Part 3911

<h1>Errorful</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er"ror*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of error; wrong.</def>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Errorist</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er"ror*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.</def>

<h1>Ers</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Ers</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>ervum</ets> a kind of pulse, bitter vetch.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The bitter vetch (<spn>Ervum Ervilia</spn>).</def>

<h1>Erse</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Erse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A modification of <ets>Irish</ets>, OE. <ets>Irishe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, <i>Gaelic</i>.</def>

<h1>Erse</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Erse</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.</def>

<h1>Ersh</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Ersh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Arrish</er>.</def>

<h1>Erst</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Erst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Orig. superlative of <ets>ere</ets>; AS. <ets><?/rest</ets>. See <er>Ere</er>.]</ety> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>First.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Previously; before; formerly; heretofore.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Tityrus, with whose style he had <b>erst</b> disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. <i>A. W. Ward.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>At erst</col>, <cd>at first; at the beginning.</cd> -- <col>Now at erst</col>, <cd>at this present time.</cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Erstwhile</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Erst`while"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Erubescence; 135, Erubescency</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw><hw>Er`u*bes"cence</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <hw>Er`u*bes"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erubescentia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82rubescence</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.</def>

<h1>Erubescent</h1> <Xpage=508>

<hw>Er`u*bes"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>erubescens</ets>, p. pr. <ets>erubescere</ets> to grow red; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>rubescere</ets>. See <er>Rubescent</er>.]</ety> <def>Red, or reddish; blushing.</def>