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vapeur 478 velitcs
vapeur h helice, screw steamer;
humide, wet steam;
impermeable a la v. contenant la , ;
interceptee, v. coupee;
Jeter de la v. donner de la , ;
jumeau, twin steamer (as for channel or
river work);
laisser echapper la to blow off , steam;
lumiereh , steam port;
machined, steam , engine (v. s. v. machine);
machine b, detente de , expansion engine;
marcher b la , (nav.) to steam;
marteau h, steam , hammer;
matelas de steam , cushion;
mettre de la, en, , to steam; to put on steam,
get up steam;
mixte, combined, mixed, steam; water and
steam;
mouittee, wet steam;
moulind, , steam mill;
navigation^, la , steam navigation;
navireft , steamer;
non-saturee, nonsaturated steam;
obtenir de la, , to get up steam;
orifice b, , v. lumiere ft,
;
ouverture de la -
, steam port;
paquebotb, steam , packet;
perdue, waste steam;
pilote, steam pilot boat;
piston & , steam piston;
en pleine , at full steam, under full steam;
prise de , taking, drawing, delivering, of
steam; steam dome; mouth of the steam at the
boiler;
produire de la , to generate steam;
qui a servi, v. perdue,'
rechauffee, superheated steam;
regeneree, v. rechauffee;
registre de , throttle valve; .
regulateur de , steam regulator;
remorqueur & , steam tug;
reservoir de la , steam chamber, reservoir (not
to be confounded with steam room);
& roues, paddle (wheel) steamer;
saturee, saturated steam;
sechage de la , drying of steam;
seche, dry steam;
siffletb, , steam whistle;
sous , under steam;
supprimer la to cut , off steam;
surchauffee, superheated steam;
tenir la , to be steam-tight;
a toute , at full steam, under full steam;
trompetted , steam siren;
tuyau b steam , pipe;
tuyau d'apport de la steam , pipe;
tuyau de communication de la v. , tuyau b ;
tuyau de prise de la . v. tuyau ti ;
b, une roue, stern-wheeler;
vesiculeuse, wet steam;
voitured steam , carriage;
volume de , steam space.
vaporifere, m., steam generator.
vaporisateur, m., vaporizer; (steam') system of
tubes of a Belleville boiler.
vaporisation, f., vaporization;
puissance de , evaporating power.
vaporiser, v. a., to steam, vaporize.
vaquer, v. n., to be unfilled (office); to be vacant,
unoccupied (house, room);
ft, to attend to, apply one's self to.
varangue, f., (nav.) floor timber.
varec(li), m., wrack, wreckage, sea-wrack.
varenne, f., waste lands.
vareuse, f.. (nav.) pilot coat, jumper; (unif.) loose
jacket for undress duties (fatigue jacket; overalls).
variable, a., m., variable, changeable, unsteady;
au , on the change.
variation, f., variation; variation (of the needle,
etc.);
du compas, variation of the compass.
varice, f., varicose vein; A arix;
du jarret, (hipp.) blood spavin.
varicocele, m., varicocele;
du jarret, (hipp.) blood spavin.
varie, p. p., varied;
terrain , (top.) broken, varied, ground.
varier, v. a. n., to vary, change; (of a wind, current,
etc.) to shift; (of the needle) to be unsteady.
variole, f., smallpox.
variometre, m., (inst.) variometer.
variqueux, a., varicose.
varlope, f., large carpenter's plane; (artif.) rocket
press;
dem i two-handled , plane;
onglee, molding plane, match plane.
varme, f.. (met.) twyer plate of a fining-forge
crucible.
vase, f., mud, ooze (at the bottom of rivers, lakes,
the sea, etc.); (in pi.) mud flats;
bane de mud , bank;
fond de , muddy bottom.
vase, m., vessel, vase;
clos, closed vessel;
de condensation, condenser (distillation, etc.);
poreux, (elec.) porous cell.
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vase,
a.,/om , muddy hay.
vaseline, f., vaseline.
vaseux, a., muddy, slimy, miry.
vasiere, f., mud hole; muddy, miry, stretch oi
country.
vasistas, m., bull's-eye window.
vason, m., piece of clay of which a brick or tile is
made.
vasque, f.. basin of a fountain.
vau, m., (top.) small valley; narrows of the gorge
of a valley (obs.);
d I'eau, with the stream, current;
d de route, (mil.) (of a defeat, rout) in the
utmost confusion, disorder.
veau, m., calf; calf leather, calfskin; (cons.) curved
piece cut out of a plank; curved back or block
of an arch center; (mil. slang) knapsack, "scranbag."
vecteur, m., vector;
arbre , v. s. v. arbre,'
. rayon radius vector.
vedette, f., (mil.) cavalry sentinel; vedette, mounted
sentry; (fort.) sentry box; watch tower
(rare); (in letters, etc.) conspicuous place for a
name, title, etc. ;
double, (mil.) double vedette;
&lre en
? (mil.) to be on vedette duty;
en , (mil.) on vedette duty; (in letters, printed
pages, etc.) conspicuous; displayed; placed so
as to catch the eye;
mettre en . to station or post on vedette duty;
simple, single vedette.
vChlcule, m., vehicle, carriage; (inst.) vehicle,
draw tube, slide.
vellle, f., keeping awake; eve, day before; watch,
watching; (nav.) lookout;
& la visible above water , (said of a projecting
or floating object);
ancre de . v. s. v. ancre;
en , v. d la ; (of an anchor) a-cockbill;
mettre b, la , to cockbill.
veiller, v. n., to stay or be awake; (nav. and in gen.)
to be on the watch, on the lookout; (of a buoy)
rock, etc., to be (partly) above water, in sight,
visible.
veilleuse, f., night light;
en , serving as a night light.
veillote, f., small haycock.
velnage, m., grain of wood; graining; (met.) ve'r-
Ing (defect).
velne, f., vein; streak, vein (defect in wood or
stone); underground spring; (min.) seam, lode,
vein;
barrcr la d un cheval, (hipp.) to bar a vein;
de bois, vein (defect) in wood;
d'eau, underground spring;
fluide, stream or jet issuing from a thinwalled
orifice; -
satellite, (hipp.) vein close to an artery;
sombre, (met.) mark or defect resulting from
a flattened or welded blowhole.
veineux, a., streaky, veined.
velin, m., vellum;
papier , v. s. v. papier.
vfilites, m. pi., ( Fr. a.) battalions of chasseurs to,
pied formed by Napelon I to furnish n. c. o. to
line regiments.