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tirer 455 tiroir
tirer & brasfrancs, (sm. a.) to fire from the shoulder;
to fire standing (said also of a revolver);
au but, to fire at a target;
le canon, etc., (art.) to fire a gun (a mortar,
etc.);
de la cellule, (mil. slang) to be confined in a
military cell;
d charge (faiblc) pleins, (art.) to fire with
(reduced) full charges;
en chasse, (nav. art.) to fire forward of the
beam;
cheval qui tired la main, v. s. v. chcval;
& la clble, (t. p.) to perform, carry on, target
practice; to fire at a target;
(ti la conscription), (mil,) to draw lots for
conscription;
copie, une copie, to make a copy;
au cordevu, to trace by the tape;
un coup, (sm. a., art.) to fire a shot;
a coups perdus, (sm. a.) to fire at random;
to, convert (mil.) to fire from behind a pro-
tection;
d dos, (art.) to fire in reverse (normal fire);
de I'eau, to suck up, absorb, water;
d'echarpe, (art.) to fire obliquely (e. g., at a
line) from in front;
& embrasure, (art.) to fire through an embrasure;
d'
enfilade, (art.) to enfilade;
I'epee, to fence, fight, with swords; (fig.) to
take up arms;
I'epee contre quelqu'un, to fight anyone;
une estocade, (fenc.) to make a pass or thrust
(obs.); /
faire I'epee & quelqu'un, to force one to fight;
desfeintes, to
(fenc.) feint;
dans lefer, (fenc.) to thrust, etc., on the side
where the opponent is covered;
lefeu, (art.) to use (such and such) a fire;
unfeu A' artifice, to let off fireworks;
d fleur d'eau, (nav. art.) to hull (a ship);
au flanc, (mil. slang) to be a deadbeat, a
coffee cooler (U. S. A.):
d la fourchette, (art.) to use the "fork" to
determine the range;
fusant, (art.) to fire time shell;
unefusee, to let otf a rocket;
au, le, fusil, to fire a gun (and similarly of
other small arms);
juste, to fire true, shoot true, straight;
une lettre de change (par premiere, seconde,
troisieme), to draw a bill of exchange (in duplicate,
in triplicate) ;
d la main, (man.) to bore;
la main plate, (fenc.) to raise the hand, nails
up;
d la mer, (s. c. art.) to fire seaward; (nav.) to
stand put to sea;
d miiraille, (art.) to fire canister, case shot;
o?4 mur, v. s. v. mur;
- d la muraille. v. s. v, muraille;
d, des, obus, (art.) to fire shell;
& outrance, (art.) to fire to the limit of ultimate
strength;
percutant, (art.) to fire percussion shell;
sur plate-forme, (art.) to fire from a platform;
en plein bois, v. d fleur d'eau;
de plein fouet, (art.) to use direct fire (full
charges);
d plomb, to fire small shot (sport);
poudred , sporting powder;
d poudre, v. dblanc;
au premier brin, (cord.) to work hemp so as
to get the best quality;
d projectiles, (art.) to fire with projectiles;
de, en, quarte, etc., (fenc.) to thrust in quarte,
etc.;
race, (hipp.) to breed a mare;
au renard, (hipp.) to pull on the halter and
try to break it; to fall on haunches so as to
break the halter (stable vice);
en retraite, (nav. art.) to fire abaft the beam;
drevers, (art.) to fire in reverse (oblique fire);
tirer d ricochet, (art.) to use ricochet fire;
la ruade, (of a horse) to kick out;
des, par, salves, (art.) to fire salvos; (sm. a.)
to fire volleys ;
d sec, to draw boats up on land;
d six, (art.) to pull together (all six horses);
au sort, (mil.) to draw lots for military serv-
ice;
sur le temps, (fenc.) to make a time thrust;
d touts voice, (art.) v. tir d touts, volee;
d trois, (art.) said of a team when off horses
alone pull;
au tube, (cord.) to draw yarn through tubes in
manufacture of rope;
la tunique, (unif.) so to pull the tunic as not
to show more than the prescribed folds in the
back;
au vent, (hipp.) to hold the head high;
au vol, to shoot on the wing (sport);
d vue, to draw upon anyone at sight.
tirerie, f., wire-drawing shop; (mil.) wasteful, useless,
small-arm firing.
tire-terre, m., quarryman's spade.
tirettc, f., register, shutter, drawer, damper; (sm.
a., ariif.) string (to open cartridge packets,
smoke cylinders, etc.).
tireur, m., wire-drawer; fencer; drawer of a note;
(mil., etc.) marksman, "shot," rifleman, sharpshooter;
d'armes, fencer;
arreter un , (fenc.) to meet a stop thrust;
d'aviron, oarsman;
d' elite, crack shot;
de mine, miner;
de position, (mil.) picked shot (inf.) to fire on
enemy's artillery during infantry advance.
tire-veille, f., manrope, tide rope;
de cabestan, swifter of a capstan;
nceud de , (cord.) manrope knot.
tiroir, m., drawer; (sm. c.) small flat sliding pin
fixing the barrel to the stock (sporting arms);
(mach.) slide valve; (mil.) second rank (of
troops in three ranks).
(Unless otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to machinery:)
arbre du , eccentric shaft;
armature du , valve work(s);
d'asservissement, (mach.) slide valve of a
servo-motor, or of a systeme asservi;
auxiliaire, auxiliary starting valve;
v. s. v. avance;
avance du ,
d bas#e pression, low-pressure slide valve;
boite d , slide chest;
boite de slide , box;
d boite, box,slide valve;
compense, balanced slide valve;
d, en, coquille, 3-pprt slide valve, trebleported
slide valve; ordinary slide valve;
course du , travel of the slide
valye;
cylindrique, distributing cock; piston valve;
en D, D valve;
enD court (long), short (long) D valve;
deftler en v. s. v. , defiler;
deployer en , (mil.)' to form line from close
column;
d detente fixe (variable), valve with fixed
(variable) cut-off;
de detente, expansion valve, cut-off valve;
de detente d piston, piston expansion valve;
sans detente, valve without lap or lead;
d deux orifices, double ported slide valve;
en disque, Brotherhood valve;
disiributeur, distributing slide valve;
de distribution, main slide valve, distributing
valve; (art.) feed trough (e. g., of the Hotchkiss
revolving cannon) ;
distribution par , distributing-valve jgear;
de distribution equilibre, equilibrium slide
valve, balanced valve;
d dos perce, gridiron valve:
d double orifice, double-ported slide valve;
en E, E valve;
equilibre, equilibrium slide valve, balanced
slide salve;