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pompe 340 pont
pompe d>'alimentation h vapeur, steam feed pump;
allumer la v. amorcer la ;
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alternative, reciprocating pump;
ame de , pump bore;
amorcer la , to fetch th3 pump;
de , pump gear;
appareil
aspirant, suction pump;
asmranle etelevatoire. suction and lift pump,
aspiranle elfoulante, lift and force pump;
almospherique, atmospheric pump;
auxiliaire, auxiliary pump;
de/'at>a*,headpump;
de boucham. bilge pump;
6ros, hand pump, hand engine;
bras de , pump handle;
bbringueballe, brake pump;
bringueoatte de , pump handle, pump lever,
de cote, bilge pump;
centrifuge, centrifugal pump;
& chapelet, chain pump;
charger
Id to fetch the , pump;
chopine de , lower pump box;
de circulation, circulating pump;
de circulation a double (simple) effet, double-
(single-) action circulating pump;
clapel de pump valve; ,
de compression, compressing pump; air compressor;
condensing pump;
& I' comprimer air, air compressor;
s conjuguees, pumps in tandem, one above
corps de , pump barrel, pump stock; (St. Cyr
slang) staff of instructors; academic staff (U. S.
M.A.);
crepine de , pump-kettle, strainer;
croc de , pump hook;
curette de , pump scraper;
cylindre de v. , corps de ;
la se decharge, the pump has lost water;
depot de a incendie, engine house;
& douches, shower-bath pump (for horses);
d double effet, double-action pump;
a double piston, double-piston pump;
& eau chaud (froide), hot- (cold-) water pump;
elevatoire, lift pump;
engrener la v. amorcer la ;
,
d'epuisement, bilge pump; drain pump;
d' extraction de la chaudiere, discharging pump;
dfaire le vide, exhausting pump;
faire prendre la v. amorcer la ;
,
tifeu, fire engine;
fixee, fixed pump;
flottanted, incendie, fire tug;
& force centrifuge, centrifugal pump;
foulante, force pump;
foulante et aspfrante, lift and force pump;
la estfranche, the pump sucks;
franchir la , to clear, free, the pump;
garniture de , pump gear;
& glycerine, (art.) glycerine pump (in turret
gear);
heuse de , pump spear and box;
h huile, ou pump;
& incendie,
fire engine;
d, incendie portative, portable fire engine;
it incendie a vapeur, steam fire engine;
djet, jet pump;
& jet aspirant, suction jet pump;
b, jet d'eau, water-jet pump;
& jet de vapeur, steam-jet pump;
jumelle, double-cylinder pump;
4 main, hand pump;
manche de , pump dale;
manivctte de , pump handle;
de mer, waterspout;
& mer cure, mercury pump;
mixle, v. aspirante et foulante;
oscillante. oscillating pump;
de petit cheval, donkey pump;
piston de , pump bucket;
d piston, piston pump;
& piston plongeur, plunger pump;
pneumatique, air pump (rare);
pompe portative, portable pump;
des pretres, monk's pump,
pump;
lift and force
Za esl prise, the pump is fetched;
(& propulseur) helico'ide, propeller pump,
spiral pump;
reprise de , pump lift;
& rotation, rotative, rotary, centrifugal
pump;
royale, common pump;
d, simple effet, single-acting pump;
sonde de , pump gauge;
suspendue, sinking pump;
temps de , (St. Cyr slang) examination time;
tige de , pump spear, pump rod;
& trois corps, & trois manivelles, threethrow
pump;
a vapeur, steam pump;
verge de ,pump spear;
volant de , fly wheel of a pump;
sans volant, direct-acting pump;
volante, sulking pump.
pomper, v. a. n., to pump; to suck, suck up; (sm.
a.) to shake (said of a gun barrel when not properly
fitted to stock); (mil. slang) to rain; (St.
Cyr) to study, work.
pomperie, f., pump work.
pompier, m., fireman (fire brigade); (mil. slang)
dirty, slovenly, soldier;
sapeur- fireman, especially regiment de
sapeurs- s de la ville de Paris, (Fr. a.) the
Paris fire brigade (forms part of the infantry
of the army).
pompon, m., (unif.) pompon;
vieux , (mil. slang) old soldier.
ponant, m., the west; (in French Mediterranean
ports) the west wind; the Atlantic Ocean.
pondage, m., rubbing with pumice; pouncing.
ponce, f., pumice stone;
commune, v. pierre
;
pierre , pumice stone.
ponceau, m., culvert, little bridge, small bridge
of a single arch (in the military service, gener-
ally extemporized);
avec conlre-fiches, strutted bndge;
avec etais, frame bridge with stays;
sur cadres arc-boutes, single- (double-) lock
surfermes en perches, single-sling bridge;
de rigole,(r. r.) culvert;
avec traverses, small bridge of two balks sup-
the roadway.
porting
poncel, m. , v. ponceau.
poncelet, m., (elec.) proposed unit of activity, 100
kilogrammeters per second (approximately one
kilowatt).
poncer, v. a., to pumice; to prick a drawing and
rub it over with powdered charcoal or chalk.
poncette, f . , pounce Dag.
poncif, m., v. poncis.
poncis, m. , drawing pounced, pricked, and rubbed
over with powdered charcoal or chalk.
ponctuer, v. a., to dot (as lines in a drawing),
poney, m., pony;
double, cob.
ponghee, m., China silk, pongee.
pont, m., bridge; (nav.) deck of a
ship (when used
alone, the main deck is meant); (met.) fire
bridge, Hame bridge; (elec.) multiple circuit,
bridge, in electriclighting; bridge of an electric
fuse; (sm. a.) well cover; dust cover; (tech.)
junction piece, tie; bridge-like support.
I. Military, naval; II. Bridges in general,
miscellaneous.
I. Military*, naval:
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms are militaty.)
abri, (nav.) awning deck;
abnormal, special (pontoon) bridge for special
circumstances (v. normal)',
d'argent, loophole of escape left to a defeated
and beaten enemy, lest he should become desperate
and reverse the results;