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foudre 189 four
foudre de guerre, hero; thunderbolt of war; (in pi.)
gins, artillery.
foudroyante, f., (artif.) kind of rocket, making
a noise intended to represent thunder.
foudroyer, v. a., to strike with lightning; to
destroy, crush, ruin; (art.) to keep up an incessant,
vigorous fire; to batter down; to crush
(used also of small arms).
fouct, m., whip, horsewhip, lash, cracker, snapper
(of a wnip); wnipping, flogging, cat; whipcord;
thong; (hipp.) tip of a horse's tail; (cord.)
whip, tail;
amarrage & , (cord.) lashing of a tail block;
d'armes, cat-o'-nine-tails;
atteindre de plein , (art.) to make a direct
hit;
avoir le , to get a flogging;
balle de plein , (;. p.) direct hit;
claqucment d'un , crack, cracking of a whip;
claquer d'un , to crack a whip;
coup de , each blow with a whip; (expl.) the
whipping out of a Bickford, etc., fuse badly
inserted and secured, when the flame reache's
the end;
coup de plein , (art.) direct hit;
ft neufcordes, cat o'-nine-tails;
feu de plein , v. s. v.feu;
poulie ft , tail block;
de vines, (art.) whip attached to reins;
tir de plein , (art.) direct fire with full service
charge.
fouettement, m., whipping; vibrating; (art.)
bouncing or jumping of a gun when fired;
(mach.) thrashing, whipping, whip action (of a
connecting rod);
de la volee (art.) thrashing of the muzzle.
fouetter, v. a. ,to whip, lash, horsewhip; to scourge;
to beat (as rain, hail); to be cutting (of wind);
(cord.) to whip; to lash a tail block; (art.) to
thrash (of the chase), to sweep with shot;
(hipp.) to tie the scrotum;
en plein sur, (art.) to fall directly upon
(of projectiles).
fougade, v. fougasse.
fougasse, f., (mil.) fougasse;
ft bom.bes l shell fougasse;
en dcblai, atone fougasse of the usual type
(axis at 45, and tiie excavated earth forming a
parapet behind);
& feu rasant, grazing fougasse, stone fougasse
with horizontal direction of fire;
mobile, (art.) term fancifully applied to
modern shell filled with high explosive;
ordinaire, powder fougasse (i. e., no stones,
etc., to be thrown forward);
pierrier, stone fougasse;
Piron, fougasse in wmch powder is on side
of excavation instead of at bottom;
--rase, covered fougasse (stone) (flush with
the ground, axis at 60, and excavated earth
removed, so as not to show);
en remblai, a fougasse constructed on the
surface of the ground;
surchargee, overloaded fougasse.
fougcre, f., fern; en , herringbone-wise.
fougue, f., mettle, spirit (of horses); (artif.) rocket
without stick, moving horizontally.
fouguette, f., (arlif.) small war rocket.
fougueux, a., fiery, mettlesome, high-spirited
(horse); unruly.
fouille, f., digging, excavating; earth dug out
or up; excavation; (art.) cavity in (brass)
guns, caused by long-continued firing; (met.)
cavity (defect) in a casting, filled with dross,
slag, etc.
fouillement, m., v. fouille.
fouiller, v. a. n., to dig. to excavate, to search
by digging; to trench; to work a mine; to
rake, search; to search, as with a search
light; (hipp.) to make a rectal examination
as a wood or
by hand; (mil.) to explore,
thicket;
des obstacles, (mil.) to reconnoiter obsta-
cles;
le terrain, (mil.) to search, explore, the
ground; (mil. sig.) to search the terrain, to
examine it, by telescope by search light;
un terrain, (mil.) to cover a bit of ground
with projectiles, so as to drive the enemy
out.
fouiiie, f., pitchfork.
fouir, v. a., to dig; to sink a well.
fouissement, m., action of digging.
foulage, m., fulling.
foulant, a., forcing;
pompe e, force pump.
foule, f., fulling; crowd, great number.
foule", p. p., galled, sprained; (hipp.) foundered;
cheval qui a lesjambes es, foundered horse.
foulee, f., tread (of a staircase); blast (of a bellows);
(man.) tread, step; contact, instant, during
which the horse's foot rests, bears, on the
ground;
ligne de , line of tread (of a staircase).
fouler, v. a., to gall, hurt, sprain, strain;
aux pieds, to trample under foot.
fouloir, m., (art.) rammer (usually refouloir,
q.v.).
foulon, m., fuller;
argile, terre, & fuller's , earth.
foulonnage, m., fulling.
foulure, f., fulling; sprain, bruise, strain; (hipp )
surbating, warble, saddle-gall.
four, m., oven; kiln; stove; hearth; fireplace;
bakery, bakehouse, bake oven; (met.) fur-
. nace;
acide, (met.) oven with acid lining;
basique, (met.) oven with basic lining;
a blanchir lafonte, (met.) finery furnace;
ft boulanger, (met.) flat coke oven or furnace
(for making coke);
d briques, brickkiln;
dc campagne, (mil.) field oven;
capeler un , v. capeler;
ft carnaux, (met.) furnace in which the flame
circulates around and about crucibles (these
filling the bed) through tubes, e. g., tube
boilers;
de cementation, ft cementer, (met.) cementation
furnace; case-hardening furnace;
de chauffage, (art.) heating furnace (for
shrinking, etc.);
ft chaux, limekiln;
ft chaux coulant, perpetual or draw kiln,
running kiln;
to, cheminee, furnace working by natural
draft;
ft coke, coke oven;
de construction, (Fr. a.,) masonry (bake)
field oven; bake oven built of material found
on the spot;
continu, perpetual kiln;
coulanl, perpetual kiln; (met.) tap furnace;
ft cuisjson continue (discontinue), perpetual
(intermittent) kiln;
& cuve, (met.) generic term for furnaces (e. g.,
blast) that have no separate fireplace;
demontable, (Fr. a.) bake oven that takes
apart;
dormanth idle, (met.) plate-heating furnace;
ft enceinte permanente, permanent furnace;
ft enceinte temporaire, temporary furnace;
bfoyer intcrieur, furnace withimerior hearth;
defusion, (met.) melting furnace;
ft gaz, gas stove or furnace; (met.) gas furnace;
intermittent, intermittent kiln ;
locomobile, (Fr. a.) traveling bake oven;
& manche, (met.) generic term for furnaces
less than 2 meters high;
oscillant, (met.) oscillating hearth (for puddling);
ft pain, (mil.) baking oven;
ft platre, parget kiln;
ft poitrinefermee, furnace with closed breast;
ft poitrine ouverte, furnace with open breast ;
portatifen tole, sheet-iron portable field oven;
ft puddler, (met.) puddling furnace;
ft rechauffer, (met.) heating, reheating, furnace;
ft recuire, (met.) annealing furnace;