escopette (eskopet)

[OF.: see escopet.] A hand-gun. (a) Same as sclopette. (b) A carbine or short riffe. See escopet. escorial (es-kō'ri-al), n. [Sp.] In the western mining districts of the United States, a place where a mine has been exhausted. escort (es'kôrt), n. [ It. corgere ), set right, correct: see correct. ] 1. A protecting, guiding, or honorary guard in a pro IMG:content-0717.png:[blocks in formation]