s’éparer, v.r., (man.) to jerk, to fling out; to kick. V. ruer.
*épargnant, -e, adj., sparing, saving, economical; parsimonious.
*épargne, n.f., economy, saving, thrift, sparingness; ☉treasury. — mesquine; shabby saving. Avec —; sparingly. Aller à l’—, user d’—; to save, to be saving. Il vit de ses —s; he lives on his savings. Aller à l’— des mots; to be sparing of words. Caisse d’— or caisse d’— et de prévoyance; savings-bank. Tailler, or graver, en —; (engr.) to reserve.
*épargner, v.a., to save, to lay up, to lay by, to spare, to husband, to economize; to spare (any one). — son bien; to save one’s wealth. On ne lui épargne pas l’argent; they allow him plenty of money. Ne m’épargnez pas; do not spare me.
s’*épargner, v.r., to spare one’s self; to spare one another.
*épargner, v.n., to economize, to be saving, to be sparing. — sur sa toilette; to save in dress.
*éparpillement, n.m., scattering, dispersing, dispersion.
*éparpiller, v.a., to scatter, to strew about, to spread, to throw here and there, to disperse; to fritter away, to squander. — ses troupes; to scatter one’s troops.
épars, -e, adj., scattered, dispersed, straggling, sparse; (of hair) disheveled; thin (of plants).
éparvin or épervin, n.m., (vet.) spavin. — osseux, — sec; blood-spavin; string-halt.