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guerluchone 211 guide<br />

guerluchone, f., mason's trowel.<br />

guerre, f., (mil.) war, warfare, art of war; (more<br />

narrowly) campaign; war department; land<br />

service (as opposed to navy);<br />

academic de war , school, 'war college;<br />

alter b la , to go to war;<br />

allumer la , to kindle war;<br />

art df la art of , war;<br />

articles de , articles of war;<br />

avoir la to be at , war;<br />

batiment de , (nav.) man-of-war;<br />

de bonne , according to the recognized laws of<br />

war;<br />

bureau de la , war office, war department;<br />

de cabinet, any war not a national war, e. g.,<br />

the <strong>French</strong> expedition against Madagascar;<br />

de ca, rnpagne, war in the open field, as opposed<br />

to sieges;<br />

chances de , chances of war, luck of war;<br />

cheval de , charger;<br />

civile, civil war;<br />

conseil de , council of war; court-martial;<br />

contrebande de , contraband of war;<br />

de cote, coast war (i. e., descents and related<br />

operations);<br />

de course, (not?.) <strong>com</strong>merce-destroying war;<br />

cr i de war , cry;<br />

de croisi&re, v. de course;<br />

de , warlike, of or belonging to war;<br />

declaration de declaration of , war;<br />

declarer la to declare , war;<br />

defensive, defensive war;<br />

departement de la , department of war;<br />

droit de la , law of war;<br />

(.cole de , (any) war school;<br />

I' ecole de la , the school of war;<br />

ecole supcrieure de , v. s. v. ecole;<br />

en , at war; under service conditions;<br />

etat de state of , war; war footing;<br />

etrangere, foreign war;<br />

d' extermination, war of extermination;<br />

factice, sham war, simulated warfare;<br />

faire la , to wage war, be at war;<br />

faire bien la. , to understand the art of war;<br />

faire bonne' , to wage war with all possible<br />

humanity; to act honorably to an adversary;<br />

faire une petite to be , engaged in minor operations<br />

(as opposed to battles);<br />

foudre de , great warrior;<br />

franc de molestation de , free from molestation<br />

of war;<br />

gens de , military men, soldiers;<br />

grande war , on a large scale; great operations<br />

of war;<br />

homme de , warrior, soldier;<br />

honneurs de la , honors of war;<br />

intestine, civil war;<br />

jeu de la , war game; kriegspiel;<br />

au large,<br />

seas;<br />

du large, (nav.) war on the high<br />

lois de la , laws of war;<br />

maritime, naval war, warfare;<br />

de mer, v. maritime;<br />

de mines, subterranean warfare;<br />

ministere de la , ministry of war; war department;<br />

war office; horse guards;<br />

ministre de la , minister of war; secretary of<br />

war; secretary of state for war;<br />

de montagne, mountain warfare;<br />

nationale, de nations, war between nations<br />

(as opposed to de cabinet);<br />

offensive, offensive warfare;<br />

& outrance, war of extermination;<br />

pain de , v. s. v. pain;<br />

de partisans, small operations, as raiding,<br />

foraging, etc.;<br />

peste de , (med.) typhus fever;<br />

petite , minor operations of war; sham fight;<br />

pied de , war footing;<br />

place de , fortified town, position;<br />

poudres de , service powders;<br />

raison de , custom of war;<br />

de rue, street fighting;<br />

ruse de , stratagem;<br />

de secours, war of alliance;<br />

guerre de siege, siege warfare;<br />

soutenir la ', to carry on war;<br />

souterraine, underground, siege operations,<br />

attack and defense by mines;<br />

stratageme de , war stratagem;<br />

temps de , war time;<br />

theatre de la , theater, seat, of war;<br />

usage de la , custom of war;<br />

vaisseau de , (nav.) war vessel;<br />

vaisseau moitie , moitie merchandise, (nav.)<br />

letter of marque;<br />

vapeur de , (nav.) war steamer.<br />

guerrier, a., warlike, material; m., warrior, soldier.<br />

guerrilla, f., (mil.) guerrilla;<br />

contre , counter-guerrilla.<br />

guerrillero, m., member of a guerrilla organization.<br />

guerroyer, v. a., (/am.) to wage or makawar.<br />

guerroyeur, m., (/am.) warrior.<br />

guet, m., watch, guard, sentry (obs. as a military<br />

word);<br />

avoir I'ml au , to be on the lookout;<br />

etre au to , watch, be on the watch;<br />

faire le , to watch, keep watch;<br />

mot de , watchword;<br />

de nuit, patrol, night-watch.<br />

guet-apens, m., ambush.<br />

gu6tre, f., gaiter; spatterdash;<br />

demi , half-legging;<br />

jambiere, legging (zouaves and tirailleurs<br />

algeriens);<br />

s molletieres, leggings.<br />

guetrg, m., (mil. slang) foot soldier; trooper who,<br />

for any reason whatever, has to go afoot.<br />

guStrer, v. a. r., to put on gaiters.<br />

gufetron, m., short gaiter.<br />

guette, f., (cons.) inclined post or stake, diagonal<br />

strut, prick post.<br />

guetter, v. a., to be on the lookout; to watch; to<br />

look out for; to dog.<br />

guetteur, m., lookout, watch, watchman;<br />

des<br />

electron-semaphores, coast signal man.<br />

guetton, m., diminutive of guette, q. v.<br />

gueulard, m., (met.) mouth, charging door (of a<br />

blastfurnace);<br />

cheval , (hipp.) hard-mouthed horse;<br />

tague de , (met.) iron band encircling the<br />

mouth of a blast furnace.<br />

gueule, f . mouth , (of animals) ; mouth (of a furnace,<br />

etc.); doucine, cyma; (fond.) gate, runner; (art.)<br />

mouth of a gun;<br />

(-)bee, discharge by cascade, or in a sheet,<br />

from an upper to a lower basin;<br />

futaille d, bee, a cask with its head knocked<br />

in;<br />

de loup, triangular notch in the end of a<br />

beam; a funnel that turns with the wind;<br />

(cord.) black-wall hitch;<br />

de loup double (simple), (cord.) double (single)<br />

black-wall hitch;<br />

& de loup, (carp.) tongued and grooved;<br />

marcher d, bee, v. s. v. marcher;<br />

produire une belle to , go well (of a coke furnace);<br />

de raie, (cord.) catspaw, (also) black-wall<br />

hitch.<br />

gueusat, m., v. gueuset.<br />

gueuse, f., (met.) pig, pig-iron; (nav.) pig-iron<br />

ballast, kentledge;<br />

defonte. (met.) pig iron;<br />

mere, (met.) sow, sow iron.<br />

gueuset, m., (met.) small pig of iron.<br />

gueusillon, m., v. gueuset.<br />

gueux, a., poor, naked.<br />

gui, m., (nav.) boom.<br />

guichet, m., wicket, little door; shutter;<br />

d air fraid, damper;<br />

scie & , <strong>com</strong>pass saw, table saw.<br />

guidage, m., guiding (of a tool).<br />

guide, f., (harn.) rein;<br />

attelage en s, (art.) harnessing up with reins;<br />

conduire en s, v. s. v. conduire,<br />

conduite en s, v. s. v. conduite;<br />

it grandes s, with reins; four-in-hand; at full<br />

speed.

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