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serpentin 420 serrure
serpentin,^ vapeur, steam coil.
serpentine, f., (man.) sinuous path or track described
by riders in column of files.
serpette, f., pruning knife; billhook; (pont.) sort of
calking tool.
serpcycr, v. a., v. scrpeger.
serpiller, v. a., to reduce the thickness of a palisade
by cutting off the sides.
serpilildre, f., sarplar, coarse packing cloth.
serrate, m., fastening, securing, tightening, adjusting
(as of a screw); uniting together; tightness
of fit (as a cartridge in its seat); (art.)
tension or strain (of gun metrl); shrinkage;
(frequently) compression; in obturating devices,
the pressure or bearing of the device
against the walls of the gun; (arlif.) crimping
of Bickford fuse, etc.; (mach.) vertical path or
course of a bit (boring machines, et->.); the play
or course or travel of a cutting edge (machine
tools); locking; (sm. a.) longitudinal distance
traveled by the cylinder necessary to close the
breech, measured from the point where the
stop-screw comes in contact with the lateral
groove; distance from handle up to handle
down after the bolt has been pushed as far for-
ward as possible without turning;
clefde , wedge key;
de , adjusting, tightening (in many combinations);
diametral, (art.) shrinkage;
fosse de , (art.) shrinkage pit;
gras, tight fit (as of nuts, washers, etc.);
naturel relatif, (art.) the difference per unit
of length between the exterior diameter of the
tube and the interior diameter of the adjacent
hoop;
pratique absolu, (art.) the actual expansion
of a hoop necessary to put it in place;
putts de , v. fosse de .
serre, f., ship plank; greenhouse; pressing together;
press;
h la v. en , ;
donner une to , press together;
en housed.
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serr, p. p., hard, tight, close, fast, compact, close
together, shut up in; (of wood, grain) close
grained; (mach.) (of work, hammer, rolls, etc.)
as close to the final shape as possibJ^L (mil.)
close (of formations, etc.); (man.) (of y gait)
short, well together;
cheval v. s. v. , cheval;
feu , (mil.) close, well-delivered fire;
jouer , v. s. v. jouer;
ligne e, (mil.) dense line;
en masse, (mil.) closed in mass.
serre-cou, m., (hipp.) compress used in bleeding a
horse at the neck.
serre-^crous, m., nut setter.
serre-etoupe, m., (mach.) stuffing box.
serre-feu, m., (met.) fire screen.
serre-fil(s), m., (elec.) binding screw; binding post;
(teleg.) connector;
tiVdeux vis, double connector.
serre-file, m., (mil.) file-closer; last soldier of a file
(nav.) sternmost ship of a column or fleet
(whether in line or column);
en , (mil.) in the line of file-f losers;
etre en , (mil.) to be in the line of file-closers;
general, (mil.) general file-closer detailed
under special circumstances to bring up rear;
gives information to- any elements that may
have fallen behind; may be an officer;
rentrer en (s), to go or fall into the line of fileclosers.
serre-frein, m., (mach.) brake tightener or adjuster;
brake setter (of a bicycle); (r. r.) brakeman.
serre-garniture, m., (mach.) gland.
serre-joints, m., clamp, holdfast.
serrement, m., squeezing, pressure; (drill) closing
of intervals; (min.) dam or partition to keep
out water.
serre-nez, m., (hipp.) horse twitch.
serre-papiers, m., paper weight; paper holder or
clip; set of pigeonholes, file for papers.
serrer, v. a., to close, close up, press, press cloee,
tighten, squeeze; to crowd, crowd on, gain on,
push back; to clasp; to lock, lock up, put away
or aside, take in; to pass, go, close to; to tie,
arrange, fasten, wedge in, make secure, screw
down, shrink, crimp; (mach.) to lock; (met.) to
bloom; (man.) to narrow the area over whi r h a
horse is moving (as in volts); (mil.) to close,
close up;
son adversaire, y.
la botte, (fenc.);
a bloc, to set up; to set home; to cause all
parts to bear together properly;
la botte, (fenc.) to thrust home and hard;
(man.) to close in the legs on the horse;
les bottcs, (cav.) to close in boot to boot;
la bride, (man.) to pull on the bridle;
un canon, (nav. art.) to house a gun;
un cheval, (man.) to keep a horse together,
well in hand;
une colonne, (mil.) to make a column close
to a denser formation;
- - le compas, to lift the card off the point
(pivot);
contre, to push, force, back, on or to;
la cote, (nav.) to hug the coast;
la demi-volte, (man.) in a demivolt, to bring
the horse accurately back to his starting point;
& distance, (drill) of the rear rank, etc., to
close up to proper distance;
Vennemi, (mil.) to push, press, the enemy,
press him hard;
reperon, les eperons, (man.) to put
spurs to a horse;
une fascine, (siege) to choke a fascine;
les files, v., les rangs;
lefrein, to put on a brake; to brake;
une garniture, (mach.) to tighten, screw
down, a packing;
les intervalles. (mil.) to close intervals;
un joint, to tighten a joint;
la ligne, (mil.) to close or contract a line of
battle; (nav.) to close up, form a close line;
la mesure, v. la bottr, (fenc.);
un n'xud, (cord.) to tighten, to secure a knot
or lashing;
une place, (siege) to annoy, press upon, a
place, cut off its communications;
de pres, (mil.) to press the enemy hard;
les rangs, (mil.) to close up, to close ranks;
les sangles, to tighten the girths;
le saucisson, (siege) to choke a fascine;
se , (man.) (of the horse) not to take enough
ground;
sur, (mil.) to close upon (the enemy, the
unit in front); (nav.) to close upon;
une tente, (mil.) to furl a tent;
la terre, (nav.) to hug the coast;
sur la tete, (mil.) to close up on the head of a
unit, column, etc.;
une mile, de pres, (siege) to invest a town;
-a vis, to screw, screw down;
la volte, (man.) to narrow a volt.
serre-rais, m., spoke setter.
serre-rayons, m., spoke setter of a bicycle.
serre-tete, m., headband, band.
serre-tube, m., (mach.) apparatus for riveting
locomotive tubes, riveting clauip.
serriere, f., (met.) plug of iron, stopple of a furnace,
serrure, f., lock;
benarde, lock with a solid key, i. e., lock that
may be turned from both sides;
& broche, piped-key lock;
brouiller une , to derange a lock;
de cabinet, latch-, spring-, lock;
cachee, v. encastelie;
b cleffemelle, v. & broche;
& clef male, lock with a trench key;
h combinaison(s) , combination lock;
crocheter une , to pick a lock;
crocheteur de , picklock, lock picker;
(it) demi-tour, spring lock, spring catch;
& deux penes, spring stock lock;
& deux tours, lock with a double turn, double
lock;
- & double tour, v. & deux tours;