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trepaner 469 tricycle
trtpaner, v. a., (mm.) to bore the roof of a gallery
for air.
trfipas,f ., very narrow passage, channel; death.
trepidation, f., jarring, tremor, vibration (as of an
engine, screw, etc.).
trepied, m., tripod; trivet; three-legged stand (in
general);
a doubles branches, (inst.) split-leg tripod;
& fusees (artif.) rocket stand;
de tir, (t. p.) aiming stand;
& vis calantes, (inst.) tripod fitted with leveling
screws.
trfipignement, m., stamping.
trepigaer, v. a., to stamp, tread, under foot,
tripointe, f., welt (of a shoe);
seconde , skiving.
tres-fonds, m., v. trefonds.
trfisaille, f ., upper rail of a wagon.
tresillon, m., Spanish windlass; small block ofwood
placed between planks stacked to dry; (cord.)
heaver;
nccud de , v. s. v. nceud.
trtsilioniier, v. a., to heave with a Spanish windlass;
to space planks stacked to dry; (cord.) to
use a heaver; to fix a tackle to a rope (by a tre-
sillon)',
trtsor, m., treasure; the Treasury;
de I'Etat, v. public:
de guerre, military chest;
public, public moneys or funds.
trSsorerie, f., treasury; public finances; (mil.) pay
department;
service de la , (mil.) pay department.
tresorier, m., treasurer; (mil.) paymaster, pay
officer;
capilaine . v. s. v. capitaine;
payeur-general, (in France) chief paymaster
or treasury official of a department.
tressage, m., braid work, braid, braiding, plaiting
(e. g., around a Bickford or other fuse); (elec.)
cable wrapping.
tresse, f., plat, twist, braid, plait; (cord.) fox, sennit;
(unif.) braid; (mach.) gasket;
anglaise, (cord.) common sennit;
carre.e, (cord.) square sennit;
en chanvre, (mach.) packing gasket;
en fils de bitord, (cord.) French sennit;
en fils de caret, (cord.) common sennit;
de garniture, (mach.) packing gasket; coiling
for packing;
de joint, (mach.) packing;
plate, (cord.) flat sennit; (unif.) flat braid;
ronde, (cord.) round sennit; (unif.) round
braid, cord;
h tracer, (siege) tracing cord or tape.
tresser, v. a., (cord, etc.) to braid, twist, plait,
weave, wattle.
trSteau, m., trestle, horse; prop,
treuil, m., winch, windlass, crab; barrel or drum
(of a crane); wheel and '
axle; truck;
h barbotin, v. & noix,des
carriers, quarriers' treadmill;
chariot, movable or traveling loading crane
for heavy work;
& chevilles, capstan;
de chevre, (art.) windlass of a gin;
compose, (double, etc.) geared winch;
conique, conical drum;
& deux vitesses, double-speed winch;
differentiel, Chinese crane; differential windlass;
ft double force, quarriers' treadmill for lifting
. very heavy stones;
d double puissance, double-purchase winch;
fi engrenages, geared winch;
(ifrein, a winch fitted with a brake;
garnir le , (art.) to rig the windlass;
& leviers, windlass;
& main, windlass;
& manivelle, common windlass; hand winch;
de manoeuvre, (art.) windlass of a gun carriage;
de mine, (mil. min.) miner's windlass, winch;
& noix, chain winch;
petit -, crab winch, single-purchase winch;
it simple engrcnage, single-geared winch;
treuil a tambour (etfi cable), ordinary geared hoisting
winch;
& vapeur steam which;
vider le , to shift the fall.
trfeve, f., (mil.) truce, suspension of hostilitiesmarchande,
truce during which the hostile
nations may trade with each other.
trtvire, f., (cord.) parbuckle.
trevlrer, v. a., (art., etc.) to parbuckle.
trza(il)ler, v. n., (of wood, etc.) to crack, split.
triage, m., sorting (of ores, of the mail, etc.); in a
forest, place where timber is being (or has been)
gare de , v. s. v. gare.
triangle, m., triangle; carpenter's square; (nav.)
triangular flag; (dec.) delta connection, mesh
grouping; (surv.) triangle of a triangulation;
acutangle, acute-angled triangle;
du dcuxieme ordre (surv.) secondary triangle
of a triangulation;
en ecoperches, shears;
equilateral, equilateral triangle;
d'erreur, (surv.) triangle of error;
isocele, isosceles triangle;
de mire, v. s. v. mire;
montage, monter, en , v. s. vv. montage, monter;
obtusangle, obtuse-angled triangle;
plan, plane triangle;
du premier ordre, (surv.) primary triangle of a
triangulation;
rectangle, right-angled triangle;
scatene, scalene triangle;
spherique, spherical triangle;
en tole, (mach.) gusset stay;
de troisieme ordre, (surv.) triangle of the third
order of a triangulation;
de visee, (Fr. art.) sighting triangle used in
observatories (temporary expedient).
triangulaire, a., triangular.
triangulation, f., (surv.) triangulation;
geodestque, geodetic triangulation (operations
over a large area by refined processes);
graphique, triangulation. plotted from direct
observation (when area to be surveyed may all
be contained on plane-table sheet);
point principal de , principal vertex, primary
vertex;
point sccondaire de , secondary vertex;
trigonometrique, triangulation proper.
triatomique, a., (chem.) trivalent.
tribord, m., (nav.) starboard; starboard watch.
tribordais, m., (nav.) member of the starboard
watch.
tribu,f., tribe;
se mettre en , (mil. slang) to start a mess.
tribunal, m., tribunal, court;
de I'amiraute, admiralty court;
d'appel, court of appeal;
civil, civil court;
des conflits, v. s. v. confit;
criminel, criminal court;
militaire, military tribunal, court;
de premiere instance, court of first instance;
de prise, (nav.) prize court.
tribune, f., gallery; bench, seat; in the French
Chamber of Deputies, tribune (the pulpit-like
stand from which a member speaks in addressing
the house); (in pi.) grand stand;
de la , parliamentary;
des journalises, reporters' gallery;
monter ti la , to take the floor.
tribut, m., tribute.
tributalre, a., tributary.
tricpises, f. pi., pinchers, nail pinchers; (farr.) shoeing
pinchers, farriers' pinchers.
tricolore, a., tricolor.
tricot, m., knitting; jersey.
tricoter, v. a. n., to knit; (man.) to move the legs
rapidly without gaining mucn ground.
;ricouse, f., cloth or knit slipper.
tricycle, m., tricycle.