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temperature 445 tenir<br />

temperature d' inflammation, temperature of inflammation.<br />

tempCte, f., (violent) storm, tempest;<br />

magnetique, magnetic storm;<br />

tournante, cyclone.<br />

temple, m., temple; (Protestant) church.<br />

temps, m., tims, season, term, period, interval of<br />

time, delay; the present day; leisure: weather;<br />

(fenc.) openinsr for a thrust; (man.) interval of<br />

time between two successive beats (battues);<br />

(mil) time (as in the manual of arms); interval<br />

of time between the successive guns of a salute;<br />

(art.) (in loading and firing) motion;<br />

au , (mil) as you were!<br />

d'arret, stoppage, delay; (mil) halt (esp.<br />

halt during infantry attack); (man.) action of<br />

h I'epreuve du , weather proof;<br />

fait, settled weather;<br />

flnir son , (mil.) to serve out one's enlistment;<br />

force, stress of weather;<br />

de galop, (man.) short gallop;<br />

galop & quatre, trois, v. s. v. , galop;<br />

, galopera quatre v. s. v. galoper;<br />

it giboulees, showery weather;<br />

h, de, grain, squally weather;<br />

gras, thick weather ;<br />

gros, , stormy weather;<br />

de guerre, war time;<br />

humide, damp weather;<br />

incertain, unsettled weather;<br />

dejambe, (man.) application of the leg as an<br />

aid;<br />

de langue, v. appel de langue;<br />

maniablc, moderate weather;<br />

mauvais , bad, foul, weather;<br />

mart, (mach.) lost time: (s. c. art.) time between<br />

end of aiming and fire of shot; gunner's<br />

time;<br />

nebuleux, cloudy weather;<br />

noir, thick weather;<br />

d'orage, oragcux, stormy weather;<br />

perdu, (s. c. art.) lost time, i. e., time beyond<br />

latest measure of range and end of aiming;<br />

(mach.) backlash;<br />

perdu d'une vis, lost motion, end play;<br />

. petit fine weather, with light winds;<br />

de pluie, , pluvieux, rainy weather;<br />

de pose, (phot.) exposure;<br />

de repos, (mil., etc.) rest;<br />

rude, rough weather;<br />

sec, dry weather;<br />

serein, clear weather;<br />

de service, (mil.) period, length, of service;<br />

de suspension,-?, s. v. suspension;<br />

tirer sur le , (fenc.) to make a time thrust;<br />

de trajct, (ball.) time of flight;<br />

variable, changeable weather;<br />

vilain, foul weather.<br />

tenable, a., that may be occupied; (of a road)<br />

practicable; (mtt.) tenable, defensible, capable<br />

of defense.<br />

tenace, a., tenacious, adhesive, sticky, cohesive,<br />

stiff.<br />

tnacite, f., strength; tenacity, stiffness, adhesion;<br />

(met.) tenacity.<br />

tenaille, f., pincers, nippers, tongs, pliers, pinchers<br />

(generally in pi.); (fort.) tenaille;<br />

bastionnee, (fort.) bastioned tenaille;<br />

& chanfrein, beveled nippers;<br />

(s) d contourner, saw-set;<br />

(s) h couper, cutting pincers;<br />

(s) d creuset, (met.) crucible tongs;<br />

double , (fort.) priest cap;<br />

tenaille hfeu, fire tongs;<br />

ti-ftancs, (fort.) tenaille with flanks;<br />

de forge, d forger, deforgeron. smith's<br />

tongs;<br />

8 goulues, wide jawed tongs (opening wide);<br />

sjustes, narrow-jawed tongs (small opening);<br />

ligneb, s, (fort.) tenailled line;<br />

(s)fi loupes, (met.) bloom tongs;<br />

& main, (fan.) horseshoe tongs;<br />

renforcee, v. bastionnee;<br />

simple, (fort.) tenaille without flanks;<br />

d vis, hand vise.<br />

tenaille, a., (fort.) tenailled.<br />

