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FRENCH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. I. LENGTH. Metre, 3.281 feet. Decametre (10 metres), 32.81 feet. Kilometre (1,000 metres), 1093.633 yards (roughly, f mile. Myriametre (10,000 metres), 6.2138 miles. Decimetre (10th of a metre), 3.937 inches. Centimetre (100th of a metre), 0.3937 inch (roughly, 0".4). Millimetre (1,000th of a metre) 0.03937 inch (roughly, 0".04). II. AREA. Are (100 square metres), 0.0988 rood. Hectare (10,000 square metres), 2.471 acres. Centiare (1 square metre), 1.196 square yards. III. VOLUME. (A) SOLID. Stere (1 cubic metre), 1.31 cubic yards or 35 cubic feet, 547 cubic inches. Decastere (10 steres), 13.1 cubic yards. Decistere (10th of a stere), 3 cubic feet, 918.7 cubic inches. (Cubic meters are more convenient and are more frequently employed.) (B) LIQUID. Centilitre (100th of a litre), 0.02 pints. Decilitre (10th of a litre), 0.21 pints. (506) Litre (1 cubic decimetre), 1.0567 quarts. D6calitre (10 litres), 2.6417 gallons. Hectolitre (100 litres), 26.4177 gallons bushels. Kilolitre (1 cubic metre), 264.177 bushels. IV. WEIGHT. or 2.8377 Gramme (weight of 1 cubic centimetre of water in its state of maximum density, at 39 Fahr., or 4 degrees centigrade), 15.4325 grains tro;;. D6cagramme (10 grammes), 6.43 dwt. Hectogramme (100 grammes), 3.527 oz. avoir., or 3.216 oz. troy. Kilogramme (1,000 grammes), 2.2055 Ib. avoir., or 2.6803 Ib. troy. Quintal metrique (100 kilogrammes), 220.548 Ib. Millier, tonneau de mer (1,000 kilogrammes), (in land transport), tonne, 19 cwt. 12 oz. 5 dwt. Decigramme (10th of 1 gramme), 1.5432 grain. Centigramme (100th of 1 gramme), 0.15432 grain. Milligramme (100th of 1 gramme), 0.015532 grata. (Kilogramme is the only multiple of gramme in general use.) V. THERMOMETER. Centigrade, molting ice, 32 Fahrenheit. 100 Centigrade, boiling water, 212 Fahrenheit. Reaumur, melting ice, 32 Fahrenheit. 80 Reaumur, boiling water, 212 Fahrenheit.
RELATIONS BETWEEN DEGREES, GRADES, AND MILS (1,600 TO THE QUADRANT). 1 =lg 11^ 11" =17.78 mils (1,600 to quadrant). l x (sexagesimal)=l. v85 (centesimal) =0.30 mil. Ig =0 54' =16 mils. l v (centesimal) =32" (sexagesimal) =0.16 mil. 1 mil =3'22".5 =6. V 25. The German artillery employs: Field artillery mils system 1,600. Heavy artillery: ^ of a degree, or The circumference=5, 760, The quadrant =1,440. GRAMMATICAL ABBREVIATIONS IN USE IN MILITARY TELEGRAMS. Imdt Imm6diatement. Inter Inferieur. Mod Module. Ns Nous. Pp Perpendiculaire. Qq. Quelque. (507) Rapdt Rapidement. Ss Sous. Sup Superieur. Ts Tous. Vs.. ...Vous.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Document No. 95. Of
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PREFACE. In spite of the events of
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VIII AUTHORITIES. Equitation diagon
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SERVICE AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS. [T
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SERVICE AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS. XI
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a LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE
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about about, m., butt, butt-end; sh
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acier acier par reaction, reaction
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affaire 6 afffit affaire, f., affai
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agres 8 air agres, m. pi., (pont.)
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alfcze 10 allumeur aleze, f., v. al
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ambulance 12 amorce ambulance de ga
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angle 14 angle angle d'abaissement
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anse 16 appareil anse, f., handle,
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applique 18 arasement applique, f.,
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argonncrie 20 anne arconnerie, f.,
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arme 22 arret armee metropolitaine,
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arroser 24 aspiration arroser ses g
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assermenter 26 attachement assermen
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atterrissage 28 autorediiction atte
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avant-ioycr 30 avis avant-foyer, m.
