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curseur, m., (in gen.) slide (as, of a ruler, etc.);
index, pointer; (mach.) slide piece or block;
(art., sm. a.) slide of a rear sight; (sometimes)
the slide-sight itself; (F. m. art.) traversinghead
slide;
h double cran de mire, (art., etc.) slide with
two sight notches;
b, rallonge, (sm. a.) slide fitted with an oxtension
piece, extension-slide;
regler le , (Fr. art.) to set the deviation
scale.
cursifcrc, f., (art.) guide-groove.
curvigrapne, m., (drawing) curve-tracer, cyclegraph;
op'someter.
curvlligne, a., curved, curvilinear.
curvimfctre, m., (top., drawing) curvimeter.
custode, f., (sm. a.) holster-cap.
cutidure, f., (hipp.) a synonym of bourrelet,
q. v.
cuve, f., tub; pneumatic trough; penstock (of
a turbine); (met.) the interior of a blast furnace,
(more especially) the part above the
boshes; (fort.) the cylindrical part of a turret,
the hollow or cylinder in which a turret is set
or works;
tifond de , flat-bottomed (as, a ditch);
& huile, (met.) oil-tempering tank.
cuvelage, m., (min., mil. min.) tubbing, shaft
lining.
cuveler, v. a., y. cuver.
cuver, v. a., (min., etc.) to tub, to line a shaft.
cuvette, f., (sm. a.) mouthpiece of a seal
bard; hollow in the face of the bolthead;
primer cap or cup; (torp.) cup of a circuitcloser;
(inst.) bulb of a thermometer, reservoir
of a barometer; (fort.) cunette
(rare):
batte de la , (sm. a.) sputcheon;
d'egouttage, (mach.) drip cup.
cuvier, m., laundry washtub.
cyclable, a., fit for wheeling (of a road, path,
etc.).
cyclisme, m., wheeling, bicycling.
cycliste, m., (Fr. a.) combatant cyclist, i. e.,
soldier mounted on a bicycle for fighting
purposes.
cyclomfitre, m., cyclometer.
cyclone, m., cyclone.
cyclostyle, m., cyclostyle (sort of manif
older).
cylindre, m., cylinder; (mach.) roller, roll;
arbor, shaft, spindle; (steam) steam cylinder;
(art.) cylinder gauge, shot gauge;
(sm. a.) bolt, bolt cylinder; revolver cyUnder;
admetteur, (steam) high-pressure cylinder;
agrafe, (art.) clip cylinder (of a fuse);
& basse pression, (steam) low-pressure
cylinder;
bolted . (steam) cylinder box;
cannele, (powd.) grooved roller; (in gen.)
any.grooved roller;
de charge, (torp.) charge of a waking
torpedo;
d, chemise, (steam) jacketed cylinder;
chemise de , (steam*) steam jacket;
sans chemise, (steam) unjacketed cylinder;
& cingler, cingleur, (mach.) shingling
roll;
a la Colleton, (pont.) cylinder ponton;
D, (harn.) D-ring.
dache, m., (mil. slang) hairdresser to
zouaves (a mythical personage);
allez raconter cela & , go tell that to
marines.
dactylographe, m., typewriter.
dactylographie, f., typewriting.
dague, f., dirk.
daillot, m., (cord.) grommet, v. andaillot.
dallage, m., flagging, stone flagging.
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cylindre de composition, (artif.) the composition
of rockets, etc.;
couvcrcle de , (steam) cylinder cover;
degrossisseur, (mach.) roughing-down
roll;
detendeur, v. h basse pression;
de detente, v. & basse pression;
durcih la surface, (mach.) chilled roll;
cbaucheur, (mach.) roughing cylinder;
enveloppe, (steam) steam jacket;
enveloppe de , (steam) cylinder case, casing;
d'epreuve, (art.) primer gauge;
etireur, (mach.) drawing-down roll; finishing
roll;
extracteur, (sm. a.) broken-shell extractor;
finisseur, (mach.) finishing roller;
fixe, (powd.) horizontal carbonizing retort;
fond de , (steam] cylinder head;
forgeur, (mach.) drawing-down roll;
-frein, de frein, (art.) recoil-checking
cylinder;
& fumte, (art.) smoke-producing cylinder
(used in the ecoles&feu, q. v.);
grand , (mach.) main roll; (steam) v. &
basse pression;
& haute pression, (steam) v. admetteur;
d'horlogerie, (mach.) clockwork cylinder;
incendiaire, (art.) artifice used to convert
ordinary into incendiary shells;
d' introduction, (steam) v. admetteur;
d laminer, (mach.) roller, roll:
de laminovr, (mach.) flatting-mill cylinder;
lunette, (art.) shot-, shell gauge;
mobile, (powd.) slip (the French slip is on
rollers, and forms the retort itself);
oscillant, (steam) oscillating cylinder;
petit , (steam) v. admetteur;
plaque de , (steam) cylinder plate;
de pompe, pump-barrel;
porte-papier (de I'indicateur), (steam) indicator
cylinder;
preparateur, (mach.) roughing cylinder;
de pression, (mach.) holding-down cylinder
(e. g., as in a planer, to hold down the
work);
de rayage, (art.) rifling cylinder;
de reception, (art.) shot gauge, cylinder
gauge; (sm. a.) cartridge gauge;
de recul, (art.) recoil-checking cylinder;
renverse, (steam) inverted cylinder;
soufflant, (mach.) blowing cylinder;
& idle, (mach.) plate-roll;
vanne, cylindrical sluice gate (turbine);
d vapeur, (steam) steam cylinder;
verificateur, (art., sm. a.) shot
cartridge gauge, cylinder gauge.
gauge,
cylindre'e, f., cylinder-full (of steam, etc.).
cylindrer, v. a., (mach.) to roll.
cylindrique, a., cylindrical.
cylindrographe, m., (top. and phot.) topographic
cylindrograph.
cyllndro-ogival, a., (art.) cylindro-ogival.
cymbale, f., (mus.) cymbal.
cymballer, m., cymbal player.
dalle, f., flagstone.
daller, v. a., to pave with flagstones, to flag.
dalot, m., (nav.) scupper, scupper hole.
daltonien, m., color-blind person.
daltonisme, m., color-blindness.
damage, m., ramming, act of ramming (earth).
damas, m., (met.) damask surface, damascening,
damask steel; (sm. a.) Damascus sword.
damasquinage, m., (met.) damasking.