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An universal military dictionary in English and French : in which are explained the terms of the principal sciences that are necessary for the information of an officer / by Charles James
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Colonel.

Lieutenant colonel . .

*,4djutant general . .

Quarter-master general .

Deputy adjutant general if chiefof the department .

Deputy quarter master general

if ditto .

Commissary general not at thehead of a department .

'Deputy do. at the head of a de-partment .

Inspector of hospitalsMajor commanding . .

Major.

*Deputy adjutant generalDeputy quarter master generalDeputy inspector of hospitalsDeputy commissary general notat the head of a department

Captain.i

*Assistant adjutant general .

Assist. quarter master general

Deputy ditto.

Secretary to comm, of forces*Aid»-de-camp ....

Major of brigade ....

Assistant commissary generalJudge advocate ....

Chaplain .

Paymaster.

Physician.

Staff surgeon.

Regimental surgeon . .

Purveyor.

Lieutenant.

Adjutant.

Deputy assist, commiss. genera

Cornet .

Ensign.

Second lieutenant . .

Regimental quarter masterAssistant surgeon

Apothecary.

Hospital assistant . .

Veterinary surgeon . .

Deputy purveyor ...

The officers marked thus * to have theallowance according t« their army rank,if they pre/er it.

NoteFrom the date of the battle of Waterloo , 18th June, 1815, the abovepensions increase with the rank.

The payments are made half yearly, atthe Pay Office, Whitehall.

PEISSTOCK, a tiood-gate, placed inthe water of a mill-pond.

PENTACAPSULAR, having five ca-

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PENTADORON, a kind of bricks

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anciently in use among the Greeks,being three feet nine inches long andone foot broad, with which they builttheir public buildings.

PENTAEDROUS, having five sides.

PENTAGON, in fortification, a fi-gure bounded by five sides, or polygons,which form so many angles, capable ofbeing fortified with an equal number ofbastions. It also denotes a fort withfive bastions.

PENTAGRAPH, (pentagraphe, Fr.)an instrument whereby designs, he. maybe copied in any proportion, withoutthe person who uses it being skilled indrawing.

PENTANGLE , a figure having fiveangles.

PENTANGULAR. See Pentagon

PENTAPOLIS, in geography, acountry consisting of five cities. Thisname was given, particularly, to thevalley wherein stood the five infamouscities destroyed by fire and brimstonein Abrahams time. The most cele-brated Pentapolis was the PentapolisC-yrenaica in Egypt , whose cities wereBerenice, Arsinoe , Ptolemais, Cyrene ,and Apollonia.

PENTASPAST, (pentapaste,FT.) anengine that has five pullies.

PENT ATHLON, the five exercisesperformed in the Grecian games, viz.teaping, running, quoiting, darting, andwrestling.

RENTE, Fr. slope; declivity.

PENTHOUSE, a shed hanging for-ward, in a sloping direction, from themain wall of a place.

PEN TILE, a tile formed to coverthe sloping part of the roof; they areoften called, eollectively, pantiles; arethirteen inches long, with a button tohang on the laths; they are hollow andcircular.

Pen tile likewise signifies any shedor covering upon which tiles are laid.

PENTURE, Fr. the hinge of a door.

PENULE, Fr. a long cloak for rainyweather.

PEONS, Ind. foot soldiers. Peopleof colour, so called in the Spanish is-lands ; a set of vagabonds who casuallyvisit the islands from the continent, andwho are ready to join in any disorderthat affords a prospect of plunder. Themajority of the slaves in Trinidad, he.consist of these people. These men , arechiefly employed to assist in collectingthe revenues. Most persons in India