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Justesse d'un tir, (ball.) per cent of hits made by
a group of men firing together under identical
conditions.
justice, f., justice, court of justice, law officers, the
law, jurisdiction;
atter en , to go to law;
appeler en , to sue;
ctter en , v. appeler en ;
civile, civil jurisdictions;
conscil de , ( FT. nav.) inferior court-martial;
criminelle, criminal jurisdiction;
deni de , v. s. v. deni;
maison de , v. s. v. maison;
militaire, (mil.) Judge-Advocate-General's
department (U . S. A.); department of military
justice;
rendre la , to dispense justice;
kabyle, m., kabyle.
kadmite, f., (expl.) kadmite.
kalr, m., coir, cocoanut fiber.
kaire, m., (cord.) coir rcpe.
kaleidoscope, m., kaleidoscope.
kaiium, m., (chcm.) potassium.
kaolin, m., kaolin.
kaolinisation, m., kaolinization.
kaoliniser, v. a.,, to transform into kaolin.
kaoutcliouc, m., caoutchouc.
karat, m., carat.
karature, f., alloying; alloy;
blanche, alloying (gold) with silver;
rouge, alloying (gold) with copper.
kathode, m., (elec.) cathode.
kbir, m., (mil. slang) commander of a corps; colonel
(Arab word).
k6pl, m., (unif.) forage cap.
kfiracele, f., (hipp.) exterior swelling of the foot.
kfiraphylleux, a., (hipp.) keraphyllous;
lissu , keraphyllous tissue of the foot.
ke'raphyllocfcle, f., (hipp.) keraphyllocele (horn
tumor on inner face of the wall of the foot).
kgrapseude, f., (hipp.) cracked and seamy horn
tumor in some diseases of the foot.
kgratogene, a., (hipp.) keratogenous.
kfirite, f., kerite.
kiliare, m., 1,000 ares.
kilo, m., commercial abbreviation of kilogramme.
labeur, m., labor;
terre en , land under cultivation.
laboratoire, m., laboratory; (artif.) establishment
for manufacturing fireworks; (met.) bed (of a reverberatory
furnace);
de pyrotechnic, (artif.) fireworks laboratory;
de id section technique de I'artillerie, (Fr. art.)
a chemical laboratory belonging to the technical
section and making analyses for certain
branches of the army.
labour, m., plowing.
labourage, m., plowing; part of a raft of logs under
water.
labourer, v. a., to plow; (of an anchor) to drag;
(art.) to plow, to graze, to tear up the ground;
to make wide gaps in the hostile ranks;
lefond, (nav.) (of a ship) to graze, to touch;
le terrain, (man.) to stumble, trip.
labrador, m., v. labradorite.
labradorite, m., Labrador feldspar, labradorite.
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justice, traduire en , to prosecute, bring before
a court.
justiciable, a., (law) amenable, under the jurisdio
. tionof.
justicier, v. a., to inflict corporal punishment; to
execute, put to death.
justification, f., (adm.) the justification or supporting
of all items in public accounts by vouchers;
state of being supported by vouchers:
s comptables, vouchers made out and presented
by the interested parties:
s
djordre, vouchers prepared by superior authority
(e. g., orders) independently of the interested
parties.
justitier, v. a., to justify; (adm.) to support by
vouchers.
jute, m., (cord.) jute.
kilogramme, m., kilogram.
kilogrammfctre, m., kiiogrammeter.
kilolitre, m., 1,000 liters.
kilomgtrage, m., measuring by kilometers; operation
of putting down kilometer posts along a
road.
kilometre, m., kilometer.
kilomelr(% p. p., marked off with kilometer posts;
route e, a road marked off with kilometer
posts.
kilometrer, v. a., to mark off a road with kilometer
posts.
kilomgtrique, a., kilometric;
indemnite , mileage.
kilome'triquement, adv., by kilometers,
kiiia, m., (mcd.) quinine.
kinetite, f., (expl.) kinetite.
klnine, f., (med.) quinine.
kiosque, m., small house, kiosk, arbor, belvidere;
newspaper stand;
de la bane, (nav.) wheelhouse;
du capitaine, (nav.) chart room;
du gouvernail, v. de la barre;
de la passerelle, (nav.) bridge house;
de veille, (nav.) pilot house.
knout, m., knout.
kolback, m., (unif.) cfllback.
kolpack, m., v. kolback.
kriegsspiel, m., (mil.) war game.
kyanisation, f., kyanization.
kyaniser, v. a., to kyanize.
labyrlnthe, m., labyrinth; (mach.) sinuous guide;
(met.) launder.
lac, m., (top.) lake;
salant, salt lake.
lacage, m., operation, act, of lacing.
lacer, v. a., to lace, attach;
une manoeuvre, (cord.) to belay a rope.
laceret, m., small auger or gimlet.
lacet, m., lace, shoe lace; zigzag; zigzag or turn-out
in (or from) a road (to avoid an obstruction or
obstacle); winding or zigzag of an ascending
road; (cord., etc.) loop, lacing, knot, thong;
faire un , to wind, zigzag;
mouvement de , (r. r.) rocking of an engine;
(art.) motion due to inequality of pressure in
recoil cylinders;
de route, winding, turn, in a road.
lachage, m., in river naviagtion, the descent of a
boat.
lache, a., loose, not packed; slack, started; cow-
ardly, " dastardly, mean; m., coward, poltroon;
temps
, soft weather.