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piece 323 pierre
piece(s) regulieres,(adm.) regular routine papers
(e. g., invoices and receipts), regular vouchers;
de remplissage. liner;
de renfort, stiffening piece, plate, etc.;
de reserve, spare part;
de terre, piece, parcel, of land;
de toutes s, at all points, complete in all respects;
htravailler, (mach.) the work;
travailler d la , & ses s, to do piecework, to
be paid by the piece;
en treillis, (cons.) framed beam.
pied, m., foot; foot (of a tree, mast, column, of a
mountain, of a perpendicular); foot (12 inches);
foot rule; leg (as of a telescope stand, etc.); base,
footing, stem, support; (art.) leg of a gun lift; pry
pole of a gin; (pont.) leg of a trestle; (mach.) end
(as of a piston rod); (mil.) footing; (mil. slang)
recruit.
I. Hippology; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Hippology:
blanchir le , (fan.) v. s. v. blanchir;
de boeuf, toe-crack;
cagneux, cross foot, parrot-toed foot;
cercle, rammy, circled, foot;
changement de , (man.) change of the leading
foot (in galloping) ;
changer de , (man.) to change the leading foot
comble, full foot, pumiced foot;
dcrobe, broken foot;
de deniere, hind foot;
de devant, fore foot;
encastele, narrow-heeled, contracted, foot;
faire haut le to , run away;
faire neuf, to get a new hoof;
fourbu, foundered foot;
galoper sur le bon (mauvais) , (man.) to gallop
true (false);
grand, large foot;
gras, soft foot;
haut le , spare (of horses);
s inegaux, feet unequal in size;
long en pince, long-toed foot;
maigre, dry foot;
du montoir, (man.) near fore foot;
hors du montoir, (man.) off fore foot;
mou, v. gras;
de mulct, mule foot;
panard, outbowed foot;
petit , third phalanx; coffin bone;
petit, small foot;
pingard, foot touching the ground only at the
toe;
plat, plat flat , foot;
d quartiers resserres, foot with contracted
quarters ;
rampin, a variety of the pinqard, q. v.;
sec. v. maigre;
d talons bas (hauls), low-heeled (high-heeled)
foot;
& talons chevauches, foot with overriding
hee,ls;
& talons fuyants, foot with sloping heels;
h talons resserres, foot with contracted heels;
de travers, foot unevenly pared; crooked foot.
II. Miscellaneous:
& , dismounted; on foot;
armee sur , (mil.) standing army;
avoir du , (of a wall) to have a batter; (of a
ladder) to have a safe inclination;
de bane, (mil. slang) sergeant;
en s de bane, bench-legged;
de-biche, crowbar; pinch bar; claw hammer;
ratchet, pawl, catch; small iron lever for drawing
nails;
bleu, (mil. slang.) recruitd
calotte spherique, ball-joint stand (for plane
tables, etc.);
de en cap, from head to foot, cap-a-pie;
de chevalet, (pont.) leg of a trestle;
de-chevre, pinch bar; crowbar; (art.) pry pole
(of a gin);
pled cornier, corner (i. e., boundary) tree; (carp.)
corner piece of a framing;
& coulisse, calipers, sliding calipers, microme-
& coulisse de precision, vernier calipers;
coup de , v. s. v. coup;
courant, running foot;
d'une dent, shoulder of a tooth or cog;
en , full length (as a portrait) ;
etalonne, standard foot; standard sliding
calipers;
etre en , (mil. , etc.) to be on the establishment;
to be on full pay;
faux , (pout:.) false leg of a trestle;
'de ferme, obstinately, without flinching;
(mil.) at, from, a halt; on a fixed pivot; (fenc.)
without advancing or retiring;
gens de , (mil.) foot soldiers;
du glacis, (fort.) foot of the glacis;
de guerre, (mil.) war footing, establishment;
de guidon, (sm. a.) front-sight mass;
de hausse, de la hausse, (sm. a.) foot or
base of rear sight;
lacker , lacker le , to give way, to lose
ground;
marcher du meme , to keep step;
marin, sea legs;
mettre sur , (mil.) to enlist men, raise troops;
mettre & terre, to dismount, alight, from a
horse; to get out of a carriage; to go ashore;
du mur, foot, footing, of a wall;
du nuage, blending or continuity of a cloud
with the horizon;
& d'oeuvre, v. s. v. ceuvre, m.;
de paix, (mil.) peace footing, establishment;
perdre , to get out of one's depth;
de plain , (rooms) on same floor;
poudreux, deserter, vagrant; (mil. slang)
"rounder" (man who deserts from one regiment
to another) ;
prendre , to touch bottom (as in a ford, etc.);
a profondeur, depth gauge;
du rail, (r. r.) rail foot;
reduire un plan au petit , to draw a plan, etc.,
on a small scale;
de rustine, (met.) charging door;
sur , on foot; standing (as wheat, oats, etc.);
(mil.) ready, ready to serve;
du talus, foot of a slope;
htene! (mil.) dismount! (call and command);
ti terre. (mil.,cav.) afoot, dismounted;
de la tige du piston, (mach.) piston-rod end;
du vent, direction in which the wind blows;
y avoir to be within one's , depth.
pied-a-terre, m., "box" or "place" where one
stops.
pied-droit, m., (cons.) supporting wall, abutment,
pier (of an arch, etc.) ; one ofihe stones oi a pier,
of an abutment; jamb; small end of a gutter;
sheet of lead over the framing of a dormer window;
de cheminee, chimney jamb;
extreme, end or main abutment;
defenetre, window jamb;
intermediate intermediate pier;
de pont, bridge pier;
de porte> door jamb;
de voute, pier or support of an arch.
piedestal, m., pedestal; stepping-stone.
pied-livre, m., foot-pound.
piMouche, m., pedestal bracket.
pied-tonneau, m., foot-ton.
piege, m., snare, trap, decoy;
dresser, tendre, un , to set a snare.
pierraille, i., broken stone; rubble; road metal.
pierre, f. , stone; flint, rock, gravel;
d, adoucir, slip;
tiaffiler, whetstone;
de I'air, aerolite;
& aiguiser, whetstone, grindstone;
d'aimant, loadstone;