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rtforme, of/icier , ( Fr. a.) officer on the compulsory
retirement list (physical disability or unworthiness
to serve).
reformer, v. a. r., (mil.') to re-form, form up again;
to be re-formed (as after an assault).
reformer, v. a. r., to reform, rectify, correct, retrench;
(mil.) to retire for physical disability,
for unworthiness to serve; to cast (a horse); to
condemn (stores, equipment);
un arrtt, etc., (law} to modify a decision, etc.f
des chevaux. (mil.) to cast horses;
un offlcier, (Fr. a. ) to put an officer on reduced
pay (v. s. v., reforme);
un soldat, (Fr. a.) to give a soldier his conge
de reforme;
des troupes, (mil.) to disband, discharge, soldiers;
to reduce numbers.
refortifier, v. a., to refortify.
refouillement, m., (carp.) hollow in a timber;
(mas.) polyhedral hollow in, or hollowing of,
a stone.
refouiller, v. a., to carve, chisel, mortise out (as in
a timber, a stone).
refoutage, m., (met.) jumping up, upsetting.
refoulement, m., stemming (of the tide, of a current);
ebbing (of the tide); flowing back (of a
current); driving back, compression; forcing;
seating or setting (by hammering); backing (of
a train, of a locomotice); delivery of a pipe or
conduit; (met.) jumping up, upsetting; flow of
metal; (art.) enlargement of the chamber; jumping
up, upsetting, of a projectile; ramming down
of the charge; (steam) compression;
d'un bandage, jumping or slipping of a tire:
d'une bouche&feu, (art.) enlargement of the
chamber;
periode de , (mach.) exhaust period (of a hotair
engine);
tuyau de , delivery pipe.
refouler, v. a. n., to stem (the tide, a current); to
fall, ebb (of the tide); to flow back, cause to flow
back; to back, drive home, or back; (of a pin,
etc.) to refuse to go in, to go the wrong way; to
start, to drive; to drive out (a pin, bolt, etc.);
to ups|^ (a pin, etc.); to deliver (of a pipe, etc.);
to force; to seat, set (by hammering); (art.) to
ram the charge home; to seat a projectile; to
upset a projectile; (met.) to hammer on all sides
so as to unite the particles; to cause to flow; to
jump up, upset; (mil.) to drive back, repel (outposts,
the enemy); (man.) to cause a horse to
throw his weight back, to bring a horse back;
le canon de fusil, (sm. a.) to jump a gun barrel;
la charge, (art.) to ram down the charge;
une cheville. toMump a pin;
Veponge, (fan*.) to jump a horseshoe (by hammering
on the end of the branch);
un rivet, to close a rivet;
se =, (art.) of a projectile,, to become upset.
refouleur, m., force pump.
refouloir, m., jumper, monkey; ram; (farr.) farrier's
jumping hammer; (art.) rammer; instrument
used for jumping up a vent bushing;
(ram.) rammer (for loading mines);
articule, (art., mil. min.) jointed rammer;
ecouvillon, (art.) sponge and rammer staff;
h expansion, (art.) rammer with expanding
head, as for taking gutta-percha impressions;
liampe de , (art.) rammer staff;
hydraulique, (art.) hydraulic rammer; (min.)
tamping bar; (met.) plate on which the bloom
or loop is hammered to clear off scoriae, etc.,
before going under hammer ;
telescopique, (art.) telescopic rammer;
tete de , art. rammer head.
refournir, v. a., to refurnish;
les colliers, (harn.) to stuff collars.
refractaire, a., stubborn, rebellious, disobedient;
fireproof; refractory; m., (mil.) refractory man
or recruit that refuses to join his regiment;
argile-
, fire clay;
brique-, fire brick;
metal-
, stubborn metal;
mine-, refractory ore.
reiracter, v. a., to refract.
refracteur, m., (inst.) refracting telescope.
refractif, a., refractive;
puissance-ve, refractive power.
refraction, f., refraction;
&- , refracting; - astronomique, - atmospherique, atmospheric
refraction;
double-
, double refraction; - terreste, terrestrial refraction.
refractometre, m., (inst.) - refractometer;
interferentiel, interference refractometer.
refrain, m., (mil.) march or air peculiar to a regiment
or corps.
refranchir, v. a., to free, clear; to discharge by
pumping.
refrangibilite, f., refrangibility.*
refrangible, a., refrangible.
refrigerant, a., cooling; m., water cooler, cooler;
melange-, freezing mixture.
refrigerateur, m., refrigerator.
refrigeration, f., refrigeration.
rSfrigerer, v. a., to cool, refrigerate.
rSfringence, f., refringency.
refringent, a., refringent.
refroidir, v. a. r., to cool, chill; to get cold, cool; to
become chilled; to refrigerate.
refroidissement, m., cooling, chill, coldness.
refroidisseur, a., cooling; m., cooling vessel.
refuge, m., refuge, shelter; (fort.) shelter in Voorduin's
work.
refugie, m., refugee.
refugier, v. r., to take refuge, shelter one's self.
refuite, f., (carp.) unnecessary depth of a mortise,
etc.; auger hole bored too deep;
donner de la-, to give play.
refus, m., refusal; (tech.) refusal (as of a bolt, pile),
(more strictly) the distance a pile sinks under a
volley of blows;
&-, home, as far as possible (of a moving, slid-
ing, etc., piece); - absolu, in pile driving, the final refusal of the
pile;
au- , home, as far as it will go; '
battre &-
, to drive (as a pile) until it will sink
no farther;
battre jusqu'h- de mouton, to drive a pile until
it will go no farther;
en- set or driven , home;
enfoncer jusqu'h- v. battre , &- ;
etre au- to be set or driven , home;
- relatif,
in pile driving, the refusal due to friction.
refuser, v. a. n., to refuse, deny, decline, avoid,
resist, withstand, shun, throw back; (of tools)
to refuse to work, to fail to cut, etc.; (of a pile)
to resist, refuse, any farther (deeper) driving;
(man.) (of the horse) to refuse obedience; (mil.)
to refuse; - Vaile, (mil.) to refuse a wing; - to bataille, (mil.) to refuse combat, to decline
a battle; - le front, (mil.) to refuse the front;
se-des hauteurs dangereuses, (fort.) to put the
crest as nearly as possible at right angles to the
Une of fire from dangerous heights;
- le service, (mach.) to get out of order;
- une tranchee, (siege) to oblique a trench to the
right or left (to cause its axis to make a wider
and wider angle with the direction of advance
as one advances);
de virer, (nav.) to iniss stays.
regagna nage, m., (exul.) recovery of acids in the man-
ufact acture of explosives.