écosser, v.a., to shell, to husk (peas or beans).
écosseu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., sheller.
écot, n.m., share (of a reckoning); reckoning; score; quota; company; stump (of a tree). Payez votre —; pay your share. Parlez à votre —; speak to your own company; mind your own business. De tous —s; meddling with everything.
écôtage, n.m., stemming (of tobacco).
écôter, v.a., to stem.
*écouailles, n.f.pl., coarsest wool, tail wool.
écoulement (é-kool-mān), n.m., flowing, running, draining; (com.) sale, output, outlet. L’— de l’eau; the flowing of water. L’— de nos produits; the sale of our commodities.
écouler, v.a., to pour away; (com.) to drain; to sell.
s’écouler, v.r., to run or flow away; to pass away, to glide away; to slip away; (com.) to go off. L’eau s’écoule; water flows away. L’argent s’écoule; money slips away. Le temps s’écoule; time passes away. Ces marchandises s’écoulent vite; these goods sell fast, or go off well, or have a good sale, or command a ready sale.
écourgeon. V. escourgeon.