ECUSSON

(Fr.), n. A-ku-so3n2. Lat., scutellum. 1. A shield shaped expansion of the hypcotyl in gra es. 2. The conceptacles of lichens. 3. A grafted bud. 4. A plaster or ointment to be used upon the epigastrium. [B, 1, 121, 291 (a, 24); L, 41.] See SCUTE and SCUTELLUM. E. stomach i que. See SCUTUM stomach i cum. too; U2, blue; U, lull; U4, full; U8, urn; U8, like U (German). [s. 655]