écrémer, v.a., to take off the cream, to skim; to take the best of.
écrémoire, n.f., skimmer; milk-skimmer.
écrêter, v.a., to sweep off the top of a work, to dismantle with shot; to cut off the comb of a cock.
écrevisse, n.f., crayfish; (astron.) Cancer. Une — de mer; a crawfish. Rouge comme une —; as red as a boiled lobster.
s’écrier, v.r., to cry out, to exclaim. V. s’exclamer.
*écrille, n.f., grate (of a fish-pond).
écrin, n.m., casket, jewel-box or case.
écrire (écrivant, écrit), v.a., to write; to spell; to pen, to set down, to write word; to write to ask. — quelque chose sur un registre; to enter anything in a register. Papier à —; writing-paper. — que; to write to say that, to state that.
s’écrire, v.r., to sign one’s self, to write one’s name; to be written, to be spelled; to write to each other.
écrit, n.m., writing, written agreement; pamphlet. Mot d’—; short note; line; word. Mettre, coucher, par —; to set anything down in writing.