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cendrage 68 certiflcat
cendrage, m., (fond.) washing over, ashing over,
of molds c
cendre, f., ashes, cinders; (in the arts, etc.) residues
of combustion, ash;
de plomb, (sm. a.) dust-shot, mustard seed
(cendree is more commonly used).
cendrce, f., dross, sweepings; (sm, a.) dust-shot,
mustard seed.
cendrer, v. a., (fond.) to blacken, ash, wash, line,
a mold.
cendreux, a., (met.) filled with, or having, ashspots.
cendrier, m., ash-pit, ash-hole (of a furnace, etc.).
cendrure, f., (met.) ash, or cinder-spot in iron,
etc.
centesimal, a., centesimal.
cent-gardes, m., pi., Napoleon Ill's bodyguard.
centiare, m., one square meter (very little used).
centigramme, m., centigram.
centilitre, m., centiliter, a hundredth of a liter.
centimetre, m., centimeter.
centime, m., centime;
s de baguettes, (Fr. a.) retention of 5 centimes
a day on pay of drummers and buglers, as a
fund to keep instruments in repair, etc.;
d' ordinaire, (Fr. a.) part of corporals' and
of soldiers' pay turned into the mess fund;
de poche, (Fr. a.) part of pay of corporals and
of soldiers given to them in money.
centrage, m., centering, operation
of centering,
in general; (top.) centering; (art.) operation of
finding axis of gun forging before shaping
the
outside and boring the inside; centering of a
in the bore; (mach.) centering (in a
Erojectile
ithe);
du canon, (sm. a.) operation of placing a
centering collar on barrel, before turning.
ent ralisation, f., centralization; (adm., Fr. a.)
consolidation and balance of quarterly accounts
of funds received and expended;
registre de , (adm., Fr. a.) consolidated account
of quarterly receipts and expenditures,
showing balance kept by each regiment and
establishment counting as a regiment.
centraliser, v. a., to centralize; (Fr. a., adm.)
to consolidate accounts, returns, etc.; (of an
official) to supervise, to give the necessary
orders, directions, etc., and to cause all matters
to pass through his hands;
le service de, (of an official) to cause all matters
relating to a given service to pass through
his hands, etc.
centre, m., middle point; (mil.) center;
d'approvisionnement, (mil., etc.) center of
supply;
du groupement, (ball.) center of impact;
de resistance, (mil.) point or position organized
to offer a serious resistance to the
enemy.
centrer, v. a., to find the center, to mark the
center (as in lathe work); (top.) to center;
(art.) to center (a projectile in the bore); (mach.)
to center work in a lathe, etc. (e. g., a gun, a
centrier, m., centripete, m., (mil. slang) foot
soldier.
cerceau, m.,hoop.
cerele, m., circle, hoop; tire of a wheel; ring, band;
club; (inst.) limb; surveying or astronomical
instrument for angle measurement; (man.)
closed curve described by a horse in working,
exercising; circling (by a squad;) (mus.) hoop
keeping drumhead down; (mil.) formation
in circle to listen to publication of orders;
circle of officers and n. c. o. receiving orders;
subdivision of military territory in Algeria;
d'alignement, (inst.) surveyor's transit;
annuel, ring (of a tree);
arabe, district of military territory in
Algeria;
d'arret, (mach.) a circle that limits or arrests
the motion of some other piece;
azimuthal, (inst.) azimuth circle;
cercle de butee, (s. c. art.) bearing circle (of a platform);
de cible, (t. p.) circle of a target;
de commotion, (mm.) v. de friabilite;
de contact de piston, (mach.) piston-ring;
& cremaillere, (art., mach., etc.) ratchet-
circle;
decrit, (nav.) turning-circle of a ship;
demi , (art.) calipers to measure exterior
diameters;
directeur, (fort.) directing circle;
de division, (mach.) v. primitif:
de la distribution, (steam) valve-circle of a
valve diagram;
dynamometrique, (expl.) General Abbot's
ring apparatus;
d'etoupe, (mach.) junk ring;
de friabilite, (mil., min., etc.) base of truncated
cone through which the effects of ex-
plosion reach the surface of the ground, i. e.,
the circle whose radius is the crater radius;
fusant, (art.) priming circle of a fuse;
geodesique, (inst.) surveyor's transit with a
single-trunnion telescope;
d'investissement, (siege) circle of investment;
limite, (mach.) clearance circle (of gearing);
militaire, (mil.) military club;
noir, (t. p.) bull's-eye;
ordre au , (mil.) orders given to officers and
n. c. o's. formed in a circle;
de plomb pour joint, lead joint-ring;
primitif, (mach.) pitch-circle;
proportionnel, (mach.) ratio-circle;
quart de , quadrant;
de recouvrement, (steam) lap-circle of a valve
diagram;
de reflexion, (inst.) reflecting-circle;
repetiteur, (inst.) repeating-circle;
de rupture, (min.) circle of rupture;
de serrage, gathering band or collar at the
top of a balloon;
& taquet, clasp hoop;
du tiroir, (steam) valve-circle of a valve
diagram;
d vis, screw-hoop;
zenithal, (inst.) zenith circle.
cercler, v. a., to hoop; (art.) to hoop a gun.
cercueil, m., coffin.
cereales, f. pi., cereals.
ceremonial, m., ceremonial.
ceremonie, f., ceremony.
cerf-volant, m., kite;
porte-amarre , life-saving kite.
cerne, f., annual ring (of a tree).
cerner, v. a., (mil.) to surround an army, a
position.
certiflcat, m., certificate.
(The following terms relate to the French
army):
d' acceptation, certificate from colonel or c.
o. of recruiting bureau to a young man accepted
as a volunteer;
administratif, certificate that a responsible
person assumes, or is relieved from, responsibility
in the case in hand;
d'aptitude, (in promotion by selection) certificate
of fitness given to candidates after
successfully passing the required examinations;
d'aptitude professionnelle, certificate of proficiency
presented by a young man wishing to
serve in certain technical branches (artificers,
artillery workmen, engineers, train, etc.);
d'aptitude au service, document given bv
c. o. of a recruiting bureau to a young man
who wishes to enlist and is recognized as fitted
for the service;
de bien vivre, certificate of good behavior
during absence from regiment, presented by
a detachment on rejoining, and furnished by
the civil authorities; similar document for a
rear-guard during a march in France (more or
less obsolete);
de bonne conduite, good character given on
expiration of service, or on discharge;