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81 Flax Cultivation
Bart - See sheigh, etc. Beet - A bundle or sheaf of tied flax crop or straw. Boll, Flax in - The growing flax when the seed capsules have formed. Braird (n. or v.) - Flax in the seedling stage. To germinate in the field. Butt (v.) - To level the root ends of straw at any stage by vibrating it upright on a flat surface either by hand or mechanically. Crop, Flax - Flax at any stage before it is processed. A fair average flax crop would be 2 tons per acre of air dried crop, yielding 10 per cent of clean seed and 10 per cent of scutched flax. But it should be remembered that the actual long fibre content of the straw averages 20 per cent. D.N.O.C. - A proprietary spraying mixture used as a weedicide on flax. Drill, Flax - A sowing machine made primarily for sowing flax in narrow rows at an appropriate rate. Fiddle - A sowing box with a hand-worked distributor for sowing flax and other seeds broadcast. Frandy - See Sheigh, etc. Gait - A large handful of loose, pulled flax stood up on end in a cone form to dry. See also Retting. Grades - Under the Ministry of Supply home flax scheme, flax crop is graded 1, 1X, 2, 2X, 3, 3X, or for seed and tow only in descending order of quality. Lodge - A lodged crop is one bent or laid flat by the weather. Pulling - The operation of harvesting flax by pulling it from the ground. It may be hand pulled or machine pulled. Pulling Machine - Any type of harvesting machine which pulls flax by mechanical means and delivers it either loose or tied in beets (q.v.). Sheigh, Frandy, Bart, Windrow - Local names for forms of compound stocks where a number of beets are built up and usually roughly thatched as an intermediate stage between stooking and stacking. Shock, or Stook - To set up a number (usually six a side) of beets in inverted ??? form to dry. Stook - See Shock or Stook. Weeds - The chief weeds in flax and their local names are: Charlock, Carlick or Preshaugh (Brassica Sinapis); Wild Radish, White Charlock, or White Carlick (Raphanus Raphanistrum); Poppy or Redweed (Papaver Rhoeas); Knotweed, Knotgrass, or Crabgrass (Poly-gonum aviculare); Good King Henry or Fathen (Chenopodium sp.); Persicaria or Redshank ( Polygonum Persicaria); Bine or Bindweed (Convolvulus sp. or Polygonum Convolvulus.) Windrow - See sheigh, etc. -
82 Yorkshire Twiner
A mule machine used for doubling and twisting two or more threads together at one operation. It has similar general features to the spinning mule, but in the Yorkshire twiner, the spindle carriage is stationary and the creel carrying the supply yarns moves out while twist is inserted and in while the yarn is wound on the spindles in cop form. The supply yarns can be cops, cones or other packages. The yarns can be dry-twisted, or wet doubled, in which case a trough for water or a wetting-out compound is situated between two flannel-covered drag boards. -
83 adventure
adventure [əd'ventʃə(r)]1 noun(a) (experience) aventure f;∎ to have an adventure avoir une aventure;∎ after many adventures après bien des péripéties(b) (excitement) aventure f;∎ he has no spirit of adventure il n'a pas le goût du risque;∎ where's your sense of adventure? où est ton sens de l'aventure?;∎ to look for adventure chercher l'aventure(film, novel) d'aventures(a) (risk → fortune, life) hasarder, risquer(b) (proffer → opinion, suggestion) hasarder, avancer, risquer∎ to adventure to do sth s'aventurer or se hasarder à faire qch∎ the government has adventured on a new defence policy le gouvernement s'est lancé dans ou a entrepris une nouvelle politique de défense;∎ to adventure into politics se lancer dans la politique(b) (dare to go) to adventure in/out prendre le risque d'entrer/de sortir, se risquer à entrer/à sortir;∎ the explorers adventured forth into the jungle les explorateurs se sont lancés dans la jungle►► adventure holiday = vacances organisées avec des activités sportives;British adventure playground = sorte d'aire de jeux -
