Part 58

=dresser=, _v.a._, to erect, to straighten, to make straight; to raise, to set up; to hold upright; to spread; to lay (a snare); to pitch (camp); to trim (a boat); to lay out, to arrange; to make out (accounts); to draw up (a report); to prick up (the ears); to train (animals). _— la tête_; to raise the head. _Cheval qui dresse les oreilles_; a horse that pricks up his ears. _— des statues_; to erect statues. _— un lit_; to put up a bed. _— une tente_; to pitch, to set up, a tent. _— un buffet_; to lay out a sideboard. _— un piège_; to lay a trap. _— un plan_; to draw up a plan. _— des arbres_; to dress trees. _— un cheval_; to train a horse. _— quelqu’un_; to form anyone. _Dresse la chaloupe!_ trim the boat! _— la barre du gouvernail_; to right the helm.

_se_ =dresser=, _v.r._, to stand on end (of the hair); to stand erect; to rear; to form oneself; to be trained.

=dresser=, _v.n._, to stand on end. _Les cheveux lui dressèrent sur la tête_; his hair stood on end.

=dressoir=, _n.m._, dresser; sideboard.

*=drille=, _n.m._, ☉soldier; fellow. _Un bon —_; a jolly fellow. _Un pauvre —_; a poor wretch.

*=drilles=, _n.f.pl._, rags; oakum (for paper).

=drisse=, _n.f._, (nav.) halyard; yard-rope; gear.

=drogman=, _n.m._, dragoman.

=drogue= (drog), _n.f._, drug; rubbish; stuff; drogue (a card game). _N’être que de la —_; to be nothing but trash, rubbish.

=droguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to drug, to physic, to doctor.

_se_ =droguer=, _v.r._, to physic, or doctor, oneself.

=droguer=, _v.n._, to play at drogue; (pop.) to dance attendance.

=droguerie= (dro-grî), _n.f._, drugs, drug-trade.

=droguet= (-ghè), _n.m._, drugget.

=droguetier= (-ghĕ-tié), _n.m._, drugget-weaver.

=droguier= (-ghié), _n.m._, medicine-chest.

=droguiste= (-ghist), _n.m.f._, druggist.

=droit=, =-e=, _adj._, straight, right, plumb; direct; upright, erect; just, righteous; stand-up (collars). _Ligne —e_; straight line. _En —e ligne_; in a straight line. _Remettre quelqu’un dans le — chemin_; to put any one in the right way again. _Tenir la tête —e_; to hold one’s head upright, erect. _Il est — comme un cierge_; he is as straight as an arrow. _Le côté —_; the right-hand side. _Un col —_; a stand-up collar.

=droit=, _n.m._, right; equity; law; authority; claim, title; fee; due (tax); duty, custom-duty. _Les —s de l’hospitalité_; the rights of hospitality. _Jouir de ses —s_; to enjoy one’s rights. _Faire — à chacun_; to do every one justice. _Le — des gens_; the law of nations. _Renoncer à ses —s_; to give up one’s right. _Faire — à la demande de quelqu’un_; to accede to any one’s request. _Faire son —_; to study for the law. _— d’aînesse_; birthright, primogenitureship. _— de péage_; toll. _À bon —_; with good reason. _Donner — à_; to entitle. _Y avoir —_; to have a right to.

=droit=, _adv._, straight, straight on, directly; honestly, uprightly. _À tort ou à —_; right or wrong. _À qui de —_; whom it may concern. _Allez tout —_; go straight on. _Aller — au but_; to go straight to the mark. _— comme ça_; (nav.) right on.

=droite=, _n.f._, right hand, right; right side; right-hand side. _À —_; on the right. _Prendre la —_; to turn to the right. _Tourner à —_; to turn to the right.

=droitement= (droat-mān), _adv._, uprightly, sincerely; rightly, straightforwardly, judiciously.

=droiti-er=, =-ère= (-tié, -tiè-r), _adj._, right-handed.

=droiture=, _n.f._, uprightness, integrity, equity, honesty, rectitude. _En —_; directly, in a direct manner.

=drolatique=, _adj._, amusing, laughable, pleasant, comical, facetious; broad, licentious.

