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tour 460 tourillon
tour poupce de , poppet;
presseur, v. d emboutir;
de precision, lathe for turning irregular forms ;
copying lathe;
drepousser, v. d emboutir:
-revolver, any lathe in which the work is fixed
and the tool turns;
d roder, grinding lathe;
a rosettes, rose engine;
it roues, wheel lathe;
d support, slide (rest) lathe;
support de , lathe rest;
& tourncr les tourillons, (art.} trunnioning
machine;
d tourillons, trunnion lathe:
d trois vitcsses ditfcrentes, treble-geared lathe;
a verge, bar lathe;
vis de , lathe screw, leading screw;
d vitesse variable, variable-speed lathe.
III. Miscellaneous:
ampere , (elec.) ampere turn, ampere winding;
d'anciennete, (mil.) seniority;
en arriere (avant), turn ahead (astern);
d de bras, by main strength;
de bateau, (hipp.) strain of the back and loins;
du chat, space (about half a foot) between a
furnace and the adjacent wall;
croquis de d'horizon, sky-line sketch;
demi v. , demi-tour;
de dctachcment, (mil.') roster of detached
service;
dcuxieme , (mil.) duty of the second class (in
garrison and in the field, duty inside the line
of sentinels, police, and other guards; in sieges,
piquet, q. v., and reserve);
d'epee, (fenc.) circling of adversary's blade;
faire le de, to make the circuit of (as of a
position) ;
faire le du compas, (of the wind) to swing
around the compass;
del'helice, (nav.) revolution of the screw;
d'horizon, sky line;
de main, manual dexterity, skill;
passer d son de bete, (mil. slang) to be promoted
by seniority;
premier , (mil.) duty of the first class (in garrison
, duty outside the line of sentinels exterior
,
guards; in the field, advance and rear guard,
flank guard, outposts, exterior guards; in besieged
places, guard, service of the guns, exterior
fatigue under arms);
prendre son , (mil.) to take one's tour of duty;
de reins, y.
de bateau;
& de role, in succession, in turn;
dc service, (mil.) service roster; tour of duty,
turn for duty; order in which duty is *
taken;
d son , in one' s turn ;
troisieme , (mil.) duty of the third class (in
garrison, personal or individual duty; in the
field, and during sieges, general and interior
fatigues, issues).
tour, f., tower; bell tower; (nap.) turret; (fort.)
sort of redoubt in seacoast works (obs.);
casematee, v. maximilienne:
de commandement, (nav.) conning tower :
creuse, (cons.) concave face of a cylindrical
wall;
d feu, light house;
marine, martello, (fort.) marte'lo tower;
maximilienne, ,(fort.) three-storied casemated
tower, with a battery of guns on the top (invented
by the Emperor Maximilian);
ronde, (cons.) convex face of a cylindrical
wall;
de signaux, signal tower;
tournante, (nav.) revolving turret;
tournante dans I'axe, (nav.) revolving turret
in the plane of the keel;
tour tournante excentree, (nav.) revolving turret
diagonally placed with reference to a similar
turret on the other side of the keel.
tourbe, f., peat, turf;
carbonisee, peat, peat coal.
tourbeux, a., peaty.
tourbier, a., peaty; m., peat cutter (workman).
tourbifere, f., peat bog.
tourbillon, m.. whirlwind, whirlpool; vortex,
eddy; tornado, (artif.) tourbillon;
de courant, whirlpool;
defeu, (artif.) tourbillon;
gazeux, (expl.) vortex action set up by the
gases of explosion (in a gun);
de maree, tide whirlpool;
de poussiere, whirling cloud of dust
de vent, whirlwind.
tourbillonner, v. n., to eddy, to whirl, wind.
tourdHle, a. , fjris , (hipp.) dirty gray (yellowish
tinge, with reddish patches here and there).
tourelle, f., turret; (nav.) turret; (fort.) turret (land
turret); (mach.) turret;
affut de , (art.) turret carriage;
armee, (art.) a turret with its embrasures
turned from the enemy, and with the equipments,
etc., ready to be taken by the cannoneers;
d axe fixe, turret with fixed axis;
d axe mouvant, turret with rotating axis;
d barbette, (nav., fort.) barbette (or open)
turret, one permitting barbette fire;
blindee, armored turret;
d del ouvert. open turret;
de commandement, (nav.) conning tower;
d coupole, cupola;
cuirassee, armored turret;
demi half , turret;
demi en saillie, sponson;
double, (nav.) double, double-decked, superposed,
turret;
d eclipse, disappearing turret;
v fermee, (nav.) closed turret;
fixe, nonrevolving turret, fixed turret;
fixed barbette, nonrevolving barbette turret:
d manoeuvre electrique, electrically controlled
turret;
d manceuvre hydraulique, hydraulically controlled
turret;
mobile, revolving turret;
mobilefermee, closed revolving turret;
navired turret , ship;
oscillante, rocking turret;
oscillante d eclipse, disappearing rocking
turret;
ouverte, open turret;
piece de , (art.) turret gun;
d revolver, (mach.) turning turret;
servie, (art.) turret in complete readiness for
action (cannoneers at their posts, circuits working,
etc.);
tournante, revolving turret;
transportable, transportable turret (accompanies
an army in the field);
de veille, (nav.) conning tower.
touret, m., wheel, reel; small ring, (bow-) drill,
spun-yarn winch, rope-maker's reel; thole pin;
swivel; (mach.) lantern wheel, trundle;
d archet , bow drill, fiddle drill;
-de bride, (harn.) bridle ring;
de chainette, (harn.) curb hook;
dforer, drilf holder;
d percer, drill holder;
dc portc-renes, (harn.) swivel;
d rochet, ratchet drill (brace);
de tour, (mach.) wheel of a lathe.
tourie, f., carboy (incased in wickerwork).
tourillon, m., (mach.) journal, axis, axle, spindle,
pivot, bearing, neck, journal, gudgeon, crank
pin; (art.) trunnion.
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to machinery:)
d n ailcs, an n-winged journal;
dancre, anchored bearing;
d'ancrc, shank nut of an anchor;