épois, n.m.pl., trochings (of a deer).
éponge, n.f., sponge. Passer l’— sur quelque action; to say no more about, or to forget, an action. Presser l’—; to squeeze the sponge; to exact too much. Il boit comme une —; he drinks like a fish.
éponger, v.a., to sponge; to sponge up; to mop.
épongier, n.m., (l.u.) spongeman.
*épontille, n.f., (nav.) stanchion, prop.
*épontiller, v.a., to prop, to shore.
éponyme, n.m. and adj., (antiq.) eponym; eponymous.
épopée, n.f., epopee; epic poem.
époque, n.f., epoch; period, time, date; era. Faire —; to mark an era. Dès cette —; from that time. À l’— de; at the time of.
époucé, -e, adj., thumbless.