ESCOUADE, _f._ (military), envoyer chercher le parapluie de l’----, _to get rid of a person whose presence is not desired by sending him on a fool’s errand_. ESCOUTES, or ÉCOUTES, _f. pl._ (thieves’), _ears_, or “hearing cheats.” ESCRIME, _m._ (military), _clerk_, “quill-driver.” ESGANACER (thieves’), _to laugh_. ESGARD, or ÉGARD, _m._ (thieves’), faire l’----, _to rob an accomplice of his share of the plunder_. The author of this kind of robbery goes among his English brethren by the name of “Poll thief.” ESGOUR, _adj._ (thieves’), _lost_. ESGOURDE, ESGOUVERNE, ESGOURNE, _f._ (thieves’), _ear_, or “hearing cheat.” Débrider l’----, _to listen_. ESPAGNOL, _m._ (popular), _louse_. ESPALIER, _m._ (theatrical), _a number of female supernumeraries drawn up in line_. ESPÈCE, _f._ (familiar), _woman of questionable character_. ESPRIT, _m._ (familiar), des braves, _brandy_. ESQUE, _m._ See ESGARD. ESQUINTE, _m._ (thieves’), _abyss_. Vol à l’----, _burglary_, “panny,” “screwing,” or “busting.” ESQUINTEMENT, _m._ (general), _excessive fatigue_; (thieves’) _burglary_, or “busting.” ESQUINTER (familiar), _to damage_; _to fatigue_; (popular) _to thrash_; see VOIE; (thieves’) _to kill_; see REFROIDIR; _to break_. La carouble s’est esquintée dans la serrante, _the key has been broken in the lock_. (Familiar) S’----, or s’---- le tempérament, _to tire oneself out_. ESQUINTEUR (thieves’), _housebreaker_, “panny-man,” “screwsman,” or “buster.” ESSAYER (theatrical), le tremplin, _to act in an unimportant play, which is given as a preliminary to a more important one_; _to be the first to sing at a concert_. (Soldiers’) Envoyer ---- une chemise de sapin, _to kill_. ESSENCE, _f._ (general), de parapluie, _water_. ESSES (popular), faire des ----, _to reel about_. ESSUYER (familiar), les plâtres, _to kiss the face of a female whose cheeks are painted_. ESSUYEUSE, _f._ (familiar), de plâtres, _street-walker_. See GADOUE. ESTABLE, _f._ (thieves’), _fowl_, “beaker.” ESTAFFIER, _m._ (familiar), _police officer_; (thieves’) _cat_. ESTAFFIN, _m._ (popular), _cat_. ESTAFFION, _m._ (popular), _blow on the head_, “bang on the nut;” (thieves’) _cat_, “long-tailed beggar.” ESTAFILER (military), la frimousse, _to cut one’s face with a sword_. ESTAFON, _m._ (old cant), _capon_. ESTAMPILLER (thieves’), _to mark_; _to show_ (in reference to the hour). Luysard estampillait six plombes, _it was six o’clock by the sun_. ESTAPHE, _f._ (popular), _slap_. ESTAPHLE, _f._ (thieves’), _fowl_, “beaker,” or “cackling cheat.” ESTIME (familiar), succès d’----, _a doubtful success_. ESTIO, ESTOC, _m._ (thieves’), _intellect_, _wit_. Il a de l’----, _he is clever_, or “wide.” ESTOMAC, _m._ (general), _courage_, _pluck_, “wool.” ESTOMAQUÉ, _adj._ (popular), _astounded_, “flabbergasted.” ESTORGUE, ESTOQUE, _f._ (thieves’), _falsehood_. Chasses à l’----, _squinting eyes_. ESTOURBIR (thieves’), _to stun_; _to kill_.