Part 817

Lowell.

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

Er"mines (?), n., Er"min*ois (&?;), n. (Her.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.

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

{ 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. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).

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

Er"nest (?), n. See Earnest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Er"nest*ful (?), a. [See Earnest, a.] Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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 flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." Wiseman.

The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.

Am. Cyc.

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.

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

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. [Obs.]

Er`o*ga"tion (?), n. [L. erogatio.] The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

||E"ros (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?; love, &?; (personified) Eros, fr. &?; to love.] (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 to the Latin god Cupid.

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, adv.

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.

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

E*ros"trate (?), a. [Pref. e- out + rostrate.] (Bot.) Without a beak.

Er"o*teme (?), n. [Gr. &?; question.] A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.

||Er`o*te"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a questioning, fr. &?; to ask.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form of an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -

Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Shall I be frighted when a madman stares?

Shak.

{ E*rot"ic (?), E*rot"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. érotique. See Eros.] Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.