ERSE
ERSE, noun The language of the descendants of the Gaels or Celts, in the highlands of Scotland.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ERST
ERST, adverb [See Ere.]1. First; at first; at the beginning.2. Once; formerly; long ago.3. Before; till then or now; hitherto.[This word is obsolete, except in poetry.]
ERSTWHILE
ERSTWHILE, adverb Till then or now; formerly.
ERUBESCENCE
ERUBES'CENCE, noun [Latin erubescens, erubesco, from rubeo, to be red.]A becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of any thing; a blushing.
ERUBESCENT
ERUBES'CENT, adjective Red, or reddish; blushing.
ERUCT
ERUCT'ERUCT'ATE, verb transitive [Latin eructo, ructor, coinciding in elements with Heb. to spit.]To belch; to eject from the stomach, as wind. [Little used.]
ERUCTATE
ERUCT'ATE, v.t. [L. eructo, ructor, coinciding in elements with Heb. to spit.]To belch; to eject from the stomach, as wind. [Little used.]
ERUCTATION
ERUCTA'TION, noun [Latin eructatio.] The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.1. A violent bursting forth or ejection of wind or other matter from the earth.
ERUDITE
ER'UDITE, adjective [Latin eruditus, from erudio, to instruct.Instructed; taught; learned.
ERUDITION
ERUDI'TION, noun Learning; knowledge gained by study, or from books and instruction; particularly, learning in literature, as distinct from the sciences, as in history, antiquit...
ERUGINOUS
ERU'GINOUS, adjective [Latin aeruginosus, from aerugo, rust.]Partaking of the substance or nature of copper or the rust of copper; resembling rust.
ERUPT
ERUPT', verb intransitive To burst forth. [Not used.]
ERUPTION
ERUP'TION, noun [Latin eruptio, from erumpo, erupi; e and rumpo, for rupo.1. The act of breaking or bursting forth from inclosure or confinement; a violent emission of any thing...
ERUPTIVE
ERUP'TIVE, adjective Bursting forth.The sudden glanceAppears far south eruptive through the cloud.1. Attended with eruptions or efflorescence, or producing it; as an eruptive fe...
ERYNGO
ERYN'GO, noun [Gr.] The sea-holly, Eryngium, a genus of plants of several species. The flowers are collected in a round head; the receptacle is paleaceous or chaffy. The young s...
ERYSIPELAS
ERYSIP'ELAS, noun [Gr.] A disease called St.Anthony's fire; a diffused inflammation with fever of two or three days, generally with coma or delirium; an eruption of a fiery acri...
ERYSIPELATOUS
ERYSIPEL'ATOUS, adjective Eruptive; resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.
ESCALADE
ESCALA'DE, noun [Latin scala, a ladder. See Scale.] In the military art, a furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount...
ESCALOP
ESCAL'OP, noun skal'lup. A family of bivalvular shell-fish, whose shell is regularly indented. In the center of the top of the shell is a trigonal sinus with an elastic cartilag...
ESCAPADE
ESCAPA'DE, noun The fling of a horse. In Spanish, flight, escape.
ESCAPE
ESCA'PE, verb transitive [Latin capio, with a negative prefix, or from a word of the same family.]1. To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security f...
ESCAPEMENT
ESCA'PEMENT, noun That part of a clock or watch, which regulates its movements, and prevents their acceleration.
ESCAPING
ESCA'PING, participle present tense Fleeing from and avoiding danger or evil; being passed unobserved or unhurt; shunning; evading; securing safety; quitting the custody of the ...
ESCARGATOIRE
ESC'ARGATOIRE, noun A nursery of snails.
ESCARP
ESC'ARP, verb transitive To slope; to form a slope; a military term.
ESCARPMENT
ESC'ARPMENT, noun A slope; a steep descent or declivity.
ESCHALOT
ESCHALOT, noun shallo'te. A species of small onion or garlic, belonging to the genus Allium; the ascalonicum.