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agues 32 balaneier
bagues, f. pi., baggage, (used only in) sortir vie
et sauves, (mil.) to leave a fort, etc., with
only such baggage, arms, etc., as one may
carry on one's back.
baguette, f., small rod, wand; (mus.) drumstick;
(artif.) drift; rocket-stick: (sm. a.)
ejector-rod (of a revolver), cleaning-rod,
ramrod;
d'artifice, (artif.) drift (for making fuses,
rockets, etc.);
avaler ses s, (mil. slang) to die;
baionnette, (sm. a.) rod-bayonet;
de carton, (artif.) pasteboard rocket
stick;
de chargement, (artif.) v. d'artifice;
h charger, (artif.) v. d'artifice;
de dechargement, (sm. a.) ejector-rod (of
a revolver); (art.) ejector-rod of a subcaliber
tube;
de direction, directrice, (art.) rocketstick;
directrice de chargement. (art.) small rod
used in making up cartridges of prismatic
powder;
expulseur, (sm. a.) ejector-rod (of a revolver);
de fusee, de fusee volante, (art.) rocket-
stick;
de fusil, (sm. a.) ramrod;
& laver, lavoir, (art., sm. a.) cleaning
rod;
en massif, (artif.) v. d'artifice:
a meche, (mach.) boring-bit;
passer par les s, (mil.) to run the gantlet;
drefouler, v. d'artifice:
drouler, (artif.) former;
- de tambour, (mus.) drumstick.
bahut, m., chest, trunk;
mur & , (fort.) low wall on top of scarp, at
foot of exterior slope;
special, (St. Cyr slang) the military school at
St. Cyr.
bahute, a., (St. Cyr slang) smart, soldier-like.
baliuter, v. a., (St. Cyr slang) to make a disturbance.
toai, a. and m., (hipp.) bay (coat) and bay
horse;
acajou, mahogany bay;
brun, brown bay (almost black);
cerise, cherry, red or blood bay;
chdtain, uniform light-brown bay;
clair, light, bright bay;
dore, yellow bay (golden reflections);
fonce, dark bay (shading on brown);
lave, light bay;
marron, chestnut bay;
& miroir, dappled bay;
mirouette, bright dappled bay;
ordinaire, red bay;
sanguin, blood bay.
bale, f., bay; opening a hole in a wall; window or
door opening; (nav.) opening in a ship's
deck.
baignade, f., swim, bath (in a river, the sea).
baigner, v. a., to bathe, dip in the water; (of
rivers) to flow through, by, or around; (of the
sea) to wash.
bail, m., lease.
bailie, f., tub;
de combat, (art.) sponge-bucket.
bailler, v. a., to gape, to open (as a joint).
baillet, a., (hipp.) sorrel.
baillou, m., gag.
baillonner, v. a., to gag; to wedge (as a
door).
bain, m., bath; (met., chem.) bath;
- de developpement, (phot.) developing
bath;
fixateur, (phot.) fixing bath;
defonte, (met.) bath of melted pig iron;
d'huilc, (chem., etc.) oil bath;
marie, (chem.) water bath;
de mortier, (mas.) bed of mortar, thick layer
of mortar;
de plomb, (met.) lead bath;
de sable, (chem.) sand bath;
de trempe, (met.) tempering bath;
de vapeur, (chem.) steam bath;
de virage, (phot.) toning bath.
baionnette, f., (sm. a.) bayonet;
la en avant, with fixed bayonets;
baguette rod , bayonet;
& bout, with fixed bayonets;
au canon, (drill) fix bayonets! trumpet call
for same;
charged, la charger & la
, (mil.) bayonet charge;
, (mil.) to charge with the bayonet;
coude de , neck, bend, elbow, of a bayonet;
couteau , knife bayonet;
croiser la , (drill) to charge bayonets;
& douille, ordinary socket bayonet;
enlever & la , (mil.) to carry at the point of
the bayonet;
ipce- , sword-bayonet (sometimes,
-epee);
escrimeh la , bayonet exercise;
fausse d'escrime, fencing bayonet (bayonet
exercise);
h fourche, (torp.) spar-torpedo fork (French
navy);
au fusil, with fixed bayonets;
mettre la au canon, (drill, etc.) to fix bayonets;
poignard
remettre la
, dagger-bayonet;
, (drill, etc.) to unfix bayonets;
trumpet call for same;
sabre- , sword-bayonet (sometimes
-sabre).
baiser, m., (sm. a.) v. amour.
baiser, v. r., (cord.) to be two-block, chock-a-
block.
baisse, f., fall (of a river, of the tide).
baisscr, v. a. and n., to fall; bow, lower; strike
(colors); fall off; depress; decrease; diminish;
go down, let down; ebb;
la main h un cheval, (man.) to slack the
hand, to give a horse his head;
le pavilion, (nav.) to strike one's colors, haul
down the flag.
baissler, m., (top.) shoal water.
baisure, f., place where one loaf touches another in
baking; kissing crust.
bajoyer, m., side wall of a lock or sluice gate.
bal, m., (mil. slang) extra drill.
balafre, f., gash (cutting weapon); scar left by
a cutting weapon (especially on the
face).
balai, m., broom; (elec.) brush, collectingbrush;
de communication, (elec.) commutator
brush;
electrique, (elec.) dynamo-brush;
de fils metalliques, wire brush;
frotteur, elec "brush (e. g., gramme machine);
& laver, mop, swab;
ft plumes, (mil. slang) plumes of a shako.
balance, f., balance, scales, pair of scales;
& bascule, weighing machine;
manometrique, (ball.) manometric pressure
balance (gives pressure at a point, at any time,
in the gun);
des moments, (art.) sort of weigh-bridge for
determining eccentricity of projectiles;
plat de , scale-pan;
& ressort, spring balance;
romaine, steelyard;
trait de la . turn of the scale.
balancement, m., rocking (as of a bridge, a
suspension bridge, a locomotive, etc.); unsteadiness
(of horses in harness); balancing,
poising, swinging; (torp.) test and verification
of various parts of a torpedo (Whitehead) by
means of compressed air;
de V'avant & I'arriere, overbalancing.
balancer, v. a., n., to balance, poise; counterbalance,
counterpoise; to swing, rock; (of
horses) to be unsteady in harness; (fig.) to
hesitate, waver; (gym.) to swing.
balaneier, m., beam, lever; pendulum; any beam
or lever working a counterweight; beam of
a balance); outrigger (of a boat); (steam) beam
(of a beam engine); walking beam; rocking
beam or lever; (mach.) press, fly-t stamping
press; flyer, fly of a wheel; (art.) lever or
arm of a disappearing carriage (e. g.,
Crozier's);
de boussole,
de compas, gimbals;