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signature, f., signature;
& la , (submitted, etc.) for signature.
signe, ra., sign; mark, token;
conventionnel, (top.) conventional sign;
conventionnel militaire, (top.) conventional
military sign;
de grade, (mil.) insignia of rank;
particulier, mark on a man by which he may
be identified;
de rallicment, (mil.) rallying signal used instead
of mot de rallicment; signal by which
friends may recognize one another;
de service, (mil.) badge of being on duty
(chin strap down, in France).
signer, v. a., to sign, subscribe; (hi the arts) to
mark, stamp ;
dufer, to stamp iron;
une paix, un traite, etc., to conclude peace,
a treaty, etc.
signifier, v. a., to signify; to mean; to make known;
(law) to notify, give formal information of,
serve notice;
Us arrets, to notify a person that he is in arrest.
signole, f., reel, winch, on a shaft or axle;
arbre coude en , shaft, axle, cranked so as to
form a winch.
siguette, f., (ham.) (mors & la) , a cavesson
the noseband of which has iron teeth.
silence, m., silence;
reduire au , (art.) to silence (a hostile bat-
tery, etc.).
silex, m., flint;
fusil U,
, flint gun (obs.);
planned, , flintlock (obs.).
silhouette, f., silhouette; (t. p.) silhouette target;
d bascule, tilting or dipping target;
cible silhouette , target;
& contrepoids, surprise target worked by a
counterpoise;
ressort, surprise target worked by a spring;
tele, nead target (one consisting of a head
only);
tombante, falling target (falls when hit).
silicate, m., silicate;
de potasse, liquid, soluble, or water glass.
silicatisatlon, f., operation of covering with
water glass.
silice, f., flint, silica, quartz.
siliciuin, in., silicon.
silico-spiegel, m., (met.) silico-spiegel.
sillage, m., (nav.) headway, course, wake;
doubler le to make , twice as much way;
montred , patent log.
siller, v. n., (nav.) to cut through the water; to
run ahead; to have headway; to steer.
sillometre, m., (nav.) patent log.
sillon, m., furrow; dent, groove, depression, trace,
mark, trail, train; (nav.) wake, track; (fort.)
trace, traced line; (hipp.) ridge of a horse's
mouth.
sillormer, v. a., furrow; to plow, cut, groove;
(nav.) to cut, plow, through the water.
silo, m., silo.
silotvor, m., (expl.) silotvor.
simbleau, m., carpenter's radius line for striking
large circles.
similigravure, f., similigravure.
simple, a., simple; single; private; common; bare;
mere; one; plain; (chem.) elementary;
corps , (chem.) element, elementary body;
d effet, single-acting;
en , (cord.) not passing through a pulley (of
a rope);
ligne , v. ordre ;
machined effef, single-stroke engine;
matelot, common seaman ;
nceud , v. nceud;
ordre , (nav.) order in single line;
poulie , single block;
sape , v. s. v. sape;
soldat, (mil.) private soldier, private;
soulier a semelle, single-soled, shoe.
simulacre, m., imitation; feint, sham;
de combat, (mil.) sham battle;
de siege, (mil.) sham siege.
simultane, a., simultaneous.
simultaneity 1
, f., simultaneousness.
sinapisme, m., mustard plaster.
singe, m., monkey; monkey of a pile driver; windlass
(mounted on two trestles); hoist, crab;
(inst.) - pantograph;
clef, monkey spanner, monkey wrench.
singleau, m., v. simbleau.
sinistre, m., disaster, damage (from fire, wreck),
accident; loss or damage in anything insured;
cviluer le- , to estimate the damage.
siinieux, a., sinuous.
sinuosit, f., bend, turn, sinuosity, meandering.
- verse, versed sine.
sinus, m.. sine; (hipp.) sinus, cavity;
siphon, m., siphon; waterspout; (fond.) rising
gate;
coulagea-, v. s. v. coulagc;
meched-
, siphon wick; - recorder, (teleg.) siphon recorder;
robinet de-
, siphon cock.
sire, m., lord, sire.
sirfene, f., siren; - a air comprime, compressed-air siren;
- a vapeur, steam siren.
siroc(o), m., sirocco.
sirtes, f. pi., v. syrtes.
site, m., site;
angle de- v. s. v. ,. angle;
en - aquatique, (fort.) on a wet site (wet-
ditched);
en eleve, (fort.) on a dry site (i. e., dryditched);
ligne de-, v. s. v. ligne;
plan de -, v. s. v. plan; otherwise 'defined as
the vertical plane through the ligne de- .
situation, f., situation, condition, position, state;
(nav.) bearing; (adm. and mil.) state return;
regimental or other return of personnel; report;
- administrative, (Fr. a.) daily report, morning
report (as a basis of pay and allowances);
- (administrative) de dizaine, (Fr. a.) report
of men present and absent, etc., sent in e~ ery
ten days by fractions detached from an admin-
-
istrath e unit; - de I' enseignement, (Fr. a.) school report;
etat de-, v. s. v. etat; - des fonds. (Fr. a.) quarterly account cur-
rent of each regiment (includes the various
funds (masses) entered upon the registre de
centralisation after the accounts ha', e been
audited);
fournir une-, (mil.) to make or furnish a re-
port; - des malades, (mil.) sick report or return;
--rapport, v. s. v. rapport; - de tir, tarret-practice report, kept on range
as practice proceeds.
six, m., six; - os et as, (poicd.) old name for black gunpowder
(the proportions of niter, charcoal, and
sulphur being as 0:1:1).
six-pans, m., hexagonal nut.
sixte, f., (fenc.) sixte (parry).
sleeper, m., (r. r.) railroad tie, sleeper.
smala(h), f., the collection of tents of a powerful
chief (Arab word).
smiHe, f., stonecutter's pick.
smiller, v. a., to dress stone with a
pick.
soc, m., plowshare; (mil.) shoe, socket, of a lance
or color staff; (art.) trail spade, recoil spade.
, f., society; company; partnership;
- - d'actionnaires, par actions, stock company;
- anonyme, joint-stock company;
- d' assurances, insurance company;
- en commandite, limited (liability) company;
- de - gymnastes, (de) gymnastique, athletic
club;
la-
, to-de Jesus, the Jesuits;
- de secours aux blesses, society to aid the
wounded in war;