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lotissement 249 lunette
lotissement, m., division, separation into lots;
arrangement, storing, or effects in groups.
louage, m., hire, hiring, renting;
& for hire;
de , hired;
donnerb to , hire, let;
prendreft to , rent;
prix de , rent.
louche, f., broach, reamer.
louchet, m., narrow spade; (fort.} trenching
shovel;
& aile, a gazon, turf-cutters' shovel;
de galerie, (mm.) push-pick.
louer, v. a. r., to hire, rent, let, hire out.
lougre, m., (nav.) lugger.
loup, m., wolf; capital defect in wood; nail drawer;
(sm. a.) broad-bladed sword; (met.) bear;
(cord.) .woolder; (harn.) sort of bit for refractory
horses;
dent de , lever; pawl, ratchet; large nail;
faire un , to botch a piece of work;
gueule de v. s. v. , gueule;
de hautfourneau, (met.) bear;
demer, old salt:
saut de sunken , fence;
de selle, (harn.) straining, straining leather;
trou de , (fort.) military pit; (met.) overflow
pit;
loupe, f., knot, lump, flaw (in wood); biconvex
lens, magnifying or reading glass; (met.) bloom;
(sm. a.) lump (of a shotgun);
avalement de la , (met.) balling, balling up;
avaler la , (met.) to ball, ball up;
d'eau, (opt.) water-lens;
defer, (met.) bloom;
prisme, (opt.) eyepiece.
vu a la , magnified.
loupeux, a., knotty Oas a tree).
lourd, a., heavy, dull, close; (art.) heavy (of shells,
guns, etc.);
artillerie e, special name given to the heavy
artillery (field howitzers) accompanying a field
army;
batter'ie e, field-howitzer battery.
loustlc, m.,(mil.) good-humored, pleasant soldier,
having the gift of amusing his fellowsoldiers
and of keeping them in a good humor (familiar).
louve, f., lewis.
louver, v. a., to sling a stone by means of a
lewis.
louvet, a., (hipp.)
clay bank.
yellow-dun (color), fox-color,
louveteau, m., wedge, side piece of a lewis.
louveture, f., (hipp.) in the coat
spot of indistinct outline.
louvoyage, m., (nav.) beating.
mixed blackish
louvoyer, v. a., (nav.) to tack, to beat.
lover, v. a., (cord.) to coil down;
avec le soleil, to coil with the sun;
h contre, to coil the wrong way;
en galette, to make a Flemish coil;
- en S, to make a French coil.
loyer, m.,rent, hire;
d'entretien, (Fr. a.) rent received by contractor
(service des lits militaires) for articles
furnished, whether in hands of troops or not;
d'occupation, (Fr. a.) rent received by contractor
(service des lits militaires) for articles
in use.
lubrifacteur, m., (mach.) self-acting lubricator.
lubrif action, f., (mach.) lubrication, oiling.
lubrifiage, m., v. lubrifaction.
lubrifiant, m., lubricant.
lubrificateur, m., (mach.) oil cup, self-acting
lubricator; (sm. a.) bullet lubricant, lubricant;
de vapeur, (mach.) impermeator.
lubrification, f., v. lubrifaction.
lubrifier, v. a., (mach.) to oil, to lubricate;
huilea , lubricating oil.
lubrifieur, m., (mach.) self-acting lubricator; oil
cup.
lucarne, f., dormer window; skylight; garret-,
roof-window;
hla capucine, dormer window;
a ozil de boeuf, bull's-eye.
lucigene, m., lamp.
lueur, f., (art.) flash of a gun.
lugeon, m., runner (placed under a wheel, thus
converting a rolling into a sliding carriage: 3
Swiss term).
lumifcre, f., light; opening, window; hole, vent;
(steam) steam port; (art.) vent; fuse hole;
(inst.) sight, sighting slit; (drawing) illumination;
(carp.) slot, through hole or mortise:
d' admission, (steam) admission port;
de I' alidade, (inst.) sight slit of an alidade;
b, arc, & arc volta'ique, (elec.) arc light;
boucher la , (art.) to serve the vent (obs.);
bouchon de , (art.) vent plug;
canal de , (art.) vent, vent passage;
centrale, (art. ) axial vent ;
champ de , (art.) vent field;
de coussinet, (mach.) oil hole of a bearing;
de cylindre, (steam) cyUnder port;
de decha,rge, v. d'echappement;
degorger la , (art.) to prick the vent;
directe, (top. drawing) vertical illumination
(of a map);
d'echappement, (steam) exhaust port, eduction
port;
d'emission, v. d'echappement;
d'entree de la vapeur, (steam) v. d'admission;
d 1
evacuation, v.
evasement de to
vent;
,
d'echappement^
(art.) enlargement of the
d' exhaustion, v. d'echappement;
defusee, (art.) vent of a fuse;
agaz, gaslight;
grain de , (art.) vent plug, vent bushing;
& incandescence, (elec.) incandescent light;
d' introduction, v. d'admission;
masse de , (art.) vent bush previously fixed
in the mold and not tapped (obs.);
nettoyer la , (art.) to clear the vent;
oblique, (top. drawing) oblique illumination
of a map;
d'obus, (art.) fuse hole;
de pompe, mouth of a pump;
de projectile, (art.) eye of a shell, etc.;
de robot, slot of a plane;
de sortie, (steam) exhaust port;
trou de , (art. ) vent ;
& vapeur, (steam) steam port;
verttcale, v. directe;
zenithale, v. directe.
lunatique, a., (hipp.) moon-eyed;
cecite
chcval
, moon-blindness;
, moon-eyed horse;
ceil , moon-eye.
lune, f., moon, lune;
clair de , moonlight;
demi , (fort.) demilune.
luneton, m.,(/ort.) small lunette (defense of covered
way and other works).
lunette, f., (inst.) telescope, spyglass; (in pi.)
spectacles; (cons.) lunette (of a vault); (art.)
lunette, gauge, ring gauge, shot gauge; assembling
hoop (French 120mm
C.); feed valve
(Gardner gun); (fort.) lunette; (mach.) shellchuck;
lunette;
bearing-support ; (farr.) tip; (harn.)
d'affut, (art.) upper pintle plate;
d'amarrage, (art.) mooring eye of a cabestan
de carrier;
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d'aplomb, miners' telescope;
d'approche, telescope;
d'Arqan, (fort.) detached lunette invented
by d' Argon, first professor of fortification at
the Polytechnic;
astronomique, astronomical telescope;
de batter ie, (art.) battery telescope for obser-
\ation of hits;
a calibre, (art.) ring gauge, shot gauge, trunnion
gauge ;