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emplissage 386 rgnetter<br />

remplissage, piece de , (cons.) filling piece.<br />

remporter, y. a., to bear, carry, carry off;<br />

la victoire, to win the victory.<br />

remtie, p. p., moved, shaken, stirred;<br />

terre e, transported earth.<br />

remuement, remument, m., <strong>com</strong>motion, disturbance;<br />

stirring;<br />

des terres, removal of earth.<br />

remuer, v. a., to move, shake, jog; to stir up,<br />

agitate;<br />

la gaule, (man.) to swish a riding whip;<br />

lespoudres, (powd.) to sun powder;<br />

de la terre, to remove earth or soil;<br />

la terre, (mil.) to dig, turn over, ground (in<br />

sieges, trench work, mines).<br />

renacler, v. n., (of a horse) to snort.<br />

renard, m., fox; cant hook; timber dog; opening,<br />

gap, chink, crack (as in pipes, reservoirs, etc.);<br />

(met.) bloom, loop; (cons.) blind wall; (mas.)<br />

stone tied to a string by way of plumb line;<br />

(nav.) traverse board;<br />

faire la guerre en , (mil.) to be full of stratagems;<br />

mettre au v. s. v. , mettre;<br />

queue-de , root or vegetable growth in a water<br />

pipe; firmer chisel;<br />

tirer au , (of a horse) to pull on the halter in<br />

the stable and try to break it.<br />

renardiere, f. (met.) refinery, refining furnace.<br />

renclanchement, m., the <strong>com</strong>ing into play of<br />

the various parts of a ballistic instrument on<br />

the current being made.<br />

renclouer, v. a.; to spike again;<br />

se (of a horse) to pick up a nail again, get a<br />

nail m the foot again.<br />

rencontre, f., meeting, adventure, chance, juncture,<br />

encounter, chance encounter, clash, collision;<br />

duel, meeting; (mil.) unforeseen encounter;<br />

any encounter or <strong>com</strong>bat;<br />

bataille de , (mil.) chance, unforeseen, battle;<br />

<strong>com</strong>bat de , v. bataille de ;<br />

de , second hand ;<br />

roue de , balance wheel.<br />

rencontrer, v. a., to meet, encounter, fall in with;<br />

to light, hit, upon; (mil.) to meet, i. e., engage<br />

(the enemy);<br />

un navire, (nav.) to meet, speak, a ship; to<br />

run foul of a ship.<br />

rendement, m., efficiency (of a gun, machine,<br />

engine, etc.); duty; (art.) ratio 01 the weight of<br />

explosive to the weight of the shell;<br />

d'une touched, feu, (art.) efficiency of a gun<br />

(ratio of useful to total work);<br />

<strong>com</strong>mercial, v. industrid;<br />

economique, economic efficiency (of a machine),<br />

(ratio between amount of- steam used<br />

and effective power);<br />

effectif, efficiency (ratio of useful work to the<br />

work corresponding to the quantity of heat<br />

developed by the <strong>com</strong>bustible agent);<br />

electrique, (dec.) electric efficiency of a dynamo<br />

(ratio of the net to the gross output);<br />

Industrie!, <strong>com</strong>mercial efficiency (ratio of the<br />

net output to the power necessary to drive the<br />

machine);<br />

organique, ratio of useful to indicated work;<br />

thermique, heat efficiency (ratio of useful<br />

work to the work corresponding to the heat<br />

absorbed);<br />

total, total efficiency.<br />

rendez-yous, m., meeting place, rendezvous,<br />

rallying point; (mil.) place where troops take<br />

the formation de rassemblemcnt.<br />

rendre, v. a. n. r., to restore, give back; to deliver,<br />

surrender, yield; to accord; to bestow, do (as<br />

a favor); to convey, transport, take; to produce;<br />

to proceed; to go to; to lead to, open upon; to<br />

stnke, fall into; to be spent, knocked up; to<br />

pronounce sentence, find a verdict; to give<br />

(honors); (cord.) to pay out; to round in or up;<br />

