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vflo 479 venteux
ve"lo, m., (familiar abbreviation of velocipede) bi
cycle.
ve"loce, m., ordinary bicycle,
vfilocemaii, m., bicyclist.
vCIoeidrome, m., bicycle track.
velocimfetre, m., (ball.) veloeimeter;
& chariot, slide velocimeter;
ficylindre tournant, rotating cylinder velocimeter;
& diapason electrique, velocimeter with electrically
controlled tuning fork;
meter with electrically controlled tuning fork
and roaster ;
& diapason mecanique, ordinary tuning-fork
velocimeter;
fusil, gun volocimeter.
velocipede, m. , velocipede, ordinary;
bateau , water bicycle.
ve"locip6der, v. n., to "wheel," to bicycle.
v61ocip6deur, velocipedier, m., bicyclist.
ve'locipe'dique, a., relating to the bicycle;
service , (mil.) bicycle service.
velocipMiste, m., cyclist, bicyclist; (mil.) bicycle
dispatch rider.
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vSlocite,
f., speed, rate, swiftness, velocity.
velodrome, m., bicycle track.
vflographe, m., instrument for measuring the
speed of a bicycle, bicycle velocimeter.
velours, m., velvet;
& cotes, corduroy.
veltage, m., v. voltage.
velter, v. a., v. valter.
velture, f., v. valture.
velu, a., hairy, shaggy;
pierre e, rough stone.
vendre, v. a., to sell;
un cheval crins et queue, to sell a horse very
dear;
un cheval tout nu, to sell a horse without saddle
and bridle.
vengeance, f., vengeance, revenge.
venger, v. a., to avenge, revenge.
vengeur, a. m., avenging, avenger.
venir, v. n., to come, repair, proceed; arrive; to
come on, grow; to come out, off; to happen;
& I'appel, (cord.) to begin to draw, to come
into bearing;
to, bout de ses ennemis, to overcome one's enemies;
defonte, (fond.) to be cast on;
defonte avec, (fond.) to be cast on at the same
time with; to be cast in one piece with;
en aux mains, to begin to fight; (more esp.
mil.) to come to close quarters; to fight hand to
hand;
& point, (met.) to come to nature.
vent, m.. air, wind, gale; division of the compass;
(met.) blast; (mach.) clearance; (art.) windage
(smooth-bore muzzle-loading guns,obs.); blast
(of a projectile); difference between turned part
of the shoulder of a projectile and the caliber;
(nav.) weather gauge;
des ailettes, (art.) clearance of studs (obs.);
aire de , v. s. v. aire;
alize, trade wind;
oiler au plus pres (du ), v. pincer le ;
allcr contre et maree, to have the wind and tide
ahead;
d'amont, wind from upstream; shore wind,
offshore wind, land breeze;
arriere, fair wind;
au , in the wind; to windward, windward;
d'aval, wind from downstream; sea breeze;
avantage du , (nav.) weather gauge;
avoir arriere (devant), to have a following
(head) wind;
avoir le dessus du , (nav.) to have the weather
gauge;
avoir et maree, to have fair wind and tide;
avoir le sur un navire, (nav.) to have the
weather gauge of a ship;
blanc, a wind that does not blow up clouds;
vent bonfrais, strong breeze (8 meters per second);
bord du , v. cdtedu ;
bord de sous le v. , cdte de dessous le ;
bouffee de , capful of wind;
de bout, head wind;
chaud, (met.) hot blast;
chicaner le , (nav.) to beat;
conduit de . (met.) blast pipe;
contraire, head wind, foul wind;
cote de , weather side;
cote de dessous le, sous le, , lee side;
coulis, wind from a chink or crack- draueht
draughty wind;
coup de , gust of wind, squall;
dessus du , (nav.) weather gauge;
disputer le
, (nav.) to maneuver for the weather
gauge;
dominant, v. regnant:
donner le
, (met.) to blow; to turn on the blast;
(St. Ci/r slang) to bully; to "devil" (U. S. M. A )
droit debout, wind dead ahead; dead windechauffe,
(met.) hot blast;
itre au frun navire, (wot;.) to have the weather
gauge of a ship;
evite au . wind rode;
faible, light breeze;
fait, steady wind;
favorable, fair wind;
-follet, baffling wind;
force, gale; forced draught;
frais, fresh breeze (6 meters per second);
froid, (met.) cold blast;
fusil & , v. s. v. fusil;
gagner le , le dessus du , (nav.) to get the
weather gauge;
grain de , squall, sudden squall;
au gre du , with the wind;
grec, (in the Mediterranean) northeast wind;
impetueux, violent wind (15 meters per second);
du large, sea breeze;
du levant, levanter;
lit du , wind's eye;
manchcd, wind , sail;
mauvais foul , wind;
de mer, sea breeze;
mettre Vepee, flamberge, au , to draw (familiar);
moulinb , windmill;
de mousson, monsoon;
pincer le , (nav.) to sail close to the wind;
d'un piston, (mach.) piston clearance;
en plein in , the open air;
porter (le nez) au , (hipp.) to carry the head
high;
du projectile, (art.) windage;
les quatre s, the cardinal points;
rattier au, le, v. , pincer le ;
regnant, prevailing wind;
rose des s, v. s. v. rose;
rumb de , v. s. v. rumb;
serrer le v. , pincer le ;
de soldats, soldiers' wind;
sous le , (to) leeward, lee, a-lee;
tenir le v. , pincer le ;
des tenons, (art.) clearance of studs (obs.);
de terre, land breeze;
de travers, wind abeam;
les trente-deux s, the compass card.
vente, f., sale; felling of wood; place where timber
has just been felled;
contrat de , bill of sale;
aux encheres, sale by auction;
poudre de , v. s. v. poudre.
vente", p. p., driven by the wind;
arbrefaux wind -shaken , tree;
maree e, tide banked up by the wind.
venteau, m., sluice gate, water gate; air hole of a
bellows.
ventelle, f., valve or opening of a lock gate; sprinkling
brush.
venter, v. n., to blow hard or fresh (of the wind).
venteux, a., windy; (fond.) (of a casting) blistered;
del , windy sky.