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accore
accore, a., (top.) steep, perpendicular (really
a naval term); m., prop, stay, shore; (top.)
contour of a reef, bank.
accorer, v. a., to prop, stay, shore up.
accostage, m., coming alongside (of a boat,
lighter, etc.).
ponton d'-
, lighter.
accoster, v. a. and n., to go or come alongside
of; to cause to bear, to touch, accurately,
(of plates to be riveted together) ;
'- , to come alongside of.
accotement, m., footpath on each side of a road
(chaussee), berm; (r. r.) space between exterior
rail and edge of ballast.
accoter, v. a., to chock, scotch, a wheel.
accotoir, m., prop, stay; chock, scotch; (med.)
hand-rail or frame of a cacolet, of a mule-litter.
accoudement, m., (mil.) touch of elbow in ranks.
accouple, f., leash.
aceouplement, m., (mach.) coupling, connection;
(hipp., etc.) copulation; pairing (as of carrier
pigeons);
* d articulations en croix, (mach.) universal
joint, Cardan coupling, Hooke's coupling;
- articule, (mach.) jointed coupling;
- dcroisillon articule, (mach.) universal joint;
-- d debrayage, (mach.) releasing, clutch, coupling;
dirige, irige, (hipp., etc.) pairing by selection;
d enveloppe conique, (mach.) cone coupling;
co
facultatif, (hipp., etc.) pairing by chance;
- fixe, (mach.) rigid coupling;
- par manchon, (mach.) muff coupling;
- par plateaux, (mach.) plate coupling.
decoupler, v. a. r., (mach.) to couple, to connect;
(art.) to couple horses; (hipp., etc.) to couple,
pair.
accrgditer, v. a. , to accredit; to present one's vouchers
and have them accepted.
accrochage, m., coupling, connecting, joining.
accrocher, v. a., to hook; (nav.) to grapple an enemy's
ship;
- un soldat, (mil. slang) to confine a soldier to
barracks.
accul, m., cove, creek; blind alley.
accule, a., (hipp.) liable to rear, to throw himself on
his haunches.
acculeinent, m., (hipp.) state or condition of a
horse that backs, rears, etc.
acculer, v. a., to bring to a stand; (/am.) to "corner;"
(mil.) to drive back an army against an
obstacle, as a river, lake, etc.; to push an army,
so far into enemy's country that it must either
break through or surrender.
accumulateur, m., (mach., etc.) accumulator (air,
steam, water, etc.); (elec.) storage battery, secondary
battery, accumulator; (fort.) weight,
counterpoise weight (used to raise turrets to
firing position);
de travail, storer-up of energy.
accurmilateur-multiplicateur, m., (mach.) multiplying-accumulator
(e. g., of pump).
accusation, f., (mil. law) charge and specification.
accuse, m., (mil. law) the accused, prisoner before
a court-martial; a., prominent (as a hill, ridge,
steeple, etc.); - de reception, receipt (for a letter, message,
parcel, etc.).
accuser, v. a., to accuse; to prefer charges against.
acgrg, a., sharp, sharp-edged.
acgrer, v. a., to edge, point; to overlay with steel; to
steel, to temper.
acgtone, f., (chem.) acetone.
- dcaisse ouverte, purchase at fixed time, place,
and price (open market), by the military administration,
of certain supplies;
acliat, m., purchase 4
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acier
acliat d commission, par voie de commission,
purchase by agent on commission allowed by
state;
direct, ordinary purchase, in open market;
par marche, purchase by contract, or according
to conditions published or furnished.
acheminement, m., preliminary step, preparatory
measure.
acheminer, v. a., r., to forward, dispatch, send; to
proceed, set out, get on;
un cheval, (man.) to teach a young horse to
advance in a straight line.
acheteur, m., buyer;
offider , (mil.) member of horse-purchasing
board.
achever, v. a., to finish;
un cheval, (man.) to finish breaking a horse.
achromatique, a., achromatic.
achromatisme, m., achromatism.
achromatopsia, f., color-blindness.
acide, a. and m., (chem) acid;
dzoteux, nitrous acid;
azotique, nitric acid;
fulmmique, fulminic acid;
marin, hydrochloric acid;
picrique, (expl. ) picric acid;
sulfoglycerique, (expl.) glycerol-sulphuricacid;
sulfonitrique, (expl.) mixture of nitric and
sulphuric acids in French process of making
nitroglycerine.
acier, m., (met.) steel;
adouci, annealed steel;
affine, fined steel;
Bessemer, Bessemer steel;
au bore, boron steel;
boursouffte, blister steel; # ;
bronze, steel bronze;
brule, burnt steel;
brut, crude, raw steel;
d canon, (art.) gun steel;
it, de, cementation, cement steel;
cemente, cement steel;
centrifuge, steel treated by centrifugal process
to get rid of blowholes;
au chrome, de chrome. chrome, chrome
steel;
commun, steely iron;
comprime liquide, fluid compressed steel;
corroye, shear steel, weld steel;
unefois corroye, shear steel;
deuxfois corroye, double shear steel;
coule, cast steel;
de Damas, damassf, damask steel;
diamavt, tool steel, tungsten steel;
doux, mild, soft steel;
dur, durci, hard steel;
ferreux, half steel;
fondu, cast steel, ingot steel; homogeneous
inn;
fondu au creuset, crucible steel;
defonte, furnace steel, hearth steel;
de forge, fined steel, charcoal hearth steel;
de fusion, cast steel;
des Indes, indien, wootz steel;
de I' ingot, ingot steel;
lamine. rolled steel;
malleable, forge steel;
manganese, au manganese, manganese,
manganese steel, Hadfield steel;
marchand, rolled steel;
moule, cast steel;
Katurel, natural steel, hearth steel;
nickel, du nickel, nickelc, nickel
steel;
ordinaire, common steel;
d outils, tool steel;
poule, blister steel;
puddle, puddled steel;
raffine, refined steel;
raffine (mine marque, shear steel;
raffined deux marques, double shear steel;
raffine d trois marques, steel heated and
welded three times;