Part 3903

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

<hw>Er"got*ized</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with the ergot fungus; <as>as, <ex>ergotized</ex> rye</as>.</def>

<h1>Eriach, Eric</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>Er"i*ach</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Er"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. <ets>eiric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Irish Law)</fld> <def>A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.</def>

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

<hw>E*ri"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>erice</ets> heath, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.</def>

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

<hw>Er`i*ca"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.</def>

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

<hw>E*ric"i*nol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>eric</ets>aceae the Heath family + L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.</def>

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

<hw>E*ri"ci*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a hedgehog.]</ety> <def>The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word <i>qip&omac;d</i>, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated <i>bittern</i>, and in the Revised Version, <i>porcupine</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the <b>ericius</b> and pools of waters. <i>Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version).</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>E*ric"o*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the <spn>Ericace\'91</spn>), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.</def>

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

<hw>E*rid"a*nus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, the Greek name of the River Po.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.</def>

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

<hw>Er"i*gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Erect</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being erected.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<hw>E"rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. Cf. <er>Aryan</er>.]</ety> <def>An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.</def>

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

<hw>Er`i*na"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erinaceus</ets> hedgehog.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.</def>

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

<hw>E*rin"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The sea holly. See <er>Eryngo</er>.</def>

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

<hw>Er"i*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from <i>Erin</i>, or Ireland, where it occurs.</def>

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