=drôle=, _adj._, droll, jocose, ludicrous; comical, strange, funny, curious, odd, queer. _Un — de corps_; a queer fellow, an odd fish.

=drôle=, _n.m._, rogue; rascal, blackguard; scoundrel; sharp fellow.

=drôlement= (drôl-mān), _adv._, comically, facetiously, jocosely.

=drôlerie= (drôl-rî), _n.f._, drollery, droll thing.

=drôlesse=, _n.f._, wench, jade; hussy.

=dromadaire=, _n.m._, dromedary.

=drome=, _n.f._, float, raft.

=dronte=, _n.m._, (orni.) dodo.

=drosère=, _n.f._, (bot.) sundew.

=drosse=, _n.f._, (nav.) truss, rope.

=drosser=, _v.n._, to drive or drift ashore; to drift.

=drouine=, _n.f._, tinker’s sack.

=drouineur= _or_ =drouinier=, _n.m._, tinker.

=droussage=, _n.m._, carding and oiling (wool).

=drousser=, _v.a._, to card and oil (wool).

=droussette=, _n.f._, large card for wool.

=drousseur=, _n.m._, carder, wool-comber.

=dru=, =-e=, _adj._, fledged (of birds); brisk, lively, smart; close-planted, thick-set.

=dru=, _adv._, thick, thickly, fast, hard. _Les balles tombaient — comme grêle_ or _comme mouches_; the bullets fell as thick as hail.

=druide=, _n.m._, druid.

=druidesse=, _n.f._, druidess.

=druidique=, _adj._, druidical.

=druidisme=, _n.m._, druidism.

=drupacé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) drupaceous.

=drupe=, _n.m._, (bot.) drupe.

=dryade=, _n.f._, Dryad; (bot.) dryas.

=du=, _art.m._, (contraction of _de le_) of the, from the, by the; some, any.

=dû=, _n.m._, due, what is owed, what is owing; duty. _À chacun son —_; give the devil his due.

=dû=, =due=, _part._ (of devoir), due, owed. _J’aurais — faire cela_; I ought to have done that.

=dualisme=, _n.m._, dualism.

=dualiste=, _n.m.f._, dualist, manichean.

=dualité=, _n.f._, duality.

=dubitati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, dubitative.

=dubitation=, _n.f._, dubitation, doubt.

=duc=, _n.m._, duke; (orni.) horn-owl. _Grand-—_, (_—s-—s_) grand-duke; great horn-owl.

=ducal=, =-e=, _adj._, ducal. _Grand-—_, (_—-ducaux_) grand-ducal.

=ducat=, _n.m._, ducat.

=ducaton=, _n.m._, ducatoon.

=duché=, _n.m._, dukedom, duchy.

=duchesse=, _n.f._, duchess; a kind of sofa; a kind of pear. _Lit à la —_; four-post bedstead.

=ducroire=, _n.m._, (com.) del credere.

=ductile=, _adj._, ductile.

=ductilité=, _n.f._, ductility.

=dudit=, _adj.m._, of _or_ from the said.

*=duègne=, _n.f._, duenna.

=duel=, _n.m._, duel; struggle; (gram.) dual number. _Appeler en —_; to challenge.

=duelliste=, _n.m._, duelist.

☉=duire=, _v.n._, to suit, to fit.

=duite=, _n.f._, wool of cloth, weft, woof.

=dulcification=, _n.f._, dulcification.

=dulcifier=, _v.a._, to dulcify.

=dulcinée=, _n.f._, dulcinea, sweetheart.

=dulie=, _n.f._, dulia (worship of saints).

=dûment=, _adv._, duly.

=dune=, _n.f._, down; sand-drift, sand-hill.

=dunette=, _n.f._, (nav.) poop.

=dunkerque=, _n.m._, whatnot, cabinet.

=duo=, _n.m._, (_—s_) (mus.) duo, duet, duetto.

=duodécimal=, =-e=, _adj._, duodecimal.

=duodénal=, =-e=, _adj._, duodenal.

=duodénum= (-nom), _n.m._, (anat.) duodenum.

=duodi=, _n.m._, duodi (second day of the decade in the calendar of the first French Republic).

=dupe=, _n.f._, dupe; gull.

=duper=, _v.a._, to dupe, to deceive, to gull, to take in.