to stretch, give; (mil.) to surrender, yield;<br />

(man.) to slacken the hand;<br />

rendre I'appel, v. s. v. appel;<br />

les armes, (mil.) to lay down one's arms, to<br />

surrender;<br />

un arret, (law) to pronounce a verdict;<br />

p son bailment, (nav.) to turn over one's ship<br />

on going out of <strong>com</strong>mission;<br />

la bride, (man.) to slacken the bridle;<br />

se par capitulation, (mil.) to capitulate;<br />

<strong>com</strong>bat, (mil.) to return an attack, to resist<br />

an attack;<br />

par <strong>com</strong>position, (mil.) to surrender upon<br />

terms;<br />

<strong>com</strong>pte, to give an account;<br />

sous condition, to surrender upon articles;<br />

les crosses, (art.) to traverse in aiming;<br />

se & discretion, (mil.) to surrender at discretion;<br />

I'epee, (mil.) to deliver up one's sword, to<br />

surrender;<br />

uneforteresse, (mil.) to surrender a fortress;<br />

ses galons, (mil.) to resign one's chevrons;<br />

les honneurs, (mil.) to pay, render, dr do<br />

honors;<br />

se avec les honneurs de la guerre, (mil.) to<br />

surrender with the honors of war;<br />

b, la liberte, to set at liberty;<br />

h la main, (man.) (of the horse) to obey the<br />

hand;<br />

la main, (man.) to slacken the hand, to give<br />

a horse his head;<br />

la parole, to release from an engagement,<br />

from one's word;<br />

se prisonnier, (mil, etc.) to give one's self up<br />

as a prisoner;<br />

le quart, (nav.) to turn over the watch;<br />

raisonh, to give satisfaction (as by a duel);<br />

un salut, (mil.) to return a salute.<br />

rendre, m., deserter; repayment, return.<br />

rendu, p. p., returned, restored; worn out, spent,<br />

exhausted, wearied; (cord.) two-block, chock-ablock<br />

(of a tackle); home, properly stretched<br />

(of a rope); (art.) in its seat (of a cartridge); m.,<br />

(mil.) soldier who has laid down his arms;<br />

<strong>com</strong>pte , report.<br />

rendurcir, v. a. r., to harden; to make harder; to<br />

be<strong>com</strong>e hard.<br />

rfine, f., (harn.) rein, bridle rein, bearing rein;<br />

(mach.) bridle, strap;<br />

abandonner les 8, to let go the reins;<br />

ajuster les s, to adjust the reins (to take and<br />

hold up the reins with the thumb and forefinger<br />

of the right hand);<br />

d'appui, v. opposee; ,<br />

s de bride, bridle reins proper;<br />

cinquieme , (/am.) the pommel or the mane<br />

(sometimes used by unskillful horsemen);<br />

coulante, running rein;<br />

directe, (man.) said of rein when right (left)<br />

rein is opened to right (left) to bring horse's<br />

head to right (left); direct rein;<br />

fausse , strap used as a sort of checkrein to<br />

force a horse to arch his neck;<br />

s de filet, snafiie reins;<br />

grand cote de , v. s. v. cote;<br />

lache, loose, slack, rein;<br />

lacher les s, to loosen, slacken, the rein; to<br />

give a horse his head;<br />

opposee, (man.) said of the rein when right<br />

(left) rein is borne against right (left) side to<br />

bring head to left (right);<br />

partager les s, to take a rein in each hand;<br />

petit cote de , s.<br />

y.<br />

v. cote;<br />

porte rein , billet;<br />

reprendre les s, to take up the reins again;<br />

separer les s, to take a rein in each hand;<br />

sensible aux s, (man.) bridlewise;<br />

sixieme , (fam.) tail of the horse.<br />

rner, v. a., (man.) to rein a horse.<br />

rtnette, f., tracing iron; (fan., hipp.) paring knife<br />

foot probe;<br />

& guide, v. boutoirh guide;<br />

tourne-ii-gauche, saw-set.<br />

reiietter, v. a., (hipp.) to groove, probe, a hoof<br />

with a paring knife.

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