84 bull
bull [bʊl]1 noun(a) (male cow) taureau m;∎ like a bull in a china shop comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine;∎ figurative to take the bull by the horns prendre le taureau par les cornes;∎ to go at sth like a bull at a gate foncer tête baissée ou la tête la première dans qch(b) (male of a species → elephant, whale) mâle m∎ a great bull of a man un homme fort comme un bœuf(d) Stock Exchange haussier m, spéculateur(trice) m,f à la hausse(e) (centre of target) mille m, centre m de la cible;∎ to hit the bull faire mouche, mettre dans le mille∎ that's a lot or load of bull c'est des conneries tout ça∎ papal bull bulle f papale(elephant, whale) mâleStock Exchange (market, prices, shares) pousser à la hausse;∎ to bull the market chercher à faire hausser les cours∎ Astrology the Bull le Taureau►► Cars bull bars pare-buffles m inv;bull calf jeune taureau m, taurillon m;Stock Exchange bull market marché m à la hausse ou haussier;bull mastiff = chien issu d'un métissage entre le bouledogue et le mastiff;Stock Exchange bull position position f acheteur;Stock Exchange bull purchase achat m à la hausse;History Bull Run = petite rivière de Virginie qui fut le théâtre d'une importante défaite des nordistes pendant la guerre de Sécession;Zoology bull shark requin m bouledogue;Stock Exchange bull speculation, bull trading spéculation f à la hausse;bull terrier bull-terrier m;Stock Exchange bull transaction opération f à la hausse -
85 contract
(a) Commerce & Finance (agreement) contrat m, convention f; (to supply goods, services) soumission f, adjudication f; (document) contrat m;∎ to draw up a contract dresser ou rédiger un contrat;∎ to sign a contract signer un contrat;∎ to be under contract être sous contrat, avoir un contrat;∎ to put work out to contract sous-traiter du travail;∎ they were given the contract to build the new road ils se sont vu attribuer le contrat pour construire la nouvelle route;∎ familiar to put out a contract on sb mettre la tête de qn à prix;∎ contract of employment contrat m de travail;∎ the police suspect it was a contract killing la police soupçonne que c'est le travail d'un tueur à gages['kɒntrækt] (work) à forfait, contractuel∎ to contract (with sb) to do sth s'engager par contrat à faire qch;∎ she has contracted to make two films elle a signé un contrat pour faire deux films(c) (acquire → disease, illness, debt) contracter∎ the pupil contracts in bright light la pupille se contracte à la lumière intense∎ "cannot" contracts into "can't" "cannot" se contracte en "can't"∎ to contract for a supply of sth s'engager à fournir qch;∎ to contract for work entreprendre des travaux à forfait►► Stock Exchange contract bond garantie f d'exécution;Cards contract bridge bridge m contrat;contract killer tueur m à gages;contract labour main-d'œuvre f contractuelle;contract law droit m des contrats;Stock Exchange contract note avis m d'exécution, avis m d'opération sur titre;contract staff personnel m en contrat à durée déterminée ou en CDD; (in public sector) contractuels mpl∎ British to contract out of sth cesser de cotiser à qch -
86 debugging
debugging [‚di:'bʌgɪŋ]1 noun(b) (removal of microphones) élimination f des micros (cachés)(c) (removal of insects) désinsectisation f(b) (to remove microphones → operation) d'élimination des micros (cachés); (→ team) chargé d'éliminer les micros (cachés); (→ expert) dans l'élimination de micros (cachés)(c) (to remove insects) de désinsectisation -
87 drug