=duperie= (du-prî), _n.f._, dupery, trickery; trick, take-in, sell.

=dupeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cheat, trickster.

=duplicata=, _n.m._, (_—_) duplicate.

=duplication=, _n.f._, duplication.

=duplicature=, _n.f._, (anat.) duplicature.

=duplicité=, _n.f._, duplicity; double-dealing, deceit.

☉=duplique=, _n.f._, (jur.) rejoinder, rebutter.

☉=dupliquer=, _v.n._, (jur.) to rejoin, to put in a rejoinder.

=duquel=, _pron._, of which, from which. _V._ =lequel= and =dont=.

=dur=, =-e=, _adj._, hard; tough; obdurate, harsh, merciless, unkind, unfeeling, hard-hearted. _Il a les traits —s_; his features are hard. _Le regard —_; a harsh look. _Des vers —s_; harsh verses. _Un esprit —_; a dull understanding. _Marchandise —e à la vente_; goods of slow sale. _Avoir l’oreille —e_; to be dull of hearing. _Le temps est —_; the weather is severe. _Tableau —_; stiff painting; harsh painting.

=dur=, _adv._, hardly; firmly. _Il entend —_; he is hard of hearing.

=durabilité=, _n.f._, durableness.

=durable=, _adj._, durable, lasting, solid.

=durablement=, _adv._, durably, lastingly.

=duracine=, _n.f._, sort of peach; duracine.

=durant=, _prep._, during. _— sa vie_, _sa vie —e_ or _durant_ (Littré); during his lifetime.

=dur-bec=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) hawfinch.

=durcir=, _v.a._, to harden, to make hard, to make tough; to indurate.

_se_ =durcir=, _v.r._, to harden, to indurate, to grow hard.

=durcir=, _v.n._, to harden, to become hard; to stiffen; to indurate.

=durcissement= (-sis-mān), _n.m._, hardening, stiffening; induration.

=dure=, _n.f._, bare ground; bare floor, bare board. _Coucher sur la —_; to sleep on the ground, on the bare floor.

=durée=, _n.f._, duration, continuance. _Être de longue —e_; to be durable.

=durement= (dur-mān), _adv._, hard; hardly, harshly, sharply, roughly, rigorously.

=dure-mère=, _n.f._, (n.p.) (anat.) dura mater.

=durer=, _v.n._, to last, to continue; to remain; to endure; to stand, to subsist. _Une étoffe qui dure_; a stuff that wears well. _Le temps lui dure_; time hangs heavy upon him. _Ne pouvoir — en place_; to be unable to sit still. _Faire vie qui dure_; to take care of one’s money, to think of the morrow. _Ne pouvoir — dans sa peau_; to be ready to jump out of one’s skin.

=duret=, =-te=, _adj._, (l.u.) somewhat hard, rather tough, toughish.

=dureté= (dur-té), _n.f._, hardness, toughness; harshness, austerity, unkindness; stiffness. _La — du fer_; the hardness of iron. _Avoir une — d’oreille_; to be hard of hearing. _La — de son regard_; the sternness of his look. _— de cœur_; hard-heartedness.

=duretés=, _n.f.pl._, harsh, offensive words.

*=durillon=, _n.m._, callosity, hard skin; corn.

☉=durillonner=, _v.n._, to become hard.

_se_ =durillonner=, _v.r._, to become covered with warts, callosities.

=duriuscule=, _adj._, (jest.) somewhat hard, tough, hardish.

=duumvir= (du-om-), _n.m._, duumvir.

=duumvirat=, _n.m._, duumvirate.

=duvet=, _n.m._, down; wool, nap.

=duveté=, =-e= (duv-té), _adj._, (of birds) downy.

=duveteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (of fruit) downy.

=dynamètre=, _n.m._, dynameter.

=dynamique=, _n.f._, dynamics.

=dynamique=, _adj._, dynamical.

=dynamisme=, _n.m._, name given to the doctrine of Newton.

=dynamite=, _n.f._, dynamite.

=dynamomètre=, _n.m._, dynamometer.

=dynaste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) kinglet.

=dynastie=, _n.f._, dynasty.

=dynastique=, _adj._, dynastic.