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agues 32 balaneier bagues, f. pi.,
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an 34 baquet ban de reception, call
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arreaudage 36 bastiion barreaudage,
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atiniciit 38 batterie bailment mili
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atterie 40 battre batterie en sacs
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erne 42 billet berne, f., pavitton
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Weimc 44 tools bleime seche, deep-s
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oite 46 bordereau botte ft noyau, (
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ouclion 48 beaten bouchon porte-amo
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oussole 50 brancard boussole topogr
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aye seams. brayette,f.,y.bra
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ocher 54 bucher broclier trop & gra
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uttoir 56 cadence buttoir d'auget,
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cahier 58 calepin cahier de visile
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camp 60 cancvas camp, asseoir un ,
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canon 62 capitaine canon rond, (hip
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carabine carabine-ezprm, express ri
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cartouche 66 castration cartouche b
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cendrage 68 certiflcat cendrage, m.
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ctiaiiiec 70 champ chaiiiee, f., (s
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chantignole 72 charbonnure chantign
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charger 74 chasse charger en ligne,
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chaudiere 76 chef chaudiere, lit de
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chemise 78 chcval chemise de plomb,
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Cheval 80 cheval Clieval de sang, t
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chevalier 82 chien chevaline, a., (
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cinglage 84 cire, f., wax, sealing
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clef 86 code clef b, douille, key-w
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colichemarde 88 colonne colichemard
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combat 90 commandant combat isole,
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commissaire 92 commission commissai
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compas 94 compte compas b, diviser,
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condue tour 96 cong conducteur, a.,
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consommation 98 contre-brisure cons
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contre-poids 100 controter contre-p
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cordage 102 cornlcfae cordage en qu
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corps 104 coton-poudre corps, de su
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coulisseau 106 coup coulisseau, m.,
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coupe 108 courbe coupe en long, lon
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courroie 110 coussinet courroie cro
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crachement 112 creosote crachement,
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crochet 114 croquis crochet de bout
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cuirassement 116 curette cuirasseme
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damasquiner 118 debosser damasquine
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decharge 120 decommettre decharge,
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defaut 122 defournement defaut de l
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dejeter 124 dni6nager dejeter, v. r
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demobilisation 126 denture demobili
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depot 128 d$saimanter depot de remo
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deserter 130 ciesimioii deserter &
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devancer 132 direct devancer I'appe
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discretion 134 dissoudre discretion
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dod6cagone 136 double-joint dodecag
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dressage 138 dynamite dressage & la
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eau 140 Scart flush with the surfac
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tichaume 142 eclatcmeiit Cchaume, m
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6eole 144 ecoiivillon 8cole de la F
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COGI 146 electricity eflet(s) de ca
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embarrer 148 embrocher embarrer, v.
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emploi 150 enchevetrure emploi, ret
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enfant 152 engreiiage enfant(s) per
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ensablement disablement, m. , sand
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envie 156 envie, f., (mach.) the cu
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Spreuve 158 equipage Cpreuve des po
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erse 160 espace erse en bitord, sel
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essouffler 162 etalon essouffler, v
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6tat 164 gteindre Ctat de guerre, s
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gtrfcir 166 event r, v. a. r., to n
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executoirc 168 exploiter executoire
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fabricant 170 faire fabricant, m.,
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fardeau 172 faux-frais fardeau, m.,
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fermer 176 ferrure fermer deux obje
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feu 178 feuille feu de peloton, (in
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fil 180 filet fil (s) armes, (mil.)
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flammeche 182 flette flammeche, f.,
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fond 184 fond UPC fond, m., bottom
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force 186 format force (s) navales,
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fort 188 foudrc fort etudier le et
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four 190 fourneau four ft recuire U
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fouteau 192 franchise fouteau, m.,
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irein 194 front frein invisible, a
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fuseau 196 fusil fuseau d'aviron, g
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gacher 198 galet gacher la chaux, t
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gamelle 200 garde ramelle de cavale
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gare care de tete, (r. r.) reversin
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genie 204 giffard genie, maritime,
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godet 206 gousset godet & graisse,
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grand-cordon 208 grenade grand-cord
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grognard 210 gucrlin grognard, m.,
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guide 212 hache guide, m., guide, l
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hansiere 214 hausse hansiere, f., (
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hauts-paye 216 hcrminure haute-paye
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homogene 218 houille azicr- , (met.
