
and welding the edges of a skelp.
superstruction, f., (cons.) construction above
ground.
superstructure, f., superstructure; superstructure
of a bridge; (r. r.) superstructure (ballast and
rails, track and supports).
suppteance, f., substitution; functions of a substitute.
suppleant, a., m., deputy, substitute, assistant.
suppleer, v. a. n., to supply, make good; to furnish,
fill up, supply the place of, do duty for,
serve instead.
supplement, m., supplement, addition; additional
pay; gratuity, bounty; allowance;
en , extra, additional;
officier en , (mil.) supernumerary officer;
de solde, extra pay or allowance.
supptementaire, a., supplementary, additional,
extra, supernumerary.
supplice, m., punishment, corporal punishment;
le dernier , capital punishment.
supplicier, v. a., to execute, inflict capital punishment
on.
support, m., support, prop, stay, rest, pillar,
column, standard, stanchion, strut, bearing,
block, holder, projecting frame, stand, rack;
fulcrum, stand; (fig.) assistance, help, protection;
(art.) headstock; mount (rapid-firing gun);
(pont.) beam supporting balks, etc.; (mach.)
plumber block; overhanging arm; bracket;
(elec.) incandescent-lamp socket;
d' alimentation, (r.f. art.) feed box;
d'arbre porte-fraise, (mach.) overhanging arm
(as of a milling machine);
arriere. (art.) rear support (of a star gauge);
avant (d T), (art.) front or T rest (of a star
-d bawnnette, (elec.) bayonet-joint socket (for
an incandescent lamp);
de balancier, crossnead bracket (of a steam
windlass);
de bicyclette, bicycle stand;
de chargement, (art.) breech support (French
95mm) for fire under great angles;
d d'jriot, (mach.) slide, slide rest (of a lathe);