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rater, v. a. n., (of firearms in general) to miss fire;
of the man behind the gun, to miss.
ratification, f., ratification (of a treaty, etc.).
ratifier, v. a., to ratify (a treaty, etc.).
ration, f., (mil, etc.) ration, allowance, (for horses)
feed*
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& la ^, on ration, on ration list;
administrative, regulation ration;
collective de chaujfaye, (Fr. a.) daily allowance
of fuel for each stove or range and for each
coffee boiler;
diminuce, short allowance;
half ration;
demi ,
& la demi on half , allowance;
double, double ration;
entire, full ration;
d'cntreticn, ration, feed, sufficient to keep in
good order (for horses that do not work);
d'etape(s), route ration; travel ration (U.S.
'd''#, (Fr. a.) summer ration (horses);
etreh la , (mil.} to be on short allowance;
fixe annuelle de chauffaee, ( Fr. a.) yearly fuel
allowance for libraries, schools, etc.;
forte (de campaqne), (Fr. a.) increased field
ration (issued during active operations);
de fourrage, feed, ration, of forage;
de guerre, ( Fr. a.) field ration (horses);
d'hiver, ( Fr. a.) winter ration (horses);
individuelle de chaufiage, ( Fr. a.) daily allowan^e
of fuel to each man when no range is
available, or to each married noncommissioned
officer;
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marche h to v. s. v. marche:
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mettre & la , (mil.*) to put on short allowance,
on short rations;
mettre & la demi , (mil.} to put on half allowance,
half ration;
mettre h la petite , (mil.) to put on a short
allowance;
normal de campagne, (Fr. a.) normal field
ration, issued during stationnements of some
duration and during any period of war when
duty is not excessive;
normale de auerre, v. forte;
de poele, fuel allowance per stove for heating
barrack rooms;
reduite, short allowance;
de route, travel ration (horses);
de tirage, (Fr. a.) feed or allowance for draft
horses;
de transport, (Fr. a.) travel ration or feed
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(horses).
rationnaire, m., (mil.) man who draws or is entitled
to draw rations, not necessarily a combatant.
rationne', a., (mil.) in rations, i. e., ready for immediate
use (v. marche & la -.-
ration).
rationnement, m., (mil., etc.) short allowance of
rations; act of putting on short allowance.
rationner, v. a., (mil., etc.) to put on rations; to
put on short allowance.
ratissage, m., scraping.
ratisse-caisse, m., v. ratisse-moule.
ratisse-moule, m., (fond.) raking board, scraper.
ratisser, v. a., to rake, scrape.
ratissette, f., smith's tool scraper.
ratissoire, f., rake, scraper.
ratissure, f., scrapings.
rattachage, m., action of reknotting.
rattachemeiit, m., (surv.) operation of connecting
a point or station with the known point or
points.
rattacher, v. a., to tie again, to fasten, link with;
(surv.) to connect (a point or station) with the
known point or P9ints;
pour ordre, (mil.) to attach for the purpose
of defining a status.
rature, f., erasure, word crossed out.
raturer, v. a., to erase, scratch, cross out, blot out.
ravage, m., ravage(s), ruin, devastation, pillage,
plundering.
ravager, v. a., to ravage, spoil, waste, lay waste,
pillage.
ravageur, m., pillager, plunderer.
ravalement, m., trimming of branches; (mas.)
rough plastering, rough casting, rough coat of
plaster; a synonym of ragrement & vif, q. v.;
(carp.) hollowing out of a piece, sawing out a
curve (so as to bring other parts out in relief);
(cons.) hollow recess.
ravaler, v. a., to swallow; to trim down branches;
(mas.) to rough cast, put on a rough coat of
plaster; (carp.) to hollow out, saw out (so as to
bring other parts out in relief).
ravaleur, m., (mas.) rough caster.
ravinade, m., (top.) ravine; dry bed, or stream
whose bed is often dry.
ravine, f., torrent, mountain torrent, bed of a torrent.
ravinemcnt, m., scouring, wash (by torrents,
etc.), gullying.
ravlner, v. a., to scour, to gully.
ravineux, a., gullied.
ravitaillement, m., revictualing; feeding, supplying
(as a machine with fuel and water); (mil.)
revictualing (a fort, a town); esp., supplying of
ammunition on battlefield to troops engaged;
replenishing of ammunition after a battle;
furnishing of supplies in general, (hence) supplies
themselves, supply train, ammunition;
en munitions, replenishment of ammunition;
en vivres, replenishment of victuals.
ravitaiiler, v. a., to revictual; (mil.) to supply (as
ammunition, food, etc.); to resupply a town, a
fort.
raviver, v. a., to freshen, revive; to stir (and excite)
a fire; to urge, touch up; (expl.) to cut the end
of a Bickford fuse, so as to expose the powder;
Ics rayures, (art.) to freshen, recut, the
grooves;
une surface limee, to refile a surface.
rayage, m., (art., sm. a.) rifling; operation of rifling;
bane de , rifling bench;
& cotes, rib rifling.
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raye,
scratched out, erased; (mil.) struck off (the
rolls); (art., sm. a.) ruled.
rayer, v. a., to streak; to rule; to erase, strike off;
(art., sm. a.) to rifle (mil.) to strike off the rolls
(of the army);
des controles, (mil.) to strike off of the muster
rolls;
& droite (gauche), (art., sm. a.) to rifle to the
right (left);
machined, , (art., sm. a.) rifling machine;
tringleb, , (art., sm. a.) rifling rod.
rayere, f., loophole of a tower; wheel race of a mill.
rayon, m., ray (of light, of heat); ray of a star;
radius; spoke of a wheel; shelf (of a bookcase,
etc.); (hipp.) radius; region of the body; (nav.)
handle (of a steering wheel);
d'action, (mil.) radius of the area over which
a body of troops, an arm (e. g., artillery), or a
fort makes its influence felt; (nav.) coal radius;
(torp.) destructive radius;
d'action d'un navire, (nav.) radius of action,
coal radius;
d'activite, (mil.) in a siege, the area covered
by the operations of the defense;
astronomique, (inst.) Jacob's staff;
d'attaque, (mil.) in a siege, the area covered
by the operations of the attack;
de bonne rupture, (mil. min.) radius of useful
or effective rupture (i. e. T distance within which
enough of a gallery would be ruined to make it
impassable);
calorifique, heat ray;
chimique, chemical ray;
de courbure, radius of curvature;
de defense, (mil.) radius of action of a fort or
fortified position;
d'entonnoir, (mil. min.) crater radius;
d'evolution d'un navire, (nav.) tactical radius;
d'excentricite, d'cxcentrique, (mach.)
throw of the eccentric; eccentric radius;