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essouffler 162 etalon
essouffler, v. a. r., to blow, wind (a horse, a man),
to become winded.
essourisser, v. a., (hipp.) to cut the cartilage of a
horse's nose.
essui, m., drying-room.
essuyer, v. a. r., to wipe, wipe off; to dry, dry off;
(fig.) to bear, endure, support;
le feu, (mil.) to stand fire without flinch-
ing.
est, a., m., east, the east; easterly, eastern.
estacade, f., estacade; boom; barricade of piles;
(Jort.) stockade;
fixe, row of piles, piling, pile stockade (across
a river, etc.);
flotlante, boom, floating boom, chain-boom;
mixte, a combination of fixe and
flottante (i. e., piles with logs, etc., chained
or secured between; does not interfere with
navigation);
de, en, pilotis, v. fixe;
de stir etc, secondary boom protecting the
main one, guard-boom.
estafette, f., estafette; courier, express;
montce, (mil.) mounted orderly; courier
(U.S.A.).'
estafilade, f., gash, cut.
estafilader, v. a., to gash; to cut, slash, the
face.
estampage, m., stamping, forming, shaping.
estampe, f., print, engraving; stamp, die, swage;
ronde, rounding tool.
estamper, v. a., to stamp, emboss; to swage.
estampille, f., stamp, mark (e. g., on stock of
guns); (Fr. a.) official stamp or seal caused to
be affixed by minister of war on samples,
models, etc., sent to regiments.
estampoir, m., v. etampoir.
estampure, f., v. etampure.
estimation, f., estimate, estimation, valuation.
estime, f., estimation; (nav.) dead reckoning;
& I' , by estimation (e. g., of readings, when
the index stops between graduations).
estimer, v. a., to estimate, value; (nav.) to get
the course by dead reckoning.
estoc, m., stump, stock; (sm. a.) thrusting sword
(obs.), sword point;
arme d' , thrusting weapon;
coup d' , thrust;
couper & Wane , to cut down a tree to the
root;
d' , (fenc.) with the point;
d' et de tattle, (fenc.) cut and thrust;
frapper d' to , thrust.
estocade, f., long sword (obs.); (fenc.) thrust, pass;
wound produced by a thrust.
estocader, v. a., (fenc.) to thrust, make a pass.
estompe, f., stump (drawing).
estomper,'to stump (drawing).
estoquer, v. a., to rivet, to jog, to jump; (sm. a.)
to jump a gun barrel.
estoqulan, m., catch-bolt, catch; pawl, ratchet.
estoupln, m., wad of oakum.
estrac, m., (hipp.) lank, lean, heron-gutted horse.
estrade, f., platform;
battre I'
, (mil.) of cavalry, to scout, to patrol,
so as to keep in touch with the enemy.
estramacon, m., (sm. a.) long, double-edged
sword (obs.); (fenc.) cut;
coup d' , (fenc.) cut.
estran, m., (hydr.) beach or strand between high
and low water marks.
estrapade, f., (gym.) "skin the cat"; (man.)
saut-de-mouton, q. v., of a horse who stops,
kicks, and tries to throw his rider.
estrapasser, v. a., (man.) to tire, knock up, override,
overwork a horse.
estrapontin, m.. hammock.
estrope, f. , (cord.) strap, block strap;
d'aviron, oar grommet (to confine the oars
to the tholepins) ;
en bois, wooden collar;
& crochet, (nav., art.) shell-sling;
enfer, iron collar;
estrope de poulic, block strap.
estroper, v. a., (cord.) to strap, to provide with a
strap;
une poulie, to strap a block.
estropie", p. p., lame, crippled, disabled; m.,
cripple.
estropier, v. a., to cripple, lame, maim, mutilate,
disable.
estuaire, m., (hi/dr.) estuary.
etablage, m., stabling; stallage; keep (of a horse,
etc.); space between shafts.
etable, f., stable (for animals other than horses).
Stabler, v. a., to stable.
etabli, m., workbench; frame (of a lathe, etc.);
(artif.) laboratory table;
valet d' , dog, holdfast.
etablir, v. a. r., to establish, fix, set up; to institute,
erect; to lay down; to take possession
of; to construct (a railway, etc.); (mil.) to
pitch (a camp);
les bois, to mark wood for sawing;
une machine, to construct and set up a
machine;
les pierres, (mas.) to mark stone for cutting.
etablissement, m., establishment; settlement,
settling, placing;
s d' etudes, (Fr. art.) a generic expression
for all boards, committees, and commissions
in charge of technical questions and investigations;
des marges,
d'un port, establishment of
a port;
pcnitentiaire, any penitentiary establishment;
des quartiers, (mil.) cantoning of troops.
Stage, m., floor, story (of a house); row, step,
layer; degree, class, quality, rank; (fort.) tier
(as, of casements); (mach.) step (of a stepped
cone or pulley);
s defeu, (fort., etc.) tiers of fire;
premier , second story (of a house).
Stager, v. a. r., to tier, to be arranged in tiers;
(mil.) to be drawn up in lines one above the
other.
Stagere, f., set of shelves.
fetal, m., strut, brace, stay, prop; (cord.) stay;
de cheminee, (nav.) funnel stay;
pomme d' , (cord.) mouse, of a stay;
en sautoir , diagonal stay.
de tiie de Ugue, shear-head stay.
Stale, f.,v.&ai.
Statement, m., v. itayement.
Staler, v. a., v. Itayer.
Stain, m., (met.) tin; pewter;
baltu, tin-foil;
en blocs, block tin;
commun, common tin;
enfeuilles, sheet-tin;
en saumons, v. en Noes.
Stalage, m., display; (in pi., met.) boshes.
etalc, a., slack (of the tide), steady, still; m., slack
water;
cordage , (cord.) rope that slacks after being
paid out;
lire en to be , slack, at a stand;
de flot, slack of the flood;
dejusant, slack of the ebb;
flood tide, highest of the
maree mer ,
flood;
vent wind of moderate , velocity.
Staler, v. a., to display; to stem (the tide, a current).
Staleuse, f., (mach.) spreader, spreading machine
(in rope manufacture).
etalingue, f., (cord.) clinch of a cable; shackling
of a chain-cable.
Stalinguer, v. a., (cord.) to bend, clinch, a cable
(to the anchor).
Stalingure, f., v. etalingue.
etalon, m., standard, legal standard (of weights
and measures), gauge, standard gauge; (elec.)
standard of calibration; (hipp.) stallion;
approuve, (hipp.) in France, a stallion recognized
by the government as suited to the
improvement 01 the breed, and the owner of
which gets a bounty;