=dyscole=, _adj._, (l.u.) who departs from an established opinion; difficult to live with.

=dyscrasie=, _n.f._, (med.) dyscrasy.

=dysenterie= (dis-sant-ri), _n.f._, dysentery.

=dysentérique=, _adj._, dysenteric.

=dysopie=, _n.f._, (med.) dysopsy, dysopsia.

=dysorexie=, _n.f._, dysorexy.

=dyspepsie=, _n.f._, dyspepsia.

=dysphagie=, _n.f._, dysphagia.

=dysphonie=, _n.f._, dysphony.

=dysphorie=, _n.f._, dysphoria.

=dyspnée=, _n.f._, dyspnœa.

=dysurie=, _n.f._, dysury.

=dytique=, _n.m._, (ornith.) diver; water-beetle.

E

=e=, _n.m._, the fifth letter of the alphabet, e.

=e=, abbreviation of _Eminence_, _Excellence_.

=eau=, _n.f._, water; rain, stream, river, pond, flood; perspiration; tea (of herbs); liquid; wash. _pl._, (nav.) track, wake; luster, gloss; watering-place. _— bénite_; holy water. _— douce_; fresh water, soft water. _— dure_; hard water. _— de mer_; sea-water. _— saumâtre_; brackish water. _— mère_; mother-water (chem.). _— de source_; spring-water. _— courante_; running water. _— morte_; still water. _— panée_; toast and water. _Morte-—_, (_n.p._) neap-tide. _—-forte_, (_n.p._) aqua fortis. _Grandes —x_; high flood (of rivers). _Grandes —x de Versailles_; fountains in full play. _Cure d’—x_; water cure. _Hautes —x_; high water. _— bénite de cour_; empty promises, blarney, soft sawder. _— dormante_; stagnant water. _Aller aux —x_; to go to a watering-place. _Porter de l’— à la mer_; to carry coals to Newcastle. _Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’—_; they are as like as two peas. _Il n’est pire — que celle qui dort_; still waters run deep. _Cela s’en est allé en — de boudin_; that came to nothing at all. _Aller à l’—_; to take the water (of a dog). _Un jet d’—_; a water-spout, fountain. _Une pièce d’—_, _une nappe d’—_; a sheet of water; an artificial lake. _—x jaillissantes_; gushing waters. _Passer l’—_; to cross the water. _Au bord de l’—_; at the water’s edge. _Nager entre deux —x_; to swim under water; to waver between two parties. _À fleur d’—_; on a level with the water. _Faire venir l’— au moulin_; to bring grist to the mill. _Mettre de l’— dans son vin_; to come down a peg or two. _Pêcher en — trouble_; to fish in troubled water. _Cela fait venir l’— à la bouche_; that makes one’s mouth water. _Lancer un navire à l’—_; to launch a ship. _Faire de l’—_; (nav.) to water, to take in fresh water. _Faire une voie d’—_; to spring a leak. _—-de-vie_, (_—x-—_) brandy. _— de rose_; rose-water. _— d’arquebusade_; arquebusade water. _Il tombe de l’—_; it is raining. _Il est tout en —_; he is in a bath of perspiration. _Suer sang et —_; to toil and moil. _Donner — à un drap_; to give a gloss to a piece of cloth. _Maître des —x et forêts_; ranger of the woods and forests. _—x-fortes_; etchings, collection of etchings. _L’— va toujours au moulin_; money begets money. _Tout va à vau l’—_; all is going to wreck and ruin. _Les —x sont basses chez lui_; he is hard up. _Une goutte d’— suffit pour faire déborder un vase plein_; the last straw breaks the camel’s back. _D’ici là il passera bien de l’— sous le pont_; it will be a long time before that happens.

=ébahi=, =-e=, _adj._, wondering, aghast, dumfounded.

_s’_=ébahir=, _v.r._, to wonder at, to be amazed, to be aghast.

=ébahissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, wonderment, amazement, astonishment.

=ébarbage=, _n.m._, (arts) paring, paring away; (engr.) edging off; scraping.

=ébarber=, _v.a._, to pare, to strip (quills); (engr.) to edge off, to scrape; to edge a dish off.

=ébarboir=, _n.m._, (arts) parer, scraper.

