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caler 59 camp
caler, v. a., to chock, scotch (wheels); to key; to
- wedge, wedge in; (nav.) to draw (so many feet
of water); to strike, lower colors; (inst.) to
level (as a transit); to adjust in a given position,
to set, to clamp (an instrument when set
up); (mach.) to set (e. g., the cranks of pumps
coupled up together); (elec.) to give the "brushes
their lead; (art.) to jam (a turret, or a gun, by
a well-placed shot) ;
& chaud (froid), (mach.) to force, press on
hot (cold);
Ics roues, to chock, scotch, wheels;
se , to be keyed on.
calfait, m., calking iron.
calfat, m., calking, calker, calking iron;
fer de , calking iron;
f er de double, calker's making-iron;
maillet de , calking mallet.
calfatage, m., calking,
calfater, v. a., to calk;
maillet & , calking mallet.
calfateur, m., calker.
calibrate, m., (macJi., sm a., art., etc.) operation of
giving a piece its exact form and dimensions;
calibration, gauging; verification of form and
dimensions by means of gauges, templets,
etc.; verification of the caliber of a cylinder
esp. of the bore of firearms); (sm. a.) in manufacture,
the increase in the diameter of a boring,
and removal of irregularities left by first boring.
calibre, m., gauge, templet; calipers; wire-gauge;
(art., sm. a.) caliber; (art.) fuse-gauge, shotgauge;
d'un arbre, (mach.) diameter of a shaft, axle;
compos de
> calipers;
coulant, sliding gauge;
& dcbiter, model (sm. a., gunstock model);
d entailles, stand measure, surface length
measure; line-standard;
lire de , to be of proper size, caliber, diameter,
etc.;
fort et faible, maximum and minimum
gauge;
pros , (art.) large caliber (24 om and above);
moyen (art.) medium caliber, 90mm to 19om ;
petit , (art.) small caliber, 37 to 65""*;
pour pas de vis, screw-pitch gauge;
type, caliber gauge.
calibre, a., sized, of proper size and form, fitted to
size;
chatne e, sprocket chain, pitch-chain.
calibrer, v. a., to take, measure, the size, of; to
gauge; to measure with calipers, gauge, etc.;
to calibrate an instrument; (art., sm. a.) to
take, measure, the caliber of a gun, to fix the
caliber of a firearm and of its projectile according
to determined rules;
une bouche & feu, un projectile, (art.) to
gauge a gun, a projectile.
aalice, m., (art., sm. a.) cup of a fuse, of a primer;
-
(artif.) mouth of a rocket-case.
callorne, f., (cord.) purchase-tackle, any large 2or
3-fold tackle;
de retenue, retaining tackle.
calme, a., calm; m., calm (no wind);
plat, dead calm.
calorie, f., calorie (unit of heat);
gramme-degre, v. petite ;
grande , (unit) amount of heat necessary
to raise 1 kilogram of water from C. to 1
'-kilogramme, v. grande ;
negative, amount of heat taken out, as by
a freezing mixture, etc.;
petite , (unit) amount of heat necessary to
raise one. gram of water from C. to 1 C.
calorifere, m., heater, heating apparatus; a.,
heat-conducting;
d, air, hot-air apparatus;
& eau, hot-water heating apparatus;
fi la vapeur, steam heater.
calorifuge, a., nonconducting (of heat).
calorimetre, m., calorimeter.
calorimetiie, f., calorimetry.
calot, m., (unif.) stable cap; crown of a Mpi or
shako.
calottage, m., capping, heading.
calotte, f., cap, knob, head; (unif.) stable cap
(mounted troops); (sm. a.) back piece of a
sword hilt, steel cap, of the Schmidt rifle bullet,
butt cap of a revolver; (inst.) spherical cup
or bearing (as of a plane table); (fort.) roof of
a cupola, skin or
lining
of a cupola roof, of
overhead turret armor; (art.) cap or capping of
a projectile;
checUa, (unif.) fez, sort of fez worn by
zouaves;
de campagne, (unif.) sort of Scotch cap;
d'ecurie, (unif.) stable cap;
spherique, (fort.) head or cover (as of a land
turret).
calpin, m. v.,calepin.
calquage, m., act, operation, of tracing (a drawing).
caique, m., tracing, copy, counterdrawing.
caique, m., the same as dessin caique.
calquer, v. a., to make a tracing (of a drawing),
to trace;
papier & , tracing paper;
toile & , tracing cloth.
calquoir, m., tracing-point or instrument.
calus, m., callosity, blister.
camail, m., (hipp.) blanket covering the forehand
of a horse (sick horses, horses from remount
establishments, while on the road).
camarade, m., comrade; (mil. slang) regimental
hairdresser;
batteries par , v. s. v. batterie;
battre par , v. s. v. battre;
s de chambree, (mil.) men of same squad-room;
s de combat, (mil.) men that must not separate
during drill in dispersed order, nor in
battle;
s de lit, bedmates (during routes).
cambouis, m., oil and dirt, turned black by friction,
dust, etc., on the bearing parts, working
parts, of machinery, etc.
cambre, m., cambering, bulging.
cambre, a., curved, bent, broken-backed, (of a
shoe) blocked; (hipp.) bow-legged (fore legs).
cambrement, m., curving, cambering, bulging,
bending*
canibrer, v. a., to bend, curve, crook, warp,
cast.
cambrion, m., shank, waist piece of a shoe.
cambriser, v. a., (mil. min.) to plank the gallery
of a mine.
cambrure, f., bend, curve, flexure; arch of the
instep; curve, hollow, of the instep of a shoe,
of the foot; filling (of a shoe); (sm. a.) curve of
a sword blade.
came, f. (mach.) cam, lifter, wiper, tappet; cog;
& s, cogged, fitted with cams;
d bander, cocMng-cam (machine guns);
de detente, trigger-cam, tappet;
fixe, "island" cam (Maxim r. f. mach.
gun);
de mawzuvre, action-cam (Nordenfeldt);
de platine, lock-cam (Gardner).
camelote, f., poorly done work; trash, poor stuff;
worthless merchandise.
camion, m., tsuck, dray; (art.) sling-cart;
d dynamite, (expl.) dynamite truck of the
French engineer park.
camionnage, m., transportation of material be-
tween railway and storehouse.
camisade,f., (mil.) night attack (obs.).
camisard, m., (mil. slang) soldier of the bataillon
d'Afrique (punishment corps).
camouflet, m., (mil. min.) camouflet (i. e., a mine
producing no exterior crater);
contrepuits. camouflet intended to act as
a contrepuits (i. e., to destroy shafts, etc., of
the attack without damage to the defense),
and prepared by boring from a gallery;
machine & s, camouflet-borer (sort of auger).
camp, m., (mil.) camp, encampment;
aligner un , to lay out a camp;