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dfccommis, a., (cord.) fagged, unlaid.
decomposer, v. a., to decompose, break up into
constituent parts or elements; (mil.) to go
through a movement by detail,
decomposition, f., decomposition, breaking up
into elements or parts;
de I'effcctif, (Fr. a.) report of a very comprehensive
character, made annually to the
minister of war, setting forth all circumstances
of the service of the regiment or service for
which made, both of an individual and of a
general character;
des forces, resolution of forces.
dCcompte, m., deduction, discount, allowance;
(adm.) balancing of accounts; (mil. slang)
mortal wound;
faire son ft quelqu'un, to settle one's accounts;
de liberation- (Fr. a.) auditing and balancing
of accounts between a troop unit and the
government, showing over- and under-issues;
recevoir son , (mil. slang) to be done for, have
one's accounts settled.
deeompter, v. a., to allow; to deduct, discount.
deconfire, v. a., (mil.) to defeat thoroughly.
deconfiture, f., (mil.) total defeat.
deconjuguer, v. a., (mach.) to throw out of
gear.
dficonstruire, v. a., to pull down, raze, demolish,
decoration, f., decoration, ornament; decoration
(of an order);
etr anger e, foreign decoration;
de juillet, decoration given to combatants in
the revolution of July, 1830;
militaire, (mil.) military decoration (as,
Medal of Honor, U. S. A.; Victoria Cross,
British);
porter une , to wear, to have, a decoration.
decorder, v. a., (cord.) to unlay, untwist;
les bouts, to unlay a rope's end.
dScordonnage, m., (powd.) operation of remov-
ing crust from stampers of powder mill.
dScorer, v. a., to decorate, adorn; to confer a decoration
upon.
dScoucher, v. n., (mil.) to lie or sleep out of quarters.
de coucheur,m.,(mi7.sZan0) man whois habitually
absent without leave.
dfecoudre, v. a., to unsew, to rip off;
se , (man.) of a horse, to become disunited in
his gaits, to have broken, irregular gaits.
dScoulement, m., flowing, running off, trickling.
decouler, v. n., to flow, run off, trickle, drop; proceed
from.
dScoupage, m., (met., etc.) cutting out of designs
from marked plates.
decoup, a., (top.) indented (as, a coast line).
decouper, v. a. , to cut out.
decouple^, v. a., (art.) to uncouple (horses).
d6coupoir, m., (mach., etc.) punch; cutter,
stamp.
dcoupure, f., piece or part cut out by a punch.
etc.
decourber, v. a., to straighten.
decouronner, v. a., (mil.) to clear a crest or height
of the troops occupying it, to dislodge troops
from a height.
dScours, m., wane, decrease.
decoiisu, a., (man.) irregular, broken (of gaits);
(hipp.) loose-built, badly put on (as, head on
neck, fore quarters and hind quarters).
dfccouvert, a., (top.) open, treeless; (mil.) unsheltered,
exposed, without cover;
& , exposed to fire, unmasked.
dScouvert, m., (steam) negative lap.
dScouverte, f., discovery; (mil.) reconnaissance,
reconnoitering; (nav.) lookout;
aller d la , (mil.) to explore, to scout;
allerdla de, (mil.) to reconnoiter;
envoyer & la , (mil.) to explore, to scout;
escadron de , (cav.) scouting troop, troop
sent on exploration, scouting duty (independent
cavalry);
patrouille de , (caw.) scouting, exploration,
patrol,;
dCcouverte, service de , (car.) the information
service proper of independent cavalry.
dCcouvrir, v. a., to uncover, lay open, expose; to
discover, make out; (mil.) to leave unprotected,
unguarded, to unmask, expose; (met.) in tempering
of steel, to lose the blackish scale acquired
by heating;
se , (mil.) to come out from under cover;
(man.) to undercover, to undercheck.
dgcrassage, m., cleaning, scraping, scouring;
(art., sm. a.) removal of fouling.
decrasser, v. a., to clean, scrape, scrape out (as
tubes, furnaces); (art., sm. a.) to remove fouling.
decret,m., decree;
reglement, (mil.) decree having the force of
a regulation.
decrepitation, f., decrepitation.
dfecrepiter, v. n., to decrepitate.
dfecrire, v. a., to describe.
dScrochage, m., unhooking.
dficroche-obturateur, m., (art.) obturator releasing-gear.
decreeher, v. a., to unhook, unfasten;
les avant-trains , (art.) to unJ^mber.
dScrochoir, m., (mach.) disengaging hook, releasing
hook.
decroiser, v. a., to uncross;
les echelons, (mil.) to form direct from oblique
echelons.
decrotter, v. a., to clean, rub, brush off, scrape off.
decrottoir, m., scraper.
decrouir, v. a., (met.) to anneal.
dfecrouissage, m., (met.) annealing.
dcroutage, m., (fond.) dressing down, fettling.
d6crotlter, v. a. , (fond.) to dress down, fettle.
dficrue, f., decrease, fall of water.
dfccuirasser, v. a., (nav.) to reduce the amount of
armor carried by a vessel.
dficuirassement, m., (nav.) reduction of the
amount of armor carried by a vessel.
deculassement, m., (art., sm. a.) unbreeching,
blowing off of the breech, opening
or un-
screwing or blowing out of the breech by the
action of the powder gases'.
dficulasser, v. a., (art., sm. a.) to unbreech.
dedans, adv., inside;
de , en , in the clear;
mettre un cheval , (man.) to break a horse.
dfedommagement, m., compensation, indemnity,
indemnification.
dSdommager, v. a., to compensate, indemnify,
make good.
dfidosser, v. a. , to plank timber , saw off the outside.
dfidoublement, m. , (/me.) a doubling in the opposite
direction to, and immediately following
upon, the adversary's doubling; (mil.) formation
of column of twos from column of fours,
or of single from double file;
constitutif, subdivision of a troop unit into
two, on mobilization, in time of war.
dfidoubler, v. a., to split, to divide into two;
(fenc.) to execute a dldoublement;
un amarrage, (cord.) to cast off the turns, the
upper turns (of a mooring);
les files, (mil.) to form single rank;
les rangs, (mil.) to form column of twos
from column of fours, or single from double
file;
un regiment, (mil.) to form two regiments
out of one.
dfifaire, v. a., to undo, unrip, unpin; to loose;
(coro".) to untie, unfasten; (mach.) to disengage;
(mil.) to rout, defeat, overthrow;
la croix d'un cable, (cord.) to unkink a cable,
clear the hawse;
les tours d'une manoeuvre, (cord.) to take out
the kinks of a rope;
les tours d'un palan, (cord.) to clear away a
fall;
une vis, to xmscrew.
defaite, f., (mil.) defeat.
defausser, v. a. , to straighten that which is warped ,
to unwarp.
defa ut, m., flaw; defect, blemish, break; defi-
ciency, want, default; fault, imperfection;
in a verdict
by default;
condamner par , (law) to bring