A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

fabricant 170 faire
fabricant, m., manufacturer.
fabrication, f., manufacture, make.
fabrique, f., manufactory, factory; works, mill;
manufacture, make;
d'armes, small-arm factory;
prix de manufacturer's , price, cost at the
factory.
fabriquer, v. a., to construct, make, manufacture.
facade, f., front, face, facade;
droit de , frontage.
face, f., face; surface; aspect; flat (of a sword, etc.);
(fort.) front (of a work); flank (of a caponier);
face (of a bastion); (hipp.) face; (mil.) face, fac-
ing, faced (at drill);
d'appui, bearing face;
en arriere, (mil.) face, faced, to the rear; to
the rear (infantry skirmishers) ;
d'assise, seat or surface of any piece, etc., on
which piece rests;
en want, (mil.) face, faced, to the front;
belle , v. belleface;
carrelee, (sm. a.) checkering of the comb of a
hammer;
de , in front, front;
d droite (-gauche}, (mil.) faced to the right
(left); (fenc.) right (left) volt, (bayonet exercise);
en de, in front of;
faire &, to face; to oppose (as, an enemy);
faire de tous cotes, (mil.) to face in all direc-
tions;
de lame, (sm. a.) flat of the blade;
libre, (fort.) end face (i. e., not attached to or
running into any other part of the work) ;
motnce (du piston), (mach.) steam side or end
of a piston;
de puits de mine, (mil. min.) side of shaft;
resistance (du piston), (mach.) exhaust side
or face of a piston;
de travail, (met., etc.) working face or side.
facette, f., facet; (art.) seat (flat surface) of gunner's
quadrant.
fagon, f., make, form, shape, workmanship; operation;
care, attention;
bois & , dimension, lumber.
faconnage, m., shaping, forming; (hi Fr. sm. a.
manufactories) .work along a curve, either open
or closed.
faconner, v. a., to form, model, mold; to make,
work, fashion; to figure, shape, construct; to
face; to finish off; to accustom.
factage, m., carriage, porterage, delivery;
compagnie de , parcels delivery company.
facteur, m., factor; carrier; agent; railway porter;
postman;
parasite, numerical factor necessary to pass
from one system of units to another; converting
or
reducing factor;
de securtte, factor of safety.
factice, a., sham, artificial, mock;
guerre , (mil) sham fight; maneuvers.
faction, f., faction; (mil.) standing sentry, sentry
duty, sentry go;
capote de watch , coat; buffalo coat (U. S. A.);
en on , sentry, on post;
entrer en to , go on sentry or post;
ctre en , to be on sentry duty;
faire , to be on sentry, stand sentry, to do
sentry go;
mettre en , to post a sentry;
monter la to , go on sentry or post, to walk
post, do sentry go;
prendre la to , go on post;
relever de , to relieve sentry;
remettre la to , come off post;
sortir de , to come off post.
factionnaire, m., (mil.) sentry, sentinel; soldier
detailed for any service;
de la portiere, (nav.) gangway sentry;
poser un , to post a sentry;
relever un , to relieve a sentry.
F.
factum, m., case; statement of a case.
facture, f., invoice, bill;
des comptes en dcniers, (adm.) money bill, bill
for services rendered, for goods delivered, etc.;
des comptes en matieres, invoice of material
shipped, transferred, delivered, etc.;
a' expedition, invoice of goods shipped;
de livraison, invoice of goods delivered in person;
& talon, invoice with stub.
faculte, f., power, ability;
giratoire, (nav.) turning power of a ship.
fagot, m., fagot; (mil.) fagot, man falsely
mustered as a soldier; (art.) packet or
bundle of powder in making up cartridges;
Tort.) sap fagot, fagot; fascine; (met.)
d'allumage, kindling wood;
time de , core of a fagot, made of the smallest
sticks;
ardent, (artif.) tarred fascine, for incendiary
bois de
chatrer
, bavin;
un , to take a few sticks from a
fagot;
goudronne, v. ardent;
lien de , fagot band;
parcment de , bavin, large stick of a fagot;
petit small , fagot;
de sape, (fort.) sap fagot or fascine.
fagotage, m., fagot making; fagot wood.
fagotaille, f., (fort.) brushwood revetment.
fagoter, v. a., to make up into fagots; to
fagot.
faguette, f., (siege) small fascine.
faible, a., weak, feeble, slight, slender;
d'effectif, weak in numbers (of an army,
etc.);
front , narrow front (of troops, formations,
etc.).
faible, m., (sm. a.) part of sword blade near
point.
faiblesse, f., weakness.
faiblir, v. n., to weaken, lose strength; to die down
(of the wind); (of troops) to lose courage.
faille, f., (geological) fault.
failli, m., bankrupt.
faillir, v. n., to fail, to become bankrupt.
faillite, f., failure, bankruptcy.
faim, f., hunger; famine;
reduire par la , (mil.) to starve into surrender.
faim-calle, f., v.faim-valle.
faim-valle, f., (hipp.) hungry-evil (balk
caused by hunger, and cured only by eat-
faire, v. a., to make, to do, to construct; (mil.)
to execute (a maneuver);
abatage, to raise a weight by means of a fulcrum
and lever;
I'appcl, (mil.) to call the roll;
des, les, armes, (fenc.) to fence;
assaut, (mil.) to storm, assault;
1' avant-garde, (mil.) to be the advance
guard; to do advance-guard work or duty;
du bifteck, (slang) to become galled from
du bitord. (cord.) to make spun yarn;
du bois, (nav.) to take wood on board;
bonnes garcettes, (cord.) to nip or lash
well together;
des bordees, (nav.) to tack;
branle-bas, (nav.) to clear for action;
breche, (fort.) to breach;
capot, (nav.) to turn upside down, to
turn turtle;
le charbon, (nav.) to take in coal;
ciseaux, (hipp.) to move the jaw incessantly;
cone, (mach.) to taper;
le coude, to make a turn, elbow, or bend;
le coup de fusil, v. s. v. coup;