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cell 296 officer
cell du pirot de la bride, (sm. a.) pivot hole of the
tumbler bridle of a gunlock;
- - de pont, weeper of a bridge;
de rou(, nave hole;
a foe, (art.) plug-lever cam eye, tappet eye;
de la tuyere, (met.) twyer hole;
vairon, (hipp.) wall-eye;
du vent, wind's eye;
d. me d' , by the eye, by sight.
cclllard, m., middle-sized grindstone; eye of a millstone;
for
opening
the shaft of a mill; aspirating
mouth (of a ventilator);
- moitic. (in a ventilator) opening whose diameter
is one-half the diameter of the wheel;
aw quart, (in a ventilator) opening whose
oeuvre, sous , (cons.) underpinning, shoring up,
foundation;
en sous , (cons.) at the foundation.
oflensif, a., (mil.) offensive; (torp.) ready to act;
armes s,
diameter is one-fourth the diameter of the wheel.
offensive weapons, weapons of offense;
guerre ve, offensive war;
retour , counterstroke, return stroke;
traite offensive , treaty;
traite et defensif, offensive and defensive
treaty.
offensive, f., (mil.) offensive;
garder V to remain on the , offensive;
prendre V to assume the offensive.
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office, m., duty, employment; service; divine service;
turn, functions; diplomatic note, paper;
bureau;
d' , officially, by virtue of one's office; sponta-
oetllero, f., canine tooth: eyetooth; (harn.) blinder,
blinker; blind; eyeflap;
drnt , eyetooth.
ceillet, m.. eye, eyehole; eye of a bolt; (cord.) eye;
eyelet; eyelet hole; thimble;
d'amarrage, (cord.) lashing eye;
de I'ancre, anchor-stock eye;
nrtiftciel, (cord.). Flemish eye;
bague d' , grommet of an eyelet;
d'un bpulon, eye of a bolt;
- -couldnt, roller stud (sort of stud pierced by
an eyelet containing a small roller);
cpisse , (cnrd.) eye-splice;
d'estrope, eye of a block strap;
d etai, eye of a stay;
de fer, eye of a bolt;
d la flamande, v. artificiel;
de pavilion, tack of a flag;
de poulie, eye of a block strap;
rond, (cord.) half a crown;
de voilier, (cord.) reefing eye.
oeilleton, m., (art., (sm. a.) eyehole, peephole (of a
sight); (inst.) eyehole of a telescope.
oestre, m., gadfly.
oeuf, m.,egg;
courbe en , (steam) slide-valve diagram;
electrique, (eke.) electric egg.
oeuvre, f., work, piece of work, fabric;
& V , at work; (mil.) in action;
at dicrde grosses sses -
s, (nav.) that part of an arsenal
stans and other heavy pieces are made;
where capstan
s blanches, tool-maker's cutting tools;
bois d' construction , timber;
en at work , (being worked at);
exterieures, (nav.) outboard works;
s interieures, (nav.) inboard works;
main d' v. main , d'ceuvre;
maitre des s, foreman;
mettre ti V . to put to work;
mcttre en , to employ (a workman); to utilize;
(mas.) to set a stone;
mprtes, (nav.) deadworks, upper works;
pisee, cofferwork, cobwork; earthwork; pis6
work;
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vives, (fort.) generic- term for working parts of
a fort (guns, emplacements, magazines, etc.);
(not.) lower works.
oeuvre, m., construction, building; (met.) argentiferous
lead;
dans , inside of the building; inside measurement;
aros , (cons.) the heaviest walls;
hors , exterior measurement;
hors d' , outside of the main walls; outside
measurement; projecting, bulging out;
hors-d* , a projecting construction; outworkst
'jeter hors d' , to project, bulge out;
mesure dans (hors, hors d') , inside (outside)
measurement;
mrsurcr dans (hors, hors d') , to take an inside
(outside; measurement;
& i>ifd if . at hand, in the neighborhood (of the
work to be done);
reprendre sous , reprendre en sous , (cons )
to underpin, rebuild from the foundation- to
alter the groundwork;
f Tfi>ri* * < n >*u , (cons.) repairing, rebuilding
alteration, of foundations;
neously, of one's own accord;
divin, divine service, public worship;
the service, functions,
faire I' de, to perform
duty of.
officiant, m., officiating chaplain, clergyman.
offlciel, a., official;
bulletin v. s. v. , bulletin;
journal , v. s. v. journal.
officier, v. n., to perform divine service, to officiate.
officier, m., officer; official; lowest grade but one in
the Legion of Honor; (mil., nav.) officer;
d' Academic, in France, person that has received
the decoration known as the palmcs
academiqucs, q. v.;
acheteur, member of a horse-purchasing
board;
en activite (de service), officer on the active
list;
adjoint ft I'habillement, (Fr. a.) assistant of
the capitaine d'habillement, q. v.;
d'administration, (Fr. a.) officer in charge of
an administrative department, or who assists
the head or director of a department in his
accounts and papers. Administrative officers
serve in three services the intcndance, military
justice, and hospitals and enjoy the privileges
of officers proper. The grades are d'administration
principal, d'administration de Ire
(2e) classe, d'administration adjoint de Ire
(2e) classe, and have no assimilation with military
grades proper except as to pay and retirement
(from major to second lieutenant);
d j
administration grcfficr, v. d'administra-
tion de lajustice militairc;
d'administration de la justice militairc, ( Fr. a.)
administrative official of military courts (
d'administration grcfficr, or greffier, q. v.) and of
military prisons;
- d'administration du services des Jidpitaux, (Fr.
a.) official in charge of accounts, etc., of sanitary
establishments, under the orders of the medical
officer;
d' administration du service de I'intendance,
( Fr. a.) accountant or administrative official ol
the intendance (serves in the bureaus of the intendance,
in the subsistence, and in the clothing
departments);
amiral, (nav.) flag officer;
d'approvisionnement, (Fr. a.) subsistence
officer of a regiment; regimental commissarv
officer (U.S. A.);
d'armement, ( Fr. a.) the assistant of the capitaine
d'habillement in matters relating to the arms
and ammunition of a regiment (almost th e same
as acting ordnance officer, U. S. A., in some
respects);
aux s, officers' call;
auxiliaire, ( Fr. nav.) an officer of the merchant
navy serving in the war navy as a complementary
or auxiliary officer;
bas , noncommissioned officer;
de la batterie, (nav.) officer in charge of the
gun deck;
bleu, auxiliary, supernumerary officer who
takes another's turn of dut y when sick or absent
s du bord, (nav.) ship's officers;