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Cseau, commission de , (Fr. a., r. r.) line commission;
(is assisted in war by a sous-commission):
de corps d'armee, (mil. telephone) army corps
telephone system;
d'ensemble, (mil. telephone) telephone system
(artillery);
general de commandement, (mil. telephone)
telephone system (forms part of the r6seau
d'arme"e); connecting the commanding general
with stations as far down as the postes de commandement
of the various corps; headquarters
telephone;
general de tir. (mil. telephone) artillery telephone
system (so designed as to permit batteries
to'use a great number of observation stations
without being directly connected to
them);
de I'interieur, (Fr. a., r. r.) all railways
under the authority of the minister of war
(v. ligne de demarcation, des armees, zone
des armees, and zone de I'interieur);
particulier de I'artitterie (mil. telephone) artillery
telephone system (artillery command and
units);
au ras du sol, (mil.) ground entanglement
(about 1 foot high);
de reglage (general), (art.) network of observation
points and connections;
de secours, (mil. telephone) relief system,
duplicate system (e. g., the reseau general
may be used in case a reseau particulier should
break down);
sous-commission de , v. commission de ;
telephonique, telephone system;
telephonique d 'observation el de reglage, (mil.
telephone) telephone fire observation and control
sj^stem;
en treillage metalligue, fence-wire entanglement.
reserve, a., (mil. telephone) private.
reservoir, m., (inst.) bulb (as of a thermometer,
etc.);
en charge, (mach.) gravity tank;
d'huile, (mach.) oil cup;
sous pression, (mach.) pressure tank.
resiliable, a., (adm., law) revocable, subject to
cancellation.
rfisilier, v. a., (law, adm.) to revoke;
resistance, f., resistance;
to, I'avancement, (aero.) drag, passive resist-
s passives, (aero.) body resistance, head
resistance;
s parasites, (aero.) head resistance;
de reglage, (elec.) rheostat resistance;
totalea I'avancement, (aero.) drag.
resonance, f., resonance: (elec.) resonance, tuning;
aigiie, sharp tuning;
en , tuned.
ressaisir, v. t., to seize again;
se , to pull one's self together (e. g., mil.,
the enemy, after a surprise).
ressaut, m., jog, shoulder; (mil. min.~) abrupt
change of level (in a gallery).
ressort, m., spring;
d'appui de chargeur, (mach. gun) magazine
stop spring;
d'armcment, (art.) cocking spring (trench
mortar);
amortisseur, buffer spring; shock absorbing
spring;
cantilever, the licrosse, upside down;
de chargeur, (mach. gun) magazine spring;
d crosse, three-quarter elliptic spring, crutch
spring;
d'ecartemcnt, (mach. gun) spreader;
d'embrayage, (mach.) clutch spring;
de Icvier arrltoir de canon, (mach. gun) barrel
catch spring;
longitudinal, side spring of a carriage, of a
motor car;
de percussion, (mil.) percussion spring of a
grenade;
& portitre, sort of bow spring;
ressort de rebondissement, (art.) striker return
spring;
rlcupSrateur, (mach. gun) recoil spring;
de recuperateur, (art.) recuperator spring;
de recuperation du canon, (mach. gun) recoil
spring;
de recuperation de culasse mobile (mach. gun)
main spring;
de securite. (sm. a., etc.) safety spring;
transversal, cross sprung, (of a carnage, motor
car);
trembleur, (elec.) make and break device or
contact, (regarded as a spring).
retard, m., (steam, mach.) lag;
d lafermeture de I'admission, closing lag;
& lafermeture del' 'echappement, exhaust(lag);
dl'ouverture de I'admission, admission lag.
retardataire, m., (mil.) laggard, (man who hangs
back in an attack or assault).
retenue, f., confinement;
tre en , to be confined to quarters.
reticule, m., graticule.
retombee, f., (mil.) fall of bullets (e. g., those fired
at air planes).
retour, m., return;
d'allumage, (mach.) back-fire;
de flamme, (mach.) back-fire;
de manivelle, kick, reverse stroke of crank;
du moteur, (mach.) back-fire, kick, reverse
stroke;
offensif, (mil.) (offensive return, attack to
recover a position, taken by the enemy, counter
thrust:
par la terre, (elec.) ground return.
retburne, a., (auto.) turned end for end (in races)
retourner, v. t., to turn;
une tranchee, (mil.) to turn a (captured)
trench against its original occupants (the enemy).
retrait, m., contraction; recess;
& mortier, (art.) mortar recess (in a trench).
retraite, f'. , ( mil . ) retirement ;
anticipee, (mil.) premature retirement, retirement
in advance of statutory date.
reunion, f., reunion;
des officiers, (mil.) officers' club.
revanche, f., revenge; (more specially sometimes,
and used without qualification), revenge for
1870-1871.
revernir, v. a., to revarnish.
revers, m., (mil.) (side of the trench opposite to the
parapet) reverse; edge or border of the counterscarp.
revStement, m., (mil.) revetment;
en planches, plank revetment;
en treillis metalligue, wire revetment.
revirement, m., reversal.
revue, f., (mil.) review;
d'adieux, (mil.) farewell review or parade
(case of a c. o. leaving the corps, of general going
on retired list, etc.);
d'incorporation, ( Fr. a.) inspection of recruits,
after joining;
passer la de, to inspect, examine;
passer une , (mil.) to inspect.
rhigolfcne, m., (chem.) rhigolene.
ricine, a., treated, coated, with castor oil.
ride, f., wrinkle;
de terrain, (top.) fold of the ground.
rideau, m., curtain;
ondule, (cons.) corrugated screen.
rigolo, m., (slang) revolver.
rince-boches, m., (mil. slang) the bayonet.
riverain, a., m., riparian, bordering on (a river,
sea, lake, road, forest, etc.):
Mat , bordering state, state bordering on a
sea, ocean, etc.
robinet, m., plug, faucet;
de decompression, (mach.) relief valve, relief
cock;