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feu 178 feuille
feu de peloton, (inf.) platoon firing, fire by platoon;
par piece, (art.) fire by piece;
de plcin fouet, (art.) direct fire with full
service charges;
plongeant, (art.) plunging fire;
x de polygone, target practice, firing, on
known range;
potd , (artif.) fire pot (obs.);
x & poudre, blank-cartridge firing;
de poursuite sur un ennemi, running fire in
firing;
h volonle el & cartouches comptees ou limitees,
fire ac will up to so many rounds (indicated in
the command).
II. Miscellaneous:
b, I'abri du , fireproof;
accoutumer un cheval au , to make a horse
gun wise;
activer le , les x, to rouse, urge, the fire
(hi a furnace);
d'aftinerie, (met.) firing forge;
aHmentcr les x, to feed the fires;
alter nalif, alternating light (lighthouse);
anglais, (hipp.) friction, rubbing, with a
vesicating pomade or liquid;
attiser le -, to poke, stir, the fire;
au ! (alarm of) fire;
boite h. de, , fire box;
Catalan, (met.) Catalan forge;
cheval de .synonym of cheval-vapeur (rare);
coffreh , fire chest;
coin du , fireside;
x Coston, Coston lights;
x de cote, (nav.) running lights; side lights;
coup de , defect due to everburning;
donner le & un cheval, (hipp.) to fire, sear, a
horse;
dore au -* , fire gilt;
durcir au , to fire-harden;
x d'eclairage, lights;
b eclats, flasa lignt (light-house);
d, eclipse, intermittent light (light-house);
leu h eclipse de minute en minute, intermittent
light (light-house) with one-minute intervals;
elcctrique, electric lignt-house;
employer le , (hipp.) to fire;
d, I'epreuve du , fireproof;
faire la part du , to try to save something
from a fire;
fer ti, donner, b, mettre, le , (hipp.) cantingiron;
fixe, fixed, steady lignt (light-house);
flottant, light-ship;
garniture de , fire-irons;
grisou, fire damp;
intermittent, intermittent light (lighthouse);
jeter bas les x, to draw the fires;
dejoie, bonfire;
mettre en , (met.) to fire, to put in blast;
mettre hors de , (met.) to put out of blast;
mettre le , v. employer le ;
mettre , le , &, to set on fire;
meUre bas les x, v. jeter bas les x;
meltre les x aufond (du fourneau) , (steam) to
bank a fire;
mise en , (met.) firing, putting in blast;
m ise hors de , (met.) putting out of blast;
de navire, v. de cote;
d'oxydztion, oxidizing flame;
de paille, (hipp.) a spirited horse of no bot-
pursuit;
de, par, rang, (inf.) fire by rank;
de deux rangs, (inf.) file firing;
rapide, (inf.) rapid fire; (Fr. art.) fire at the
rate of 10 to 12 rounds per minute;
rapide coup par coup, (sm. a.) rapid fire,
using the piece as a single loader;
rapide a repetition, rapid magazine fire (at
close quarters);
rasant, (art.) grazing fire;
x reels, any firing or practice in which projectiles
are fired;
regie, fire that hits the target;
rcpartir le , (art.) to distribute the fire over
a battery, to have the battery fire as a whole
after getting the range;
repartition du , (art.) distribution of fire after
getting the range;
ft repetition, (sm. a.) magazine fire;
en retraite, (art.) prolonge firing (obs.);
de revers, reverse fire;
roulant, (inf.) running fire; uninterrupted
small-arm fire;
de, par, sa'lve, (art.) salvo firing; (inf.) volley
firing;
de salve & repetition, (sm. a.) magazine volley
firing;
par salve de section (de batterie), (art.) platoon
(battery) salvo firing;
de salve d volonle, (inf.) salvos at captain's
discretion;
de signaux, signal fire;
x de signaux. signal fireworks;
sous le under , fire;
soutenir le , to stand up well under fire;
soutenir un to , keep up (the) firing;
de, en, tirailleurs, (inf.) skirmish firing;
vertical, (art.) vertical fire (mortars);
vif, smart, brisk, fire;
voir le , to be engaged, to take part in a combat;
voir le pour la tom;
pet-it
premiere fois, to be under fire
for the first time;
h volonte, (inf.) fire at will; independent
L -, low fire; slow fire;
pompeti , fire engine; steam pump;
pousser les x, to urge, excite, the fires;
de raffinerie, (met.) refining hearth;
de reconnaissance, light-house of the first
order;
de reduction, reducing flame;
resler sur les x avec vapeur, (steam) to bank
the fires and keep steam up;
de route, v. de cote;
tache de , (hivp.) tan spot on a horse;
tournant, revolving light (light-house).
feuillard, m., hoop wood; hoop iron;
defer, iron hoops, hoop iron.
feuille, f., leaf; sheet (of metal, of pasteboard,
paper, etc.); plate; scale, spring, branch or
blade of a spring; foil; veneer; list; waybill;
(mil.) generic term for certain reports or documents;
4 with , leaves, folding;
anterieure, (sm. a.) fore end of trigger
guard;
d'appel, (mil.) muster roll;
s de chou, (mil. slang) infantry gaiters;
de cuivre, sheet copper;
d'emargement, (Fr. a.) officers' pay list, pay
roll;
d'ftain, tin foil;
d 'evacuation, (Fr. a.) list or statement accompanying
men sent singly or in a body from
a military hospital;
defer, (met.) iron plate;
de journe.es, (Fr. a.) sheet showing number
of days present of officers and men, and of
horses, as a basis for pay and allowances, of
whatsoever nature;
de journees individuelle, (Fr. a.) a quarterly
statement showing transfers, etc., during
the quarter, and the deductions from the
various money allowances for
(kept
n. c. o.,
corporals, and privates of regiments and establishments
where the masse individuelle,
q. v., is kept up);
de journees numerique des chevaux 2 (Fr.
a.) quarterly statement showing daily allowances
due in forage and in funds from
the masse d'entretien de harnachement et de
ferrage;
de journees numerique des hommes de troupe,
(Fr. a.) quarterly statement showing the
daily allowance in money due the n. c. o., corporals,
and privates of the unit interested, and
the allowances in kind due these men, and
also the officers on the strength;
de journees des ofliciers, (Fr. a.) quarterly
statement (of money allowances) of deductions,
etc., for officers, and of allowances to certain
n. c. o. (loss of clothes, etc.), to enfants de
troupe, etc.;