A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

sonde 428 soudabilit$
sonde de pompe, sounding rod of a pump;
de rebut, (art.) vent probe (the passage of
which, in examining vents, insures the condemnation
of the vent bushing);
& tariere, earth borer, auger;
tete de , brace head;
de Thompson, (nav.) Thompson's patent
lead;
verge de , sounding rod;
& vernier, v. a nonius.
sender, v. a., to examine by boring, to make
borings (as the ground, for foundations); to
examine, search (as a beam, etc., to see if it
is sound); (nav.) to sound, heave the lead;
(med.) to probe;
un bois, (mil.) to' explore a wood;
Ics pbmpes, (nav.) to sound the pumps;
le sol, le terrain, to make borings (for
foundations, etc.).
sondciir, m., workman who makes borings;
well-borer; (nav.) leadsman; sounding apparatus.
sonnant, a., sounding, ringing;
especes cs, gold and silver money, hard cash;
h rheure e, on the stroke of ;
horloge, montre, e, striking clock, watch.
-sonnC, p. p., struck;
deux, etc., heures es, on the stroke of 2, etc.
sonner, v. a. n., to sound; to strike (of a clock),
to ring, wind, beat; (mil.) to sound (a call);
le boute-selle, (mil.) to sound "to horse,"
"boots and saddles;"
la charge, etc., (mil.) to sound the charge;
h cheval, (mil.) to sound "to horse; "
la cloche, (nav.) to strike bells;
au clarion, (mil.) to make a trumpet signal;
le quart, (nav.) to strike the bell at the close
of a watch.
sonnerie, f., striking train of a clock; electric bell;
(mil.) call, signal (made on the trumpet or
bugle);
d'alarme, alarm, call, bell;
des bons de tabac. (mil. slang) trumpet call
for men confined in barracks;
& carillon, electric bell; extension call bell;
continue, v. d carillon;
& deux battements, double-stroke bell;
electrique, electric bell; buzzer;
des maladroits, (cav. slang) call for infantry
drill;
rcpetiteu'se, v. electrique;
htrembleur, trembleuse, v. electrique;
& un battement, & un seul coup, singlestroke
bell.
sonnette, f., bell, hand bell: pile driver, piledriving
engine, ringing engine; monkey, ram,
for testing axles; (expl.) sort of shaker (in the
preparation of composition, priming, etc.);
arlificielle, y. ddcclic;
declic de , trigger, catch of a pile driver;
h declic, pawl pile driver;
mouton de , monkey;
& poudre, gunpowder pile driver;
& tiraude, ringing engine, common pile
driver;
& vapeur, steam pile driver. -
sonneur, m., (telcg.) sounder.
some, f., (met.) adherent slag, dross.
sort, m., chance, lot, condition, destiny, fate;
des armes, fate of arrnS;
de la guerre, luck of war, chances of war;
tirage au , (mil.) drawing (a number, as in a
conscription or for military service);
tirer au , (mil.) to draw (a number, as in a
conscription or for military service) ;
tomber au , (mil.) to draw a number for
service; to be drawn for service.
sortie, f., departure, going out, coming out; outlet,
exit, egress, issue, mouth; export, exportation;
graduation from school; issue of stores from
magazine or depot; (mil.) sortie; (steam) eduction;
(fort.) postern; sortie passage; (nav.) departure
of a snip from a port, roads, etc.;
sortie annuelle, (mil.) annual loss of horses;
billet de , (nav.) dock pass;
classemcnt de final , standing (in schools);
a li . de, on departing from, on leaving, etc.;
droits de , (nav.) outward dues;
exterieure, (mil.) sortie made while the besiegers
are at some distance;
fausse , (mil.) feint sortie;
grande , (mil.) sortie in force;
interieure, (mil.) sortie made when the
enemy is at close quarters;
en masse, (mil.) general sortie;
d'ordre, (adm.) paper issue, transfer from one
account to another in the same service;
petite , (mil.) small sortie, intended to carry
out some particular and limited obje t;
pieces de , (adm.) all papers accompanying an
issue of stores, etc. (e. g., invoice);
porter en , (adm.) to drop from one's papers;
rang de , graduation, final standing;
, reelle, issue, etc., of material itself;
tuyau de , delivery, eduction, pipe.
sortir, v. a. n., to go, come, out; to depart, sally
forth; to get, carry, lead, take out; to project;
to leave, come out of; to deviate, swerve from;
to be a graduate of; (mil.) to turn out (of a
guard); to be paraded; to be taken out (of a
flag); to come out (individually in dressing a
line); (art.) to lead out; (nav.) to put to sea;
en armes, (mil.) to get under arms; to turn
out under arms;
le deuxieme, v. le premier, le deuxieme;
de I'eau, to rise on the horizon;
de la garde, (mil.) to have been the guard;
de rherbe, to take (a horse) from grass;
de son lit, (of a river) to overflow its bed;
le premier, le deuxieme, etc., to pass 1, 2, etc.
(in a school);
de prison, to be set at liberty:
de la question, to miss the point, to swerve
from the point;
des rangs, (mil.) to step
rise or come from the ranks;
out of ranks; to
d'une regie, to ignore a rule;
de la sellc, (man.) to show daylight (under
the seat);
de la voie, (r. r.) to run off the track.
sosie-mannequin, m., (mil. slaw) bolster
ranged so as to look like a man in bed.
sou, m., five centimes, five-centime piece:
de poche, (Fr. a.) v. centime de .
soubarbe, f., v. sous-barbe.
ar-
soubassement, m., (cons.) foundation structure,
foundation; base, basement; patten of a column;
au dome, (steam) base of a steam chest.
souberme,
freshet.
m., freshet; torrent swollen by a
soubise, m., (unif.)
dolman or tunic.
braiding on the back of a
soubrcsaut, m., start, jolt, shock, jerk; (hipp.)
lift or second expiration of a broken-winded
horse.
soubrcsauter, v. n., to start, jolt, etc.
souclie, f., stump, stock, stem; stub (of a check.
etc., book); water pipe of a basin, (fan.) end
of a horseshoe nail left in the hoof; (cons.) part
of a chimney above the roof;
& , fitted with, or having, a stub;
cahier b, , blank book with a stub;
de chandelle, candle (gas) burner;
d* cheminee, part of a chimney above the
roof;
d'enclume, anvil stock;
lime h , stub book, check book;
registreb , v. s. v. registre;
talon de , line of separation between stubs
and checks, etc.; stub, counterfoil.
soucherie, f., woodwork, framing, of a (power)
hammer.
souchet, m., rag stone, quarry rubbish.
souchon, m., (met.) short, thick, bar of iron.
soudabilite, f., (met.) weldability.