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COGI 146 electricity<br />

eflet(s) de campement, (mil.) camp equipage;<br />

contondant, (art.) racking effect;<br />

& double double , acting, double action (as,<br />

a pump, fuse, etc.)!<br />

d' eclatement, (art.) bursting effect, performance;<br />

d'habillcment, (mil.) clothing, kit, outfit;<br />

d'une machine, performance of an engine*^<br />

s de la main, (man.) motions of the hand (in<br />

efflli, S, a., slender;<br />

cheval-, fine-, thin-shouldered horse.<br />

efflanque, p. p., (hipp.) thin (result of fatigue<br />

or of poor food); lean-flanked.<br />

efflanquer, v. a., (hipp.) to reduce a horse by<br />

fatigue, poor food, etc.<br />

effleurer, v. a., to graze, glance on, rase; to skim<br />

the surface of.<br />

efflorescence, f., (chem.) efflorescence.<br />

efflorescent, a., (chem.) efflorescent.<br />

effondr, a., (of the soil) plowed deep and man<br />

ured, broken up, thoroughly, (hence) bogey,<br />

miry; (of a cask, etc.) knocked in.<br />

effondrer, v. a. r., (of the soil) to plow deep,<br />

break up thoroughly, and manure, (hence)<br />

to bemire, to cut up, as by teaming, etc ; to<br />

knock in (a cask, etc.); to crumble, fall.<br />

effort, m., stress, effort, exertion, strain, force<br />

strength; (hipp.) strain;<br />

de boulet, (hipp.) strain of the pastern<br />

joint;<br />

cheval qui a un-, (hipp.) strained, foundered<br />

horse; - de.glissement, shearing strain; - de reins, (hipp.) strain of back and loins,<br />

