ECHAUDER (popular), _to charge more for an article than the real price_, “to shave a customer.” Properly _to scald_. According to the _Slang Dictionary_ (Chatto and Windus, 1885), when a London tradesman sees an opportunity of doing this, he strokes his chin as a signal to the assistant who is serving the customer. ECHELLE, _f._ (popular), monter à l’----, _to ascend the scaffold_. Faire monter quelqu’un à l’----, _to get one into a rage by teazing or badgering him_, “to rile one.” ECHINER (familiar), _to criticise sharply_, _to run down_. Properly _to thrash to within an inch of one’s life_. ECHINEUR, _m._ (familiar), _sharp critic_. ECHO, _m._ (popular), _an encore at a place of entertainment_. ECHOPPE, _f._ (popular), _workshop_. ECHOS, _m. pl._ (journalists’), _reports on topics of the day_. ECHOTER, _to write_ “échos.” See that word. ECHOTIER, _m._ (familiar), _writer of_ “échos.” See that word. Indépendamment de la loge de Fauchery, il y a celle de la rédaction, de la direction et de l’administration, une baignoire pour son soiriste, une autre pour son échotier, quatre fauteuils pour ses reporters.--=P. MAHALIN.= ECLAIRAGE, _m._ (general), _money laid down on a gaming table as stakes_. ECLAIRER (general), _to pay_, “to dub;” _to exhibit money_; (gamesters’) ---- le tapis, le velours, _to stake_; (prostitutes’) _to look about in quest of a client_. ECLAIREUR, _m._ (gamesters’), _confederate of card-sharpers_. ECLAIREURS, _m. pl._ (popular), _large protruding breasts_. Properly _scouts_. ECLUSER (popular), _to void urine_, “to lag.” ECLUSES, _f. pl._ (popular), lâcher les ----, _to weep_, “to nap a bib;” _to void urine_, “to lag.” ECOLE PRÉPARATOIRE (thieves’), _prison_, “jug.” A kind of compulsory “Buz-napper’s Academy,” or school in which young thieves are trained. ECOPAGE, _m._ (popular), _blow_, “prop,” “bang,” or “wipe;” _collision_; _scolding_, “bully-ragging;” _the art of calling on one just at dinner time, so as to get an invitation_. ECOPER (popular), _to drink_. See RINCER. Properly _to bale a boat_. Ecoper, _to receive a thrashing_, “to get a walloping.” ECOPEUR, _m._ (popular), _artful man who manages to get some small advantages out of people without appearing to ask for them_. ECORNAGE, _m._ (thieves’), vol à l’----, _mode of robbery which consists in cutting out a small portion of a pane in a shop-window, and drawing out articles through the aperture by means of a rod provided with a hook at one of its extremities_. ECORNÉ, _m._ (thieves’), _prisoner under examination_, or “cross kid;” _prisoner charged with an offence_, “in trouble.” ECORNER (popular), _to slander_; _to abuse_, “to bully rag; (thieves’), _to break into_; ---- une boutanche, un boucard, _to break into a shop_, “to crack a swag.” J’aimerais mieux faire suer le chêne sur le grand trimar, que d’écorner les boucards.--=VIDOCQ.= ECORNEUR, _m._ (thieves’), _public prosecutor_.