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robhiei & deux branches, (mack.) two-way cock;
& entonnoir, v. de decompression;
des gaz, (mach.) throttle;
pctroleur, (mach.) oil cock;
& pointeau, plug cock;
reducteur, reducing valve;
de refoulement, feed cock, delivery cock;
de surete, (expl.) safety cock;
vanne, (mack.) throttle valve.
rodage, m., grinding (as of a valve seat).
roder, v. t., to grind (as a valve seat).
rompre, v. n., (mil.) to break up, (as a camp) and
set out.
rondelle, 1, joint ring, strengthening ring;
d'appui, (trench art.) stop washer;
de bourrage, wad (art.) (trench mortar);
de bout d'essieu. linch-hoop;
de calage, (trench art.) lock washer;
ecrou, (mach.) screw washer.
rondelle-tendeur, f., spring cap, spring compressor.
rongeur, m., rodent.
roquade, f., (mil.) shift of troops back and forth.
Rosalie, f., (proper name: in mil. slang) the bayonet,
rose, f., rose, card;
de lafrequence des vents, diagram of prevailing
winds.
rosette, f,, the rosette or button of the grade of
officer (Legion of Honor, Instruction Publique);
rouge, the. rosette of the Legion of Honor
(grade of officer);
vialettc, the rosette of offmer de I'instruction
publique.
rotin, m., rattan, supple jack.
rottiie, f., (mach.) ball and socket joint or articulation;
knuckle;
de direction, steering knuckle.
roue, f., wheel;
arriere' stern wheel (river boat);
caoutchoutec, rubber-tired wheel (especially
solid tired);
de chainc, sprocket wheel, chain wheel;
s directrices, (auto.) front wheels, steering
clastique, any elastic wheel (i. e., producing
resiliency without using pneumatic tires);
molricc, driving wheel;
porteuse, bearing wheel;
& rayons metaldques, bicycle wheel (i. e.,
wheel of bicycle type) ;
h ressorts, elastic wheel (using springs to
deadon shock);
sabot, m., block;
d'arret, scotch.
sabot-agrafe, m., (r. r. art.) rail clip,
sabotage, m., sabotage, (i. e., scamp work, scamping;
malicious injury done to the establishment
by an employee; intentional garbling of copy
by a printer.)
saboter, v. t. (r. r.) to notch (a tie, for the foot of
the rail).
sabre, m., (sm. a.) sw.qrd;
au poing, sword in hand, with drawn swords.
sac, m., sack, bag; (mil.) knapsack;
& allumeurs, (art.) primer bag;
& couchage, sleeping bag;
ados, (mil.) regulation pack;
d'insubmersibilite, (pont.) water-tight bag
(metallic ponton).
saccadfi, a., irregular, jerky.
sachet, m., small bag, pouch.
sac-poncho, m., (mil.) poncho (so contrived as to
serve as a sack when rolled up).
Saint-cyriennc, f., ( Fr. a.) mutual benefit society
made up of graduates of St. Cyr.
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roue, train de *, train of wheels.
rouet, in., reel, winch.
roue-turbine, f., (mach.) turbine, turbine wheel.
rouge, a., m., red;
porter au , (met.) to heat rod hot.
rouget, m., (sort of) tick.
roulage, m., transportation;
epreuve de , wheel or transportation test.
rouleau, m. , eye (of a carriage spring); roller;
concasscur, rock crusher;
fijour, open-work roll, cylinder, or barrel.
roulement, m., (mach.) rolling (i. e., bearing)
surface; (roller) bearing;
annulaire, annular ball bearing;
d,billes, ballbearing;
point de , (mach.) bearing, journal bearing.
rouler, v. n. t., to roll;
au moteur, (aero.) to taxi.
roulette, f., (surv.) (ordinary linen) tape (decametre
d ruban).
rouleur, m., (mil.) gabion-roller (soldier); (aero.)
ground machine.
roulis, m., (aero.) roll.
roulotte, f., (auto.) sort of large traveling car.
routiere, f., road engine, traction engine.
Royal-Cambouis, m., (mil. slang) soldier of the
trains des equipages.
riiban, m., (mach.) strap, band;
chattcrton, strip of Chatterton, q. v.;
copiant, copying ribbon;
hcctographe, hectograph ribbon;
rouge, red ribbon; (fig.) the Legion of Honor.
rue, f., street;
Eoyale, (street in Paris; by metonymy) the
Ministry of the Navy;
Saint-Dominique, (a street in Paris; by metonymy)
the general staff of the army.
ruellc, f . , small street; (mil.) company street.
rugueux, m., (art.) striker, percussion pin.
ruissellement, m., trickling;
eaux de , trickling waters.
rupteur, m., (elec.) make-and-break mechanism,
key ( producing the break spark);
distributeur, make-and-break key (with
special reference to periodic makes and breaks).
rupture, f., rupture, burst;
cercle de , (expl.) circle of destructive effect.
rustique, a., (of mechanical devices, weapons, etc.).
not complicated.
Sainte-Barbe, (proper name) St. Barbara;
celebration de la , (art.) feast on December 4 to
St. Barbara, the patron saint of the artillery;
xlebrer la , (art.) to celebrate St. Barbara,
patron saint of the artillery, on December 4.
Saint-maixentaise, f., (Fr. a.) mutual benefit
society made up of graduates of St. Maixent.
saisir, v. t., (law) to refer;
un parquet d'ime affaire, (mil. law) to refer a
case to a parquet, i. o., to a court-martial.
salle, f., hall, large room;
d'astiquage, (mil.) in barracks, room for cleaning
rifles, equipment, etc.;
des machines, machine-shop;
de visite, (med.) surgeon's oiuce.
salve, f., (art.) salvo; (either rounds fired together,
or a series of shots fired one by one);
de conirole, (art.) ranging salve.
sandow, (proper name; aero slang) rubber shock
absorber.
sante, f., quarantine (station, personnel, function).
sape, f., (mil.) sap, (strictly speaking, sape is a procedure,
a method of digging);
d'atfaque, offensive sip;