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<hw>E*rod"ed</hw>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.</def>

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

<hw>E*rod"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erodens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>erodere</ets>. See <er>Erode</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.</def>

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

<hw>Er"o*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Erogated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Erogating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>erogatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>erogare</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>rogare</ets> to ask.]</ety> <def>To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<hw>Er`o*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erogatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of giving out or bestowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Elyot.</i>

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

<hw>E"ros</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ love, <?/ (personified) Eros, fr. <?/ to love.]</ety> <fld>(Greek Myth.)</fld> <def>Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.</def>

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

<hw>E*rose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erosus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Erode</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>E*rose"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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

<hw>E*ro"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erosio</ets>. See <er>Erode</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or operation of eroding or eating away.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.</def>

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

<hw>E*ro"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive.</def>

<i>Humble.</i>

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

<hw>E*ros"trate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> out + <ets>rostrate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Without a beak.</def>

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

<hw>Er"o*teme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ question.]</ety> <def>A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.</def>

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