=ébat=, _n.m._, (fam.) diversion, pastime, sport, gambol, frolic. _Prendre ses —s_; to disport oneself.

=ébattement= (é-bat-mān), _n.m._, balancing (of a vehicle); (jest.) diversion, pastime, sport, gambol.

_s’_=ébattre=, _v.r._, to sport, to take one’s pleasure, to gambol, to frolic.

=ébaubi=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam., jest.) amazed, astonished, dumfounded.

=ébauchage=, _n.m._, sketching.

=ébauche=, _n.f._, sketch, rough draught, drawing, outline.

=ébaucher=, _v.a._, to make the first draught, to draw an outline of, to sketch, to rough-hew; to delineate; (mas.) to boast.

=ébaucheur=, _adj._, (tech.) roughing.

=ébauchoir=, _n.m._, (sculp.) boasting-tool; mortise chisel.

☉_s’_=ébaudir=, _v.r._, (jest.) to frolic, to frisk, to skip about.

☉=ébaudissement=, _n.m._, frolicking.

=ebbe= _or_ =èbe=, _n.m._, (nav.) ebb, reflux, low water.

=ébène=, _n.f._, ebony, ebony work. _Des cheveux d’—_; raven locks.

=ébéner=, _v.a._, to ebonize.

=ébénier=, _n.m._, ebony-tree. _Faux —_; laburnum.

=ébéniste=, _n.m._, cabinet-maker.

=ébénisterie=, _n.f._, cabinet-work.

☉=éberner=, _v.a._, _V._ =ébrener=.

=éblouir=, _v.a._, to dazzle; to fascinate. _Le soleil nous éblouit_; the sun dazzles us. _S’—_; to be dazzled, fascinated.

=éblouissant=, =-e=, _adj._, dazzling, resplendent.

=éblouissement= (-is-mān), _n.m._, dazzling; (fig.) dizziness; fascination, charm.

=éborgnage=, _n.m._, nipping off of buds.

*=éborgner=, _v.a._, to blind of one eye, to put out an eye; to nip the buds off.

_s’_=éborgner=, _v.r._, to make oneself blind of one eye.

=ébouage=, _n.m._, scavenging.

=ébouer=, _v.a._, to scavenge.

=éboueur=, _n.m._, road-scraper, scavenger.

=ébouillanter=, _v.a._, to scald.

*=ébouillir=, _v.n._, to boil down, to boil away. _Cette sauce est trop ébouillie_; that sauce has boiled away too much.

=éboulement= (é-bool-mān), _n.m._, falling in, falling down, landslip, sinking. _— de terre_; landslip.

=ébouler=, _v.n._, to fall in, to fall down, to sink.

_s’_=ébouler=, _v.r._, to fall in, to fall down, to sink. _Ce rempart s’éboule_; the rampart is falling in.

=éboulis=, _n.m._, rubbish, fallen ground.

=ébourgeonnement= (-jo-n-mān), _n.m._, (hort.) nipping of the buds, disbudding.

=ébourgeonner= (-jo-né), _v.a._, (hort.) to nip off the buds.

=ébourgeonnoir=, _n.m._, nipping-knife.

=ébouriffé=, =-e=, _adj._, disordered, ruffled, in disorder; in a flutter. _Elle arriva tout —e_; she came in with her hair all ruffled. _Qu’avez-vous donc? vous voilà tout —_; what is the matter with you? you are all of a flutter.

=ébousiner=, _v.a._, (mas.) to clean off.

=ébraisoir=, _n.m._, furnace-shovel.

=ébranché=, =-e=, _adj._, lopped, trimmed, pruned.

=ébranchement= (é-bransh-mān), _n.m._, (hort.) pruning, lopping, trimming.

=ébrancher=, _v.a._, (hort.) to prune, to lop, to trim.

=ébranlement= (é-branl-mān), _n.m._, shock, concussion, shaking; perturbation, disturbance, trouble.

=ébranler=, _v.a._, to shake, to move; to disturb. _Les vents ont ébranlé cette maison_; the winds have shaken that house. _— la résolution de quelqu’un_; to shake any one’s resolution. _Sa fidélité ne fut jamais ébranlée_; his fidelity was never shaken.