1 noun(a) (medication) médicament m;∎ to be on drugs prendre des médicaments;∎ to be put on drugs by the doctor se voir prescrire des médicaments par le médecin∎ to be on drugs se droguer;∎ to take drugs se droguer; (athlete) se doper;∎ familiar to do or to use drugs se droguer□ ;∎ I don't do drugs je ne touche pas à la drogue;∎ to be arrested on drugs charges (possession) être arrêté pour détention de drogue ou de stupéfiants; (trafficking) être arrêté pour trafic de drogue;∎ the whole question of drugs in sport tout le problème du dopage dans le sport;∎ music is (like) a drug for him la musique est (comme) une drogue pour lui;∎ figurative a drug on the market un produit invendable ou qui ne se vend pasde droguedroguer; (athlete, horse) doper;∎ to drug sb's drink mettre de la drogue dans le verre de qn;∎ familiar he's drugged up to the eyeballs (after operation) il est bourré de médicaments;∎ figurative to be drugged with sleep être engourdi de sommeil►► drug abuse usage m de stupéfiants;drug addict drogué(e) m,f, toxicomane mf;drug addiction toxicomanie f;drug baron gros bonnet m de la drogue;drug courier passeur(euse) m,f de drogue;drug czar = haut responsable de la lutte contre la drogue;drug dependency dépendance f à l'égard des drogues, toxicomanie f, specialist term pharmacodépendance f;Drug Enforcement Administration = agence américaine de lutte contre la drogue;drug habit accoutumance f à la drogue;drug money argent m de la drogue;drug peddling trafic m de drogue;drug prevention prévention f de la toxicomanie;drug pushing trafic m de drogue;drug rehabilitation désintoxication f;drug rehabilitation centre centre m de désintoxication;drug smuggler trafiquant(e) m,f de drogue;drug smuggling trafic m de drogue;Drug Squad (police) brigade f des stupéfiants;drug taking dopage m;drugs test (on athlete, horse) contrôle m antidopage;drug traffic trafic m de drogue ou stupéfiants;drug trafficker narco-trafiquant(e) m,f;drug trafficking trafic m de drogue;drug user drogué(e) m,f -
88 game
game [geɪm]1 noun∎ card/party games jeux mpl de cartes/de société;∎ a game of chance/of skill un jeu de hasard/d'adresse;∎ ball games are forbidden il est interdit de jouer au ballon;∎ the rules of the game la règle du jeu;∎ she plays a good game of chess c'est une bonne joueuse d'échecs, elle joue bien aux échecs;∎ the children were playing a game of cowboys and Indians les enfants jouaient aux cow-boys et aux Indiens;∎ it's only a game! ce n'est qu'un jeu!;∎ I'm off my game today je joue mal aujourd'hui;∎ it put me right off my game ça m'a complètement déconcentré;∎ to play sb's game entrer dans le jeu de qn;∎ you're not playing the game! tu ne joues pas le jeu!;∎ politics is just a game to him pour lui, la politique n'est qu'un jeu∎ Chess opening/middle/end game début m/milieu m/fin f de partie;∎ do you fancy a game of chess? ça te dit de faire une partie d'échecs?;∎ tonight's big game le grand match de ce soir;∎ he played 65 games for England il a joué 65 fois pour l'Angleterre;∎ we had a good game (played well) nous avons bien joué(c) (division of match → in tennis, bridge) jeu m;∎ game, set and match jeu, set et match;∎ (one) game all un jeu partout(d) (playing equipment, set) jeu m∎ what's your (little) game? qu'est-ce que tu manigances?, à quel jeu joues-tu?;∎ I know your (little) game! je sais bien où vous voulez en venir!;∎ to play a double game jouer un double jeu;∎ to beat sb at his/her own game battre qn sur son propre terrain;∎ the game's up! tout est perdu!;∎ two can play at that game, moi aussi je peux jouer à ce petit jeu-là;∎ that's not playing the game ce n'est pas loyal;∎ let's stop playing games and come to the point trêve de plaisanteries, passons aux choses sérieuses;∎ don't play or come that game with me! tu ne m'auras pas à ce petit jeu-là!∎ at this stage in the game à ce stade des opérations□ ;∎ to be ahead of the game mener le jeu(g) (activity) travail m;∎ I'm new to this game je suis novice en la matière;∎ when you've been in this game as long as I have, you'll understand quand tu auras fait ça aussi longtemps que moi, tu comprendras∎ small game menu gibier m∎ to give the game away vendre la mèche;∎ that gave the game away c'est comme ça qu'on a découvert le pot aux roses;∎ British familiar to be on the game (prostitute) faire le tapin ou le trottoir;∎ British the game is not worth the candle le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandellede chasse∎ he's game for anything il est toujours partant; pejorative il est prêt à tout ou capable de tout;∎ I'm game if you are! si tu es partant, moi aussi!