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depot de remonte mobile, (mil.') a remount establishment
accompanying an army corps in the
field;
secondaire, (Fr. a.) supply depot, between
the station-magasin and convoi administratif
(supplied by the station-magasin);
de telegraphic, (Fr. a.) telegraph establishment
(purchase, manufacture, issue, receipt,
etc., of telegraph material);
de tranchee, (siege) trench depot, store of
tools, implements, etc., immediately in rear
of the zigzags;
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de transition, (Fr. a.) a remount establishment
taking horses at the age of from 3 to 4
years and keeping them until 5 years of age
before sending them into service.
depouUle, f., spoil, booty; tapering, sloping surface;
skin of a dead animal; (fond.) taper, delivery.
dSpouillement, m., spoiling, spoliation; abstract
of accounts.
depouiller, v. a., to strip, lay bare; spoil, plunder;
to make extracts from, an abstract of (an
account, report, etc.); (fond.) to remove the
mold, etc., from a casting.
depreciation, 1, wear and tear, wear, waste; depreciation.
depreder, v. a., to plunder.
depredation, f., depredation.
depression, f., depression;
de I'horizon, dip of the horizon;
telcmetre de , (art.) depression range finder.
dSpressitude, f., vertical distance of a point below
a datum plane.
deraillement, m., (r. r.) leaving the rails, derailing,
derailment.
derailler, v. n., (r. r.) to leave, "jump" the track,
to run ofE the track, to be derailed,
deraiileur, m., (r. r.) shifting track, derailing track
(i. e., short section of track specially contrived
for derailing purposes, and transported and
used where needed).
deraper, v. n., to slip, trip (of a bicycle tire);to pull
out (of an anchor).
derasement, m., shaving down, cutting down or
off (as, a parapet, a traverse, etc.).
deraser, v. a., to cut off, to remove, to clear away;
to shave down; to cut down (as, a parapet).
derayer, v. a., to unscotch a wheel; to work loose
(of spokes).
dereglable,a.,(wsJ.)liableto get out of adjustment.
dereglage, m., (inst.) putting out of adjustment;
state of being out of adjustment; (in gen.) state
of being out of order.
deregler, v. a., to put out of order; (inst.) to put out
of adjustment.
dergnement, m., unreining.
derfiner, v. a., to slacken the reins; to unrein.
derivation, f., deflection, tapping (of a stream,
current); (art., sm. a.) drift; distance of point
of fall from plane of fire; (more rarely) wind
deviation; (mil. min.) branching of secondary
from a central fuse, communicating fire to the
separate branches; (elec.) shunt, shunted current,
derivation, shunting of a current ;
canal de , sluice;
en , (elec.) shunt wise, shunted, on a shunt;
fil de , (elec.) shunt wire;
de route, turning (of a road);
voie de , branch road.
derive, f., (art.) lateral sight allowance, deflection
allowance; possible length of lateral travel of
rear-sight crosshead; (nav.) leeway, departure
of a vessel from her course;
contre , (art.) negative lateral allowance;
dormer la , (art.) to make the lateral allowance
on a sight;
adrift (of boats, ships, etc.);
du'jour, (art.) lateral allowance deduced or
obtained from the conditions of the day, and
true for that day only.
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derive, a., derived, secondary; (elec.) shunt,
shunted, in derivation; (mil. min., etc.) branching
from (one train or fuse to another).
dfiriver, y.
a. n., to derive water or turn a stream
irom its natural bed; to be derived or turned
from its natural course (water stream): to drift
(of boats, vessels); to unrivet, unclinch, to
remove a rivet; (elec.) to shunt.
derobade, f., (man.) sudden movement by which a
horse tries to slip from under his rider.
derobe, a., secret, private (as. a staircase, door,
etc.); (hipp.) worn so much 'that a shoe can not
be put on (of a hoof).
dfirobement, m., (fenc.) attack in which the foil
passes from the upper to the lower line.
dfcrober, v. a., to rob, steal; to shelter, screen, conceal;
(fenc.) to execute a derobement;
une marche, (mil.) to steal a march on_the
enemy;
se , (man.) to shrink (as, from a jump); to
shun, slip away; (mil.) to avoid, shun, a combat;
se de dessous rhomme, (man.) to slip from
under the rider.
derochage, m., (met.) pickling.
derocher, v. a., (met.) to pickle; to scour metal;
brossed , scratcher.
dernier, v. n., to modify, change, alter, be contrary
to.
derogation, f., (mil.) modification of regulations.
derouiller, v. a., to remove rust.
derouilieur, m., (Fr. a.) soldier who takes care of
the armement de reserve in the arsenals.
dCrouler, v. a., to unroll, to feed (as, wire from a
drum).
derouleur, m., (mil. feleg.) man who unwinds the
wire from its drum;
aide assistant to a derouleur.
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deronte, f., (mil.) rout, defeat;
en , in flight (disorderly);
en pleine , completely routed;
metlre en , to route.
derriere, prep., adv., behind;
cheval de , (art., etc.) wheel horse;
train de , (hipp.) hind quarters.
derriere, m., the hind, hinder, part of anything;
tail of a cart; (mil., in pi.) the rear of the army,
(and more esp.) the trains in rear of the army;
assurer ses s, (mil.) to assure a line of retreat:
du systeme percutant, (Fr. art.) rear block of
the firing mechanism of the canon fi balles.
desablage, m., (fond.) removal of sand from castings.
desabler, v. a., (fond.) to remove sand from castings.
desaccoter, v. a., to remove props, shores, stays,
etc.
desaccoupler, v. a., (harn.) to uncouple.
desaciCrer, v. a., to cause (a blade, etc.) to lose the
properties of steel.
desaffectation, f., (mil.) remo~al or transfer of a
soldier from his arm of ser \ ice because of physical
unfitness to serve therein.
desaffleurer, v. n., to jut out, to project, to form
a jog.
desaffourcher, v. a., to unmoor.
desagencer, v. a., (mach., etc.) to throw out of
gear.
desagrafage, m., unclasping, unhooking.
desagrafer, v. a., to unclasp, unhook; (mach.)
to release, as a catch.
desagreger, v. a., to knock to pieces, to throw into
complete disorder; to disarrange (as, the cartridges
in a clip).
desaguerrir, v. a., to make unwarlike.
desaiguilleter, v. a., (cord.) to unlash.
desaimantation, f., (elec.) demagnetization.
desaimanter, (elec.) to demagnetize.