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gamelle 200 garde
ramelle de cavalerie. ( Fr, cav.) individual mess tin;
de cuisine, (Fr, a.) soup copper (as for a
whole company);
faire avec, to mess with;
indimduelle, ( Fr. a.) individual mess tin;
d'infanterie. (Fr. inf.) individual mess tin;
marmite de peloton, (Fr. a.) mess kettle,
issued one to each platoon of cavalry;
moulin h cafe, (Fr. a.) a mess tin, having a
coflee mill in place of the usual lid;
pour 4 homines, (Fr. a.) mess tin used during
marches, maneuvers, on mobilization, and
issued four to each squad of infantry, and one
to every four men in the artillery, the train,
etc.;
prendre , to take, eat, dinner.
gamine, f., gamut, scale; (top. drawing) scale of
hachures, tones, tints;
des charges, (art.) scale of charges for different
angles of fire (plunging).
ganaclie, f., (hipp.) lower jaw; region of the lower
jaw;
charge de , (hipp.) heavy-headed;
ecartcment des s, splay of the jaw;
faire ia (hipp.) to burn off or remove hairs
on the ganache (common horses);
ou>;erle, wide jaw;
serree, narrow jaw.
ganglion, m., (hipp.) spavin.
gangrene, f., (med.) gangrene.
gang ue, f., (met.) gangue; (mas.) mass of mortar
(rare).
ganse, f., (cord.) small cord; loop, eye, cord or rope
doubled on itself; bight, double, or bend with
which a knot commences; (art.) rope handle
(for handling projectiles);
d'accouple, (harn.) coupling loop;
de corde, loop, bend, eye ot a rope;
croisee, (harn., etc.) thong-lace;
d'etoupille, (art.) friction-primer loop;
de prolonge, (art.) prolonge loop;
du trait de harnais, (harn.) trace loop;
trou dc , (art.) rope-handle eye.
gansin, m., (cord.) nipper.
gant, m., glove;
bourre, boxing, fencing, glove;
de boxe, boxing glove;
d'escrime, fencing glove;
pour faire les armes, v. d'escrime;
fourre, v. bourre;
de manoeuvre, (unif.) sort of drill mitten
(art.);
de manoeuvre (dit moufle), v. de manoeuvre;
moufle, mitten;
passe-coude, gauntlet;
s de pied, (mil. slang) wooden shoes.
garage, m., docking of boats; (hence) basin, turnout
(as in a canal); (r. r.) shifting, shunting;
side track;
de chargement, (r. r.) loading track;
voie de , (r. r.) side track, siding.
garant, m., guaranty, surety; (cord.) running,
hauling part of a tackle; fall, tackle fall;
de caltorne, (cord.) fall of a winding tackle;
de candelette, (cord.) fish-tackle fall;
de capon, (cord.) cat-rope or fall;
de palan, (cord.) tackle fall;
d' une poulie, (cord.) strap of a block.
garant, a., guaranteeing.
garanti, m., person guaranteed, bonded person.
garantie, f., warranty, guaranty, security; money
deposited as a guaranty.
garantir, v. a., to warrant, guarantee, make sure;
to protect, shield.
garantisseur, m., bondsman.
garcette, f., cat; (cord.) gasket, knittle, sennit;
defourrure de cable, (cord.) plat for serving a
cable;
lever une . (cord.) to unseize;
b oeillet, (cord.) eye gasket;
de tournevire, (curd.) cable nippers.
garcon, m., boy; youngster.
garde, f., guard, guarding, defense, protection,
custody, safe-keeping; guard piece; ward of a
lock; (cord.) check rope; (r. r.) rail guard; (sm.
a.) guard of a sword; (fenc.) guard, position of
guard; (art.) cyUnder containing a cartridge;
(mil.) guard; guard (i. e., body of troops), the
Guards.
I. Military; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Military:
arriere , rear guard;
avancee, outpost (rare);
avant , advance guard;
du camp, quarter guard (camp, bivouac,
cantonment);
de caserne, quarter guard, barrack or police
guard;
to change guard;
changer la ,
acheval, horse guards;
corps de , guardroom, guardhouse, guard
post; guard tent;
de on , guard;
desccndante, old guard, guard coming off;
descendre de descendre , la , to come off,
march ofi, guard;
du drapeau, color guard;
d'ecurie, stable guard;
exterieure, exterior guard;
extraordinaire, special guard, additional men
for a guard under particular circumstances;
flanc , m., flanker; flank guard;
folle, v. avancee (obs.)>
des generaux, headquarter guard;
grand' , grand guard;
homme de member of the , guard;
d'honneur, guard of honor;
hors la obsolete term for aux armes (turn out
the guard);
imperiale, imperial guard;
inspection avec la , turning out with the guard
(punishment for privates);
interieure, interior guard, as opposed to grand
guard, outposts and the like;
mcttre la sows les armes, to turn out the guard;
mobile, v. nationale mobile;
montante, new guard, guard marching on;
montcr, la , to mount guard, the guard; to be
on guard over, to be on guard at;
nationale, national guard;
nationale mobile, French militia (organized
in 1868 and disbanded in 1871);
nalionale mobilisee, French militia of 1870
(disbanded in 1871), composed of bachelors
between 25 and 35 years of age who had never
served in the army;
d'officier, officer's guard (commanded by an
officer);
officier de , officer on, for, or of a guard;
officier de la , officer commanding the guard;
parade de (la) , guard mounting;
de Paris, v. republicaine;
partants de la : , men coming off guard;
petite , n. c. o.'s guard;
h pied, foot guards;
de la place, guard of a fort, etc., and of its
gates;
de police, police guard, barrack guard (camp,
quarter guard);
to march on guard;
prendre la to march , on,
relevante, old guard, guard marching oil;
relever la to relieve the , guard;
republicaine, the gendarmerie of the city of
Paris, under the immediate orders of the prefect
of police ;
royale, royal guard;
de tranchfe. (siege) trench guard, inlantry in
the first parallel;
des voies de communication, in war, troops
guarding communications.
II. Miscellaneous:
bonne , safe-keeping, custody;
de cabestan, capstan swifter;
en , in custody; (fenc.) on guard;
faire la , to be on the lookout;