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tuyauterle, f., piping;
d'aspiration, (much.) inlet piping:
d'tchappement, (mach.) exhaust piping.
type, m., type:
alpin, ( Fr. a.) (of machine-gun companies)
mountain type; (pack transport);
colonial, (Fr. a.) colonial type (of organizations);
ulan, m., (mil.) uhlan (usually spelled uhlan).
units, f., unit, unity; (mil.) troop unit;
s d'assaut, m. , (mil. ) troops told off for assault;
s d'aUa-que, (mil.) troops told off for attack;
d'origine, unity of origin, with special reference
to ( Fr. a.) the effort made to get all officers
from one and same source;
v, (letter);
longitudinal, (aero.) longitudinal diedral
angle;
transversal, (aero.) diedral angle.
va icon-lit, m., (r. r.) sleeping car.
vague, f., wave; (mil.) wave of gas (gas attack);
(mil.) line of assaulting troops, wave;
d'assaut, (mil.) assaulting wave;
de nettoyage, (mil.) wave following the assaulting
wave, and charged with the duty of
"mopping up" the captured trenches; wave or
line of trench cleaners, trench '
'moppers."
vaincre, v. t., to conquer, overcome;
le poids mort, (mach.) to overcome dead
centers.
valise, f., valise, bag;
diplomatique, embassy dispatch bag.
valve, f., (mach.) valve;
fausse , false valve (used in inserting an air
chamber, pneumatic tire).
valvollne, f., (mach.) a generic term for cylinder
oils.
vanne, f . , valve;
d'ctranglement, (mach.) (sort of) throttling
valve.
vannerie, f., side baskets (of a motor car).
vapeur, m., (nav.) steamer;
cdbher, cable ship;
d turbine, turbine steamer.
vapeur, f., steam;
surchauffee, superheated steam.
vareuse, f., (unif.) blouse;
h capuchon, (unif.) cyclist's hooded jacket
(Fr.a.).
variole, f., smallpox; pigeon pox (pigeons).
vase, m., vessel;
a niveau constant, (mach.) float chamber.
vedette, f., vedette, (aero.) French military dirigible
cubing 2,000-4,000 meters (obs^.
vghicule, m., vehicle;
automoteur, (auto.) automobile;
b, boggie moteur, (auto.) motor truck;
hippomobile, horse-drawn vehicle;
de transport, generic term for omnibuses,
autobuses, etc.
velo, m., (/am.) bicycling.
VelocimStre, m., (any device to measure speed);
speedometer.
venir, v. n., to come;
d'une seule piece avcc, to be in one piece with,
>o be one with, integral with.
vent, m., wind;
dominant, prevailing wind.
type de France, (Fr. a.) metropolitan type (of
organizations, as distinguished from colonial);
hors de France, (Fr. a.) foreign service type
(of organizations), colonial type;
mixte, ( Fr. a.) combined type (pack and
wheel transport);
mixte-type alpin, ( Fr. a.) combined alpine or
mountain type.
unitfi reservee, (mil.) reserve body of troops, to
follow up an attack.
; u-Ii loir, m., urinal.
usure, f., wear;
lutte d'-^-, (mil.) (term applied to the war 1914to
describe its wearing-out character) wearingdown
conflict, attrition contest.
ventilateur, m., (mach.) fan;
helico'ide, spiral fan;
en nids d'abeilles, (auto.) honeycomb radiator;
de remplissage, (aero.) filling sleeve, air intake;
ft, tubes, tubular radiator.
ventilation, f., ventilation:
par refoulement, ventilation by driving out
noxious gases.
ventre, m., belly;
faire , (mil. fam.) to belly out, to bulge (of
poor revetments).
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