*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).