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tache, mettreh la , to put (men) to work by the
task (in sieges, 0.4 me. per hour);
ouvrage h la , piecework, job work;
ouvrier h la , jobber;
prendre h , to undertake a task, etc.;
travail a la , v. ouvrage h la ;
travaitter a la , to work by the task, by the
piece.
tachSografie, f., v. tackygraphic.
tachometre, m., (inst.) tachometer; tachymeter,
an altimetric and planimetric surveying instrument,
invented by Colonel Goulier, of the
French engineers.
tacher, v. a., to spot, stain.
tacher, v. n., to try, endeavor.
tacheron, m., man on piecework; job hand.
tacheter, v. a., to spot, mark.
tachometre, m., (inst.) tachometer.
tachygraphe, m., stenographer.
tachygraphic, f., stenography.
tachymetre, m., (inst.) tachometer, speed gauge.
tachymetrie, f., tachometry.
tacoiinage, m., (art.) defect in cast-iron guns, "
caused by a flaw of the mold (obs.). ^
tact, m., tact, touch, feeling.
des coudes, (mil., inf.) touch of elbow;
garder, conserver, tenir le des coudes, to keep
the touch.
tacticien, m., (mil.) tactician;
en chambre, closet tactician, theoretical tactician.
tacticographe, m:, (mil.) writer on tactics.
tacticographle, f., (mil.) graphical representation
of maneuver's of troops.
tactlqne, f., (mil.) tactics;
de combat, battle tactics;
de combat specialc, the drill of each arm;
de combinaison v. combinee des trois
armes;
com binee des trois armes, tactics of the three
arms, acting in conjunction;
elemenlaire, drill (of each arm);
d'embarcations, (nav.) boat drill, boat tactics;
de I'eperon, (nav.) ram tactics;
executive, term applied to in
operations
action
for the, attainment of a definite and immediate
purpose;
generale, tactics of the three arms in com-
bination ;
grande , grand tactics;
lineaire, linear tactics;
de marche, march tactics;
navale, (nav.) naval tactics;
navale & vapeur, (nav.) steam tactics;
perpendiculaire, perpendicular tactics;
des signaux, signaling tactics, i. e., signaling
.. with reference to troops in the field, to use
under service conditions;
de ravitaillement, supply tactics;
de stationnement, measures taken on making
a halt (v. stationnement).
tafia, m.,rum.
taie, f., (hipp.) film (over the eye, disease);
d'oreiller, pillowcase.
talllade, f., cut, gash, slash.
taillader, v. a., to cut, gash, slash.
taillanderie, f., edge tools; edge-tool trade.
taillandier, m.. edge-tool maker.
taillant, m., edge, cutting edge (of a tool).
taille, f., size, stature, height; height of a man,
figure, height of a horse; cut, cutting, lopping;
stone, etc., cutting; cut of a file; tally; coppice
wood; (sm. a.) edge of a sword;
apparente, cutting (stone) to shape, or ac-
cording to pattern;
arme de , v. s. v. arme;
ne pas avoir la , (mil.) to be too short for
military service;
basse , basso-rilievo;
batardc, bastard cut (of a file);
de bois, woodcut;
brute, rough dressing (of stone);
cheval entre deux s, middle-sized horse;
contre , crosscut;
coup de , v. s. v. coup;
taille courbe fine (layee rustiquee), v. plane
fine, etc., substituting courbe for plane;
en cuivre, copper plate;
de , (fenc.) cut;
de et de pointe, (fenc., sm. a.) cut and thrust;
douce smooth cut , (of a file);
douce, copper plate;
dure, steel engraving;
d'estoc et de cut and , thrust;
d'epaisscur, squaring of stone;
d'exploitation, (rnin.) chamber of excavation;
thirling board; wall face;
exploitation par grande , (mm.) long work;
tine smooth cut , (of a file);
d'estoc ei de , to cut and thrust;
'frapper
j 'front de , v. s. v. front:
grande , (mm.) long work;
grosse ,
coarse cut (of a file);
mouluree, cutting of moldings on stone;
moyenne, bastard cut (ol a file);
pierre de , freestone; cut stone; broad stone;
plane fine, (of stones, flat surface) fine pointing
and drafting;
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plane layee, (of stones, flat surface) smooth
dressing;
plane rustiquee, (of
rustic cut or dressing:
stones, flat surface)
premiere , first course of cuts (of a file);
rang de
seconde
v.. , rang;
second course of cuts , (of a file).
taille, p. p.,
sharp bow.
de I'avant, (nav.) built with a
taille-crayqn, m., pencil sharpener.
taille-mer, m., (nav.) cutwater.
taille-neige, m., snow plow.
tailler, v. a. n., to cut; to hew (timber); to use
the edge (of a sword);
en adent, to indent;
en biseau, v. en chanfrein;
en chanfrein, to chamfer;
un cheval, (hipp.) to cut a horse;
cone, to taper;
des croupieres d I'ennemi, (mil.)
a defeated enemy close and hard;
to pursue
en pieces, (mil.) to hew, cut to pieces,
utterly destroy;
en pointe, to point;
en sifflct, to cut skew, to cut askew;
' une lime, to cut a file.
taille t, m., blacksmith's cutter or hack iron.
tailleur, m., tailor; hewer; cutter;
de pierre, stone cutter or mason.
1 ailIK m., thicket, underbrush; trees of second
growth;
bois , copse, underwood;
compose, sous futaie, trees left standing
at a cut in order to reach their growth.
tain, m., tin foil; silvering.
taire, v. a., to silence;
faire une batterie, (art.) to silence a battery.
taloche, f., float, plasterer's trowel.
talon, m., heel; heel of a shoe; stub; (in the arts)
shoulder, heel; shoulder of an axle; (hipp.)
heel; (fan.) heel of a horseshoe; (man.) heel,
i. e., spur; (sm. a.) heel of a lance, of a color
staff; snoulder of a sword blade, of a bayonet
blade; ear of a sword belt; cocking toe; (mach.)
flange; (harn.) corner of the beam of a bit;
(art.) holding-down clip; trail of a gun carriage;
& , (of documents, papers, etc.) having a
stub;
de boitc de roue, calkin;
du chien, (sm. a.) nose of the cocking piece;
de cpffre h munitions, (art.) stay of an ammunition
chest;
connaitre Us *, (man.) to be spur-wise;
de crosse, (sm. a.) heel of the butt;
de culasse, (sm. a.) tang;
de dedans, (man.) heel on the inside of a
riding hall:
de dchors, (man.) heel next the wall of a
riding hall;