Part 3902

<blockquote>I am as fair now as I was <b>erewhile</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Erf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Erven</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[D.]</ety> <def>A garden plot, usually about half an acre.</def> <mark>[Cape Colony]</mark>

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

<hw>Erg</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ work.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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.</def>

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

<hw>Er"gat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ergo</ets> therefore.]</ety> <def>To deduce logically, as conclusions.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hewyt.</i>

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

<hw>Er"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>conj. &or; adv.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Er"got</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ergot</ets>, <ets>argot</ets>, lit., a spur.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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, <spn>Claviceps purpurea</spn>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See 2d <er>Calcar</er>, 3 <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>

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

<hw>Er*got"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; <as>as, <ex>ergotic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Er"go*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An extract made from ergot.</def>

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

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

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

<hw>Er"go*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ergotisme</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ergo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A logical deduction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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

<hw>Er"got*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Ergot</er>, <tt>n.</tt>; cf. F. <ets>ergotisme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.</def>