- eschars
- ESCHARS, [esch]arse. adj. Chiche, trop espargnant. Il est fort eschars. sa maniere de vivre est trop escharse. Il est vieux.
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française . 1964.
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française . 1964.
eschars — Eschars, Parcus. Il est un petit bien eschars, Aliquantum est ad rem auidior, B. ex Terent … Thresor de la langue françoyse
eschars — n. scab, hard crust which forms over a wound (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
Os — Os, n.; pl. {Osar}. [Sw. [*a]s ridge, chain of hills, pl. [*a]sar.] (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Osar — Os Os, n.; pl. {Osar}. [Sw. [*a]s ridge, chain of hills, pl. [*a]sar.] (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scarce — (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. {Scarcer} (sk[^a]r s[ e]r); superl. {Scarcest}.] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see {Ex }) + carpere. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scarcer — Scarce Scarce (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. {Scarcer} (sk[^a]r s[ e]r); superl. {Scarcest}.] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see {Ex }) + … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scarcest — Scarce Scarce (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. {Scarcer} (sk[^a]r s[ e]r); superl. {Scarcest}.] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see {Ex }) + … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To make one's self scarce — Scarce Scarce (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. {Scarcer} (sk[^a]r s[ e]r); superl. {Scarcest}.] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see {Ex }) + … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scarce — I. adjective (scarcer; scarcest) Etymology: Middle English scars, from Anglo French eschars, escars narrow, stingy, deficient, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus, literally, plucked out, past participle of Latin excerpere to pluck out more at excerpt… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Karg — Karg, er, este, adj. et adv. den nothwendigen Gebrauch seines Eigenthumes aus Anhänglichkeit zu demselben unterlassend, und in dieser Gesinnung gegründet. Ein karger Mann. Karg seyn. Karg mit etwas seyn. Ein betrübter Esel heulte, Weil des… … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart