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tricyclette 470 trot<br />

tricyclette, f., tricycle.<br />

tride, a., (wow.) quick, cadenced, and regular<br />

(said of a horse's movements); (as a noun)<br />

quickness and regularity of gait.<br />

triedre, a., triedral.<br />

trier, v. a., to sort, sort out, select.<br />

trieur, m., sorter (machine and workman).<br />

trilateral, a., trilateral.<br />

trilatere, m., triangle; (fort.) trilateral work.<br />

trimer, v. n., (/aw.) to march, walk, one's self<br />

tired.<br />

trimestre, m., quarter (three months); quarter's<br />

pay or rent;<br />

par , quarterly.<br />

trimes triel, a., quarterly.<br />

tringle, m., rod. batten, ribbon; tringle; lath;<br />

(mach., in pi.) links, straps, connecting links;<br />

(art.) tringle; (pont.) end and side beam of a<br />

pontoon boat, on which the ribs rest; (sm. a.)<br />

swivel bar (or a carbine);<br />

de boisage, (mil. min.) batten;<br />

de calfatage, calking strip of a pontoon boat;<br />

de connexion, (r. r.) tie-rod of a switch;<br />

& crochet, (sm. a.) swivel bar a<br />

(of carbine);<br />

de crochet de pontage, (pont.) cavil (of a<br />

pontoon boat);<br />

& dent, (sm. a.) rifling rod;<br />

d'ecartement, (<strong>com</strong>.) batten (iron roof truss);<br />

d' entrainement, (mach.) drag link;<br />

de mousqueton, v. & crochet;<br />

s du parallelogramme, (mach.) connecting<br />

links;<br />

& rayer, (sm. a.) rifling rod;<br />

recourbee, v. & crochet;<br />

de relevage, (mach.) drag link;<br />

& tamponner les tubes, (steam) tube stopper;<br />

taquet de , (pont.) cavil block;<br />

de tirage, traction rod;<br />

de traction, (art.) traction rod.<br />

tringler, v. a., to mark out with a chalk line.<br />

tringlette, f., small rod.<br />

tringlos, tringlftt, m., (mil. slang) officer or man<br />

of the train des equipages.<br />

trinitrophenol, n., (expl.) trinitrophenol, picric<br />

acid.<br />

trio, m., (mach.) three-high roll.<br />

triomphe, m., triumph; (mil.) great victory.<br />

triompher, v. n., to triumph (over), to conquer.<br />

triplette, f., three-seat bicycle.<br />

tripode, m., tripod (rare).<br />

tripoli, m., tripoli, rotten stone;<br />

brundtre, brownish rotten stone.<br />

tripolir, v. a., to polish with tripoli.<br />

triqueballe, f., (art.) truck, sling cart;<br />

de chargement, hand-sling cart;<br />

& roues de charrette, casemate truck ;<br />

& treuil, sling cart fitted with a winch;<br />

& vis, (screw) sling cart.<br />

triquer, v. a., to range timber in a yard.<br />

triste, a., gloomy, dull, dreary; overcast (of<br />

weather).<br />

trituration, f., (powd., etc.) trituration, grinding,<br />

pulverization, incorppration;<br />

binaire, (powd.) trituration or incorporation<br />

of two constituents together;<br />

reduite, (powd.) shortened incorporation;<br />

separee, (powd.) trituration of one ingredient<br />

at a time;<br />

ternaire, (powd.) trituration or incorporation<br />

of the three ingredients together.<br />

triturer, v. a., (powd., etc.) to triturate; to grind;<br />

to pulverize charcoal; to incorporate.<br />

troc, m., barter, swapping.<br />

trocart, m., (med.. hipp.) trocar.<br />

trochanter, m., (hipp.) trochanter;<br />

grand , greater trochanter;<br />

petit , lesser trochanter.<br />

trochaiiterien, a., trochanterian.<br />

trocheametre, trocheometre, m., (inst.) odometer.<br />

trois-carres, m., v. trois-quarte.<br />

