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botte ft noyau, (fond.) core-box;
ft oreilles, axletree box, with lugs to prevent
turning in nave;
petite , de petit bout, end-box of the nave;
de regulateur, (steam) governor sleeve;
de resistance, (elec.) resistance box;
ft ressorts, buffer-box;
de rctenue, (mack.) check-valve box;
de roue, nave-box; coak;
ft soupape, (steam, etc.) valve-chest;
support, (harn.) shaft-loop;
ft tiroir, (steam) slide-valve chest;
ft vapeur, (steam) valve-box.
boitement, m., limping, halting; (mach.) irregular
action.
bolter, v. n., to limp, to be lame, to hobble;
de . . . . , (hipp., etc.) to be lame in . . . . ;
tout bas, (hipp.) to be quite lame.
boiterie, f., lameness;
ancienne, (hipp.) chronic, deep-seated lameness;
ft chaud, lameness that reappears after exercise;
ft froid, lameness that reappears after
rest.
bond(s) successifs de duree, (art.) in ranging, the
passage from one observed duration or
interval of burst (time-shell) to the next,
and so on;
del, 2, n tours, (art.) in ranging, the difference
of elevation due to 1, 2, n turns of
the elevating screw,
bonde, f.,bunghole; bung.
bon-dieu, m., (mil. slang) sword.
bondon, m., bung, plug.
bondonner, v. a., to bung; to tap, broach.
bonhomme, m.., bolt, bolt-catch; pin, trip-pin;
ft ressort, spring-bolt;
de surete, (art.) safety-bolt.
boni, m., sum left over after a financial
tion;opera-
de Vordinaire, (mil. adm.) excess of receipts
over expenses in the mess.
bonnet, m. , cap, hat, bonnet;
ft comes, (unif.) cocked hat;
defourrure, (unif.) hussar busby;
defusee, (art.) fuse-cap;
gros , (mil. slang, etc.) officer of high rank;
d'ourson, (unif.) bearskin;
ft poil, (unif.) bearskin; busby (hussars');
de police, (unif.) forage-cap; (mil. slang) raw
recruit;
de pretre, (fort.) priest-cap, sort, of fieldwork,
shaped somewhat like a swallowtail.
bonnetage, m., (artif.) capping of fuses, rockets,
etc.
bonnette, f., (fort.) bonnette; (nav.) studdingsail;
lardee, (nav.) collision-mat.
borax, m., borax.
bord, m., lip, edge, border; flange, rim; shore,
bank; side of a boat or ship; side, edge, of
a road;
& , (nav.) on board;
ft
, (nav.) yardarm and yardarm, broadside
on;
h contrc . (nav.) broadside on;
franc , (nav.) free-board;
de haut , (nav.) of high free-board;
& pleins s, (of water in rivers) up to the top
of the banks;
superieur, rim (of a well, shaft, etc.).
bordage, m., (nav., etc.) planking;
planking (of a ponton boat);
ft din, clinker-work.
(pont.) side
boiteux, a., lame, halt.
bombarde, f., (nav.) bomb vessel.
bombardement, m., (art., siege) bombardment,
shelling;
batterie de , battery to deliver high-angle fire,
shelling battery;
canon de , (art., etc.) shelling gun.
bombarder, v. 'a., (art., siege) to bombard, to
shell.
bombardier, m., (mil.) bombardier (obs.).
bombe, f., (art.) (spherical) mortar-shell; bomb;
shell (of a helmet);
flamboyante, (artif.) incendiary shell, lightball.
boiriM, a., arched, curved, bulged; rounded,
crowning (of a pulley); (tech.) snap-riveted;
chemin barreled , road;
poulie e, crowning pulley.
bombement, m., bulge, bulging; rounding,
crowning, of a pulley.
bomber, v. a., n., to cause to bulge; to bulge, swell
out; to barrel (a road).
boii, m., check, order for money; (mil., adm.)
order or requisition receipt for supplies or for
service, forming at one and the same time a
request, a receipt, and a voucher;
de chauffage, fuel order;
de chemin defer, order for transportation by
rail;
de convoi, order for transportation of troops,
etc., by land roads, by wagon (par convois de
terre, q. v.);
de denrees, requisition for supplies (rations);
d'effets et d'armes, requisition for clothes,
etc., and arms;
defourrage, forage order or requisition;
mensuel, order of requisition presented by
a captain on monthly drawing of effects chargeable
to the masse d'entretien et d'habillement,
q. v.;
partiel, order presented by an isole, q. v.;
sur la poste, post-office money order;
de reapprovisionnement, voucher for stores
drawn from convois administratifs, during fall
maneuvers;
de subsistances ration , return;
de tabac, order on oanteen for tobacco;
total, quarterly summary of partiels;
de vivres, ration return.
bonbonne, f., (chem., etc.) vat; (in gen.) sort of
demijohn.
bond, m. , bound; (inf.) rush (used also, but rarely,
of artillery); (art.) ricochet, graze, of a projectile;
in ranging, the passage ("jump")
from one elevation to the next one used or
tried (evaluated in numbers of turns of elevating-screw);
faire m., planlang; sheathing behind backing,
in test plates (armor); (unif) lace or trimming
on a general
. faux (man.) of a horse, to start aside;
premier -, (art.) first graze;
s successifs, (inf.) successive rushes;
officer's cocked hat;
& din, (nav.) clinker-work;
diagonal, diagonal planking;
interieur, sous la cuirasse, en idle,
skin plating, skin behind armor plating;
du vent, (nav.) weather side;
de sous le vent, (nav.) let side.
borde^ a., planked, covered with planking; (hipp.)
bordered (of horse's coat).
bordee, f., (nav.) broadside (both guns and fire);
(art.) salvo (rare);
donner la , (nav.) to give a broadside;
feu de , (nav.) broadside;
Idcher une , v. donner la ;
tirer une , (mil. slang) to escape, run off,
away.
border, v. a., to edge, line, border; to plank, sheath;
les avirons, (boats) to ship the oars;
la haie, (mil.) to draw up troops along a road
for a funeral or other ceremony ;
un parapet, (mil.) to line, man, a parapet.
bordereau, m., (adm.) memorandum, register,
of issues, payments, etc.; summary of documents,
of receipts and expenditures, etc.;
abstract (U.S. A.);
-Remission, daily statement of mandats de
paiement issued ;
enonciatif, abstract giving detailed account
of all the vouchers covered by it;
enumeratif, abstract giving merely class and
name of vouchers covered by it;