dorso-lumbar strain;<br />

de rupture, breaking stress; - de tendon, (hipp.) tendon strain;<br />

- de tension, tensile stress;<br />

-- de traction, tractive effort.<br />

enraction, f . , breaking in , for purpose of stealing<br />

effriter, s'- to crumble.<br />

effroi, m., fright, terror.<br />

egal, a., equal; (man.) even (of a gait); (top.) even<br />

(ground).<br />

Cgalisage, m., (powd.) equalizing of grains (manufacture).<br />

Cgallsation, f., (mil.) equalization (of platoons<br />

sections, etc.).<br />

6galtser, v. a., to equalize; (mil.) to equalize<br />

(platoons, etc.); (powd.) to classify, separate<br />

(grains, according to size).<br />

Sgallseur, m., - de potentiel, (elec.) potential<br />

regulator.<br />

egalisoir, m., (powd.) separator, separating sieve.<br />

Cgallsures, f., pi., (powd.) granulated and sieved<br />

powder.<br />

egalite, f., equality; smoothness, uniformity; state<br />

of level;<br />

Cgalite, angle d' d'actions, (torp.) angle made<br />

by the Whitehead torpedo with the horizontal<br />

when the piston and the pendulum neutralize<br />

each other's effects;<br />

position d' d'actions, (torp.) position of<br />

the Whitehead torpedo when the piston and<br />

the pendulum neutralize each other's effects.<br />

egare, p. p., lost; (mil.) missing (report of casualties<br />

after a battle);<br />

louche e, (man.) spoiled mouth.<br />

egarer, v. a. r., to cause to lose one's way; to lead<br />

astray; to lose; to lose one's way;<br />

la louche d'un cheval, (man.) to spoil a<br />

horse's mouth.<br />

riding);<br />

meurtrier, destructive effect, killing power<br />

(as, of a shrapnel);<br />

nominal, nominal effect, performance of an<br />

engine, etc.);<br />

s de pansage, (art., cav,) grooming kit;<br />

perdu, (mach., etc.) lost work;<br />

perforant, (art.) perforating, piercing, effect<br />

(of a projectile);<br />

s de petite monture, (mil.) kit of small parts,<br />

articles, etc., carried in saddlebags;<br />

s de pointure, (mil.) marked or stamped articles<br />

(of the equipment);<br />

s de la premiere portion, (mil.) clothes, grand<br />

equipement, q. v., belts, etc.; in general, everything<br />

normally drawn from the regular administrative<br />

magazines;<br />

s de la deuxieme portion, (mil.) petit iquipement,<br />

q. v.; articles bought in market, and articles<br />

exceptionally drawn from administrative<br />

egarrotter, v. a., (hipp.) to wring the withers<br />

of a horse.<br />

eglander, v. a., (hipp.) to cut vives out.<br />

egli.se, f., church; the church, especially the<br />

Roman Church. (Eglise<br />

reglementaires, (mil.) regulation outfit,<br />

"uniform" articles (U. S. M. A.);<br />

retarde, (art.) delay action (of a fuse);<br />

& simple j (mach., etc.) single acting, single<br />

action;<br />

utile, (mach., etc.) useful effect, duty performance;<br />

(ball., sm. a.) the number of hits<br />

by one man in one minute (generally multiplied<br />

by 100).<br />

is strictly a Roman<br />

Catholic church, Protestants using temple<br />

instead.)<br />

egohine, f., keyhole saw.<br />

fegorger, v. a., to cut the throat of, to slaughter,<br />

slay, kill.<br />

6gout, m., drip (water); gutter; drain, sink; eaves;<br />

slope or face of a roof.<br />

egouttage, m., draining, dripping, drip.<br />

egoutter, v. a. r., to drain, drip; to dry by dripping;<br />

faire , to dry.<br />

egouttoir, m., drainer; drip board; grating for<br />

tarred rope.<br />

egratigner, v. a to , scratch.<br />

egratignure, f., scratch; (art.) scratch, score (hi<br />

the bore of a gun).<br />

egravoir, m., awl, sharp-pointed bit.<br />

egrenage, m., shelling, picking; ginning (cotton).<br />

egrenement, m., (art.) crack, flaw, in the bore of<br />

a (bronze) gun.<br />

egrener, v. a. r., to pick, shell; to gin (cotton);<br />

(met.) to crack, to fly.<br />

egrise, m., ggrisee, f., diamond powder (hi the<br />

arts).<br />

egrugeoir, m., (powd.) rubber, mealer.<br />

egruger, v.<br />

meal.<br />

a., to pound, bruise; (powd.) to<br />

egueulement, m., (art.) running, spewing, of the<br />

metal (at the muzzle of bronze guns).<br />

egueuler, v. a. r., (art.) to spoil, break, the muzzle<br />

of a gun; (esp. of bronze guns) to run. spew,<br />

at the mouth.<br />

ehanche, a., (hipp.) hipshot.<br />

ejecter, v. a., (sm. a., r.f. art.) to eject.<br />

ejecteur,m., (sm. a., r.f. art., mach.) ejector.<br />

ejection, f., (sm. a., r.f. art.) ejection,<br />

elagage, m., lopping or thinning of branches; the<br />

branches lopped off.<br />

eiaguer, v. a., to lop branches, to trim trees.<br />

elan, m., start, spring, jerk, leap; dash; (mil.)<br />

dash, spirit of troops;<br />

faire un , to make a start, spring, dash;<br />

prendre d' , to take a start;<br />

prendre un , v. faire un .<br />

eiance, a., lank, thin, slender";<br />

cheval , swayback horse, one shrunk in the<br />

flank.<br />

eiancer, v. a. r., to rush or shoot forward; to make<br />

a dash, rush.<br />

eiargir, v. a., to enlarge, widen, extend, spread<br />

out; to release, set at liberty (a prisoner).<br />

eiargissemen t, m., widening, extension; discharge,<br />

release (of a prisoner); (art.) enlargement<br />

of the bore;<br />

de la tranchee, (siege) widening of the trench<br />

(by infantry working parties).<br />

let in.<br />

eiargissure, f., eking piece, piece<br />

61astlcite,f., elasticity;<br />

formule d' , Hooke's law;<br />

de la puissance, (steam) variation -of the<br />

power of a steam engine from its nominal<br />

power.<br />

eiasticimfctre, m., instrument to measure the<br />

elongation of test bars.<br />

eiastique, a., elastic.<br />

eiecteur, m., elector; voter.<br />

eiectriclte, f., electricity;<br />

& basse tension, low-tension electricity;<br />

dynamique, dynamical electricity;

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