∎ he's got a game leg il a une jambe estropiée(b) (play computer games) faire des jeux électroniques∎ they have games on Wednesdays le mercredi, ils ont sport;∎ he's good at games il est bon en sport, c'est un sportif►► game bag gibecière f;game birds gibier m à plumes;∎ the partridge is a game bird on chasse la perdrix;game fish poisson m noble (saumon, truite, brochet);game fowl gibier m à plumes;game laws réglementation f de la chasse;game licence permis m de chasse;game park (in Africa) réserve f;Cookery game pie tourte f au gibier, ≃ pâté m en croûte;game plan Chess & figurative stratégie f; Marketing stratégie f (de marketing);game point (in tennis) balle f de jeu;game reserve réserve f (pour animaux sauvages);game show Television jeu m télévisé; Radio jeu m radiophonique;Mathematics game theory théorie f des jeux; -
89 salvage
salvage ['sælvɪdʒ]∎ they managed to salvage some furniture from the fire ils ont réussi à sauver quelques meubles de l'incendie;∎ a counter salvaged from an old butcher's shop un comptoir récupéré dans une ancienne boucherie∎ to salvage one's reputation sauver sa réputation2 noun(a) (recovery → of vessel, cargo, belongings, furniture) sauvetage m; (→ of old newspapers, scrap metal) récupération f(b) (UNCOUNT) (things recovered → from shipwreck, disaster) objets mpl sauvés; (→ for re-use, recycling) objets mpl récupérés(operation) de sauvetage►► salvage company = compagnie spécialisée dans le remorquage et le renflouage de navires;salvaged goods matériel m récupéré;salvage money prime f de sauvetage;salvage tug remorqueur m (pour les sauvetages);salvage value récupérabilité f;salvage vessel navire m de relevage -
90 stomach
stomach ['stʌmək]1 noun∎ to have an upset stomach avoir l'estomac barbouillé;∎ I can't work on an empty stomach je ne peux pas travailler l'estomac vide;∎ he has a cast-iron stomach il a l'estomac solide;∎ to have a pain in one's stomach avoir mal à l'estomac; (lower) avoir mal au ventre;∎ the sight was enough to turn your stomach le spectacle avait de quoi vous soulever le cœur;∎ an army marches on its stomach une armée ne peut pas se battre l'estomac vide(b) (region of body) ventre m;∎ he has a fat stomach il a du ventre;∎ lie on your stomach couchez-vous sur le ventre(c) (usu neg) (desire, appetite) envie f, goût m;∎ she has no stomach for spicy food elle supporte mal la cuisine épicée;∎ I've no stomach for his vulgar jokes this evening je n'ai aucune envie d'écouter ses plaisanteries vulgaires ce soir∎ I like him but I can't stomach his brother lui, je l'aime bien, mais je peux pas blairer son frère;∎ I can't stomach the way he looks at me il a une façon de me regarder qui me débecte;∎ I just can't stomach the thought of him being my boss je ne peux vraiment pas encaisser l'idée qu'il soit mon patron∎ I can't stomach too much rich food je ne digère pas bien la cuisine riche►► stomach pump pompe f stomacale -
91 Cowper, Edward Alfred
SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy[br]b. 10 December 1819 London, Englandd. 9 May 1893 Weybridge, Surrey, England[br]English inventor of the hot-blast stove used in ironmaking.[br]Cowper was apprenticed in 1834 to John Braithwaite of London and in 1846 obtained employment at the engineers Fox \& Henderson in Birmingham. In 1851 he was engaged in the contract drawings for the Crystal Palace housing the Great Exhibition, and in the same year he set up in London as a consulting engineer. Cowper designed the 211 ft (64.3 m) span roof of Birmingham railway station, the first large-span station roof to be constructed. Cowper had an inventive turn of mind. While still an apprentice, he devised the well-known railway fog-signal and, at Fox \& Henderson, he invented an improved method of casting railway chairs. Other inventions included a compound steam-engine with receiver, patented in 1857; a bicycle wheel with steel spokes and rubber tyre (1868); and