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venteux 480 vermoiilure<br />

venteux, temps , windy weather.<br />

vcntilateur, m., ventilator, fan;<br />

-b, ailes, & ailettes, fan, blower;<br />

aspirant, aspirator, suction ventilator;<br />

& bras, ventilator worked "by hand;<br />

centrifuge, centrigugal ventilator;<br />

& cloche, Taylor's, Struve's, ventilator;<br />

& force centrifuge, centrifugal fan;<br />

rotalif, rotary blower;<br />

soufflant, blower.<br />

ventilation, f., ventilation; (law) valuation, estimate;<br />

putts de , ventilating, air, shaft;<br />

renversce, reverse ventilation (hot air down,<br />

cold air up).<br />

ventiler, v. n., to ventilate, fan; (law) to estimate;<br />

machined, , ventilating engine.<br />

one piece with; integral;<br />

mal , badly done.<br />

ver, m., worm;<br />

de digues, teredo nayalis;<br />

de mer, v. de digues;<br />

pique aux, des, s, worm-eaten;<br />

ronge aux, des, s, worm-eaten;<br />

taret, tariere, v. de digues;<br />

de vaisseaux, v. de digues.<br />

verbal, a., spoken, verbal, by word of mouth;<br />

proces , v. proces-verbaL<br />

verbaliser, v. n., to make a statement of facts, a<br />

formal statement; to make an official report<br />

(proems-verbal).<br />

verboquet, m., (cord.) guy for steadying a weight<br />

(in hoisting).<br />

ver-coquin, m.. (hipp.) staggers'.<br />

verdet, m., verdigris;<br />

naturel, carbonate of copper.<br />

verdict, m., verdict, finding;<br />

prononcer, rendre, un , to bring in a verdict,<br />

finding.<br />

verdillon, m., bent crowbar, pinch bar.<br />

verdir, v. a. n., to paint green; to be<strong>com</strong>e covered<br />

with verdigris.<br />

verge, f., rod, wand, switch; handle, shaft, spindle;<br />

beam of certain balances; (hipp.) penis; (surv.)<br />

surveyor's rod;<br />

de I'ancre, anchor shank;<br />

d'arpenfeur, (insl.) surveyor's rod;<br />

de calibre, (art.) gauge for the bore;<br />

de charpentier, foot rule;<br />

du collier, (harn.) fore wale;<br />

& <strong>com</strong>pensation, <strong>com</strong>pensating rod;<br />

s crenelees, nail rod iron;<br />

Main en s, bar tin;<br />

verge, faire passer par les s, (mil.) to flog through<br />

the lines (obs.);<br />

faisceau de s, bundle of rods;<br />

defer, iron rod;<br />

fer en , rod iron;<br />

de fusee, (artif.) rocket stick;<br />

de girouetle, vane spindle;<br />

de netloyage, (mach.) cleaning iron;<br />

d'or, (inst.) Jacob staff, cross staff;<br />

s du parallelogramme, (mach.) parallel rods;<br />

passer pzr les s, to run the gauntlet;<br />

de pompe, pump spear.<br />

vergeage, m., measuring with a yardstick.<br />

vergeie, m., a soft calcareous stone.<br />

verger, m., orchard.<br />

ventiller, v. n., v. vantiller.<br />

ventillon, m., valve closing the air hole of a bellows.<br />

ventouse, f., (met., cons., etc.) ventilator, air hole,<br />

vent; (med., hipv.) cupping glass.<br />

ventre, m., belly; body; swell or curve; (met.)<br />

belly of a blast furnace;<br />

avale, (hipp.) pot-belly;<br />

avoir (ne pas avoir) du , (hipp.) to be too full<br />

(thin) in the belly;<br />

de biche, (hipp.) fawn-bellied (color);<br />

d'un chien de fusil, (sm. a.) breast;<br />

courir & terre. to go at full speed;<br />

elre sur le , (art.) to lie on ground (of a dismantled<br />

gun);<br />

. faire to bulge out, swell out; to lean, lean<br />

over (01 a wall);<br />

du haut fourneau, (met.) belly of a blast<br />

furnace;<br />

lave, v. de biche:<br />

levreltc, (hipp.) greyhound belly;<br />

mal au , (hipp.) belly fretting;<br />

marcher sur le a, to make head against;<br />

de la noix, (sm. a.) swell or curve of the<br />

tumbler;<br />

passer sur le h, to make head against;<br />

h de poisson, fish-bellied;<br />

& terre, at full speed, with whip and spur;<br />

tombant, v. avaU;<br />

de vache, v. avale.<br />

ventriere, f., (harn.) girth; sling (for hoisting<br />

horses); (cons.) palisade riband (about halfway<br />

up); post for the verger, v. a., to measure (cloth) with a yardstick.<br />

vergette, f., hoop<br />

planking of a sluiceway.<br />

venu, p. p., de fonte, (fond.) cast on, cast in,<br />

of a drum; (in pi.) brush; bundle<br />

of rods;<br />

de roulage, flesh hoop of a drum.<br />

vergeure, f., wire-mark in paper;<br />

verglas, m., sleet.<br />

vergne, m., alder tree.<br />

vergue, f., (nav.) yard;<br />

& , yardarm and yardarm.<br />

vCrificateur, m., examiner, inspector; gauge,<br />

calipers, sliding calipers; standard;<br />

de I'ame et des rayures, (art.) bore and rifling<br />

gaus;e;<br />

de la butee, (art.) instrument for gauging the<br />

seating of a projectile;<br />

calibre , (ari., etc.) gauge;<br />

cylindre , v. s. v. cylindrc;<br />

de dressage, (sm. a.) an instrument to test<br />

the straightness<br />

of barrels;<br />

d'cnsemble, (sm. a.) an instrument to verify<br />

the angle made by the last element of a gun<br />

barrel with the line of sight;<br />

de l'excentri

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