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hernie 217 homme
hernie, f., hernia, rupture.
hernler, m., crow's-foot; (cord.) kind of dead-eye
through which the lines of an awning pass.
herpe, f., (mil.) v. Jierse.
herre, f., v. Jiaire.
herse, f., harrow; iron cringle, strap; (cord.) strap,
grommet; (fort.) portcullis; (mil.) harrow (obstacle);
(pont.) substitute for anchor in bridge
building;
articulee, balloon anchor, grapnel;
d'attrape, (mil.) upturned harrow, used as an
obstacle;
5 de to croupe, (cons.) crossbeams;
de forteresse, (fort. ) sort of portcullis or grating,
to close a passage.
hersillon, m., (fort.) plank or beam filled with
nails, and used to impede a passage; small
portcullis.
hetman, m., Cossack chief.
hetre, m., beech tree, beech wood.
heure, f., hour; hour's distance; moment, time;
avancer V , to set a watch, clock, forward;
du bord, ship's time;
de chcmin, an hour's distance;
(s) de cheral, an hour's, so many hours', ride;
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chronometrique, chronometer time;
de Greenwich, Greenwich time;
U-gale., time by the public clock;
locale, local time;
mettre une montrea I'
, v. prendre I' ;
de Paris, Paris time (reckoned from the meridian
of Paris); (r. r.) Paris time;
prendre I'
, to set a watch, clock;
s de presence, office hours;
retardcr I' -, to set a watch, clock, back.
heurt, m., collision, shock, blow; crown of a bridsre
or pavement.
heurtequiii, m., hurter; shoulder washer;
a patf.r(s), hurter with a body clout, or iron
wrapping plate; wheel hurter instead of shoulder
washer.
heurter, v. a. n. r., to run into, strike, hit, knock
against, collide with; (mil.) to come in contact
v ith (the enemy, outposts, etc.).
heurtolr, m., door knocker; sill (of a door); (mach )
catch, stop tappet; joint bolt; (art.) hurter;
retracting stud; stop; joint bolt of a cap square;
(r.r.) hurter;
de plate-forme, (art.) platform hurter.
heuse, f., bucket, spear and bucket of a pump.
hexaedre, m., hexahedron.
hexaeone, a., hexagonal; m., hexagon; (fort.)
six-bastioned work.
hexatomique, a., (chem.) hexad.
hie, f., commander, paving beetle, ram, beetle;
battre d, la , to ram.
hfement, m., ramming, paving.
hier, v. a., to ram, drive in with a beetle or rammer.
hierarchie, f., hierarchy;
militaire, military hierarchy; series of grades,
classification of grades, with subordination of
lower to higher.
hlcrarchique,
hierarchy ;
a., hierarchic; belonging to the
vote -
, (mil.) military channels.
hie'rarchiscr, v. a., (mil.) to fix or establish a
hierarchy, to fix the sequence of grades.
hin^uet, m., v. linguet.
hippiatre, m., veterinary surgeon.
hinpiatrie, f., (Jiipp.) horse medicines.
hippiatrique, f., (hipp.) veterinary art; horse
medicine; knowledge of horses.
hippique, a., of horses, concerning horses;
concours , horse show.
hippodrome, m., hippodrome; race course.
hippo-lasso, m., v. tasso-dnmptevr.
hippoiithe, f., (hipp.) stone in stomach or intestine
of a horse.
hippologle, f.,hippology.
hippologue, m., hippologist.
hippomane, m., horse lover; person very fond of
riding.
hippomanie, f., great love of horses; (hipp.) sort
of madness, rage.
hippometre, m., (hipp.) hippometer.
hippo-sandale, f., (hipp.) horse sandal, sort of
box shoe.
hlronde, f., queue d' hlrondelle,
, dovetail.
f swallow; iron axletreo band.
nisser, v a., to pull up, sway up, hoist, raise;
a bloc, to haul chock-a-block;
en douceur, to hoist handsomely;
main sur 1
main, to haul hand over hand
te
_, pavilion, to hoist the colors.
histolre, f., history.
historien, m., historian.
historique/m., historical account;
de corps, de regiment, regimentaire,
regimental history.
hlver, m., winter;
cceur de V , midwinter;
passer V , to pass the winter, remain in winter
quarters;
quartier d' , (mil.) winter quartersqueue
dc I'
, latter end of winter.
hivernage, m., winter season, wintering
place, winter fodder; (mil.) winter quarters.
hiverner, v. n., to whiter; to go into, remain in
winter quarters.
ho! dxi navire! (nav.) ship ahoy!
hobin, m., (hipp.) breed of Scotch horses (natural
pacers).
hoche, f., notch, nick, hollow.
hocher, v. a. n., to shake the bit, toss the head;
to notch.
hochet, m., kind of spade.
holrin, m., (nav.) anchor buoy.
hollander, m., (expl.) pulper, rag engine.
homards, m. pi., (mil. slang) Spahis.
homme, m., man;
d'affaires, business man; agent.
en affectation spcciale, (Fr. a.) any man
belonging to or serving in railroad, post,
telegraph, customs, forest, etc., departments;
sans aveu, vagrant ;
de oow, (man.) dumb jockey;
5 de cadre, (mil.) n. c. o.'s, corporals, trum-
peters, saddlers, etc.;
de chambree, (mil.) room orderly;
de cheval, horseman, rider, lover of horses,
thorough horseman; (cav.) trooper;
de communication, (mil.) man used to preserve
communication between the parts of an
advanced guard;
s de complement, (mil.) the men needed to
bring a unit up to a war footing;
de corvee, (mil.) member of a fatigue
party;
s a la disposition, (Fr. a.) members of a class
with the colors, but not in service, or else
released before expiration of their terms (since
1895 not an official term);
d'eglise. clergyman, priest;
encadre, v. de rang;
d'epee, soldier;
d'etat, statesman;
fait, full-grown, (hence) able-bodied, man;
de guerre, soldier, warrior;
& to mer, man overboard;
de mer, (nau.) able seaman, thorough
sailor;
mettre des s sur, to put men at (anj'thing);
to man;
s non-disponibles, (Fr. a.) on mobilization,
men kept for the public good in government
departments and in military establishments,
so that these may not be broken up by a sudden
loss of their personnel;
de paille., man of straw;
de peine, porter;
de pied, (inf.) foot soldier, infantryman;
aux s punis, (call or battery) for prisoners to
turn out;
de rang, (mil.) a term used in a somewhat
'
specialized way for the soldier thoroughly
drilled and disciplined, so as to keep his place
under all circumstances; man hard to frighten
or demoralize;
du ler (2e) rang, (mil.) front- (rear-) rank
man;
de recrue, (mil.) recruit;
de robe, lawyer;
de troupe, ( Fr. a.) man in the ranks (strictly,
n. c. o., corporal, and pri , ate; in current speech,
corporal and private).