Part 3900

<hw>E`rec*til"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being erectile.</def>

<h1>Erection</h1> <Xpage=506>

<hw>E*rec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82rection</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.</def>

<blockquote>Her peerless height my mind to high <b>erection</b> draws up. <i>Sidney</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Anything erected; a building of any kind.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.</def>

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<h1>Erective</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rect"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.</def>

<h1>Erectly</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rect"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an erect manner or posture.</def>

<h1>Erectness</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rect"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Uprightness of posture or form.</def>

<h1>Erecto-patent</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rec"to-pat"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.</def>

<h1>Erector</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rec"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, erects.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle which raises any part.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.</def>

<h1>Erelong</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Ere`long"</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Before the <?/apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, <i>ere long</i>.</def>

<blockquote>A man, . . . following the stag, <b>erelong</b> slew him. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>