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peloton hors rang, (Fr. cav. and art.) in each, regiment,
a special group comprising the petit
ctat-major, and various workmen, clerks, fencing
masters, etc.;
d 'instruction, (Fr. a.) platoon of soldiers
taking special drill;
de (la) piece, v. s. v. piece;
dcs pieces, (art.) gun ..detachment (as in a
turret);
de punition, (mil.) punishment squad;
dcs servants, (art.) gun detachment.
pelotonnement, m., (mil.) platoon formation in
three ranks (rare).
pelotonner, v. a. r., to clew; to gather into knots,
lumps; (mil.) to gather into small groups
(e. g., to resist cavalry).
pelouse, f., lawn; lawn grass.
peloux, m., earth washed down by rains from
mountains.
pelucheux, a., shaggy.
penalite, f., penal law; (in pi.) punishments (legal).
penchant, m., slope (of a hill, earthwork, etc.),
declivity, brink.
pencher, v. a. n., to incline, lean; bend; stoop; be
out of plumb; (nav.) to list, have a list,
pendant, a., hanging; pending;
chf e, (mas.) hangin? keystone; v. s. v. clef;
mitraille e, (met.) old brass.
pendant, m., (mil.) sword-belt sling; frog; (nav.)
man-o'-war's pennant;
brut, (mas.) long flat stone used especially
in arches.
pendeiitif, m., pendentive; sleeve, neck, of a balloon;
en , hanging.
penderoles, f. pi., (mil.) trumpet cords.
pendeur, m., (cord.) pendant.
pendu, m., (St. Cyr slang) instructor.
pendulaire, a., pendular, pendulous.
pendule, m., pendulum; f., clock;
balistique, (ball.) ballistic pendulum (the part
that receives the projectile);
canon^ , (ball.) gun pendulum (the part that
carries the gun) ;
h canon, (ball.) artillery ballistic pendulum
(the whole apparatus);
circulaire, circular pendulum;
compensateur, h
compensation,
com-
pense, compensating pendulum;
compose, compound pendulum;
conique, (mach.) Watt's governor, conical
pendulum;
cycloidal, cycloidal pendulum;
electrique, electric pendulum;
& force centrifuge, v. conique;
fusil , (ball.) musket pendulum (i. e., the
part that carries the rifle) ;
& fusil, (ball.) small-arm ballistic pendulum
(the whole apparatus);
lentille de , pendulum bob;
poids de , pendulum weight;
hrtveil, alarm clock;
b, secondcs, seconds pendulum;
simple, simple pendulum;
tige, verge, de -, pendulum rod.
pendulographe, m., (drawing) pendulograph.
pene, f., mop; (in. pi.) the small cords hanging
from a fly net.
p6ne, m., bolt (of a lock); (sm. a.) bolt; (art.) work-
ing bolt, operating bolt;
v. arme;
armed, ,
& coulisse, sliding bolt;
d dcmi-tour, v. d, ressort;
dormant, dead bolt, bolt proper;
d ressort, latch bolt.
p neau, m. state of , being a-cockbill (of an anchor) ;
en a-cockbill.
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penetration, f., penetration; impregnation (of
wood); (art., sm. a.) penetration of a projectile.
pSnetrer, v. a. n., to penetrate; (art., sm. a.) to penetrate
(of projectiles).
pfiniche, f., pinnace.
pfeninsule, f., peninsula;
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, Spain and Portugal.
penitencier, m., penitentiary;
militaire, military penitentiary (in France,
for soldiers sentenced to more than one year's
imprisonment ) .
peiiiteiitiaire, a., reformatory.
peniie, f., mop.
pennon, m., pennon.
penon, m., dogvaae.
pension, f., pension, annuity, allowance; food,
keep; livery; boarding school, boarding house;
accordcr une . to bestow a pension;
alimcntaire, board money;
cheval en , horse at livery;
pour les chevaux, livery stable;
envoy cr en , (horses) to put out at livery;
sur I'Etat, government pension;
etre de la mime, to mess together;
mettre en , to put (horses) at livery;
proportionneue, v. (de retrdite) proportionnelle.
recevoir des chevaux en , to keep a livery stable;
dercforme, ( Fr. a.) (officers') pension, granted
for physical or other unfitness;
de rctraite, (Fr. a.) retiring pension (officers
and men);
de retraite pour anciennete de services, (Fr. a.)
retiring pension, based on length of service
(officers and men) ;
(de retraite) proportionnelle, (Fr. a.) retiring
pension (men only) granted for length of service
between 15 and 25 years;
de retraite par suite de blessures et d' infirmites, (Fr. a.) retiring pension for wounds and disa-
bility in line of duty ;
pour services eminents, (Fr. a.) good-service
pension, with reversion to widows and orphans;
tenir en , to keep in livery;
viagere, life pension.
penslonnaire, m., pensioner.
pensiounat, m., boarding school.
pensionner, v. a., to pension, to grant a pension
or allowance.
pentaspaste, m., five-block tackle, for raising
heavy weights.
pentagone, a., ml, pentagonal; pentagon.
pente, f., slope, inclination; descent, ascent; declivity,
acclivity; uphill, downhill; gradient,
5; pitch (of a roof); talus (of a wall); fall
stream); face (of a hill); (sm. a.) jeg; fall or
E" of the stock; (tech.) jig; (carp.) set or angle
of a tool blade or cutter;
aisce, good gradient;
aller en to , incline, slope, shelve;
angle de , angle of slope;
ascendante, ascent, acclivity;
avec s et rampes, undulating;
avoir de la , v. etre en ;
de couche, (sm. a.) angle of slope of stock;
courante, slope of a road (in the direction of
its length);
dcscendante, descent, declivity;
difficile, v. raidc;
douce, good gradient; easy slope:
d'cnrayage, slope on which wheels must be
locked or chocked;
etre en , to incline, be inclined, sloping;
d'un fusil, (sm. a.) fall, bend, of musket
stock;
galerie en , (min.) adit of a mine;
du glacis, (fort.) slope of the glacis;
laterale, side slope of a road;
limite accessible, limiting practicable srjpe;
de mat, (nav.) rake of a mast;
de platre, (cojis.) layer of plaster, to receive
the leads of a gutter;
raide, steep, bad, slope;
rapide, steep slope;
d'une riviere, fall of a river;
de tente, side walls of a tent; \alance of an
awning;
du terrain, (top.) tangent of the angle of slope
(of the ground); gradient;
terrain en , sloping ground;
d'un toit, pitch of a roof.