_s’_=ébranler=, _v.r._, to shake, to be shaken, to be disturbed; (milit.) to move, to get under way, to be set in motion. _Quand les deux armées s’ébranlèrent_; when the two armies moved forward. _La voiture s’ébranla_; the coach got under way.

=ébrasement= (é-brâz-mān), _n.m._, (arch.) splaying.

=ébraser=, _v.a._, (arch.) to splay.

=ébrèchement=, _n.m._, notching.

=ébrécher=, _v.a._, to notch, to jag, to indent, to impair. _Ses folles dépenses ont ébréché sa fortune_; his extravagant living has made a gap in his fortune.

_s’_=ébrécher=, _v.r._, to be notched, to break off a piece (of one’s tooth).

=ébrener=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to clean (a child).

=ébriété=, _n.f._, ebriety, inebriety.

☉*=ébrillade=, _n.f._, (man.) jerk (with the bridle).

=ébrouement=, _n.m._, sneezing, snorting.

=ébrouer=, _v.a._, (dy.) to wash; to shell or husk.

_s’_=ébrouer=, _v.r._, (man.) to snort; to sneeze.

=ébruiter=, _v.a._, to make known, to spread about.

_s’_=ébruiter=, _v.r._, to be made known, to be noised abroad.

=ébrun=, _n.m._, horned rye.

=ébuard=, _n.m._, wooden wedge.

=ébullition=, _n.f._, boiling, ebullition.

=écachement=, _n.m._, bruising, crushing.

=écacher=, _v.a._, to crush, to squash, to squeeze flat. _Nez écaché_; flat nose.

*=écaille=, _n.f._, scale; shell; chipping (porcelain). _Des —s d’huître_; oyster-shells. _Peigne d’—_; tortoise-shell comb.

=écaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, scaly.

*=écaill-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, oyster-man, oyster-woman.

*=écailler=, _v.a._, to scale.

_s’_=écailler=, _v.r._, to peel off, to scale, to scale off; to chip off.

*=écailleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, scaly, squamous.

=écale=, _n.f._, shell (of peas); hull, husk (of nuts). _— de noix_; walnut-shell.

=écaler=, _v.a._, to shell (beans, peas); to hull, to husk (almonds, nuts).

_s’_=écaler=, _v.r._, to shell, to be shelled.

*=écarbouiller=, _v.a._, (pop.) to crush, to squash.

=écarlate=, _n.f._ and _adj._, scarlet.

=écarlatine=. _V._ =scarlatine=.

*=écarquillement= (-mān), _n.m._, (fam.) opening wide, spreading out (of one’s eyes, legs).

*=écarquiller=, _v.a._, (fam.) to open, to spread out, to open wide. _— les jambes_; to spread out one’s legs. _— les yeux_; to open wide, to strain one’s eyes.

=écart=, _n.m._, step aside, digression, swerving, error; mistake, fault, deviation; (man.) strain; (at écarté) cards rejected. _Il fit un — pour éviter le coup_; he stepped aside to avoid the blow. _Faire un —_; to step aside. _Faire un — dans un discours_; to make a digression in a speech. _Les —s de l’imagination_; the flights of the imagination. _Ce cheval s’est donné un —_; that horse has strained itself. _Les —s de la jeunesse_; the errors of youth. _Faire son —_; to discard. _A l’—_; aside, apart, by one’s self, in solitude, in a lonely place. _Mettre à l’—_; to put by, to lay aside. _Il le prit à l’—_; he took him aside. _Se mettre_, _se tenir_, _à l’—_; to keep aloof, to stand aside. _Laisser à l’—_; to leave aside, to shun, to omit.

=écarté=, _n.m._, écarté (cards).

=écarté=, _part._, remote, lonely, secluded.

=écartelé=, =-e=, _adj._, quartered, torn to pieces; (her.) quartered.

=écartèlement=, _n.m._, tearing to pieces, quartering.

=écarteler=, _v.a._, to quarter, to tear to pieces; (her.) to quarter.

=écartelure=, _n.f._, (her.) quartering.

=écartement=, _n.m._, putting aside; removal, scattering, spreading; separation; (surg.) diastasis.

