écrivassier, n.m., (in the Channel Isles) solicitor; scrivener.
écriveu-r, -se, adj., fond of or always writing, scribbling.
écrou, n.m., screw nut; female screw; jail- or gaol-entry. Livre, registre, d’—; jail- or gaol-book.
écrouelle, n.f., freshwater shrimp.
écrouelles, n.f.pl., king’s evil, scrofula.
écrouelleu-x, -se, adj. and n., scrofulous; person affected with the king’s evil.
écrouer, v.a., to enter in the jail- or gaol-book; to imprison; to lock up.
écroues, n.f.pl., bills of expense of the royal kitchen.
écrouir, v.a., to hard-hammer (metal).
écrouissement, écrouissage, n.m., hammer-hardening.