A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

grand-cordon 208 grenade
grand-cordon, m., grand cordon of an order.
grand-croix, m., v. s. v. croix.
grand' croix, f., v. s. v. croix.
grand-due, m., grand duke.
grand-duch(j, m., grand duchy.
grande(s)-maree(s), f. (pi.) v. s. v. maree.
grand' garde, f., v. s. v. garde.
grandir, v. a. n., to grow; to increase;
un cheval, (man.) to bring a horse's haunches
under him, and raise his head and neck;
se , (mm.) of the horse, to bring the haunches
under, and raise the head and neck.
grand(-)livre, m., v. s. v. livre.
grand(-)maitre, m., v. s. v. maltre.
v. s. v. 'messc.
grand' messe, f.,
grand-ocfian, m.,
v. s. v. ocean.
grand-officier, m., v. s. v. officer.
grand' rue, f., v. s. v. rue.
grange, f., bam;
aire de barn floor.
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granit, m., granite.
granulation, f., granulation.
granule, m., granule.
granuler, v. a., to granulate, to grain (as powder,
explosives, etc.).
granuleux, a., granulated, grained, ingrained.
graphique, a., graphic; m.. diagram;
de marche, (mil.) march diagram;
de tir, (ball.) graphic table of fire.
graphite, m., "black-lead; graphite; plumbago.
graphometre, m., (inst.) graphometer;
double, circumferentor;
& lunette, telescopic graphometer.
graphostattque, f., graphostatics, graphical
grappe, f* bunch, grape; (sm. a.) cluster of bullets
(joined by a web before separation, after casting);
(art.) grape (obs.); (fan., in pi.) sock of
calkin; (met., in pi.) cluster of sand and small
stones in iron ore; (hipp., in pi.) grapes;
de balles, v. under main word, (sm. a.);
de mitraille, de raisin, (art.) grapeshot
(obs.).
grappin, m., grapnel, creeper, scraper; (cons.)
anchor, tie; (hipp.) disease of the foot;
d'abordage, (nav.) boarding grapnel;
h main, hand grapnel.
grappiner, v. a., to grapple; to warp by means of
grapplings and ropes.
gras, a., fat, unctuous, oily, oiled, greasy; slippery;
thick, blunt; (of the weather) thick; (met.) wet,
drossy, clogging the file; (fond.) loamy (of casting
sand);
cheval fondu, v. s. v. cheval;
mortier- , trop , (mas.) mortar with too
much lime;
piece de bois se, (carp.) piece of timber stronger
than necessary;
temps , hazy weather;
terrain , clayey, stiff ground;
terre se, heavy, clayey soil;
vue se, (hipp.) dim-lighted, wall-eyed.
gras-tondu, m., gras-fondure, f., (hipp.) enteritis;
grease.
grasset, m., (hipp.) stifle, stifle joint.
graticuler, v. a., v. craticuler.
gratification, f., gratuity, allowance, bounty; reward,
recompense;
de prem&re mise, (mil.) outfit allowance
(clothing allowance, clothing money, U. S. A.);
de reforme, (Fr. a.) allowance or bounty to
n. c. o., corporals, and soldiers discharged by
conge No. 1, q. v.
grattage, m., action of scratching, scraping; erasure
(of writing);
It vif, removal of the outside (as, the weathering
from stone).
gratteau, m., scratcher, burnisher.
gratte, f., scraper.
gratte-boe*sse, f., wire brush.
gratte-boe'sser, v. a., to clean with a scratch brush.
grattebrossage, m., wire brushing.
grattebrosse, f., wire brush.
grattebrosser, v. a., to brush with a wire brush.
gratter, v. a., to scratch, scrape; to erase (writing);
gratter & vif, to scrape off the outside; to remove
the weathering of stone.
grattoir, m., scraper; rake; eraser; (art.) vent-pick;
ft canon, (art.) gun scraper;
-tube, tube scraper.
gratuit, a., gratuitous;
& litre , free, gratis, gratuitous.
grave, f., sandy beach; strand; m., heavy body;
a., serious, important, weighty;
blessure , serious wound.
graveler, v. a., to gravel, cover with gravel.
graveleux, a., gritty, sandy;
crayon , gritty pencil.
graver, v. a. r., to grave, engrave, impress, imprint;
to be eaten (said of iron from which rust
has been removed); (artif.) to split, crack (as a
rocket case);
sur bois, to cut, engrave, on wood;
au burin, to engrave on copper;
en creux, to cut;
& I'eau forte, to etch.
graveur, m., engraver;
en creux, diesinker.
gravier, m., gravel, grit; gravel bottom.
gravimetre, m., (inst.) gravimeter.
gravimfetrique, a., gravimetric;
densite , (ball.) gravimetric density.
gravir, v. a., to scramble, climb, crawl up; to climb,
ascend.
gravitation, f., gravitation.
graxite, f., gravity, weight;
absolue, absolute gravity;
centre de , center of gravity;
specifique. specific gravity.
gravtter, v. n. , to gravitate.
gravois, m., rubble, rubbish; coarse gravel;
specifique, specific gravity.
gravure, f., engraving; engraved marks or indications
(as on a sight);
sur bois, wood engraving;
en creux. diesinking;
& reau forte, etching;
& la maniere noire, mezzotint;
sur pierre, stone engraving;
en taille douce, copperplate engraving;
en taille dure, steel engraving.
gr6, m. , will, good will; what is agreeable to the will;
de & , (of a contract) voluntarily on both
sides.
grtage, m., rigging (action of).
grecque, f., fretwork, fret.
greement, grement, m., rigging; set of ropes
needed for a given purpose;
en (fil de)fer, wire rigging;
en filin, hemp rigging;
fixe, standing rigging.
grfier, v. a., to rig.
greffe, m., record office, clerk's office; (Fr. a.)
clerical element of the permanent part of a
court-martial; archives, records, of a courtmartial.
greffer, v. a., to graft; (mil min.) to break out
from.
greffier, m.,- (Fr. a.) administrative officer of mili-
tary law, appointed by president, keeps the
greffe of a military court or of a conseil de revision;
adjudant commis commis , , clerk of a
grSIe, a., slender, slim, lank.
grele, f.. hail, hailstorm; (mil.)
bullets;
shower (hail) of
orage de hailstorm.
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grelet, m., pickax.
grelin, m., (cord.) warp, hawser; stream cable
of three or four
(strictly, a large rope composed
aussieres (hawsers) of four torons (strands)
each);
chaine, stream chain;
en , cable-laid;
de re-morgue, towrope.
grelon, m., hailstone.
grelot, m., bell, sleighbell.
grenade, f.. (artif'.) grenade; (art.) head (of a
shrapnel); powder chamber ana walls of the
obits & mitraille; (unif.) shell and flame (distinctive
mark); ( Fr. art.) grenade worn by the
best gun-layer of the year in a battery;
borgne, (artif.) a fuseless grenade;
eclairante, (artif.) light grenade, flare;