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hydartlirosc 220 imperial hydarthro
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Incompatent 222 index incompetent,
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fnfirmerie 224 iiiiiavigabJIite 1 i
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instabie 226 intendance instable, c
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Intervertir 228 Ixomfetre intervert
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jarretiere 230 jeu Jarretiftre, L,
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joue 232 journ^e joue, f., cheek; s
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justesse 234 laehe Justesse d'un ti
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lame 236 lancement lame de, en,fer,
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largeur 238 legume largeur du jour,
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lever 240 levier lever rame, to lie
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Hhorte 242 ligne liberty dc languc,
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ligne 244 ligne ligne de manoeuvres
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limosinage 246 lit limosinage, limo
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logement 248 lotissage logement, of
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lunette 250 machine lunette, de cam
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machine 252 machine machine d creus
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casonnerie 254 magnetiser maconneri
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main 256 maitre main, en avant de l
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maladie 258 manchot maladie, f., il
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manipulateur 260 manometre manipula
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man-he 262 ma re lie man-he d'appro
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mareclial 264 marionnctte riiarf'oh
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marteau 266 masse marteau d dents,
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matelot 268 mecanisme matelot de I'
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mlanger 270 iner v. a., to mix, min
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mesurer 272 mettre mesurer 4 la vue
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meule 274 mine meule, trituration s
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misc 276 mi-vitcsse mlse hors de ba
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molester 278 Rionte-charge(s) moles
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mordache 280 mortier inordache, f.,
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mouillage 282 moulurer , m., wettin
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uvement 284 mur mouvernent de terra
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mutilation 286 nappe mutilation, f.
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navire 288 nez navire a he,Ikes jum
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niveau 290 noeud niveau de pente, i
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non-exerce 292 nu non-exerce, a., (
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oblique 294 obus oblique, marche ,
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cell 296 officer cell du pirot de l
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ohm 298 ordonnancement ohm, m., (el
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ordre 300 ortie ordre, service d' ,
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outrer 302 ouvrage outrer, v. a., t
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pagaie 304 palan pairaie, f.. paddl
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palme palme(s) academiques, in Fran
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paquet 308 pare paquet de cartouche
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parisien parisien, m., lubber, clum
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pas 312 passe-port 'mse, Engli - de
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pa to nte 314 pause patente nelte,
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pays 316 peloton -, pays, plat, (mi
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penture 318 perd-fluide penture, f.
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perspectif i>erspectif, a., perspec
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piece 322 piece pifcce d'arlillerie
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pierre 324 pilastre plerre aimantee
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pingard 326 piquet pincard, m. , ho
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piston 328 place piston a rainures,
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plan 330 planchette plan perspectif
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plaque 332 plateau plaque de toitur
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plat re 334 plomb platre mouline, p
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poignee 336 point polgnGe-magasin,
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pompe 340 pont pompe d>'alimentatio
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pont 342 port pont dejonc, brushwoo
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porte-auge 344 porte-fourrean porte
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porter 346 poser porter au vent, (m
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poste 348 poteau poste d'amarrage,
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poudrc 350 poulie poudre de guerre,
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pourtour 352 pouti pourtour, m., ci
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prendre 354 presidence prendre Us a
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prevenir 356 prise prtvenir un ch?v
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profit 358 prolongation profit inte
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prud'homme 360 puits prud'homme, m.
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quantite 362 quatre quantite de mou
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queue 364 rabattre queue d'une rade
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acinal 366 ragrer racinal de pont,
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alingue 368 rampin ralliigue, f., (
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anger 370 rapprocher ranger du mond
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ater 372 rayon rater, v. a. n., (of
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ebeUe 374 recevoir rebelle, a., reb
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econnaissance 376 rectiflcateur rec
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edresse 378 reforme redresse, f., (
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egagner 380 regir regagner, v. a.,
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egiement 382 rein reglement de mano
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elever 384 remise relever un navire
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emplissage 386 rgnetter remplissage
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entrer 388 rcpas rentrer Us avirons
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epller 390 reprise replier, se - su
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esilier 392 ressort resilier, v. a.
