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ensablement
disablement, m. , sand bank; graveling, ballasting
(of a road); iilling of a river, harbor, by sand;
(nay.) running aground; (sm. a., etc.) the sand
ing of the breech mechanism (in firing tests).
ensabler, v. a. r. to ballast a road; to fill up with
sand (river, harbor); (nav.) to run aground;
(sm. a., etc.) to cover with sand; to sand (breech
mechanism, etc., in firing tests).
ensabotement, m., action of locking, skidding,
etc., a wheel; (art.) operation of fixing a sabot
on a projectile (obs.).
ensaboter, v. a., to lock, skid, etc., a wheel; (art.)
to fix a sabot on a projectile (obs.).
ensachement, m., act of putting into a bag; (art.)
of putting powder into a sachet (for metallic
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ammunition).
ensacher, v. a., to put into sacks or bags; (art.) to
put powder into a sachet (for metallic ammunition).
enseigne, f., sign; (nav.) ensign, flag; (in gen.) colors,
standard (poetically and figuratively);
baton d'-, flagstaff (stern flag);
-s deployees, with colors flying;
gaule d'-, v. baton d'-
;
grande-
, (nav.) stern flag, national color;
- de poupe, v. .
grande-
enseigne, m., (Fr.nav.) ensign (U. S. N.), sub-lieutenant
(R.N.); - porte-cpee, (mil.) the porte-epee Fahnrich of
the German army; - de vaisseau, (nav.) ensign (U. S. N.).
enselle,a., (hipp.) saddle-backed; sway-backed;
& dos- , saddle-backed.
ensellement,m., (hipp.) state or condition of being
sway-backed; (top.) col, saddle, saddle-back.
ensemble, adv., together, at the same time; m.,
general appearance, effect, etc., as, of a performance,
a maneuver; (mil., etc.) simultaneous
and correct execution of movements.
avoir de I'- , (hipv.) to be well built, have good
proportions;
mettre bien - un cheval, (man.) to gather a
horse well on his haunches, to keep a horse well
together;
nager- , to pull together (rowing).
entallnguer, v. a., v. ttalinguer.
entalingure, f., v. etalingure.
enter! nement, m., (law) ratification.
enteriner, v. a., (law) to ratify.
inflammation of bowels.
ciiterite, f., (hipp.)
enterre, a., (art., fort.) sunken (of a battery).
enterrement, m .
, burial; - militaire, (mil.) military funeral.
enterrer, v. a., to bury.
en-tete, m., letter head; heading of a column (of
logarithms, of sines, etc.); - defacture, billhead.
entre-deux
entier, a., entire, whole, complete; (hipp.) entire,
uncastrated; (man.) obstinate, self-willed;
cheval , (hipp.) stallion;
aux deux mains, (man.) unwilling to turn,
etc., either to the right or the left;
d une main, (man.) unwilling to turn, etc.,
to the right or left (as the case may be).
entier, m., (hipp.) stallion, entire.
entollage, m., mounting (pasting on linen, as a
map) ; act of covering with linen, canvas.
entoller, v. a., to mount (as, a map on linen); to
cover with J4nen, canvas.
entolser, v. a. , to stack or pile material (for convenience
of measuring).
entonnolr, m., funnel; (mil. min.) mine-crater;
(art.) shell-crater; crater-like shot-hole in an
armor plate (rare); (top.) funnel-like pass or
outlet;
apparent, (mil. min.) visible mine-crater;
de chargement .
, (r f . art . ) feed-hopper ;
deblaye, (art.) a shell-crater into which none
of the earth falls back;
d, douille, (sm. a.) powder-hopper (for reloading
cartridges);
en , funnel-shaped;
reel, (mil. min.) real crater, i. e., the whole
volume dislodged or loosened by the blast.
entorse, f., sprain, strain;
donner une , to sprain;
entourage, m., case, casing; frame; railing.
entourt, p. p., surrounded, hemmed in;
. de terre, landlocked.
entourer, v. a., to surround, hem in.
entours, m., pi., environs; adjacent parts; approaches.
entralne, p. p., trained, skilled.
entralnement, m., dragging, dragging along;
training, state of training (horses, troops, athletes);
(steam) priming; (mach.) any communicating
gear; advance, motion, of the work;
de I'eau non vaporis&e, (steam) priming;
piece d' , (mach.) connecting-bar, -piece, motion-piece.
entralner, v. a., to drag, drag along, bring on; to
ensemencer, v. a., to sow (grain, etc.).
entallle, f., notch, indent, cut, nick, jag, kerf, mortise,
groove, slash, slot; (art.) maneuvering
notch. - de loquet de console, (art.) latch pocket;
- repere, guide notch or cut (to set one piece in
a given position with reference to another, e. g.,
notch on fuse graduation).
entailler, v. a., to notch, to score, to scarf; cut
away; - en queue d'aronde, to dovetail.
e ii tal 11 ure, f., v. entaille.
entamer, v. a. r., to begin (as operations), to enter
upon; to cut, to cut into (as, of tools); to touch
(of a file); (mil.) to break, to begin to break (a
square, a line, etc.); (man.) to begin, or start
in on, a gait; - une affaire, to begin, open, an affair (an attack,
etc.); - le chemin, (man.) to set off;
- un cheval, (man.) to begin the breaking of a
horse; - du pied droit make the pace; to train (a soldier, an athlete, a
horse); (mach.) to advance (the work);
I'eau, (steam)
(gauche), (man.) to lead with
the right (left) foot in gallopping;
- une troupe, (mil.) to throw a body
of troops
into disorder.
to prime.
entralneur, m., horse-trainer; pace-maker (in
races); (mach.) motion-piece.
entralt, m., (carp.) tie-beam, straining beam, collarbeam.
entraver, v. a., to shackle, fetter; to impede, entangle,
to hobble (a horse).
entraverser, v. a. r., (nav.) to set, to lie, across or
athwart.
entraves, f. pi., (harn.) hobble; (fig.) fetters,
shackles, clog, hindrance. (This word is also
singular.)
entravon, m., (harn.) ankle strap or collar (to keep
the hobble from chafing) .
entraxe, entr'axe, entre-axe, m., distance between
axes, interaxial distance (as between
adjacent guns, traverses, embrasures, axles of
a railway car, etc.).
entreballler, v. a. r . , to half open, to be half opened.
entrebat, m., the middle part of a pack-saddle.
entrechoquer, v. a., to engage, interfere, clash,,
strike against each other.
entrecouper, v. a., to intersect, traverse, crosscut.
entrecrolser, v. a., to intersect, cross each other.
entre-deux, m., intermediate space, belt, zone;
interval, (of a shoe) welt, half-sole between
outer and inner soles; (steam) bridge of a slide-
valve;
des lames, trough of the sea;
des orifices, (steam) bridge of a slide-valve;
passer , to pass between.