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ficher 55 buttoir
buclier, v. a., to dress down a piece of timber;
(mas.) to remove projections, irregularities
from a stone.
bucheron, m., woodcutter.
bucliilles, f. pi., borings, bore-chips (metal).
budget, m., (adm.) budget, yearly estimates of
expenses;
extraordinaire, estimates for unusual or
special expenses;
de la guerre, estimates of the war department;
ordinaire, regular yearly estimates.
budgetaire, a., belonging to the budget;
depense , expense for which an appropriation
has been made.
buffle, m.,-(mil.) buff-stick, emery stick.
buffleterie, f., (mil.) slings and belts, "trimmings"
(U. S. M. A.);
gant de , leather glove.
bugle, m., (mus.) key bugle.
buis, m., box (wood and tree).
bulle, f., bubble; blister, flaw;
de niveau, bubble of a level;
niveau b, d'air, (inst.) spirit level.
bulletin, m., bulletin, notice, report, document;
(mil.) report of a battle, of operations, dispatches;
(adm.) blank, blank form (as, for
orders, etc.).
administratif, (adm.) any memorandum, etc.,
having relation to the administration, e. g., of
repairs to arms, of arms turned in, etc.;
d'avis d' expedition, (adm.) notice of shipment
de dep6t, t (adm.) certificate of delivery to
administrative magazines of goods furnished
by contractor;
- de guerre, v. des operations;
meteorologique, weather report;
officiel du minister edela guerre, (Fr. a. called
generally officiel) periodical official publication
of war department, in two parts, the
first (partie reglementaire) containing all laws,
circulars, etc., of permanent character; the
second (partie supplemental), containing decisions,
etc., of more or less temporary nature;
des operations, (mil.) report of operations,
official report or reports of a battle, etc. (sometimes,
bulletin merely);
de tir, (art., ball.) table of practice, reports of
practice, of experimental firing, etc.
fcure,f.. drugget, coarse woolen cloth; (min.) shaft,
pit-hole.
bureau, m., office; writing table or desk; ( Fr. a.)
subdivision of cabinet du ministre (war office),
of the general staff, and of the various directions
ofthe wardepartment; bureau,i.e., department;
de I'administration centrale (v. supra, under
meanings, Fr. a.);
arabe, (Fr. a.) bureau having charge of
native affairs in Algerian territory not under
'normal administration ;l
de compatabilite, auditor's office, accounting
office;
de la guerre (v. supra, under meanings,
Fr.a.);
de recrutement, (Fr. a.) recruiting bureau,
one in each regional subdivision (except in
the departments of the Seine, Seine-et-Oise
and Rhdne).
burette, f., burette; (art.) bottom board of ammunition
wagon;
Whuile, oil can, oiler.
burin, m., graver, graving tool, cutter; wedgedriver
;(maeh.) screw-thread cutter; cutter (of
a lathe, etc.); (cord.) splicing-fid;
d'alesoir, cutter of a boring machine;
de serrurier, locksmith's chisel;
de voice, (art.) muzzle-roller (in machanical
maneuvers).
burinage, m., engraving, graving; (met.) cutting
out of cracks from ingots.
buriner, v. a., to grave, engrave; to cut metal with
a burin; to wedge, drive in a wedge; (met.) to cut
out cracks from ingots.
burnous, m.. (unif.) burnoose, hooded cape,
borrowed by the French from thje Arabs.
(The spelling burnous is preferred to bournous.)
busc,m.,sill, miter-sill of a canal lock; angle between
leaves of sluice gate when shut; vertical
front edge of a breastplate; (sm. a.) edge on
back of stock (just in rear of small of the
stock);
montant de , miter post, of a lock-gate.
buse, f., muzzle, nozzle (as of bellows); blast pipe
(of a furnace); ventilator; pipe; channel, millchannel;
d'airage, channel, air-channel;
de gabions, (pont.) gabions united end to
end by an axial stake, and used in construction
of temporary bridges;
de soufflet, tuyere, nozzle, blast-pipe.
busque, m., v. busc.
busque, a., arched; (hipp.) Roman-nosed.
but, m., object, aim, object aimed at; (art., sm. a.)
target; butt;
cuirasse, armored target;
en blanc, (ball.) second point of intersection
of trajectory with line of sight;
de en blanc, (ball.) point-blank;
d, eclipse, (t. p.) disappearing target;
encadrer le , (art.) to get the target between
a short and an over;
instantane, (art.) target to be fired on as
soon as it (suddenly) appears; surprise target;
instantane et ti eclipse, (art.) instantaneous
and disappearing target, *one that shows itself
for a moment or two only, disappearing surprise
target;
mobile, (art., t. p.) moving target;
portee de en blanc, (ball.) point-blank range,
bute, f., (fan.) butteris, buttrice.
butee, f., v. buttee.
buter, v. a. n., to buttress, to buttress up; to
strike, strike against; to bear against; (t. p.)
to hit the target.
butin, m., spoil, booty, pillage.
butlner, v. a., to loot,, pillage.
butoir, m., (farr.) buttrice, cf. boutoir; (for other
meanings v. buttoir).
butte, f., (top.) hill; low. broad hill; (t. p.) butts,
target-butt, bullet stop;
itre en &, to be exposed to.
buttee, f., butting, tapping, striking, of one part
on another (in machinery, etc. ^measuringshoulder,
fixed point (of calipers, measuring
rods, etc.); lug, limiting-motion lug, stop;
(pont.) bridge abutment; (mach.) thrustbearing;
(r. f. art.) resistance piece (machine
guns); (sm. a.) chamber-cone; ( Fr. art.) frame
supporting or abutting the pintle block (24m
s.c.gun);
de chargement. (harn.) in the carriage pack
of mountain artillery, a hook or leg to keep the
load from slipping forward;
d collets, (mach.) thrust-bearing; thrustblock;
de la, culasse mobile, (sm. a.) bearing surface
for the front reinforce of the cylinder
(Lebel);
& disque(s), drondelle(s), (mach.} thrustbearing,
thrust-ring and disk, thrust-collar;
tronconique, (sm. a.) conical surface, catching
or holding the neck of the cartridge.
(The spelling butee is more common than
buttee, but the latter is preferable.)
butter, v. a. n., to strike, hit, tap upon; to prop,
to support, (a wall, etc.); to buttres* up; to
earth up, to bank up earth against; (t. p.) to
hit the mark; (hipp.) to kick, strike against,
pebbles, inequalities, etc., in the road, (hence)
to stumble, trip, come near falling.
buttoir, m., (mach.) catch, tappet, driver; dog
collar and set-screw; guide; valve-guard; (r. r.
buffer ; (art . ) retracting-stud; seating-pin; st
projection; stop;