tenaiilon, m., (fort.) tenaiilon.<br />

tenant, m., (in pi.) lands bordering on an estate;<br />

s c t aboutissants , v. s. v. aboutissant;<br />

tout d'un, en un, , in one piece: in a ring<br />

fence.<br />

the hand to slacken a gait;<br />

lean, fine , weather;<br />

de brouillard, de brume, brumeux, foggy,<br />

misty, weather;<br />

charge en deux, etc., , v. s. v. charge;charger<br />

en deux, etc., v. s. v. charger:<br />

de chute, time of fall;<br />

clair, clear weather;<br />

connaissance des , nautical almanac, ephemeris;<br />

coup de , squall; (fenc.) time thrust;<br />

. convert, thick weather;<br />

- en sus, after time, after hours;<br />

epais, hazy weather;<br />

j tendelet, m., awning, canopy, tilt.<br />

j tender, m., (r.r.) tender.<br />

tendeur, m., stretcher; wire stretcher; coupling<br />

screw; (mach.) tightening pulley; (cons.) generic<br />

term for extension piece;<br />

h vis, turn-buckle; (r. r.) screw coupler;<br />

(art.) chain stretcher (Canet 27>->m seacoast cannon).<br />

tendiere, f., (cons.) (horizontal) scaffolding pole.<br />

tendineux, a., tendinous.<br />

tendon, m., tendon, sinew; (hipp.) back sinew;<br />

blanchi, (hipp.) overstretched tendon;<br />

claque, (hipp.) snapped tendon;<br />

failli, (hipp.) close tendon (united to knee<br />

by too deep a depression);<br />

dujarret, (hipp.) hamstring.<br />

tendrc, a., tender, soft, delicate;<br />

pierre , soft stone.<br />

tendre, v. a., to bend, stretch, hang, set up; to<br />

give, hold out; (fenc.) to stretch out the arms<br />

stiff;<br />

un camp, (mil.) to pitch a camp;<br />

une embuscade, (mil.) to set an ambuscade;<br />

une inondation, (mil.) to prepare or make an<br />

inundation;<br />

le nez, v. porter au vent;<br />

un piege, to set a trap;<br />

une tente, to pitch a tent.<br />

tendu, lau, p. p., tight, taut, tai bent, stiff; strained,<br />

stretched; (tail.) flat;<br />

trajectoire e, (ball) flat trajectory;<br />

trop , strained, overstretched.<br />

teneur, m., tenor; holder; (met., chem.) amount,<br />

quantity; (sm. a.) magazine holder or fastener;<br />

en carbone, etc., (met.) per cent of carbon, etc.<br />

(present in iron or steel);<br />

de livres, bookkeeper.<br />

tenir, v. a. n., to hold; to possess, occupy, keep;<br />

to take up, fill (so much space); to contain; to<br />

hold (have room for); to stick, adhere; to stand<br />

by; to hold (of the weather); to resist, hold out<br />

against, stand; to keep (a shop, etc.); to hold<br />

(of an anchor, rope, etc.); (mil.) to hold out,<br />

hold one's position, resist; to hold a line, a position;<br />

to keep the field; (man.) to sit;<br />

, bon<br />

&, to be contiguous to;<br />

en alerte, (mil.) to keep the enemy on the<br />

lookout, to harass him, to leave him no rest;<br />

Men ft cheval, (man.) to sit well, to have a<br />

good seat on horseback;<br />

se bien (mal) sur la trajectoire, (art.) to be<br />

steady (unsteady) in its flight (of a projectile);<br />

bon, (mil.) to hold on, fast, out; to stick,<br />

stand, fast; to stand one's ground; (cord., etc.)<br />

to keep (after hauling in, etc.); to keep tight;<br />

to hold fast, make fast;<br />

bon sur un cordage, (cord.) to keep, to hold<br />

fast; to avast heaving, hauling; to make fast,<br />

belay;<br />

bon le coup, (cord.) to haul and hold;<br />

partout, (cord.) to keep or hold everything;

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