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tete 450 tige
tte de tampon, buffer head;
(tant de) s cassees, (so many) men killed;
tenir ft, v. faire ft;
ienir la , (of a candidate) to have the majority
of votes;
tenir la d'une attaque, (mil.) to lead an attack
(said of leading unit);
de tige, (mack.) crosshead of the piston rod;
de trancMe, (siege) head of the trench;
en du travail, (mil. min.) at the head of the
mine (of the work);
de Turc, head on which blows may be delivered
to drive a rod, etc.. down (as in devices
for boring for water); (mil. min.) adjustable
striking head (used on a boring bar in
resisting soil);
de viette, (hipp.) fiddle-shaped, hurdy-gurdy,
head ;
de vis, screw head;
de voussoir, face of a voussoir.
tete-beche, adv.,
cent).
head to tail (of objects adja-
tte-de-pont, m., (fort.) bridge head;
double, double bridge head (i. e., one on each
bank).
tfitiere, m., (Mm.) headstall; (pont.) thwart;
de bateau, bow- (stern-) piece of a boat;
de soufflet, lug or piece of wood to which the
rock staff of a bellows is attached.
tetine, f., dent on a cuirass by a rifle bullet; (artif.)
nipple of a rocket mold.
teton, m., any small projection or projecting piece;
point, end, stud; (top.) small round elevation;
ft , fitted with, or having, a point or stud;
de grain de lumiere, (art.) end of the bush
that enters the bore and is afterwards removed.
tetragone, m., tetragon, quadrangle.
tefaapolaire, a., (elec.) tetrapolar.
tetratomique, a., (chem.) tetravalent.
tetraposte, f., combination of four pulleys.
tStu, m., mason's cavel;
- d 'arete, cavel.
ttu, a., worked with a cavel.
teugue, f., (nav.) forecastle,
texte, m.,text;
chiffre, enciphered text;
clair, text written out in full, in plain words.
texture, f., (met., etc.) texture.
thalweg, m., thalweg;
axe du 1 axis of a stream, navigable channel
of a stream;
(d'un cours d'eau), position of the thread
moving with the greatest velocity;
d'une vallee, the intersection of the slopes of
a valley.
th6, m., tea.
theatre, m., theater; scene of an event; pile of
wood in a dockyard; (powd.) platform, stage,
on which powder is dried;
- de (la) guerre, (mil.) seat of war, theater of
war;
d'operations, (mil.) theater of operations.
theme, m., theme, subject, exercise;
de
manoeuvre, (mil.) problem to be worked
out on varied ground.
theodolite, m.. (inst.) theodolite;
autographe, photographing theodolite;
a lunette centree. a theodolite with axial telescope;
ti lunette excentrique, a theodolite with eccentric
telescope;
reiterateur, a theodolite that repeats the reading,
whose mean is the angle sought;
repetitcur, a theodolite that multiplies the
angle observed, so as to minimize the error;
telemetre, sort of universal surveying instrument.
thfeorie, f.. theory; (Fr. a.) books, works, maps,
etc., whose purchase is authorized for the various
schools or periods of theoretical instruction ;
any theoretical instruction given in quarters
on various duties, of no matter what sort,
(more esp.) drill book;
arme de , v. s. v. arme;
thorle, faire la , (mil.) to give or receive theoretical
instruction;
s et placards, (Fr.a.) generic term for the concrete
elements of the theorie (books, diagrams,
etc.);
pratique, (Fr. a.) application to the terrain
of various written principles (applied particularly
to the drills of cadres);
recitative, (Fr. a.) recitations in drill, etc.
(n. c. o. and candidates for n. c. o. warrants).
tMorique, a., theoretical.
thennique, a., relating to heat;
machine , heat engine.
thermo-avertisseur, m., heat alarm.
thermo-barometre, m., thermobarometer.
thermo-caut&re, m., (hipp.) thermoeautery.
thermochimie, f., thermochemistry.
thermodynamique, a., f., thermodynamic, thermodynamics.
thermo-electrieite, f., thermoelectrisity.
tliermo-e'lectrlque, a., thermoelectric.
therino-magn6tique, a., thermonoagnetic.
tliermo-inagnetisme, m., (elec.) thermomagnetism.
thermo-manoinfctre, m., thermometer gauge.
thermomfitre, thermometer;
to, air, air thermometer;
ft alcool, spirit thermometer;
& bulle mouilKe, wet-bulb thermometer;
ft bulle seche, dry-bulb thermometer;
centigrade, centigrade thermometer;
differentiel, (elec.) thermopile, thermoelectric
pile;
d esprit de vin, v. ft alcool'
etalon, standard thermometer;
ft gaz, gas thermometer;
hliquide, liquid thermometer;
ft maxima, maximum thermometer;
ft maxima et minima, maximum and minimum
thermometer; self-registering thermometer;
ft mercure, mercury thermometer;
ft minima, minimum thermometer;
metallique, metallic thermometer.
thermoseope, m., thermoscope.
thermostat, m., thermostat.
thetaX, m., (fam.) a second-year cadet of the
Polytechnique.
thibaude, f., haircloth; cow-hair cloth.
thornycroft, m., (nav.) torpedo boat (Thorneycroft).
thran, m., train oil.
tic, m., (hipp.) any stable vice;
en fair, en I'air sans appui, en
I'air sans usure des dents, wind sucking;
ft I' appui, trick of taking hold of objects with
the teeth;
ft I'appui avec usure des dents, cribbing;
ft Vappui sans usure des dents, v.
I'appui,'
avec appui
ft
et usure des dents, cribbing;
de I' ours, weaving;
rongeur, habit of eating earth, of crib biting,
etc.
tierce, f., (fenc.) tierce;
basse, second tierce;
porter une, en, une botte en, , to thrust in
tierce.
tiers, a., m., third; third part; third person; third
party;
arbitre, v. sur-arbitre;
ferme, (cord.) hard laid;
mou, (cord.) soft laid;
tierce personne, third person.
tiers-point, in., saw file; three-cornered
(cons.) arch of the tierce.
file;
for slight
tiers-poteau,
partitions.
m., (cons.) small post
tige, f., stem, boll ? of a tree; stalk; rod, stem,
shank; shaft, spindle; entire upper leather of
a shoe or laced boot, upper and leg of a boot;
(r. r.) web of a rail; (sm. a.) shank of a firing
pin; (art.) .obturator spindle, breech-plug spindle;
(baU.) rod of the Le Boulenge chronograph;
(mach.) spindle, rod, piston rod;
d'ancre, anchor shank ;