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hauts-paye 216 hcrminure
haute-paye, f., (Fr. a.) extra or additional pay
to commissionnes and to rengages (
fiven 'anciennete).
hauteur, f., height, depth, altitude (of a triangle,
etc.); (top.) height, elevation; altitude, hill;
rising ground, ascent; (cons.) height at which
beams are laid; (mil.) number of ranks (of a
battalion, etc.);
& la de, off, abreast of; equal to; in a line with;
(drill) on a line with;
absolue, height above sea level;
apparent*, apparent altitude;
d'appui, breast height; (fort.) height of parapet
above banquette (called genouillere in barbette
battery);
d'aspiration, height of suction;
d'assise, (mas.) thickness of a course;
du barometre, barometer height;
de batterie, (nav.) height of battery above
water; height of axis of guns above level of
water, above water line;
de chute, (ball.) fall of a projectile due to
gravity;
de la chute d'eau, head of water;
sous clef, rise of an arch;
d'une colonne, depth of a column;
de , deep, in depth;
d'une dent, (mach.) depth of a tooth;
de disjonction, (ball.) height of disjunction;
donner la , to elevate;
de I'eau, depth of water; (mach.) depth of
water in a boiler; water line;
ecart en , (ball.) vertical deviation;
d'eclatement, (art.) height of burst from
ground, height of the bursting point (of a shell,
etc.);
d'entrepont, (nav.) tween-decks; between
decks;
d'epaulement, (sm. a.) height
ground at which the gun is fired;
above the
de genouillere, v. s. v. genouillere;
de jet, (ball., etc.) height of projection;
libre, height in the clear (of a bridge);
du parapet, (fort.) height of the crest above
natural ground;
du pas d'une vis, (mech.) pitch of a screw;
piezometrique, piezometric level;
de plongee, (foit.) height of interior above
exterior crest, rise of the superior slope;
du point d'eclatement, v. d'eclatement;
pointage en , v. s. v. pointage;
de pointe, (mach.) swing;
la de pointe est de . . . (mach.) to swing . . .;
pointer en v. s. v. , pointer;
prendre , prendre la du soleil, to take the
sun;
relative, height of a mountain, etc., above
its base;
theorique moyenne d'eclatement, (art.) height of
mean point or burst above ground;
du tiroir, (mach.) breadth of the slide;
type, f., (art.) the height above target at
which for a given trajectory the shrapnel must
burst to give maximum effects;
vraie, true altitude.
haut-fond, m., shoal, shallow, bank; shoal water.
haut-fourneau, m., (met.) blast furnace; ironworks;
& allure chaude (froide), hot-(cold-) blast
furnace.
haut-le-corps, m., (man.) jump, bound.
haut-mal, m., epilepsy.
haut-monte, a., long-legged.
haut-officier, m., (mil.) field officer, general
officer (obs.).
haut-pendu, m., a squall of wind or rain, quickly
over.
havre, m., harbor, haven.
havre(-)sac, m., (mil.) haversack; knapsack;
valise; (met.) hammer scale.
havresat, m., (met.) hammer scale.
hayon, m., front or tail rack of a wagon.
hSberger, v. a. r., to lodge, harbor.
heche, f., sideboard; rave; rack, or plank forming
side of wagon.
hectare, m., loo ares.
hectogramme, m., 100 grams.
hectographe, m., hectograph.
hectolitre, m., 100 liters.
hectometre, m., 100 meters.
hectostere, m., 100 steres.
heiduque, m., Hungarian foot soldier.
heler, v. a., to hail, challenge.
hSlice, f., helix; screw, propeller screw; spiral
grooves (as, around the hilt of a sword, etc.);
any spiral; (cord.) one complete turn or twist;
aailes amovibles, built-up propeller;
amovible, demonlable d la mer, auxiliary
propeller;
& deux, trois, etc., branches, ailes, two or three
bladed, etc., screw;
en , spiral, helical;
escalier en , spiral staircase;
sjumelles, twin screws;
d, pas droit (gauche), right- (left-) handed
propeller;
propulsive, screw propeller.
h61ice, a., heiicoidal.
helicoidal, helicoiide, a., heiicoidal; spiral (frequently).
heiingue, f., v. elinque.
heiiographie, f., heliography.
hSliomfctre, m., (inst.) heliometer.
helioscope, m., (inst.) helioscope.
hSIiostat, m., (inst.) heliostat.
heliotrope, m., (inst.) heliotrope, heliograph.
helloffite, f., (expl.) hellhofite.
hematite, f., (met.) hematite;
brune, brown hematite;
jaune argileuse, yellow hematite;
rouge, red hematite.
he'miple'gie, f. (hipp.) paralysis
of one side.
hemisphere, m., hemisphere;
austral, southern hemisphere;
boreal, northern hemisphere.
hemisphcrique, a., hemispherical.
hcmorrhagie, f,, hemorrhage.
hennir, v. n., (hipp.) to neigh, whinny.
hennissement, m., (hipp.) neigh, neighing,
whinnying.
heptaedre, m., heptaedron.
heptagone, m., heptagon.
heracline, f., (expl.) heraclin (a picric powder.)
herbe, f., grass, herb;
mauvaise weed.
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herbue, f., ~(met.) clay flux.
herco-tectonique, f., (fort.) art of fortifying a
camp, places, etc.
h6riss6, p. p., bristling, erect, rough, armed at all
points;
baril , v. Jierisson foudroyant;
chcval , (hipp.) horse with a staring coat,
rough-coated horse.
hrisser, v. a. n.. to erect, bristle, stare; to become
rough; (mas.') to rough-cast with mortar;
(mil.) to multiply obstacles, accessory
defenses, etc.
herisson, m., hedgehog; sprocket, sprocket
wheel; wheel before felly, etc., is put on;
(in road-building) a ground bed of large
stones covered with small stuff and rolled;
spikes on top of a fence; (mil.) chevaux de
frise; sort of chausse-trappe made of 3 lances
(used in Algiers); turning beam, herisson;
(mach.) spur wheel, spur gear, spur fly wheel;
de cote, (mach.) crown wheel;
en , (m,as.) set up on edge (of bricks, flat
stones, on the top of a wall);
foudroyant, (mil.) rampart beam (obs.);
de roue, speech;
roulant, (mil.) strong door studded with
iron spikes, used (obs.) to close a breach; had
two wheels;
stable, (mil.) same as roulant, but without
wheels.
he"rissonner, v. a.,
etc.).
(mas.) to rough-cast (a wall,
herme'tique, a., hermetic(al), air-tight, close.
hermetiquement, adv., hermetically.
hermine, a., (hipp.) ermined (of the coat).
herminette, f., adz.
herminure, f., (hipp.)
of a horse.
ermine spot in the coat