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usance 476 val
usance (thirty days
usance, f., (commercial)
usually);
du bois, time since a wood was cut;
demi half , usance;
double double , usance;
lettre h une, a deux, (s), bill payable in one,
two, months.
usblat, m., isinglass (obs.).
use, a., worn, worn out; (cord.) frayed;
worn-out part
m., the
of anything;
cheval overridden horse.
,
user, v. a. r., to wear, wear out, wear away; to
rub, become rubbed; to become worn, frayed,
etc.; to use, use up, consume; to waste, spend;
(hipp.) of a tooth, to lose the enamel of the
outer edge;
de, to make use of.
user, m., wear, wearing, service;
etre d'un ban , to wear well;
etre d'un mauvais , to wear badly.
useur, a., wearing, grinding.
usinage,m., machining, machine work; working
to shape, as by lathe, etc.;
defaut d' , defective machining;
de.gr ossiseur , machining to approximate
shape;
exterieur (interieur), machining of the outside
(inside) of a gun barrel.
ustne, f., works, shops, factory, manufactory, machine
shop, mill, forge, power house;
centrale, power house;
dcuirassements, armor-plate factory;
fixe, v. centrale;
& gaz, gas works.
V, (tech.) parting tool.
vacance, f., vacancy; (mil.) vacancy; (pi.) holidays,
vacation;
les grandes s, the long vacation; summer
holidays.
vacant, a., vacant, unoccupied,
vacation, f., sitting; vacancy; recess;
chambre des s, (law) chambers.
vache, f., cow; cowhide; leather;
amarrer en , v. s. v. amarrer*'
cotes de , (met.) slitted iron;
secoucheren , (hipp.) to lie down with legs
bent up under the body;
coup de pied en , (hipp.) a kick forward with
the hind leg; cow-kick (of a horse);
en grain, grained leather;
v. s. v. noeud;
nceud de ,
peau de , cowhide;
petite hide of a , young cow;
plancher des
^-s, v. s. v. plancher;
ruer en , (hipp.) to make a cow-kick.
vacillant, a., vacillating, unsteady;
jarrets s, v. s. v.jarret.
vacillation, f., wavering, vacillation; rocking (of a
boat); unsteadiness (of a light, etc.).
vaciller, v. n., to waver, falter, vacillate, hesitate;
to be unsteady, to rook.
vadel, m., tar-mop handle.
vadrouille, f., swab.
va-et-vient, m., up-and-down motion, back-andforth
motion; ferryboat; ferry rope, pass rope;
(mach.) reciprocating motion, reciprocating
gear; (mil.) circulation from front to rear, and
vice versa;
en , pulling back and forth (of a ferryboat) ;
mouvement de , (mach.) reciprocating motion;
back-and-forth motion; (mil.) circulation from
front to rear, and vice versa.
vagon,m.,(r.r.)car.
vagonnet, m., (r. r.) truck,
vague, f., wave.
vaguemestre, m., ( Fr. a.) n. c. o. in charge of the
post-office; baggage master (in each army corps,
an officer of gendarmerie specially charged with
this duty; in each division, the commandant de
la force publique);
officier ,
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V.
usiner, v. a., to machine.
usineur, a., machining;
etablissement , machining establishment.
usne, m., (cord.) towrope.
ustensile, m., utensil, implement;
s d' artifices, (artif.) laboratory implements;
s de campement, (mil.) camping utensils;
s de chauffe, fire tools;
s d'ecurie, stable utensils;
s de marqueurs, (t. p.) marker's outfit.
usure, f . wear and tear waste , , , wearing out ; (hipp.)
loss by wear of the enamel of a tooth (on its
outer edge);
et accidents, wear and tear ;
annuelle, (hipp.) the rubbing surface of the
teeth;
corriger I' , (mach.) to take up the wear;
preter d, , (mach.) to work only to wear (as a
fly \v heel with too high a velocity);
rattrapage de I' , (mach.) take-up, compensa-
tion, for wear;
rattraper I'
, (mach.) to take up the wear.
usurpateur, m., usurper.
usurpation, f . , usurpation.
usurper, v. a., to usurp.
Utile, a., useful, serviceable; profitable; expedient;
effet , v. s. v. effct;
en temps , within the prescribed, the fixed,
time;
travail , useful work.
utiliser, v. a., to utilize, turn to account; employ
to advantage.
utilite, f., utility, usefulness, use, benefit, service,
avail; profit, advantage.
valgrage, m., (nav.) ceiling; operation of ceiling.
vaigre, f., (nav.) ceiling plank, ceiling stuff.
vaillammeut, adv., valiantly; (mil.) gallantly.
vaillance, f., valor, esp. military valor, gallantry,
vaillant, a., valiant; (mil.) gallant.
vain, a., vain, vainglorious;
cheval , horse easily knocked up;
e pature, v. s. v. pdture.
vaincre, v. a., to conquer, vanish, overcome, subdue,
defeat, worst, master, surmount, excel,
surpass;
un cheval, to break a horse.
vainqueur, m., conqueror.
vairon, a., wall-eyed;
cheval , wall-eyed horse.
vaisseau, m., vessel; (nav.) vessel, ship (esp. war
ship);
amiral, flagship;
cuirasse, armored ship;
du desert, camel;
ecole, school-ship, training ship; gunnery
ship;
& eperon, ram; ship fitted with a ram bow;
de I' Etat, national vessel;
xfreres. sister ships;
de garde, guard ship;
de guerre, war ship;
de guerre bien battant, ship on which the guns
are well served;
d he.lice auxilmire, auxiliary ship;
hopital, hospital ship;
de ligne, ship of the line;
marchand, merchantman;
mixte, composite ship;
& nponts, n decker;
rase, hulk;
& roues, paddle steamer;
(de) transport, transport;
& vapeur, steamship;
& voiles, sailing ship;
de 74, etc., 74, etc., gun ship (obs.).
vaisselle, f., crockery; (mil. slang) decorations.
val, m., (top.) small valley, vale; (strictly speaking,
bottom of valley, between foot of slopes);