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- English Word Eristalis Definition A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) 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 drone fly.
- English Word Eristic Definition Alt. of Eristical
- English Word Eristical Definition Controversial.
- English Word Erke Definition ASlothful.
- English Word Erlking Definition A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.
- English Word Erme Definition To grieve; to feel sad.
- English Word Ermelin Definition Alt. of Ermilin
- English Word Ermilin Definition See Ermine.
- English Word Ermin Definition An Armenian.
- English Word Ermine Definition A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), 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.
- English Word Ermine Definition 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.
- English Word Ermine Definition By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.
- English Word Ermine Definition One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
- English Word Ermine Definition To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
- English Word Ermined Definition Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine.
- English Word Ermines Definition Alt. of Erminois
- English Word Erminois Definition See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
- English Word Ermit Definition A hermit.
- English Word Ern Definition Alt. of Erne
- English Word Ern Definition To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.]
- English Word Erne Definition A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
- English Word Ernest Definition See Earnest.
- English Word Ernestful Definition Serious.
- English Word Erode Definition To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
- English Word Eroded Definition of Erode
- English Word Eroded Definition Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.
- English Word Eroded Definition Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
- English Word Erodent Definition A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
- English Word Eroding Definition of Erode
- English Word Erogate Definition To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend.