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gare 545 grade
gare (d')origine d'etapes, (Fr. a.) (the name of a
gare de ravitaillement, when more or less distant
from troops, y. lignc d'etapcs); railhead;
point de repartition, (Fr. a.) distributing
station (sick and wounded);
de ravitaillement, (Fr. a.) refilling station;
~regulatrice., (Fr. a.) (in a given region, a
railway station to which all trains are sent for
dispatch to destination) regulating, dispatching,
station;
de repartition de station-magasin, (Fr. a.)
distributing station (of a station-magasin, q. v. );
siege d'infirmerie, (Fr. a.) railway infirmary;
de triage, (mil. med.) sorting station.
garer, v. t., (in gen.) to put on one side.
garnir, v. t., (mil.) to pack (e. g., a machine gun,
etc., on a pack animal).
garnison, f ., (mil.) garrison;
de surcte, (mil.) safety troops (to hold position
in rear if advance falls back),
gars, m., boy;
les , (mil. /cm.) the "boys," i. e., the men
(pronounced GA).
gauche, a., left;
jusqu'd, la , (slang) unto death.
gaucher, a., n., left handed.
gauchir, v. n., (aero.) to bank, to warp; v. t., to
warp (a wing).
gaucliissement, m., (aero.) warping;
commande de , warping control;
Icvier de , warp control.
gaver,v. t., to staff.
gaz, m., gas;
asphyxiant, (mil.}
brules, exhaust gas, burnt gases;
carbure, mixture of air and of hydrocarbon
vapors;
d'echappement, exhaust gases;
frais, fresh mixture;
Uger, any gas whose density is less than
unity;
pauvrc, a sort of water gas (made by passing
a current of air and water vapor over incandescent
coke or anthracite);
suffocant, v. asphyxiant:
tonnant, explosive mixture (explosive engines).
gazeifier, v. t., to gasify.
gazer, v. t., (mil. slang) to smoke; to drive an automobile.
general, m., (mil.) general;
de jour, (mil.) in sieges, the general of the
day, of a sector of attack.
generateur, in., (mach. etc.) generator (in many
relations);
(i vaporisation rapide, (steam) quick-steaming
boiler.
genouillere, f., (mach. gun) knee joint (tripod leg).
geoinetre, m., (top.) surveyor;
topographe, (mil.) topographer.
gijophone, m., (siege) geophone (ground listener,
sound detector).
geste, m., (mil.) (in signaling) motion;
d'avertissement, warning signal;
commandements au , (arm, sabre, and rifle)
commun, signal common to all arms;
d'execution, signal of execution;
particulier, signal peculiar to each arm;
preparatoire, preparatory signal.
giciee, f., spray, spray discharge.
gicler, v. n., (mach.) to spray.
gicleur, a., (mach.) atomizing; m., nozzle, spraying
nozzle; jet;
chambre dcs s, spray chamber;
pulverisateur , atomizer, spray nozzle.
gifle, f., blow, buffet; (sm. a.) kick.
girouette, f., vane;
d'aviation, (aero.) sort of slope, speed, and ascension
indicator.
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glsement, m., (surv.) bearing.
glace, f., carriage window; ice; wind screen (of a
motor car);
argcntee, silvered glass;
biseautee, beveled glass;
brute couUe, unpolished, rough glass plate;
franche, glare ice.
sflottante's, floating ice;
pare-bise, wind screen of a ' '
carriage;
polie,
glaciere, f., ice-making machine; ice box. refrigerator.
glacis, m., (mach.) sloping surface.
glissade, f., slip, slide;
(sur I'aile), (aero.) side slip.
sur la queue, tail dive.
glissifere, f., (art.) recoil slide.
global, a., total, entire, gross;
deplacement , (nav.) total, gross displacement;
puissance e en chevaux, total resources, in
horses.
gniole, f., (mil. slang) brandy.
gndle, f., (mil. slang) brandy.
guon, m., (mil. slang) contusion.
godasses, f. pi. (mil. slang) shoes.
gommage, rn., (mach.) sticking (from oil).
gomme, f. 7 gum, rubber, india rubber.
gommer, v. t., to gum;
se , (mach.) to stick, (from oil).
gondole, f., gondola; long pleasure boat.
goiidole, a., (elec.) buckled, "(of a storage battery
plate).
gondoler, v. nr., (elec. etc.) to buckle, (storage battery,
plate, etc.).
gonflage, m., inflation.
gonflement, m., (auto.) inflation of tires; (aero.)
inflation (of a balloon);
culotte de , inflating tube.
gonfler, v. t., (auto.) to inflate (a tire).
gonfleur, m., inflater, mechanical inflater.
goniometre, m., goniometer; (art.) battery commander's
telescope; dial sight;
bonssole, compass goniometer;
miroir, reflecting sight;
pcriscopique, trench goniometer.
de siege, (art. ) siege dial sight, goniometer.
a vitseur, (art.) sighting tube goniometer.
goujon, rn.,pin;
dejonclion, assembling pin.
goupille, f.,pin;
de debrayage, (mach.) clutch spring throwout
stud;
fendue, cotter.
de securite, (mil.) safety pin, of a hand
grenade;
de surete, (art., grenades) safety wire.
gourmette, f . chain , burnisher, chain pad.
gousset, m., corner plate, stay plate.
goutte, f., drop;
passer entre les s, (mil. fam.) to pass between
the falling projectiles (in an attack under
artillery fire).
gouttiere, f., spout, gutter; (trench art.) trough (of
a bomb truck).
gouvernail, m., (aero) rudder;
d'altitude, elevator;
d'assiette. (aero) horizontal rudder (diri-
gible).
de direction, rudder;
horizontal, v. d'altitude;
de profondeur, v. d'altitude;
de queue, tail rudder;
de tete, head rudder;
vertical, v. de direction.
gouvernement, m., the administration, the party
in power.
grade, m., (mil.) (often) officer; (usually) noncommissioned
officer;