A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

faire 171 farcineux
faire dormant, (cord.) to make fast (to make standing
fast);
eau, (nav.) to leak, be leaky;
de I'eau, (nav.) to take in water;
I'ecole, (mil.) to drill, instruct;
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faction, (mil.) to be on post;
ferme, to hold out;
feu sur, (mil.) to fire, to open fire ; on;
desfeux, to hang out light! as signal of distress;
force de rames, (boats) to pull hard;
les forces, v. ciseaux;
ne pas deforce, to put no strain on; to bear no
strain;
la garde, (mil.) to mount, to be on, guard;
grenier, (hipp.) to keep bits of food between
the molars and the cheeks;
la guerre, (mil.) to make war, to fight;
la guerre de, (mil.) to serve (generally in past)
in a particular war;
le guet, to be on the lookout;
long feu, (sm. a. art.) to hang fire;
magasin, v. grenier,'
la main, to make the hand skillful;
se la main, to get one's hand in;
main basse, to put to the sword;
1' office, to perform divine service;
paquet, (art.) to hold well together in
the trajectory (of bullets from shrapnel, case,
.etc.);
partir, to set off, to discharge (a rocket, mine,
shot, etc.);
pavilion, (nav.) to hoist, show, colors;
pavois, (nav.) to dress ship;
la planche, to float (swimming);
plus loin, (art.) to elevate;
plus pres, (art.) to depress;
prise, (of mortar, cement, etc.) to set;
quarantaine, la quarantaine, to perform
quarantine;
quartier, to spare, to give quarter;
des recrues, (mil.) to recruit;
revenir (I'acier), (met.) to temper, anneal;
la reverence, (man.) to stumble, trip;
. la revue de, (mil.) to review; to inspect (accounts);
la ronde, (mil.) to go the rounds, to make
rounds;
rougir, (met.) to heat, heat red-hot;
la route, (mil.) (of a march) to cover or make
the distance between two points;
scntinelle, (mil.) to be on sentry go, to do
sentry go;
des signaux, to signalize, make signals;
des soldats, (mil.) to raise troops;
la soupe, (mil.) to make or take a meal;
taire, (art.) to silence (a battery);
son temps, (mil. ) to serve one's time;
tete (&) to ; oppose, resist; (cord.) to become
taut or stiff;
travailler b compression, etc., to subject to a
stress of compression, etc.;
les vivres, (nav.) to put stores on board;
voile, (nav.) to set sail;
voile sur, (nav.) to make sail for.
faisceau, m., bundle, fagot, sheaf; truss, pile;
(in pi.) fasces; (sm. a.) arm rack; stack of
arms;
aimante, (elec.) compound magnet;
d'armes, (mil.) stack of arms; arm rack;
stakes for supporting colors;
du canon-revolver, (r. f. art.) assemblage or
sheaf of the five barrels of the (Hotchkiss)
revolving cannon;
en , in a pile, piled up;
former les x, (sm. a.) to make stacks;
de lumiere. lumineux, pencil of light;
mettre en , (sm. a.) to stack arms;
rompre les x, (sm. a.) to break stacks;
de trajectoire, (ball.) sheaf of trajectories.
fait, a., settled; grown; full-grown; fit, qualified;
steady (said of weather and of wind);
cheval , full-grown horse broken in.
fait, m., fact, deed, exploit;
aaministratif,
tion;
administrative act or opera-
d'armes, (mil.) distinguished feat of arms;
de , de facto;
fait disciplinaire, any act calling for disciplinary
control or repression;
de guerre, act of war; (mil.) combat;
guerrier, presonal feat of arms;
juridique. any act or operation calling for
action by the courts;
haut , high crime; (in pi., mil.) feats of
arms;
voie de , violence, assault, blows.
faltage, m., (cons.) ridge; ridge lead; roof timber;
ridge board of a roof, ridgepiece;
double, under ridgepole.
falte, m., ridge (of a house); top, coping, summit;
(top.) watershed, summit level; watershed between
two thalwegs;
ligne de , (top.) crest line, line Joining the
various summits of a chain of heights.
faltifere, a., belonging to a ridge; f., (cons.)
ridge; ridgepiece; ridge of gutter tile;
ridgepole;
lucarne , skylight;
tuile , ridge tile.
faix, m., burden, load, weight;
prendre son , to settle, to take its set.
falaise, f., (top.) cliff; shore cliff, bluff; headland.
falcade, f., (man.) falcade; quick curvet.
falot, m., (mil.) lantern used by patrols, guards,
etc.; (mil. slang) military cap;
de ronde, (mil.) guardhouse lantern (for
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making rounds). -',
falourde, f., fagot of thick sticks.
falque, f., washboard of a boat; (man.) falcade.
falquer, v. n., (man.) to execute falcades.
falsificateur, m., falsifier, one who adulterates.
falsification, f., adulteration; forgery.
falsifier, v. a., to adulterate; to debase
(metal);
les allures d'un cheval, (man.) to spoil a
horse's gaits.
famine, f., famine;
prendre par la , (mil.) to reduce by
famine.
fanal, m., lantern; beacon; signal light; light, beacon
light; blaze or flame; light-house;
de signaux, (mil.) signal lantern;
sourd, dark lantern;
de soute, (mil.) magazine lantern;
pour soutes & poudre, v. de soute.
faner, v. a., to turn (grass, etc., in order to cure
it for hay).
faneur, m., haymaker.
fanfare, f., brass band (cavalry and chasseurs a
pied); flourish of trumpets.
fange, f., mud, mire.
fangeux, a., muddy, miry.
fanion, m., pennon, flag; (mil.) distinguishing
flag, camp color, headquarters flag; flag for
target practice;
d'alignement, flag for dressing line of troops;
marker's flag;
d'ambulance, Red Cross flag;
de commandement, headquarters flag;
eventail, swallow-tailed flag;
en forme deflamme, swallow-tailed flag;
enforme de pavilion, rectangular flag;
de lance, lance pennon;
porte color , bearer;
signal, signaling flag;
de tir, (t. p.) red flag used
purposes at target practice; e.
flag.
fanon, m., pennon; (hipp.)
for various
g., danger
fetlock.
JaSbocn'e, (*
} **> infantryman.
fantassin, m., (mil.)
man.
fun tome, m.. ghost;
foot soldier, infantry-
magnetique, (elec.) magnetic curve, figure.
faquin, m., wooden dummy for various military
exercises.
farad, m., (elec.) farad.
farcin, m., (hipp.) farcy, glanders;
corde de , farcy knot, bud, or cord.
farcineux, a., (hipp.) farcied, glandered; affected
with glanders;
bouton , farcy bud.