envoyer, v.a., to send, to forward, to dispatch; to transmit. Je vous envoie mon domestique; I send you my servant. — chercher; to send for. — au diable, — à tous les diables; to send to the devil. — paître, — promener; to send off, to send about one’s business; to send any one off with a flea in his ear. — dire; to send word. — en prison; to commit to prison. Envoie! (nav.) bout-ship! S’—; to send to each other; to be sent.
envoyeur, n.m., sender. adj.m., (post-office) dispatching. Bureau —; dispatching office.
éolien, -ne, (-li-in, -liè-n), adj., Eolian, Eolic. Harpe —ne; Eolian harp.
éolien, n.m., Eolic (dialect).
éolipyle, n.m., (phys.) æolipile (smoke-driving apparatus).
éolique, adj., Eolic, Eolian.
épacte, n.f., (astron.) epact.
*épagneul, n.m., -e, n.f., spaniel.
épais, -se, adj., thick, big; heavy, dull, gross. Mur — de deux pieds; wall two feet thick. Brouillard —; thick fog. Ignorance —se; gross ignorance. Un homme —; a blockhead. Avoir la langue —se; to speak thick. Des cheveux —; thick hair.
épais, n.m., thickness; thick part.