Part 815

Er"e*mi`tish (?), a. Eremitic. Bp. Hall.

Er"e*mit*ism (?), n. The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.

E`rep*ta"tion (?), n. [L. erepere to creep out; e out + repere to creep.] A creeping forth. [Obs.]

E*rep"tion (?), n. [L. ereptio, fr. eripere to snatch away; e out + rapere to snatch.] A snatching away. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Er"e*thism (?), n. [Gr. &?; irritation, fr. &?; to stir, rouse, fr. &?; to stir: cf. F. éréthisme.] (Med.) A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ. Hoblyn.

Er`e*this"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; irritating.] Relating to erethism.

{ Ere`while" (?), Ere`whiles" (?), } adv. Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. [Archaic]

I am as fair now as I was erewhile.

Shak.

||Erf (?), n.; pl. Erven (#). [D.] A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [Cape Colony]

Erg (?), n. [Gr. &?; work.] (Physics) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.

Er"gat (?), v. t. [L. ergo therefore.] To deduce logically, as conclusions. [Obs.] Hewyt.

||Er"go (?), conj. or adv. [L.] Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way. Shak.

Er"got (?), n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.] 1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.

3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).

Er*got"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.

Er"go*tin (?), n. (Med.) An extract made from ergot.

Er"go*tine (?). (Chem.) A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

Er"go*tism (?), n. [F. ergotisme, fr. L. ergo.] A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Er"got*ism (?), n. [From Ergot, n.; cf. F. ergotisme.] (Med.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.

Er"got*ized (?), a. Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.

{ Er"i*ach (?), Er"ic (?), } n. [Ir. eiric.] (Old Irish Law) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.

E*ri"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. &?;.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

Er`i*ca"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.

E*ric"i*nol (*rs"*nl), n. [NL. ericaceae the Heath family + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

E*ri"ci*us (?), n. [L., a hedgehog.] The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipd, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.