trois-fils, m., (elec.) three-wire system.<br />

trois-mats, m., (nav.) three-masted vessel; (mil.<br />

slang) veteran with three stripes.<br />

trois-ponts, m., (nav.) three-decker.<br />

trois-quarte, f., coarse triangular file.<br />

trois-quarts, m., v. trois-quarte; (hipp.) trocar.<br />

trombe, f., waterspout; (mach.) trompe, water<br />

blast; (nav.) ventilator;<br />

de brume b, vapeur, steam fog-horn;<br />

d'eau, waterspout; (mach.) water blast;<br />

de vent, whirlwind.<br />

tromblon, m., (sm. a.) blunderbuss.<br />

trombone, m., (mus.) trombone.<br />

trommel, m., (min.) trommel;<br />

classeur, sizing drum;<br />

debourbeur, washing drum.<br />

trompe, f., trumpet (obs.); hunting horn; speaking<br />

trumpet; fog horn; waterspout; (mach.)<br />

water blast; (nav.) ventilator; (fond.) gate;<br />

runner; (artif.) fire pot, or succession of fire<br />

pots one above the other; (cons.) pendentive,<br />

squinch;<br />

de brume, fog horn;<br />

de voute, keystone of a niche.<br />

tromper, v. a., to deceive; (fenc.) to avoid a counter,<br />

a parry, etc., by shifting one's point;<br />

un cheval, (man.) to turn a horse suddenly.<br />

trompette, m., f., trumpeter; trumpet;<br />

aux s, (mil.) assembly of trumpeters (call);<br />

coup de , blast of a trumpet;<br />

major, (mil.) trumpet major;<br />

parlante, speaking trumpet.<br />

trompillon, m., (cons.) small pendentive or<br />

squinch; (mach.) air tube or hole of a water<br />

blast;<br />

de voute, (cons.) quoin, angle-stone, of a<br />

squinch.<br />

trompion, m., (mil. slang) bugler.<br />

tronc, m., trunk (of a tree, of a column, of the<br />

body, etc.);<br />

de cdne, truncated cone;<br />

de la queue d'un cheval, (hipp.) dock of a<br />

horse's tail.<br />

tronce, tronche, f., short, thick block of wood;<br />

de cable, bit of cable.<br />

troncon, m.. piece, end; drum of a column; cut,<br />

stump, stock; (hipp.) dock of a horse's tail;<br />

(r. r.) "block" (of a track);<br />

de ligne telegraphique, section of telegraph<br />

line;<br />

de rebut, waste end;<br />

de voie, (r. r.) portion of a line, section of a<br />

line.<br />

tronconique, a., truncated.<br />

tronc.onner, v. a., to truncate, cut into pieces,<br />

lop.<br />

trflne, m., throne; royalty, royal government;<br />

discours du , speech from the throne; king's,<br />

queen's, speech at the opening of parliament.<br />

trdniere, f., (fort.) embrasure.<br />

tronquer, v. a., to truncate, mutilate, maim.<br />

trop, adv., too, too much;<br />

cheval assis, horse whose hind legs are too<br />

much under him;<br />

cheval ouvert (serre), horse whose legs are<br />

too far apart (close together) laterally.<br />

trophfee, m., trophy;<br />

d'armes, collection of arms, colors, etc., arranged<br />

upon a shaft, column, arch, etc.<br />

tropical, a., tropical.<br />

tropique, m., tropic; (in pi.) the tropics;<br />

maladie des s, yellow fever.<br />

trop-pergu, m., (adm.) overissue, drawing* of<br />

either money or supplies in excess of what<br />

is due.<br />

trop-plein, m., overflow, waste water; overflow<br />

pipe; basin to catch an overflow;<br />

soupape de , overflow valve;<br />

tuyau de , waste pipe.<br />

troquer, v. a., to barter, swap.<br />

trot, m., (man.) trot (said of both horse and rider);<br />

aller au to , trot;<br />

allonge, trot out, fast trot;<br />

& I'anglaise, posting;

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