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epinette [< Cdn F épinette] 
1 n. any of the various species of spruce.
- 1793 (1801) A river also flowed from the right, and the land was high and rocky, and wooded with the epinette.
- 1853 The gum of the epinette had to be boiled and mixed with a little grease, so as to form a species of wax [suitable for paying a canoe].
2 n. spruce gum.
- 1883 (1955) He then bathed the wound with a decoction of epinette, which is much used in the country for external applications.
- 1793 (1801) A river also flowed from the right, and the land was high and rocky, and wooded with the epinette.