Ensecréter (showmens’), to make a puppet ready for the show by dressing it up, &c.
Enseigne de cimetière, f. (thieves’), priest, or “devil dodger.”
Ensemble, m. (artists’), un modèle qui pose l’——, a model who sits for the whole figure, that is, who poses nude.
Entablement, m. (popular), shoulders.
Entailler (thieves’), to kill one, “to give one his gruel.” See [Refroidir].
Entame, f. (popular), à toi l’——! you make the first move!
Entamer (thieves’), to make one speak; to worm out one’s secrets. Si le roué veut entamer tézigue, nib du truc, if the magistrate tries to pump you, hold your tongue.
Entauler (thieves’), to enter, “to prat.”
Entendre (popular), de corne, to mistake a word for another. N’—— que du vent, not to be able to make head or tail of what one hears.