=écarter=, _v.a.n._, to set aside, to remove; to waive; to pass over; to dispel; to widen; to divert; to keep from; to disperse, to scatter, to avert; to discard. _— une mauvaise pensée_; to dismiss an evil thought. _— un coup_; to ward off a blow.

_s’_=écarter=, _v.r._, to turn aside; to deviate; to err, to stray; to ramble; to swerve; to remove, to make way. _S’— de son sujet_; to stray from one’s subject. _S’— de son chemin_; to go out of one’s way. _S’— de son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty. _La foule s’écarta_; the crowd made way.

*=écartillement=, _n.m._ _V._ =écarquillement=.

*=écartiller=, _v.a._ _V._ =écarquiller=.

=ecce homo= (èk-sé-), _n.m._, (_—_) ecce homo; (fig.) thin, pale person.

=ecchymose= (é-ki-), _n.f._, (med.) ecchymosis.

=ecchymosé= (é-ki-), _adj._, being in a state of ecchymosis, bruised.

=ecclésiaste=, _n.m._, Ecclesiastes.

=ecclésiastique=, _adj._, ecclesiastic, clerical.

=ecclésiastique=, _n.m._, clergyman, priest, ecclesiastic.

=ecclésiastiquement= (-tik-mān), _adv._, ecclesiastically.

=écervelé=, =-e=, _adj._, hare-brained, mad-brained, rash, giddy. _Une tête —e_; a mad-cap.

=écervelé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, mad-cap; hare-brained person. _C’est un —_; he is not to be relied upon.

=échafaud=, _n.m._, scaffold; (arch.) stage; stand, gallows. _— de service_; temporary stage.

=échafaudage=, _n.m._, scaffolding, great preparations; display.

=échafauder=, _v.n._, to scaffold, to erect scaffolding; to pile up; to shore up.

=échafauder=, _v.a._, to make great preparations for a work; ☉to pillory.

_s’_=échafauder=, _v.r._, to be piled up; to be shored up; (fig.) to raise one’s self, to support one’s self, to find supporters.

=échalas=, _n.m._, prop for a vine; vine-stick; hop-pole. _C’est un —_; he is as thin as a lath.

=échalassement=, _n.m._, (hort.) propping.

=échalasser=, _v.a._, to prop vines, etc.

=échalier=, _n.m._, fence, hurdle, stile.

=échalote=, _n.f._, shallot, eschalot.

=échampir=, _v.a._, (house paint) to set off. _V._ =réchampir=.

=échancré=, =-e=, _part._, hollowed out, indented; (bot.) emarginated; sloped.

=échancrer=, _v.a._, to slope, to hollow out, to indent.

=échancrure=, _n.f._, hollowing, sloping, slope, indentation; cut, opening.

=échange=, _n.m._, exchange, barter. _Un — de compliments_; an exchange of compliments. _Libre —_; free-trade.

=échangeable= (-jabl), _adj._, exchangeable.

=échanger=, _v.a._, to exchange, to barter, to interchange. _— une propriété contre une autre_; to exchange one property for another.

=échangiste= (=libre=), _n.m._, free-trader.

=échanson=, _n.m._, cup-bearer.

=échansonnerie= (-so-n-rî), _n.f._, cup-bearers of a prince; a king’s wine-cellars.

*=échantillon=, _n.m._, sample, pattern, specimen; tally; (nav.) scantling; (tech.) gauge.

*=échantillonnage=, _n.m._, sampling; gauging.

*=échantillonner=, _v.a._, to sample, to gauge.

=échanvrer=, _v.a._, to hatchel.

=échanvroir=, _n.m._, hackle.

=échappade=, _n.f._, (engr.) slip, escapade.

=échappatoire=, _n.f._, shift, subterfuge, creep-hole, put-off, evasion.

=échappé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, a person who has made his _or_ her escape, a runaway; a horse of mongrel _or_ cross breed. _Un — de galères_; an escaped convict. _Un — des petites-maisons_; a madman, a crack-brained fellow.

=échappée=, _n.f._, prank; sally, snatch; (arch.) rounding off; space for carriages to turn in. _Faire quelque chose par —s_; to do a thing by snatches, by fits and starts. _— de vue_; vista. _— de lumière_; (paint.) accidental light. _À l’—_; by stealth.