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certificat 69 chaine
certificat de bonne vie et mceurs, civil document
setting forth correct life and morals, to be furnished
by every Frenchman who offers himself
for enlistment;
de cessation de paiement, certificate show-
Ing up to what date pay has been received,
and the stoppages, if any, to be made (final
statements, U.S. A.);
de certificate of medical in-
contre-visite,f
spection or examination, given as a check, or
serving as a check, on a previous medical
inspection (sick leave, discharge from hospital,
etc.);
d' entree, de rentree, en solde, certificate
of return to a status of pay (suppressed in
d'examen, medical certificate of examination
for the retired list in all grades, and for
reforme No. 1 in case of the men;
< d' exemption, certificate of total unfitness for
military service;
d'incurabilite, certificate of chief surgeon
of a hospital (on demand of reforme, by officers,
etc.) of incurable disability not incurred in
line of service;
de non-opposition, certificate that no objection
to payment exists, on presentation of a
check or order at a caisse other than that on
which drawn;
d'origine de blessures ou d'infirmites, attest
that wounds, maladies, etc., have been receded
in line of duty;
de presence sous les drapeaux, a certificate
of presence with the colors, issued under
certain conditions, on demand of interested
. parties;
de verification, medical certificate, check on
d'examen;
de vie, document vouching for the holder's
being alive on a certain date, and required
before certain payment can be made;
- de visite, medical certificate given in certain
well-defined cases (sick leave, transfer
from one arm to another, etc.).
certifler, v. a., to certify;
une copie, to make "a true copy."
ct'ruse, f., white lead.
cervelle, f., brain; (of earths, soils) cohesiveness.(?)
cessation, f., cessation, stop (of hostilities, payment,
etc.)
cesse, v. a., (in commands') avast! (heaving); (art.)
halt!
cession, f., cession (of territory); (mil. adm.} issue
or grant from one department of the army to
another.
enable, f., (cord.) stout rope passed through a
pulley for raising a weight.
chableau, m., (cord.) towline, warp.
chabler, v. a., (cord.) to fasten a rope to anything
in order to raise it.
chabotte, f., anvil-block.
chabraque, f ., v. schabraque.
chain age, m., (surv.) chaining; (com.) bracing of
walls by anchors, angle-irons, etc.
chaine, f., chain; chain- of mountains; tie. shackle,
band; warp (of cloth); anchor, tie-rod (to bind
walls together); main chain or cable (of a
bridge); (top.) chain of triangles (as distinguished
from a network); (mil.) chain (of skirmishers);
the line engaged, the firing line;
chain (of sentinels, etc.);
allemande, open-link chain;
d'amarrage, mooring-chain, anchoringchain;
d'ancrage en bois, wooden anchorrchain,
float-cham ;
anglaise, close-link chain ;
de I'ancre, chain cable;
anneau de , link;
d'arpenteur, (surv.) surveyor's chain;
d'urrtt, locking-chain; (harn.) breast-, polechain;
-d, articulations, articulee, v. de galle;
d' attache, stall-chain;
d'attelage, (harn.) breast-chain; (r. r.) coupling-chain
;
chaine d'attelage lateral, (harn.) side horse coupling
Chain;
it barbotin, sprocket-chain;
de bout de timon, (harn.) pole-chain, breastchain;
de bout de trait, (harn., esp. art.) trace-chain;
de brelage, keep-chain; lashing-chain (e. g.,
for chess in chess-wagon);
cable . cable, chain cable;
calibree, sprocket chain; pitch chain;
de charge, (mach., etc.) any
'
supporting
chain;
clef de , (pont.) suspension chain hook or
toggle;
en coins & articulations, (mach.) Clissold
belt;
de combat, (mil.) the line engaged, the firing
line;
a crochets, v. a la Vaucanson;
decametre, (surv.) surveyor's chain;
de demontage, (art.) sling-chain;
d' echappement, (art.) that part of a locking
or drag chain formed into a loop and not in
bearing when wheel is on drag-shoe;
d'embrelage, & embreler, (art.) limberchain,
keep-chain;
d'enrayage, d enrayer, (art.) drag-chain,
locking chain;
d'equivement, (art.) sling-chain;
& etais, studded chain, stay-link chain;
sans etais, unstudded chain, crane chain;
ctanqonnee, & etanc,ons, v. a etais;
sans fin, endless chain;
fixe, stationary chain;
defourrage, (mil.) chain of troops to protect
foraging parties;
defrein, (art.) brake-chain;
galles, de galle, pitch-chain, sprocketchain,
flat-link chain;
a godets, chain pump;
de levage, (art., etc.) hoisting, lifting chain;
de licou, (harn.) halter chain;
a maillons, link-chain (ordinary chain);
& maillons etroits, close-link chain;
a Urges maillons. open-link chain;
de manoeuvre, (art.) traversing chain; (in
gen.) maneuvering chain;
metrique, (surv.) surveyor's chain;
mobile, running chain ;
de montagnes, (top.) chain of mountains;
ouverte, generic term for open-link chain;
de paratonnerre, chain, conductor, of a lightning-rod;
de pierres, (mas.) course of dressed stones,
in a wall of small stones, etc., intended to
strengthen it; chain course;
en platre, (cons.) plaster bracing for floor
sleepers;
de pointage, de pointage en direction, (art.)
traversing chain;
de port, boom of a harbor;
de posies, (mil.) chain of posts;
de retenue, keep-chain ;
de retraite, (harn., art.) breast-chain, backing
chain;
: de rive, (nav.*) mooring chain, shorefast;
de rochers, (top.) ridge, ledge, of rocks;
a saucissons, (siege) fascine-chain, chokingchain;
de sccurite, (r. r.) safety-coupling chain; (art.)
safety chain (as of a shell-hoist);
de surete, v. de securite; (art.) safety chain
(on French ammunition caissons);
de suspension, (pont.) suspension chain
(trestle-cap) ; (art.) the part of a sling-chain that
bears the weight; '-'_ .
de timon, (art., etc.) pole-chain;
de tirailleurs, (mil.) line of skirmishers;
de touage, towing chain;
de traction, hauling, traction, chain;
de transmission, (mach.) power chain, driving
chain;
ft la, de, Vaucanson, pitch-chain, sprocket-wheel
chain. (In this chain the links are
not closed, but each link serves as a clasp to the
next.)