Webster's Dictionary 1913

3106

Eristalis

‖E‐ris″ta‐lis (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for ...

3107

Eristic

{ E‐ris″tic (?), E‐ris″tic‐al (?), } a. Controversial.A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.

3108

Erke

Erke (?), a. [Cf. Irk.] Slothful. Rom. of R.

3109

Erlking

Erl″king′ (?), n. [G. erlkönig, fr. Dan. ellekonge elfking.] A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit or natural power supposed to work mischief and ...

3110

Erme

Erme (?), v. i. [OE. ermen, AS. yrman. Cf. Yearn.] To grieve; to feel sad. Chaucer.

3111

Ermelin

{ Er″me‐lin (?), Er″mi‐lin (?) }, n.(Zoöl.) See Ermine. Shenstone.

3112

Ermin

Er″min (?), n. [OF. Ermin, L. Armenius.] An Armenian. Chaucer.

3113

Ermine

Er″mine (?), n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm�, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus...

3114

Ermine (2)

Er″mine, v. t. To clothe with, or as with, ermine.The snows that have ermined it in the winter. Lowell.

3115

Ermined

Er″mined (?), a. Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. Pope.

3116

Ermines

Er″mines (?), n., Er″min‐ois (�), n.(Her.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.

3117

Ermit

Er″mit (?), n. [See Hermit.] A hermit.

3118

Ern

{ Ern, Erne } (?), n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. örn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. � bird. √11. Cf. Ornithology.] (Zoöl.) A sea eagle, esp....

3119

Ern (2)

Ern (?), v. i. [Cf. Erme.] To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]

3120

Ernest

Er″nest (?), n. See Earnest. Chaucer.

3121

Ernestful

Er″nest‐ful (?), a. [See Earnest, a.] Serious. Chaucer.

3122

Erode

E‐rode″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n.Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.] To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the...

3123

Erode (2)

E‐rode″, v. t.(Geol. & Phys. Geog.) (a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. (b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys.

3124

Eroded

E‐rod″ed, p. p. & a. 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.

3125

Erodent

E‐rod″ent (?), n. [L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See Erode.] (Med.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

3126

Erogate

Er″o‐gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Erogated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Erogating (?).] [L. erogatus, p. p. of erogare; e out + rogare to ask.] To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.

3127

Erogation

Er′o‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. erogatio.] The act of giving out or bestowing. Sir T. Elyot.

3128

Eros

‖E″ros (?), n.(Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; — by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent t...

3129

Erose

E‐rose″ (?), a. [L. erosus, p. p. See Erode.] 1. Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.2. (Bot.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed. — E‐rose″ly, ...

3130

Erosion

E‐ro″sion (?), n. [L. erosio. See Erode.] 1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away.2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

3131

Erosion (2)

E‐ro″sion, n. The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breakin...

3132

Erosive

E‐ro″sive (?), a. That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive. Humble.