essuyer, v.a., to wipe, to wipe off, to wipe away, to wipe dry; to sustain, to support, to bear, to endure, to go through, to undergo. — les larmes de quelqu’un; to console any one. — des affronts; to endure affronts. — un refus or un revers; to meet with a refusal or a check.
s’essuyer, v.r., to dry one’s self. S’— les mains, la figure; to wipe one’s hands, one’s face.
est (èst), n.m., east. D’—; eastern, easterly. Un vent d’—; an easterly wind. À l’—; to the east, eastward. Vers l’—; eastward.
estacade, n.f., stockade; boom (of a harbor).
estafette, n.f., courier, express messenger; (milit.) estafette.
estafier, n.m., (b.s.) tall footman, flunkey, livery servant; lanky Jack; hector, bully.
estafilade, n.f., cut (in the face), gash, slash; rent (in clothes).
estafilader, v.a., to slash, to cut, to gash.
estagnon, n.m., a copper bottle.
estame, n.f., worsted, knitted worsted.