épinaie, n.f., brake, thicket, thorn-bush.
épinard (-nār), n.m., (bot.) spinach. pl., (cook.) spinach greens. —-fraise; strawberry blite, strawberry-spinach. — sauvage; all-good. Epaulettes à graine d’—s; epaulets with large bullion.
épine, n.f., thorn; prickle; spine; rub, obstacle, difficulty; bristling point (metal.). — blanche; hawthorn; barberry. — dorsale, du dos; spine; backbone. Noble —; hawthorn. — noire; German acacia; blackthorn, sloe. Avoir une — au pied; to have a thorn in one’s side. Tirer à quelqu’un une — du pied; to get some one over a difficulty. Être sur les —s, sur des —s; to be on pins and needles, or on thorns. Il n’y a pas de roses sans —s; no rose without a thorn, no joy without alloy. Les —s de la chicane; the thorny points of the law.
épines, n.f.pl., (metal.) bristling points.
épinette, n.f., (mus.) spinet; (bot.) North American fir-tree.
épineu-x, -se, adj., thorny, prickly; knotty, ticklish, intricate. Arbres —; thorny trees. Pomme —se; (bot.) stramony, thorn-apple. Question —se; ticklish question.
épine-vinette, n.f., berberry, barberry.
épingle, n.f., pin, scarf-pin, breast-pin. —s; pin-money, gratuity, douceur. Attacher avec une —; to pin. Il est toujours tiré à quatre —s; he is always as neat as hands can make him; he always looks as if he had just stepped out of a bandbox, or is always dressed up to the nine. Tirer son — du jeu; to get out of a scrape, to back out of anything. À coups d’—s; inch by inch; by pin-pricks. — à cheveux; hairpin. Oter les —s; to unpin.
épingle, adj., pinned; corded, terry. Velours —; light terry velvet.