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ordre 300 ortie<br />

ordre, service d' , department, personnel,<br />

churned with the maintenance of order;<br />

of lower grade, of a<br />

en sous , subordinate,<br />

subordinate capacity;<br />

xupiilimcntaire, after-order;<br />

.1 de tenue, dress orders, dress regulations;<br />

en tirailleurs, skirmishing order;<br />

transmettre un to transmit an order;<br />

,<br />

de transport, order for the railway transporta<br />

tion of stores and of materiel in general.<br />

ore, f., (met.) twyer pldte.<br />

oree, f., skirt, border, of a wood (obs.).<br />

orellturd, a., lop-eared;<br />

chcval , lop-eared horse.<br />

oreillon, m., (fort.) v. orillon; (sm. a.) languet;<br />

(harn.) head knot of a bridle, tassel.<br />

organe, m., organ; (mach., etc.) part of a machine,<br />

of a mechanism;<br />

s actifs, the moving, working parts of a machine<br />

shop;<br />

de deformation, (art.) generic term for hydraulic<br />

cylinders, buffers, etc., used in taking<br />

up and checking recoil;<br />

s passifs, the fixed parts of a machine shop<br />

(hangers, plummers, etc.);<br />

de reglage, adjustment.<br />

organeau, m., ring; anchor ring;<br />

d'ancre, anchor ring.<br />

organisation, f., organization; (mil.) preparation<br />

for defense (wood, house, village, etc.);<br />

-<br />

defensive d'un mur, d'une maison, etc., (mil.)<br />

preparation of a wall, house, etc., for defense;<br />

--iiUcrieure, (fort.) inteiior arrangement (of a<br />

fort or work).<br />

organiser, y. a., to organize, arrange, prepare;<br />

(fort., mil.) to prepare;<br />

dfjcnwvcment, (mil.) to prepare anything for<br />

defense (as a village, house, etc.);<br />

orge, f., barley;<br />

d'automne, v. carre;<br />

carre, winter barley;<br />

grain d' v. , s. v. grain;<br />

d'hiver, v. carre;<br />

ii'ondl , Scotch<br />

barley;<br />

perle , pearl barley.<br />

orgette, f. . (mach.) beam or shaft of a mandrel lathe.<br />

orgueil, m., prop, fulcrum of a lever,<br />

oriasite, f., (ezpl.) oriasite.<br />

orient, m.. east; the east;<br />

trie, right-hand side of a map;<br />

r), point where the sun rises in<br />

summer (winter);<br />

orient, I'extreme , the Far East (China,<br />

Japan).<br />

oriental, a., eastern, oriental.<br />

orientation, f., orientation; the getting of one's<br />

bearings, of the points of the <strong>com</strong>pass; (nav.)<br />

trim (of the sails);<br />

d'un lever, putting the north and south line<br />

on a map.<br />

orientement, m., proper facing (i. e., situation) of<br />

a building; (nav.) set of the sails.<br />

orienter, v. a., to orient (one's self, a plane table,<br />

etc.); to find out one's position or bearings.;<br />

un lever, to draw a north-and-south line on a<br />

map;<br />

la planchette, to set up a plane table;<br />

les voiles, (nav.) to trim the sails.<br />

orciile, f., ear; (tech., etc.) lip, lug. corner, handle,<br />

projection, foot; (*ro. a.) thumb piece, <strong>com</strong>b;<br />

(mil* min.) horn (of a case); (top.) either crest<br />

cr summit of a double-peaked mountain; (carp.)<br />

sr>rt of arch (upper part straight in front, bottom<br />

rounded ); (mas.) cut or notch at the end of<br />

a window- or door-sill;<br />

allcr de I' v. boiler de V , ;<br />

d'ancre, anchor fluke;<br />

d-Ane, kevel, cleat;<br />

bee d' , point, bill, of a fluke;<br />

de boite de roue, ear of a nave box;<br />