an electric writing telegraph (1879). Cowper's most important invention by far was the hot-blast stove, the first application of C.W. Siemens's regenerative principle to ironmaking, patented in 1857. Waste gases from the blast furnace were burnt in an iron chamber lined with a honeycomb of firebricks. When they were hot, the gas was directed to a second similar chamber while the incoming air blast for the blast furnace was heated by passing it through the first chamber. The stoves alternatively received and gave up heat and the heated blast, introduced by J.B. Neilson, led to considerable fuel economies in blast-furnace operation; the system is still in use. Cowper played an active part in the engineering institutions of his time, becoming President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1880–1. He was commissioned by the Science and Art Department to catalogue the collections of machinery and inventions at the South Kensington Museum, whose science collections now form the Science Museum, London.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsPresident, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1880–1.Further ReadingObituary, 1893, Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute: 172–3, London.W.K.V.Gale, 1969, Iron and Steel, London: Longmans, pp. 42, 75 (describes his hot-blast stoves).LRD -
92 Howden, James
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 29 February 1832 Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotlandd. 21 November 1913 Glasgow, Scotland[br]Scottish engineer and boilermaker, inventor of the forced-draught system for the boiler combustion chamber.[br]Howden was educated in Prestonpans. While aged only 14 or 15, he travelled across Scotland by canal to Glasgow, where he served an engineering apprenticeship with James Gray \& Co. In 1853 he completed his time and for some months served with the civil engineers Bell and Miller, and then with Robert Griffiths, a designer of screw propellers for ships. In 1854, at the age of 22, Howden set up as a consulting engineer and designer. He designed a rivet-making machine from which he realized a fair sum by the sale of patent rights, this assisting him in converting the design business into a manufacturing one. His first contract for a marine engine came in 1859 for the compound steam engine and the watertube boilers of the Anchor Liner Ailsa Craig. This ship operated at 100 psi (approximately 7 kg/cm2), well above the norm for those days. James Howden \& Co. was formed in 1862. Despite operating in the world's most competitive market, the new company remained prosperous through the flow of inventions in marine propulsion. Shipbuilding was added to the company's list of services, but such work was subcontracted. Work was obtained from all the great shipping companies building in the Glasgow region, and with such throughput Howden's could afford research and experimentation. This led to the Howden hot-air forced-draught system, whereby furnace waste gases were used to heat the air being drawn into the combustion chambers. The first installation was on the New York City, built in 1885 for West Indian service. Howden's fertile mind brought about a fully enclosed high-speed marine steam engine in the 1900s and, shortly after, the Howden-Zoelly impulse steam turbine for land operation. Until his death, Howden worked on many technical and business problems: he was involved in the St Helena Whaling Company, marble quarrying in Greece and in the design of a recoilless gun for the Admiralty.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsHowden was the last surviving member of the group who founded the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1857.BibliographyHowden contributed several papers to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland.Further ReadingC.W.Munn, 1986, "James Howden", Dictionary of Scottish Business Biography, Vol. I, Aberdeen.FMW
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