*éplaigner, v.a., (manu.) to raise the nap of the cloth, to tease, to teasel.
éplaigneur, n.m., cloth-dresser, teaseler.
éploré, -e, adj., in tears, weeping, disconsolate, distressed.
éployé, -e, adj., (her.) spread (of the eagle).
épluchage, n.m., (manu.) picking.
épluchement (é-plush-mān), n.m., cleaning, picking.
éplucher, v.a., to pick, to clean, to sift; to examine minutely. — la vie de quelqu’un; to examine minutely into any one’s life. — un ouvrage; to examine a work minutely, or to pick any work to pieces.
s’éplucher, v.r., to clean itself (of certain animals); (fig.) to examine one’s self.
éplucheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., picker; fault-finder; hair-splitter.
éplucheuse, n.f., picker (instrument).