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(cart moycn, mean (arithmetical) error or devia*
tion;
moyen en direction, mean lateral error ;
moycn geometrique, v. geometrique;
moycn en hauteur, mean vertical error, mean
error in range;
moyen en portee, mean error in range;
mot/en quadratique, the square root of the
arithmetical mean of the squares of the observed
deviations (employed by General
Didion);
moyen , a synonym, first of geometrique,
and, second, of moyen quadratique, qq. v.;
en portee, error in range;
probable, probable error (otherwise denned
as the radius of the circle, having the center
of impact as center and containing 50 per cent
of hits);
probable absolu, v. probable, second
definition;
probable en direction, probable horizontal,
probable en largeur, probable lateral error;
probable en hauteur, probable en longueur,
probable en portee, probable vertical,
probable error in range;
probable normal, the probable error, referred
to a plane normal to the traj ectory ;
de reglage, distance between the target and
the center of impact of a group, the practice
being as accurate as possible;
simple, (carp.) v. cane;
* totaux, the sides of the rectangle, equal
each to eight times the corresponding probable
error;
vertical, v. en hauteur;
vertical moyen, v. moyen en hauteur.
Ccartement, m., spacing, distance apart; scattering,
separation, putting aside; pitch (of rivets);
(fort.) spacing (of forts, works, on a line);
des essieux, (r. r.) wheel base;
des flasques d'affut, (art.) distance apart of
cheeks;
normal, (r. r.) standard gauge;
des rails, (r. r.) gauge;
des rivets, pitch of riveting;
des roues, span or width between wheels;
de la
voie_, (r. r.) gauge;
de la voie dans oeuvre, (r. r.) gauge in the
clear.
Ccarter, v. a. r., to extend, widen, separate; divert,
turn aside; ward off; scatter; dispel;
un coup, to ward off a blow.
Ccavecade, (man.) pul- v/ith the cavesson.
Cchafaud, m., scaffold; (fort.) balcony made in
the window of a house prepared for defense.
Cchafaudage, m., scaffolding; erection of stages;
(fig.) preparations.
Cchafauder, v. a., to scaffold, to stage.
fichancrer, v. a., to channel, groove; to hollow,
hollow out; to cut, make hollow, sloping; to
eat into (as, the sea into a coast, etc.)
Cchancrurc, f., channel, cut, groove; hollowing,
notch, indentation; scallop (as in the edge of a
saddlecloth); (fort.) cut (in the covered way);
(sm. a.) cut (in the receiver);
du glacis, (fort.) defile crotchet.
^change, m., exchange; (mil.) exchange (of prisoners);
cartel d' , (mil.) cartel of exchange;
libre free , trade.
Cclianger, v. a., to exchange; (mil.) to exchange
(prisoners).
Cchantignolle, f., bracket, block, lining; axletree
bracket; (art.) trail bracket (obs.); cheek-piece
of a gin.
Ochantillon, m., sample, specimen, pattern, templet,
model; (fond.) loam board, modeling
board;
de chemise, (fond.) thickness piece;
- droit, (fond.) deadhead board;
etre conforme d, I'
, etre d' , to be to pattern;
according
ft gros s, of large pattern;
de noyau, (fond.) core board;
6cliantUlon-type, (adm.) model or pattern furnished
by a contractor.
echantillonnage, m., gauging, verification by a
standard.
6chantillonn, p. p., made up into patterns,
shapes (of manufactures, e. g., iron, etc.).
fichantillonner, v. a., to verify, to gauge, to compare
with a standard; to make up according
to given patterns, etc.
fichappS, p. p., m., fugitive; stray, runaway
(horse); (hipp.) mongrel horse;
cheval de normand, etc., (hipp.) horse of
Norman, etc., sire and dam of any other breed;
un de normand, etc., (hipp.) horse of Norman,
etc., sire and dam of any other breed.
echappge, f., space for carriages to turn in; width
of a door or window, width of any opening admitting
the light; clear space, of a spiral staircase;
(man.) prank, trick, fit;
d'une vis, distance between threads of a
screw;
de vue, vista.
Cchappement, m., escape; escape, leak (of steam,
air, powder gases, etc.): puff, blast (of steam,
etc.); escape pipe; flue (or a reverberatory furnace);
space for carriages to turn in; height
between floor and ceiling; scapement, escapement
(of a clock, etc.) ; (steam) exhaust (period);
d ancre, anchor escapement;
hcyUndre, cylinder escapement;
ft I'epine, deadbeat escapement;
ft recul, recoil escapement;
ft repos, v. ft I '
epine;
tuyau d' , escape pipe, blast pipe;
ft verge, crown escapement.
echapper, v. a. n., to escape, run off or away,
break loose; to avoid; (fenc.) to retire or with-
'
draw to avoid a thrust, a ,
lunge;
lajambe, (fenc.) to withdraw;
laisscr . to let off (steam, gas, etc.); (man.)
to put a horse at full speed.
(Jcharpe, f., sash; sling (as, for the arm); shell or
frame of a block or pulley; assemblage of one or
more sheaves in one shell; jib of a crane, outrigger;
tie; ^cons.) brace, diagonal brace; reenforcing
strap; (unif.) sash, officer's sash;
batterie d' , (art.) oblique-fire battery, one
firing obliquely at any target;
battre d' , (or*.) to fire, take obliquely;
changer d' , to change sides;
coup de sabre en , slanting saber cut;
ft crochet, block and hook;
d' , obliquely;
de distinction, (unif.) sash worn over shoulder,
as a badge of duty or of command, (obs. in
France);
en , askew, skew, slanting, in a sling, slantingly,
across the shoulders, obliquely.
Scharper, v. a., to pass a sling or tackle around a
weight; (mil.) to cut to pieces (as, a regiment).
fechasse, f., stilt; scaffolding pole.
ficliaudage, m.. whitewash, limewash; operation
of whitewashing.
Schaude, f., (met.) welding heat.
echaudS, m., camp stool, folding seat.
6chauff6, a., (of wood) moldy, rotten; (of yarn)
rotten.
fcchauffement, m., overheating; (of wood, timber)
defect due to the fermentation of sap; (mach.)
heating of a bearing, journal, etc.; heating of
feed water; (art., sm. a.) heating of barrel, of
gun, due to firing;
de lafourchette, (hipp.) disease of the foot.
6chauffer, v. a. r., to heat, to become hot, (of timber)
to dry rot; (man.) to stir up, excite, irritate
(a horse).
echauffouree, f . , (mil. ,ec.)affray, scuffle; skirmish;
ill-conducted affair.
fichauguette, f., (fort.) watch tower or box, sort
of elevated sentry box, bartizan. (Also spelled
echarguette, obs.)