the manege, a gallicism used in the academies, implying to give a horse head, or to put on at full speed.

Echeneis, the Remora. See Ichthyology Index.

Ecchevin, in the French and Dutch polity, a magistrate elected by the inhabitants of a city or town, to take care of their common concerns, and the decoration and cleanliness of the city.

At Paris, there is a prevôt and four ecchevins; in other towns, a mayor and ecchevins. At Amsterdam, there are nine ecchevins; and at Rotterdam, seven.

In France, the ecchevins take cognizance of rents, taxes, and the navigation of rivers, &c. In Holland, they judge of civil and criminal causes; and if the criminal confesses himself guilty, they can see their sentence executed without appeal.