écubier, n.m., (nav.) hawse-hole.
*écueil (ékeu-i), n.m., reef, rock; sand-bank; breaker; peril, danger; obstacle; stumbling-block. Donner sur un —; to strike against a rock. Le monde est plein d’—s; the world is full of dangers.
écuelle, n.f., porringer, bowl, basin. Laver les —s; to wash the dishes. Des lavures d’—s; dish-water, hog-wash. Être propre comme une — de chat; to be filthy, very dirty.
écuellée, n.f., porringer-full, bowl-full.
écuisser, v.a., to thin (trees at the foot).
éculer, v.a., to tread down at heel.
s’éculer, v.r., to wear down at the heel.
écumage, n.m., skimming, scumming.
écumant, -e, adj., foaming; frothy, seething.
écume, n.f., froth, foam; scum, dross; dregs; slag; lather. L’— de la mer; the foam of the sea. L’— de certains métaux; the dross of certain metals. L’— d’un cheval; the foam of a horse. Jeter de l’—; to foam. — de mer; white talc; meerschaum; sea-ware.