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ctablir 394 retour rttablir, se , (
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etranchement 396 revetement retranc
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ia 398 rive rla, m., v. rea. riaule
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obinet 400 romaine robinet de decha
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ondelle 402 roue rondelle d'obturat
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joue 404 roulage roue, moyeu de d a
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oute 406 rugueux route, livrer une
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sablier 408 sac sablier, m., hourgl
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sainte-foarbe 410 sal ut sainte-bar
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sape pied & pied, single or full sa
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schako 414 scorie schako, m., (unif
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secret, auT- in close , confinement
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semaine 418 sentinclle semaine, de
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serpentin 420 serrure serpentin,^ v
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service 422 service service de deux
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sffcge 424 signataire siege en form
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societe 426 soleil societe de tir,
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sonde 428 soudabilit$ sonde de pomp
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soulavement 430 soupape soulevement
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sous-longeron 432 spectre sous-long
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station 434 subsistance station de
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support 436 surete support(s) de la
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suspect 438 table suspect, lieu, pa
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tache 440 talon tache, mettreh la ,
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tampon 442 tarage tampon, m., plug,
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teillagc 444 temperature teillage,
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tenir 446 tentie tenir la bride Tia
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terrassement 448 tertre teirassemen
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tete 450 tige tte de tampon, buffer
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tir 452 tir tir de baiter ie. batte
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tir 454 tirer tir, vitesse de , rat
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tiroir 456 tole llrolr, equilibrer
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torchon 458 torsion torchon, m., ru
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tour 460 tourillon tour poupce de ,
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tournoienieiit 462 train tournoieme
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trait 464 tranehec trait, dcssin au
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transport 466 travail transport, mo
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traverse 468 trepan traversed mouve
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tricyclette 470 trot tricyclette, f
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troupe 472 tube troupe(s) {['operat
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turlutine 474 tuyfcre turlutine, f.
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usance 476 val usance (thirty days
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vapeur 478 velitcs vapeur h helice,
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venteux 480 vermoiilure venteux, te
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vertige 482 vif vertige abdominal,
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vis 484 vis vis, f., screw, especia
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visite 486 vote visite periodique,
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voile 488 voix voile, m., veil; pre
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TOltC 490 voyage Volte, demi v. , d
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A attelge (said of a battery). {Xj
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A. A" Anglo-arabe. A. C. T automobi
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J* Jetx'se Pier, jetty, mole. K Ker
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aeromarin 510 allumage aeromarin, m
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aiinuaire 512 arm annuaire, m., dir
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assembler 514 avion assembler, v. t
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allon 516 bailment ballon ramener u
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leu 518 bottine bleu, petit , (/aw.
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igadier 520 cage brigadier de lir.
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canton 522 cartouche canton, m., (F
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chambrc 524 chasse-clavette chambre
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chronographe 526 clou chronographe,
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commissaire 528 conductance commiss
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eorbeau 530 coureuv corbeau, m., cr
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croiser 532 debat croiser, v. t., t
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deflecteur 534 derivation deflecteu
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direction 536 droit direction des S
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6erou 538 eiiclenche Scrou de bloca
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escadrille 540 eventail escadrille
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feu 542 force feu, direction du , (
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Fritz 544 gare Fritz, m., proper na
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grade 546 gyroplane grade de veille
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implanteur 548 joint implanteur, m.
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lechage 550 lighc lechage, m., lick
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maison 552 marque maison d'invalide
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mettre 554 moteur mettre au point,
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non-remise 556 offleier non-remise,
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panneau 558 pavolser panneau d' Ide
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pigeon 560 plan pigeon de mobilisat
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poignge, f., handle; de maintien, (
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poste 564 projectile poste de T. S.
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adeau-masque 566 rearmer radeau-mas
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egulation 568 rSseau regulation, f.
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obinet 570 sape robhiei & deux bran
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seringue 572 sous-commissaire serin
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tablier 574 territoriale tablier, m
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tir 576 traction tir de progression
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tremblcur 578 tuyau trembleur, m.,
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vibrateur 580 voiturc vibrateur, ra
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zone 532 zyeuter zone, f., zone; (m
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