Tige

Stalk, stem, trunk, peg, plug, rod, stem. Spindle (of valve). Upper, leg of riding boot. Body of penholder. Piston rod. Shank (of anchor, etc.). Tige de guidage. Guide rod of breech of Rimailho equipment.—Tige graduée. Bar of tangent sight.—Contretige. Check plunger (rod fixed to inner cylinder end which enters the hollow piston rod and by its taper forms a variable orifice for the flow of oil).—Tige com pens at rice. Syn. Contre-tige. —Tige carrée. Rod carrying the non-rotating orifice ring of a vava eur type buffer.—Tige de réglage. Recoil brake regulating rod (of B.L. field gun).—Tige d’extraction. Extractor arm.—Tiges de cula e. Rods carrying breech block and carrier, of 155 c.t.r., and other semi-automatic guns.—Tige d’aiguille. Point rod (railway).—Tiges de signaux. Connecing rods of railway signals.—Tige de frein. Brake rod; also piston rod of recoil buffer.—Tige de direction. Guide rod.— Tige de contréle d’e ence. Needle valve of carburettor. [p.576]