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avis de transport, (Fr. a., adm.) notice of journey
of a detachment by rail, sent by c. o. of
regiment t *ne railway station of ure.depart-
aviso, m., (nav.) dispatch boat;
canonniere , gunboat, gun vessel;
mortier, mortar gunboat, mortar
torpilleur, torpedo gunboat.
avisse,
boat;
f . , screw-nail.
avitaillement, m., storing, victualing.
avitailler, v. a., to store, victual, provide
stores, supplies.
aviver, v. a., to sharpen, to make clean and
smooth (as an edge); to hew timber (square).
avives, f. pi., (hipp.) vives; parotid glands.
avocat, m., (law) advocate; pleader
before a
court-martial.
avoine, f., oats; (mil, slang) brandy; (in pi.)
standing oats;
boire son , (hipp.) to swallow oats, etc., without
mastication (sign of disease);
cariee, rusty, foxy oats;
charannounce, weevil-eaten oats;
charbonnee, smutty oats;
crgotee, oats affected by ergot;
folle , wild oats;
germee, oats that have begun to sprout;
moisie, musty oats;
du sac, one day's supply of oats carried
in the battery sack;
terreuse, dirty, badly winnowed oats.
avoir, v. a., to have, own, possess;
& la masse, de masse, la masse,
(Fr. a., adm.) excess of receipts over expenditures,
of the masse individuelle, q. v.
avoue, m., (law) solicitor, counsel.
axe, m. ; axis, axle, spindle, arbor; (sometimes)
rocking-shaft; shaft;
des abscisses, axis of abscissas;
d'arriere, trailing axle (of a locomotive);
d'avant, leading axle (of a locomotive);
babord, m., (nav.) port, port side of a vessel, boat;
(in steering) starboard (of the helm).
bac, m., ferry; ferryboat; (tech.) vat;
oblique, oblique ferry, trail ferry;
d, pontons, ponton raft;
ft traille, trail ferry;
d vapeur, steam ferry;
volant, flying ferry.
bacalas, m., cleat, fastening; sort of knee projecting
above the rowlocks.
bache, f., wagon cover (of canvas), cart tilt; pack
cover, manta; smallboat; (steam) cistern or tank
of a steam engine :
alimentaire, (steam, etc.) feed-water cistern;
d eaufroide, cold-water cistern;
de gonflement, inflating-canvas (of a balloon);
d huile, (met.) oil-tank;
de la pompe d air, hot well.
bac her, v. a., to cover a wagon with an awning;
to raise a tent.
bachot, m., small boat, generally flat bottomed.
baclage, m., mooring of boats side by side, for
unloading, etc.; closing of a port by chains,
cables, etc.
bacler, v. a., to make fast; to chain, bar up (a window,
a door); to close a port by chains, cables,
etc.; to moor boats,side by side, for loading and
unloading.
baderne, f., mat or paunch.
badlgeon, m., color or wash laid over a wall or
large surface.
badigeonner, v. a., to wash (a wall, etc.) with
color.
badlnant, m., spare horse in a team (obs.).
bagage, m., baggage; kit; luggage;
gros s, (mil.) heavy baggage, main baggage;
menu, (mil.) baggage or effects that can be
carried by the men;
plier , to run away, decamp.
B.
axe du barillet, (sm. a.) center-pin (of a revolver);
boulon d' , (mach.) a bolt that serves as an
axis or spindle;
coude, (mach.) crank', cranked axle;
& deux leviers opposes, (mach.) cross axle;
d'entrainement, (r. f. art.) hollow spindle
communicating motion to the breech-plug
(Canet);
d'explosion, (min.) line of least resistance;
galet, (mach.) rolling or movable axis (e. g.,
a pin rolling in a groove and serving as a movable
axis);
goupille d' , (mach.) pin that serves as an
axis;
meteur, (mach.) shaft, driving-shaft, drivingaxle;
dcs ordonnees, axis of ordinates;
du regulateur, (steam) governor spindle;
en T, (mach.) cross axle;
tournant & volonte, (mach.) revolving axle
(e. g., of a railway truck);
trou d' , (mach.) hole serving as a center of
rotation for a spindle;
de vis, (mach.) screw arbor.
axonge, m., hog-grease, melted and strained (constituent
of lubricant for care of arms).
ayant droit, m., (law) legally entitled person;
rightful claimant or owner,
azimut, m., azimuth; (inst.) azimuth circle.
azor, m. , (mil. slang) knapsack;
etre & cheval sur , to shoulder the knap-
azotate, m., (chem.) nitrate.
.azote, m., (chem.) nitrogen.
azote, a., (chem.) nitrogenized;
poudre e, (expl.) nitrogen powder, generic
term for modern nitrogenized smokeless
powders,
azotyle, m., (chem.) azotyl.
bagne, m., galleys, hulk.
bagnolette, f., tarpaulin (for covering guns,
etc.).
baguage, m., (art.) operation of screwing on
the bague or base-rmg in De Reffye bronze
guns.
bague, f., (mach., art., etc.) ring, hoop, strap,
collar, sleeve; (cord.) grommet; (art.) centeringband,
rotating-band; base-ring (bronze De
Reffye gun); (sm. a.) circular impression left
in bore of rifle by the neck of a broken cartridgecase;
- d'appui, (in gen.) ring, collar, that serves
as a support; (art.) assembling or supporting
hoop (e. g., Hotchkiss 158); flange or
shoulder against which the winding abuts
(Longridge wire gun); - d'assemblage, collar, sleeve; - d'assemblage b, vis, screw collar or sleeve;
- d'attache, (art.) ring in which the wires
start (wire gun); - de ba'ionnette, (sm. a.) locking-ring of a
bayonet;
boulets rouges, (art.) hot shot bearer
- to,
(obs.);
de centrage, (art.) centering band (Hotch-
-directrice, (sm. a.) guide-ring; - &.d',
elingue, (cord.) rope sling;
--ecrou bush , washer-nut; - d'excentrique, (mach.) eccentric strap;
-fendue, (art.) split ring;
-- de garniture, (steam, etc.) packing-ring, piston
ring; - de presse-etoupes, (steam, etc.) packing-
. ring; -- h ressort, (art.) spring clip (of the De Bange
fermeture); - & - sertir, de sertissage, (art.) band-set-
ter (of a projectile), seating-collar or clamp;
- tube,
(steam) ferrule, tube-ferrule.
, a., (sm. a.) (of a barrel) defective (having
a ring or shoulder in the surface of the
bore).