esponton, n.m., spontoon, half-pike.
espouleur, n.m. V. époulleur.
espoulin, n.f. V. époullin.
espringale, n.f., springal (a kind of sling).
esprit, n.m., spirit, soul, ghost, shade; mind, sense, understanding, wit, intellect; humor, disposition, temper, character; meaning; spirit, spirituous liquor; (gram.) breathing. — malin; evil spirit, fiend. — follet; goblin. Dieu est un —; God is a spirit. Le Saint-—, l’—-Saint; the Holy Ghost. — doux; (Grec. gram.) soft breathing. — rude; (Grec. gram.) hard breathing. — borné, étroit; narrow intellect. — dérangé; disordered mind. — de corps; fellow-feeling, brotherhood. — d’ordre; orderliness, management. — de suite; consistency. — de parti; party spirit. Cultiver l’—; to cultivate the mind. Un homme d’—; a man of parts, a sensible man, a man of wit. Un ouvrage d’—; a work of talent. Un bel —; a wit. Un — fort; a free-thinker. — présent; ready wit. S’alambiquer l’—; to puzzle one’s brains. Un homme à l’— étroit; a narrow-minded man. Aliéner l’— de quelqu’un; to drive any one mad. Avoir l’— sain; to be of sound mind. Avoir de l’—; to be intelligent, to be witty, to be sensible. Avoir l’— aux talons; to shine at the wrong end, to go a wool-gathering. Avoir l’— bien fait; to be good-tempered. Faire de l’—; to play the wit. Faire revenir l’— à quelqu’un; to bring any one to his senses. Faire revenir quelqu’un à l’— de; to recall to any one, or remind any one of. Où avait-il l’— quand? where were his wits when? what was he thinking of, when? Vous n’avez pas saisi l’— de cet auteur; you have not understood the meaning of that author. Reprendre ses —s; to recover one’s senses; to come to one’s self. Ne pas avoir l’— tranquille; to be uneasy in one’s mind. Remettre les —s; to quiet people’s minds. Rendre l’—; to give up the ghost. Venir dans l’—; to come into one’s mind. Passer pour un homme d’—; to pass for a wit. Les grands —s se rencontrent; great wits jump together (i.e., when two people say the same thing together). —s animaux; animal spirits. L’— court les rues; wit is a drug in the market.
esprité, -e, adj., intelligent, clever, witty.
esprot, n.m., sprat.
esquicher, v.n., s’—, v.r., (reversis) to play a low card in order not to win a trick. S’—; (fig.) to answer evasively, to back out of.
esquif, n.m., skiff.
*esquille, n.f., splinter (of a bone).