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creosoter 113 crochet
creosoter, v. a., to creosote, impregnate with
creosote.
cr6pe, m., crape, piece of crape;
porter le au bras, au sabre, (mil.) to wear
mourning on the arm, on the sword.
crepi, m., (cons.) plastering, parget; rough coat of
plaster;
donncr un &, to rough cast, rough coat.
crepine, f., strainer, rose (of a pump, over the
mouth of a pipe, etc.).
crfipir, v. a., (cons.) to plaster, parget; to rough
cast, rough coat;
& la chaux, to whitewash.
crepitement, m., crepitation;
de la fusillade, (mil.) crack of musketry.
crSpiter, v. n., (mil.) to crack (of musketry).
crSsylite, f., (expl.) cresylite.
crfite, f., (top.) crest, ridge, top; (unif.) crest of a
helmet; (sm. a.) thumb piece, comb;
d'artillerie, (mil.) the ridge line on which
guns take position;
du chien, (sm. a.) comb of the hammer;
-couvrante, (mil.) line or position under the
shelter of the crest proper;
cxterieure, (fort.) exterior crest;
defeu, (fort.) interior crest;
d'infanterie, (mil.) line or position from
which the slopes and approaches can be
swept by infantry fire (on cribler, v. a., to sift, to screen; (sm. a.) to
riddle
de balles. (sm. a.) to riddle.
eric, m., jack, lifting-jack;
^assemblage, cramp;
de campagne. (art.)
the slope next the
enemy);
interieure, (fort.) interior crest;
de manoeuvre, (sm. a.) milled head or thumb
field jack;
compose, rack and pinion jack;
& cremaillere, rack-jack;
& crochet, hand-jack;
& crochets de suspension, sort of jack for
raising and lowering the cap of the Belgian
trestle;
double, double jack;
& double engrenage, double rack-jack;
& engrenage, rack-jack;
& main, hand-jack;
& noix, chain-jack;
ii double noix, double-clawed jack;
it deux pattes, double-clawed jack;
de siege, trench jack;
simple, ordinary hand-jack;
de tranchee, y.
de siege;
& vis, screw-jack.
crime, m., crime.
crimSenne, f., (unif., Fr. a.) hooded collar
(not regulation) worn with or without the
overcoat.
criminel, m. and a., criminal.
crin, m., (hipp.) horsehair (of mane or tail);
s blancs, white mane or tail (dark-coated
horse);
cheval & tons s, horse with flowing mane and
masque, (mil.) covering crest (for artil-
militaire, (mil.) line or position from which
the slopes and approaches can be kept under
good observation; military crest;
quadrillee, (sm. a.) milled head or comb;
& ressauts, (fort.) terraced crest, crest in
steps;
superieure, (fort.) superior crest;
topographique, (mil.) the ridge line proper,
watershed.
creusage, m., digging, excavation; deepening.
creuser, v. a., to dig, excavate, deepen; to dredge;
to hollow, to hollow out;
machined, , dredging machine;
au tour, (mach.) to turn hollow.
creuset, m., (met.) crucible, hearth, fireplace
of a hand-forge; crucible, throat, of a blast
furnace;
methode du petit , crucible method of making
steel.
creux, a., hollow, empty.
creux, m., hollow, groove, cavity; (artif.)
fuse socket, fuse cavity; (art.) hollow of a
shell; (fond.) mold; (mach.) depth of a cog,
clearance, space between adjacent teeth; (nav.)
trough of the sea; (sm. a.) groove of a sword
blade;
de la lame, (nav.) trough of the sea.
crevasse, f., crevice, crevasse; gap, chink; rift;
(met.) flaw in metal; (hipp.) rat's tail;
capillaire, (art.) hair-crack (in armor);
au pied, (hipp.) cracked heel.
crevasser, v. a., to split, crack.
crev6, a., (cord.) stranded, divided into
strands.
crfeve-faim, m., (mil. slang) man who volunteers
as a soldier.
erever, v. a. n., to burst, split, crack, break; (of
animals) to die; to work (a horse) to death;
(art.) to burst (a shell, a gun); (mil.) to burst
through a line, to break a line; (mm.) to spring
a mine;
une embarcation, to stave in a boat.
cri, m., cry, war whoop; shout; (mil.) challenge
of a sentry.
criblage, in., '
screening, sifting.
crible, m., sieve, riddle, screen;
d grener, (powd.) coming-sieve;
passer au , par le , to sift, to screen;
& pied, screen, sifter;
h poudre, (powd.) powder-sieve;
sasseur, bolter;
& secousse. swing-sieve;
& tambours, (artif.) mixing-sieve.
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tail;
s laves, washed mane and tail (dark-coated
horse);
s melanges, mane or tail containing white
hairs, there being none in the coat.
crinifcre, f., (hipp.) mane; (unif.) horsehair plume
mane of a helmet;
en brosse, (hipp.) hogged mane.
crinoline, f., crinoline; affut a , (r. f. art.)
crinoline mount.
crique, f., creek, cove; small harbor or port,
or basin, made by excavation; (art.) haircrack
(01 an armor plate); (met.) fissure produced
by tempering, small crack, seam, haircrack
(of an ingot); (sm. a., etc.) bit 01 iron,
etc. (fraudulently) used to conceal flaws in
a gun barrel, etc.; (top.) basin-like depression;
(fort.) cut, ditch;
des fosses, (fort.) inundating channel
around a fort, to prevent hostile trenchv/ork.
criquer, v. a., (met.) to crack.
criquet, m., (hipp.) pony , small horse.
croc, m., hook, crook; claw of a lifting-jack; catch;
boat-hook, grapnel, drag;
& cosse, thimble-hook;
: & declic, pawl-hook;
double, clasp-hook;
a douille, socket-hook;
& echappcment, slip-hook;
a emerillon, swivel-hook;
h mentonnet, forelock, hook;
de palan, (cord.) tackle-hook;
a pointe eta crochet, boat-hook;
s porte-ecouvillpn, (art.) sponge-hooks;
s porte-refouloir , (art.) sponge-hooks;
porte-seau, (art.) bucket-hook;
en S. S-shaped hook.
crocher, v. a., to hook; to seize with a boathook.
crochet, m., hook, little hook; crook; fire-hook;
bend; claw; crochet; clasp; hasp; (art.) lanyard-hook;
(mil.) . flank, either refused or
thrown forward; (harn.) near side curb-hook;
(hipp.) tusk, canine tooth; (mach.) hook tool;
(siege) return (single-sap), rectangular change
of direction in the double sap, (also, siege)
the place of arms formed by a return;
d'anneau d'embrelage, keep-chain hook;
* d'armes, (sm. a.) small-arms hooks;
d'arret, (mach.) pawl, catch;
d'arret b ressort, (art.) spring-catch (Gardner
gun);
d'attelage, (harn.) trace-hook; tug-hook;
d'attelage de trait, (harn.) trace-hook;
& bascule, (sm. a.) trigger-guard catch;
& bombe, (art.) shell-hook (obs.);