point d^cxe7'cice, no drill, no training

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1. 6. Jioussard is a word of Magyar origin. IIuszar=i\iQ twentieth, from husz, twenty, because in the wars against the Turks each Hungarian village was obliged to send, for every twenty men, one mounted troopcr. Houssard, and more commonly hussard, also occur. 34. en armes. We should say now sous les armes.

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1. 19. baissent leur pavillon, lower their standard as a mark of respect and inferiority. Note that the word pavillon, when taken literally, in the sensé of a standard, is only applied to the navy.

I. 40. enclassés, in maritime language is the synonym of enrôlés, " Les classes sont pour les gens de mer l'équivalent de la conscription Yiowx les autres citoyens." (Littré.)

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1. 7. alli'gcs, tenders, smaller vessels employed for embarking or disembarking troops, provisioning, &c.