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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>One of the furs. See <er>Fur</er> <fld>(Her.)</fld></def>

<note>&hand; <i>Ermine</i> is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. <i>Ermines</i> is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. <i>Erminois</i> is the same as ermine, except that <i>or</i> is substituted for <i>argent</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Ermine moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a white moth with black spots (esp. <spn>Yponomeuta padella</spn> of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Er"mine</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clothe with, or as with, ermine.</def>

<blockquote>The snows that have <b>ermined</b> it in the winter. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Er"mined</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<mhw><h1>Ermines, n., Erminois</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"mines</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Er"min*ois</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></mhw> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See Note under <er>Ermine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

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

<hw>Er"mit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hermit</er>.]</ety> <def>A hermit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ern, Erne</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>Ern</hw>, <hw>Erne</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>earn</ets> eagle; akin to D. <ets>arend</ets>, OHG. <ets>aro</ets>, G. <ets>aar</ets>, Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>\'94rn</ets>, Goth. <ets>ara</ets>, and to Gr. <?/ bird. <?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Ornithology</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (<spn>Hali\'91etus albicilla</spn>).</def>

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

<hw>Ern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Erme</er>.]</ety> <def>To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. <note>[Corrupted into <i>yearn</i> in modern editions of Shakespeare.]</note></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<hw>Er"nest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Earnest</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>Er"nest*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Earnest</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Serious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>E*rode"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Eroded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Eroding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>erodere</ets>, <ets>erosum</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>rodere</ets> to gnaw. See <er>Rodent</er>.]</ety> <def>To eat into or away; to corrode; <as>as, canker <ex>erodes</ex> the flesh</as>.</def> "The blood . . . <i>erodes</i> the vessels."

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<blockquote>The smaller charge is more apt to . . . <b>erode</b> the gun. <i>Am. Cyc.</i></blockquote>

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