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sous-longeron 432 spectre
sous-longeron, m., (cons.) under stringer; (pont.)
bolster (undpr side rail).
sous-main, m., pad, scratch pad.
sous-marin, a., submarine; submerged;
guerre e, (nav.) submarine warfare;
navigation e, submarine navigation;
navire , submarine boat.
sous-mentonniere, L, (unif.) chin strap.
sous-ceuvre, m., v. s. v. ozuvre, in.
sous-ofl, m., (mil. slang) "noncom."
sous-officier, m., n. c. o.; ( Fr. a., does not include
corporal); (nav.) petty officer;
chefde piece, n. c. o., chief of piece;
comptable, n. c. o. having money or property
responsibility;
de magasin, n. c. o., storekeeper;
de tir, noncommissioned range officer, in
charge on range.
sous-ordre, m., subordinate: (Zaw) garmshee
order; (mil.) subaltern officer; any officer
under the orders of another (may be a corps
commander);
en in a subordinate , capacity;
officier , (mil.) subaltern officer, company
officer;
officiers en general.
, (mil.) subordinate officers in
sous-pied, m., trowser strap; spur strap;
strap;
de dragon, (cav. slang) foot soldier.
gaiter
sous-poutre, f., (cons.) under girder, corbel piece,
bolster.
sous-T>rclectnre, f., district, functions, term, residence,
office, city of residence, of a subprefect.
sous-prfcfet, m., subprefect.
sous-pression, f., underpressure, pressure from
below.
sous-secretaire, m., undersecretary,
d'Etat, assistant or under secretary of state.
sous-seing, m., private document (i. e., not
drawn up before a public officer); postal franchise.
soussigiiG, p. p., undersigned;
je, , I, the undersigned.
soussigner, v. a., to sign, undersign.
sous-sol, m., subsoil; underground room or apartment;
de chemin defer, (r. r.) roadbed.
sous-somorer, v. n., (nav.) to sink to the bottom;
to founder.
sous-tendeur, m., (cons.) tie-rod (metallic truss).
sous-tendre, v. a., to subtend.
sous-traitant, m., subcontractor.
sous-traitfe, m., subcontract.
sous-traiter, v. a., to make a subcontract.
sous-unit^, f., (mil, etc.) subunit.
sous-ventrtere, f., ' (ham.) bellyband, surcingle;
saddle girth.
sous-verge, m., (art.) of? horse;
de derri-ere, (aft.) off wheeler;
de devant, (art.) off leader;
etre en , (mil. slang) to be second in command;
limonier , v. s. v. limonier;
de milieu, off swing horse.
sous-vfitSrinaire, m., unden etefinarian.
soutache, (unif.) embroidery of braid on a uniform.
soutacher, v. a., (unif.) to braid.
soute, f., (nav.) storeroom, locker, tank;
aux cables, cable locker;
a cartouches, cartridge locker (rapid-fire
guns);
ft charbon, coal bunker ;
& charbon de cote, side coal bunker;
& eau, water-ballast compartment;
ft eau et d, charbon, (r. r.) water and coal
space of a locomotr, e tender;
ft munitions rilling room;
& obus, shell room ;
& pain, bread locker;
a poudre,
aux poudres, powder magazine;
a projectiles, pro'ectile magazine;
aux torpilles, torpedo room;
vitree, filling room.
soutenement, m., (cons.) support, prop; timbering
and walling (of mines, etc.);
mur de , retaining wall.
soutenlr, v. a., to support, sustain, bear, hold up
(a weight, etc.); to stay, prop; to uphold, maintain,
keep from falling, keep up (credit, a government,
etc.); to sustain (a reputation); to endure,
bear, stand, hold out, resist; to back,
second, assist; (mil.) to support, resist;
un assaut, (mil.) to support an assault;
un bdtiment, (com.) to prop up a building;
la chasse, (nav.) to maintain a running fight;
to follow an enemy closely;
un cheval, (man.) to hold up a horse (going
downhill); to keep up, assist, bear up, a horse;
to keep a horse at his gait;
un combat l (mil., nav.) to keep up a fight
against superior forces;
la guerre, (mil.) to wage war;
un pas, (man.) to keep up a gait;
un siege, (mil.) to stand a siege, to hold out.
soutenu, p. p., (man.) (of gaits) well marked,
regular, cadenced.
souterrain, a., subterranean, underground;
guerre e, v. s. v. guerre;
nappe d'eau 1, v. s. v. nappe.
souterrain, m., underground room or passage;
(r. r.) tunnel; (mil. min.) gallery of a mine;
(fort.) bombproof; underground portion of a
fort;
de caserne, (fort.) casemate barrack;
passage , (min.) drift, driftway;
putts tunnel , shaft, pit.
soutien, m v support: point of support; abutment;
(man.) lifting of the foot; (mil.) support: (esp.
inf.) the support, i. e., one of the elements of
the ligne de combat or ligne de fen:
compagnie de -, (mil.) company in support;
escadron de , (cav.) supporting squadron.
sou tier, m., (nav.) coal trimmer.
soutirage, m., (met.) drawing off; (dec.) tapping
of electricity.
soutirer, v. a., (met.) to draw off; (elec.) to tap.
souverain, a., m., sovereign.
souverainete, f,, sovereignty.
soyer, v. a., to crease, seam (tin plate, etc.).
spadelle, f., (met.) sort of stirring spade.
spa hi, f., (-Fr. a.) spahi (Algerian cavalry, four
regiments; the cadres are one-half French and
one-half native up to lieutenant, inclusive).
spalme, m., (nav.) paying stuff.
spalmer, v. a., (nav.) to pay a ship's bottom; to
pitch, bream, careen.
spalt, m., (met.) spalt.
sparte, m., (cord.) esparto grass.
sparterie, f., articles made of esparto grass.
spath, m., spar, Iceland spar;
fluor, fluorspar;
d'lslande, Iceland spar.
spatule, f., spatula; any spatula-shaped object,
e. g., a handle so shaped ;
curette, v. s. v. curette',
& etouper, (art.) implement for packing tow
around ammunition,
specification, f., specification.
spScifique, a., specific;
chaleur , specific heat ;
pesanteur, poids, , specific weight;
poids relatif d'un corps, ratio of the specific
weight of a body to that of water at 4 C.;
population , population per unit of area.
spectral, a., spectral;
analyse e, spectrum analysis.
spectre, m., spectrum; solar spectrum;
d 'absorption, absorption spectrum ;
continu, continuous spectrum ;
de diffraction, diffraction spectrum;
discontinu, discontinuous spectrum;
d'emission, emission spectrum.;
magnetique, magnetic curve; magnetic figure;
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prismatique, prismatic spectrum;
solaire, solar spectrum;