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atterrissage 28 autorediiction
atterrissage, m., (nav.) sighting of land; landing,
alighting (of a balloon); (torp., elec.) point
where a cable goes ashore.
atterrissement, m., bank (in bend of river);
(mil.) landing of troops (from boats, flotilla,
etc.).
attestation, f., attestation, certificate;
d'aptitude, (Fr. a.) certificate of fitness for
service in chosen arm;
de repentir, (mil., F. a.) "certificate of
repentance," given to soldiers discharged
from the compagnies de discipline, provided
they have borne themselves well. (They
can not obtain a certificate of good conduct.)
attlla, m., (unif.) hussar-jacket, dolman (not necessarily
a cavalry jacket).
attirail, m., gear, plant; implements, apparatus;
(mil.) equipage, train, luggage, stores; (esp.
art.) implements for mechanical maneuvers,
and other parts of the artillery service;
. de guerre, (mil.) generic term for the material
necessary to make war.
attiser, v. a., to stir, poke, rake up, a fire; to stoke.
attiseur, m., stoker.
attisoir, attisonnoir, m., poker.
attouchement, m., touch, feeling, feel;
point d' , point of contact.
attrapage, m., au ler numero, (mil. slang) serious
duel.
attrape, f., (cord.) pendant, tackle guy, relieving
tackle, tripping rope or tackle.
attraper, v. a., r., to catch, take, hit, strike; obtain,
get; (hipp.) to overreach, to interfere.
attraquer, v. n., to come alongside a quay, wharf
(ships).
attribut, m., (mil.) sign or mark of functions,
of arms of the service, or of some honor won
or conferred, worn on head gear or uniform;
symbol, device.
attribution, f., attribution, allowance; (mil., etc.)
the ensemble of rights and of duties belonging
to each grade, or to each employment.
attroupement, m., mob;
auteur d' , (mil.) soldier (officer or man) re-
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garded as instigator of a riot;
chef d' , (mil.) ringleader of a riot.
aubade, f., (mil.) serenade to a c. o., or to the head
of the state.
aubage, m., generic term for paddle, etc., of a
hydraulic wheel.
aubaine, f., any unexpected advantage (e. g., over
enemy).
aube, f., dawn, daybreak; float, float-board; paddleboard
(of a side wheel); bucket (of a turbine,
water-wheel, etc.); (ham.) side-bar of a pack
saddle;
mobile, feathering paddle;
roue d, s, paddle-wheel.
aubere, a., (hipp.) composed of white and of red
hairs intermingled (coat); m., coat of intermingled
red and white hairs, horse of such a
color. (According to some, aubere= flea-bitten,
but that is rather mouchete.)
auberise', a., (hipp.) containing white hairs (said
of a chestnut or bay coat, flea-bitten, according
to some; but see aubere).
auberon, m., bolt-staple; catch of a lock.
auberonniere, f., clasp (of a lock), staple-plate.
aubier, m., sap-wood;
double , (lit., "double sap") frozen sapwood
remaining in a tree (causes decay, etc.).
aubin, m., (man.) defective gait, consisting of a
gallop with fore, and trot or amble with hind,
legs;
aller de I' , to go at the aubin;
de derri&re, aubin in which the hind legs do
the galloping.
de devant, aubin in which the fore legs gallop.
aubiner, v. n., (man.) to go at the aubin.
audience, f., audience, hearing; (law) hearing of
a case; (mil.) sitting, session, of a court-martial.
auditeur, m., (mil.) term used in France to-day
for the judge advocate of foreign services;
general, judge-advocate-general
other than French);
(of services
superieur,
(not French).
deputy judge-advocate-general
audition, f., (mil. law.) hearing of witnesses.
auditoriat, m., (mil. law.) judge-advocate-general's
department (of services other than French).
auge, f., hod, trough; watering trough; bucket
(of a wheel); (hipp.) hollow or channel in the
under part of a horse's head, between his lower
jaws;
abreuvoir, horse trough (wood or concrete);
bgoudron, tar bucket;
de roulage, (powd.) under roller-stone, bed;
de trempage, (expl.) dipping-trough (guncotton
manufacture).
augec, f., hodful, troughful.
auget, m., small trough, bucket (of a water-wheel);
(sm. a.) spoon cartridge-carrier, feed plate,
platform, cartridge-hopper; (r. f. art.) feedslot,
feed-hole; (cons.) trough-shaped filling
(plaster) in floors between beams; (art.) groove
of a rocket frame; (mil. min.) wooden trough
or channel to hold a saucisson, q. v.;
de chargement, (r.f. art.) loading-hole;
boite d' , (sm. a.) carrier box or casing;
pivotant, (sm. a.) rotating cartridge-carrier;
de repetition, (sm. a.) feed-trough, spoon, car-
tridge-carrier;
roue & s, overshot wheel;
& tiroir, (sm. a.) sliding platform or cartridgecarrier.
aulire, f., canvas awning.
aulne, m., alder (wood and tree).
aumdnerie, f., chaplain's headquarters;
militaire, body of chaplains.
aumdnier, m., chaplain.
aune, m., alder (wood and tree); f., ell (measure).
auraie, f., (nav.) mooring stone or block.
aurore, f., dawn, daybreak.
aussiere, f., (cord) hawser;
en , hawser laid;
commis en , hawser laid;
& touer, towline.
austo, m., (mil. slang) guard-room, cell,
austral, a., southern.
autarelle, f., rowlock (i. e., thole, pin).
autel, m., altar; (tech.) fire-bridge; part of furnace
through which flame passes on leaving fire
hole;
d'eau, (steam) water-bridge;
grand , (met.) fire-bridge;
renverse, (steam) water-bridge.
autoclave, m., (steam) manhole lid (French
boiler).
autocopiste, m., copying, reproducing, machine
(letters, etc.).
autodiagrammateur, a., giving a diagram automatically,
autodiagrammatic.
auto-excitateur, a., (elec.) self-exciting (dynamo,
etc.).
auto-excitation, f., (elec.) self-excitement.
autographe, m., autograph;
instant'ane, improved cyclostyle (copying instrument).
autographic, f., autography; press-copy; transfer
(of a drawing, etc., to the lithographic stone,
by means of prepared paper).
autograpbier, v. a., to make a press-copy.
automate, m., automaton; a., automatic,
a utomaticite, f.? general term for automatic qualities
(as of an automatic gun, etc.).
automatique, a., automatic.
autometre, m., (inst.) autometer.
autonome, a., autonomous; (mil.) said of depart-
ments depending directly on the minister or
secretary of war.
autopsie, f . , autopsy.
autorfeduction, I., (top., etc.) direct determination
of length of a line of sight, reduced to the
horizon.