boiler de V '-, (hipp.) to limp at the ear (said of<br />

an ear that flops during motion);<br />

cansee, (hipp.) broken ear;<br />

de chat, (fan.) sort of calkin;<br />

de cochon, (hipp.) swine ear; thick, broad ear,<br />

falling over;<br />

d'un cordage, (cord.) ear of a rope;<br />

coucher les * en arriere, (hipp.) to throw back<br />

the ears;<br />

coupee, (hipp.) cropped ear;<br />

dresser les s, (hipp.) to prick up the ears;<br />

hardie, (hipp.) well set, fine ear;<br />

inquiete, (hipp.) restless ear, uncertain ear<br />

(always in motion);<br />

plaquee, v. de cochon;<br />

de pointage, (art.) aiming ear or lug (Russian<br />

field mortar);<br />

de renard, v. hardie;<br />

taquet d, s, belaying cleat.<br />

orifice, m., hole; orifice; nozzle; mouth, opening;<br />

manhole; (steam) port;<br />

d'admission, admission port;<br />

d'admission (d'introduction) du cylindre, cylinder<br />

port;<br />

d'admission du tiroir, slide-valve port;<br />

d'aspiration, aspirating port or orifice;<br />

de charge, (art.) filling hole (of a shell);<br />

de decharge, discharge hole or vent;<br />

d'emission, exhaust port;<br />

d'emission du cylindre, cylinder exhaust port;<br />

d'emission du tiroir, slide-valve exhaust<br />

port;<br />

a I', d', evacuation, eduction port, exhaust<br />

port;<br />

d'evacuation du cylindre, cylinder exhaust<br />

port;<br />

. de graissage, (mach.) oil hole;<br />

d'introduction,<br />

- d' introduction de la vapeur,<br />

steam port, admission port;<br />

de nettoyagc, de nettoiement, mud hole;<br />

de prise d'eau a Ix mer, sea cock.<br />

original, m., (of a document, etc.).<br />

origine, f., origin; (hipp., etc.) origin of a muscle;<br />

des coordonnees, origin of coordinates;<br />

d'une ligne, (r. r.) starting point of a railway;<br />

des rayures, (art.) origin or beginning of the<br />

grooves;<br />

du tir, (ball.)<br />

oreillere, f., (harn.) ear ornament.<br />

point at which the projectile<br />

leaves the piece.<br />

oriilard, a. v., oreillard.<br />

orillon, m., ear; handle; (fort.) orillon (obs.);<br />

bastion d s, (fort.) bastion with orilloiis.<br />

orin, m., (cord.) buoy rope;<br />

d'ancre, anchor-buoy rope.<br />

oringuer, v. a., to haul upon a buoy rope to see if<br />

the anchor is all right; to raise an anchor by the<br />

buoy rope.<br />

oripeau, m., tinsel.<br />

orle, m., lip or rim of a volcano crater.<br />

ornie, m., elm (tree and wood).<br />

ormeau, m., young elm.<br />

orne, m., manna ash.<br />

orniere, f., rut (of a wheel); (r. r.) rail; groove or<br />

cut (for a wheel flange);<br />

angulaire, (r. r.) edge rail;<br />

en bois, wooden (tram) rail;<br />

chemin d s, tram road;<br />

chcminti s de pierre, stone way;<br />

-<br />

creuse, tram rail;<br />

garder I', to follow or keep in the track of a<br />

leading carriage;<br />

plate, plate d relord, tram rail;<br />

saillante, v. angulaire.<br />

orographe, m., (inst.) orograph.<br />

orographie, f., orography.<br />

orometre, m., (inst.) orometer, mountain barom-*<br />

eter.<br />

orometrique, a., altitude measuring.<br />

orpimeiit, m., orpin, m., orpiment.<br />

ort, a., (of weights) gross.<br />

orthochromatique, a., orthochromatic.<br />

orthographic, f., orthographical projection; elevation;<br />

(fort.) normal profile or section;<br />

externe, elevation;<br />

interne, section.<br />

ortie, f., nettle; (hipp.) rowel, seton;<br />

de Chine, ramie, China grass;

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