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mouvernent de terrain, (top.) undulation, varia)-
1 ions, (of the ground);
d((s) terrc(s), slipping, crumbling (of earth-
work); conveying, transporting (of earth;
(fort .r.r.) earthwork, outs and fills;
totirnant, (mil.) turning- movement, made
out of sight of the enemy, and intended to take
him in flank or rear (strategic move);
dc translation, motion of translation;
uniforme, uniform motion;
- untformtment acccUre (retard?, vane), uniformly
accelerated (retarded, varied) motion;
de va-ft-vient, alternating, reciprocating,
variable accelere (retarde), variable accelerated
(retarded) motion;
ram, varied, variable motion;
vertical, vertical motion.
mouver, v. n., dufond, (of a stream) to flow
at the bottom more rapidly than usual.
momoir, v. a., to move, put in motion, drive,
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demeure, (of a screw) to turn without
, fdirc to' put in motion; to move, set agoing;
en rond, to wheel, to move round.
zuoye, f., (mo,*.) soft part of a stone; cavity, flaw,
filled with earthy matter.
moy, a., (mas.) flawy;
pierre e, stone sawed in two; stone freed of
its soft parts.
moven, m., way, means, medium, expedient,
power; (in pi.) means, i. e., riches; (law, in pi.)
pleas;
votes et s, ways and means.
moyen, a., m., mean, middling, middle; mean
(e. g.. arithmetical, et".V,
chiffre , average, on an average;
temps mean time;
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tcrme , average, on an -
average.
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moyenne, f., mean.
moyer, v. a., (mas.) to saw a stone in two; to
divide a stone along its quarry bed.
moyeu, m., nave; nave box; (rnach.) boss;
ccottage du neck of the nave;
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enrayage du , speeching, mortise holes of the
ctoile, (lit.) "star nave," name of peculiar
nave in which the spokes are connected near
nave by ribs produced under the hammer
(Forgesde Couzori);
of the nave;
d'helice, propeller boss;
b, dc, manivelle, (mack.) crank boss;
de piston, (mach.) piston boss.
gros bout du , back, hind end,
mucilage, m., mucilage.
muciline, f., (art.) axle grease (used by the French
artillery, composed of 10 per cent tallow, 10
per cent talc, 5 per cent lime, with resinous
and fatty matters).
muder, v. a., (nav.) to jibe.
muc, f., molting.
muer, v. n., to molt.
nuiot, a., dumb, silent;
annex tes, (sm. a.) arms that remain silent,
dumb weapons (e. g., in the hands of troops
too exhausted, etc. , to fire them) ;
carte tc, a map without legends;
tir , v. s. v. tvr. . .-'
muette, f., (St. Cyr slang) drill in which cadets
purposely fail to make their rifles ring in
order to annoy an unpopular officer.
muffle, a., (of shoes) squared-toed.
mu He, m., nozzle of forge bellows; band or strap
of iron on the end of a spring;
de fleche, tongue or nose plate on the end of
a perch.
muguet, m., jaune, v. mal blanc.
niuid, m., hogshead.
mulasse, f., young mule (male or female).
niulasserie, f., mule-breeding establishment.
mulassier, a. m., mule breeding; horse of Poitou;
mulassier, Industrie ere, mule breeding;
jument ere, (or, mulassiere simply), mulebreeding
mare.
mulcter, v. a., to fine, mulct.
mule, f., mule (female);
s traversiercs, s traversmcs, (hipp.) cracked
heels.
mulct, m., mule (male); (mil. slang) marine
artilleryman;
d'affut, (art.) carriage mule;
de bagages, baggage mule;
de bat, pack mule;
de cacolets, (med.) litter (cacolet) mule;
de caisses (& munitions), (art.) ammunition
mule;
de convoi, train mule;
de forge, (art.) forge mule;
grand mule , proper (offspring of the jackass
and mare);
d'outils, (art.) tool mule (other arms as well);
of the horse and she
petit , mule (offspring
ass);
de piece, (art.) gun mule;
de roues, (art.) wheel mule;
de selle, saddle mule, riding mule.
muletier, a., passable by mules, practicable for
mules; m., muleteer;
route e, road practicable for mules; pack trail.
muleton, m., young mule.
multangulaire, a multangular.
multicycle, m., multicycle.
multiple, a., multiple, multiplex; m., multiple;
telegraphic , multiplex telegraphy.
muItipHcateur, m., multiplier; (elec.) coil, multi-
plying coil (of a galvanometer); multiplier;
cadre v. s. v. cadre.
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multiplication, f., multiplication; gear (of a
bicycle).
multiplier, v. a. 7 to multiply.
multipolaire, a., (elec.) multipolar.
municipal, a., municipal; m., soldier of 'the municipal
guard; mi, municipal officials;
conscil town , council;
garde a member of the , garde e, q. v.;
garde e, name of the Garde de Paris between
1830 and 1848.
munir, v. a., to supply, furnish, especially (mil.)
to supply arms, ammunition, warlike stores in
general.
munition, f., (mil, in pi.) ammunition; provisions;
stores;
s de bouche, victuals, food, food supplies;
de - ,
regulation;
s de grand pare, v. de pare d'armee:
s de guerre, ammunition and other military
stores in general;
s d' instruction, blank cartridges;
s de la ligne de bataille, ammunition in the
hands of the troops in the field;
s de mobilisation, ( Fr. a.) small-arms ammunition
kept in magazines for issue on mobilization;
pain de , (mil.) ration bread;
s de pare d'armee, ammunition of the main
depot;
s de pare d'artillcrie, intermediate supply of
ammunition;
s de pare de corps d'armee, reserve ammunition
of an army corps;
rcm placement des s, (mil.) supplying of ammunition
in the field;
s de sac, small-arms ammunition carried by
the men in their bags;
* de surcte, ( Fr. a.) cartridges issued to troops
in garrison, and to accustom the infantrymen
to carry the weight.
munitionnaire, m., (mik) commissary (obs.).
mur, m., wall; (fenc.) salute, prelude of fin assault
at arms (consisting of conventional disengagements
and parries, to prepare the hand and the
legs, and accompanied by salutes to the adversary
and to the spectators); (min.) mine floor;