Part 3904

<hw>E*rin"ys</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Erinyes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Erinnys</asp>.]</altsp>

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

<hw>E`ri*om"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wool + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.</def>

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

<hw>E*ris"ta*lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called <i>rat-tailed larv\'91</i>) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called <altname>drone fly</altname>.</def>

<h1>Eristic, Eristical</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>E*ris"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*ris"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to strive, wrangle, <?/ strife.]</ety> <def>Controversial.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of <b>eristic</b> logic. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Erke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Irk</er>.]</ety> <def>ASlothful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

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

<hw>Erl"king`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>erlk\'94nig</ets>, fr. Dan. <ets>ellekonge</ets> elfking.]</ety> <def>A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.</def>

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

<hw>Erme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ermen</ets>, AS. <ets>yrman</ets>. Cf. <er>Yearn</er>.]</ety> <def>To grieve; to feel sad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ermelin, Ermilin</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>Er"me*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Er"mi*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ermine</er>.</def>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

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

<hw>Er"min</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>Ermin</ets>, L. <ets>Armenius</ets>.]</ety> <def>An Armenian.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>Er"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>ermine</ets>, F. <ets>hermine</ets>, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. <ets>harmo</ets>, G. <ets>hermelin</ets>, akin to Lith. <ets>szarm<?/</ets>, <ets>szarmonys</ets>, weasel, cf. AS. <ets>hearma</ets>; but cf. also LL. <ets>armelinus</ets>, <ets>armellina</ets>, <ets>hermellina</ets>, and <ets>pellis Armenia</ets>, the fur of the <ets>Armenian</ets> rat, mus <ets>Armenius</ets>, the animal being found also in <ets>Armenia</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (<spn>M. erminea</spn>), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.</def>

<i>Chatham.</i>