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mine 275 mise
mine, poudre
poudre de anguleuse, (expl.) sharp-grained
blasting powder;
poudre de fin grain, (art*/.) fine-gram powder
de , (expl.) blasting powder;
used in safety fuses;
poudre de ronde, (ex-pi.} round-grained powder
(demolition and blasting) ;
de projection, (art.) Brialmont's name for a
torpedo shell; synonym of savartine, q. v.;
puits de , mine shaft;
saucisson de , (mil.) firing train;
simple, (mil.) single mine;
sous-chargee, (mil.) undercharged mine, v. s.
v.fourneau;
sous-marine, f . , (torp.) submarine mine;
v. s. v.
surchargee, (mil.) overcharged mine,
fourneau;
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systeme de s mute, (mil.) a combination of
the two following systems;
systeme de s du, moment, (mil.) a system of
mines established when required (i. e., during
systeme de s permanent, (mil.) a system of
mines established in peace;
en, T, (mil.) double mine;
en trefle, treflee, triple, (mil.)
triplo mine.
miner, v. a., to mine (as coal); to undermine,
sap, hollow, eat away; (fig.) to prey upon;
to'ruin by degrees; (mil.) to mine.
mineral, m., ore;
d''alluvion, alluvial ore;
bocarde, crushed ore;
broyer les s, to crush ore;
brut, raw ore; ^
essai de s, assaying;
essayer un , to assay an ore;
essayeur de , assayer;
defer, iron ore;
defer en grains, granular iron ore;
en grains, granular ore;
grillage de s, roasting of ore;
griller les s, to roast ore;
liydrate globulaire, kidney iron ore;
limoneux , limonite ;
des marais, bog iron ore;
s menus, small ore; ore in fragments;
riche, best work;
en roche, compact ore; ore in masses;
terreux, earthy ore;
trier les s, to sort ore.
mlnferal, a., m., mineral.
mlneralogle, f., mineralogy.
minSralurgie, f., art of treating minerals so as
to increase their usefulness.
mlneur,m., miner; (mil.) miner;
corps de s, (mil.) corps of sappers and miners.
mlnier, a., mining, mineral,
mlniere, f., earth, sand, or stone in which ore is
found; (more specially) a surface mine.
mlnistere, m., ministry; department (U. S.);
office, administration;
des affaires etrangeres, foreign office; Department
of State (U. S.);
des finances, treasury department;
de la guerre, war department, war office,
ministry of war, Horse Guards;
de I'interieur, Interior Department (U. S.);
home office;
de justice, department of justice;
de la marine, navy department, admiralty,
ministry of marine;
public, (law) public prosecutor.
mlnlstre, m., minister, secretary; (in France) a
Protestant clergyman; (mil. slang) a mule;
de I' administration de la guerre, v. de
la guerre;
des' affaires etrangeres, secretary of State
for foreign affairs; Secretary of State (U. S.);
d'Etat, cabinet minister;
des finances, secretary of the treasury;
de la guerre, minister of war, secretary of
state for war; Secretary of War (U. S.);
de I'interieur, home secretary; Secretary of
the Interior (U.S.);
de justice, attorney-general;
minlstre de la marine, minister of marine; first
lord of the admiralty; Secretary of the Navy
(U. S.);
pUnipotentiaire, minister public, envoy.
minium, m., red lead;
plenipotentiary;
defer, iron minium;
cover with red
peindre au , to red-lead,
lead;
peinture au , red-lead painting;
de plomb, red lead.
minot, m., (nav.) davit, boom.
minuit, rn., midnight.
minute, f., minute (of time); rough sketch,
note, notes, approximate report, minute;
minute glass; (top.) field notes; graphical translation,
in pencil and to the scale of the survey,
of field operations;
carte v. s. v. , carte;
de degre, minute of arc,
demi , thirty-second glass;
quart de fifteen-second , glass;
de temps, minute of time.
minuter, v. a., to make a rough draft or note or
copy; to jot down.
minuterie, f., hour train (of a clock).
mi-ouvert, a. half , open.
mi-parti, a., half-and-half.
mi-pente, & , halfway down or up a slope.
miquelet, m., (mil.) soldier of the body-guard of
a Spanish captain-general.
mirador, m.. (art.) observation station (for hits
of battery).
mirage, m. , mirage.
mire, f., (art., sm. a.) front sight, fore sight; (inst.)
leveling rod, sight "vane; (surv.) directing
mark;
v. s. v. angle;
angle de ,
bouton de v. s. v. , bouton;
coin de v. s. v. coin:
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a, coulisse, (inst.) sliding leveling rod;
cran de v. s. v. , cran;
fronteau de v. s. , v.fronteau;
grzduee, graduated rod;
ligne de =-, v. s. v. ligne;
v. s. v. longueur;
longueur de ,
longueur de la ligne de , v. s. v. longueur;
masse de v. s. v. , masse;
mettre en v. s. v. , mettre;
de nivellement, (inst.) leveling rod;
parlante, (inst.) self-reading rod;
point de , (ball.) point aimed at; (surv.) sighting
point;
prendre la , (ball.) to aim;
dereperage, (art.) sighting rod;
triangle de , (ball.) triangle of sight;
ti voyant, (inst.) leveling rod;
de voyant, (inst.) slide vane of a leveling
rod.
mirer, v. a., (ball.) to aim (rare).
miroir, m., mirror, looking-glass; blaze (or a
tree); scutcheon; cavity (on 'the face of a
dressed stone, caused by chipping too
deep);
& , (fiipp.) dappled;
ardent, burning glass;
grand , (inst.) index glass of sextant;
d'octant, (inst.) horizon glass;
petit , (inst.) horizon glass of sextant;
de pointage, (sm. a.) in aiming drill, small
mirror or reflector used to verify the aim;
rcflecteur, (sm. a.) reflector for inspecting
rifle barrels.
miroitant, a., specular, shining, flashing.
miroite', (hipp.) dappled.
miroiter, v. r., to shine, flash.
miroiture, f., (hipp.) dapple; regular round spots
(either lighter or darker than the main coat,
but always of the same color).
mirouette, a., (hipp.) bright dappled bay.
mise, f., laying, laying down, putting, placing,
setting, installation, starting; (met.) layer;
en accusation, indictment; (mil. law) arraignment;
bas, bringing forth, foaling, littering;
en batterie, (art.) act or operation of going
into battery; mounting of guns in their emplacements;