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Load, burden, charge. Office, duties, task, mi ion. Charge (of troops). Charge (of explosives or propellants). Charge (of storage battery). Charge (law). (Pl.) Conditions laid down in contractor’s specification..Head (of water). Charge mobile. Live load.—Charge utile. Useful load, working load.—Charge de rupture. Breaking load.— Charge d’élasticité. Elastic limit—Sans rompre charge. Without breaking bulk—A charge. On behalf of the prosecution.—Charge d’épreuve. Test load.—Charge de streté. Safe load—En pleine charge (en charge). Fully loaded (of ship).—Ligne de charge. load line.—Perte de charge. Lo of head (hydrostatics). Charge propulsive. Propellant charge.-—Charge faible (réduite, petite). Reduced charge——Charge forte (pleine). Full charge (’“’charge forte” is often used of a special charge for long ranges)—Charge normale (charge de combat, usuelle, de guerre). Normal service charge.— Charge forte. Special heavy charge—Charge d’épreuve. Proof charge.—Charge de salut. Saluting charge—Quotient de charge. Ratio of propellant to projectile-—Charge d’amorgage. Priming charge of gunpowder in a cartridge of modern propellant.—Charges d’emploi. Specially grouped batch of charges.—Charge au tiers. Charge of one-third the weight of the projectile. Charge en muraille (en bataille). Charge in close order (cav.).—Charge en fourrageurs. Charge in extended order (cavalry).—Charge a la baionnette. Bayonet charge. Charge allongée. Long charge (straight or necklace) of explosive-—Charge allongée rigide. Plank charge, Bangalore torpedo.—Charge concentrée. Balled, ma ed a i range ment of explosive charge.—Charge bourrée. Tamped charge.—Charge 4a l’air libre. Untamped charge-—Charge superficielle. Demolition charge placed merely in contact with the cbject to be cut.—Charge intérieure. Demolition charge buried in the same. [p.106]