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innavigable 225 Instable
innavigable, a., (of rivers, etc.) not navigable;
(nav.) unseaworthv.
lii-octavo, m., 8vo, octavo.
inoflenslf, a., inoffensive; (of mechanisms) out of
gear, out of action.
inondation, f., inundation, overflow; (fort.) inundation
(accessory defense);
inferieure, (fort.) downstream inundation
(below town or fort);
laterale, moyennc, (fort.) an inundation
opposite the town or fort;
superieure, (fort.) upstream inundation
(above town or fort);
tendre unc , (fort.) to prepare an inundation.
inonder, v. a., to inundate, overflow.
in-plano, m., full sheet.
in-quarto, m., 4to, quarto.
inquiet, a., restless;
cheval , (hipp.) restless, skittish horse.
iiiquieter, v. a., (mil.) to annoy, harass, impede
the enemy (a march, the passage of a river).
insaisissable, a., (law) not liable to seizure or levy.
inscriptible, a., inscribable.
inscription, f., inscription; notice (as on a signboard);
(mil. adm.) registry, enrollment;
lime d' , register, record book;
maritime, in France, registry of all persons
living by the exercise of some maritime employment.
inscrire, v. a., to register, inscribe, record; (mil.) to
take up.
inscrit, m., in France, any person forming part of
the inscription maritime,- q . v.;
definitif, any man belonging to the crew
of a merchant vessel and having 18 months'
sea experience (must be at least 18 years old);
hors de service a sailor of 50, or any sailor dis-
:
charged as physically unfit;
provisoire, any minor that can read and write
and that intends to follow the sea.
in-seize, m., I6mo., sixteenmo.
insensibilisateur, a., (expl.) desensitizing.
insensibiliser, v. a., (expl.) to desensitize.
insensible, a., not sensitive;
bouche , (man.) hard mouth.
insensitif, a., insensitive.
insurer, v. a. r., to insert, be inserted; (elec.) to put
in circuit.
insertion, f., insertion;
fixe, (hipp.) origin of a muscle;
mobile, (hipp.) insertion of a muscle.
insigne, m., (found generally in the plural) insignia;
marks of rank;
s de grade, (unif.) insignia of grade;
s de grade des sous-officiers hospitalises. (Fr. a.)
insignia worn n. c. o. by and corporals that have
been in hospital;
de pointeur, (Fr. art.) grenade worn by the
best gun layer of the battery for the year;
de service, (mil.) any badge or mark indicating
that the wearer is on duty; (Fr. a.) chinstrap
down;
de tir, (Fr. a.) insignia (pins or small hunting
horns) worn on the left sleeve by the best shots.
insolation, f., sunstroke,'heatstroke; (phot.) exposure
to the sun.
insoler, v. a., to expose to the sun (as hay, a blue
print, etc.).
insolubility, f., insolubility.
insoluble, a., insoluble,
insoudable, a., ( Met.) unweldable.
insoumis, (Fr. a.) recruit that fails to join within
the assigned time.
insoumission, f., (Fr. a.) failure to join, of a man
that has never served before.
inspecter, v. a., to inspect, survey.
inspecteur, m., inspector; surveyor; (mil.) inspector;
(Fr. nav.) inspector (official of the commissariat,
q. v., n. e. U. S. N.);
adjoint, (Fr. nav.) assistant inspector (grade);
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inspecteur d'armte, (Fr. a.) general of division,
member of the conseil superieur de la guerre;
d'armes, (Fr. a.) in each corps, a captain of
artillery (sometimes more than one) charged
with the yearly inspection of arms in the hands
of the troops of the corps region;
des cartoucher ies, (Fr. a.) general of brigade.
coming from the artillery, inspector of cartridge
factories (suppressed in 1897);
en chef de Irt (2me) classe, (Fr. niv.) grades
of the commissariat (n. e. U. S. N.);
de la defense (d'un groupe), (Fr. a.) general
officer detailed , in peace, to prepare the defense
of a group of forts or of fortifications;
des etudes, at the Polytechnique, title borne
by a captain (of artillery, marine artillery, or of
engineers) in charge of drill, discipline, etc.
(nearest equivalent, tactical officer, U. S. M. A.);
des forges, (Fr. a.) steel inspector, government
inspector at a gun foundry;
general, (Fr. a.) general officer detailed by
the minister of war to inspect a regiment, a
service, an establishment, etc.; provost-marshalgeneral;
(Fr. nav.) senior grade of the engineer,
construction, and medical departments, respectively;
general permanent de cavalerie, (Fr. cav.) general
officer, permanent cavalry inspector (v. s.
v. inspection);
'general permanent des fabrications de Varlillerie,
(Fr. art.) general officer, head of this inspection
(v. s. v. inspection);
general permanent des travaux de I'artillerie
pour I'armement des cotes, (Fr. art.) general
officer, member of the technical artillery committee,
specially charged with this duty;
de manufactures d'armes, (Fr. a.) inspector
of small-arm manufactures, member of section
technique of the artillery (abolished);
medecin , (Fr. a.) medical inspector;
technique, (Fr. a.) an inspector of the special
services.
inspection, f., inspection, survey, examination;
(mil.) inspection; personnel of an inspecting
department; charge, functions of an inspector;
arme, (sm. c.)command for inspection of arms
d'armee, (Fr. a.) inspection made by an inspecteur
d'armee;
d'armes, (Fr. a.) inspection of arms in the
hands of troops (made by inspecteur d'armes);
faire I' de, to inspect, examine;
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faire une , to make a survey, to inspect;
des forges, (mil.) steel inspection duty;
avec la garde, (mil.) (punishment for privates)
parading with the guard;
generale, (Fr. a.) inspection made by an in-
information of the minister of war;
generate de I'artillerie des armees, (Fr. a.) general
artillery staff of a group of armies (similar
staffs exist for the engineer and the administrative
services);
generale permanente de cavalerie, (Fr. cav.) the
permanent inspection personnel of the French
cavalry;
generale des prevotes des armees, (Fr. a.) the
provost service at the headquarters of a group
of armies;
passer d, I' , to undergo inspection;
passer une , to make an inspection;
permanenle des fabrications de I'artillerie, (Fr.
art.) inspection department in charge of all
technical and administrative matters relating
to the manufacturing establishments of the ar-
tillery.
inspiration, f., insufflation.
instability f., instability.
instable, a., unstable;
acier , (met.) steel that loses its properties;