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- English Word Erf Definition A garden plot, usually about half an acre.
- English Word Erg Definition The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.
- English Word Ergat Definition To deduce logically, as conclusions.
- English Word Ergo Definition Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way.
- English Word Ergot Definition A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
- English Word Ergot Definition The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
- English Word Ergot Definition A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
- English Word Ergot Definition See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).
- English Word Ergotic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.
- English Word Ergotin Definition An extract made from ergot.
- English Word Ergotine Definition A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.
- English Word Ergotism Definition A logical deduction.
- English Word Ergotism Definition A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
- English Word Ergotized Definition Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
- English Word Eriach Definition Alt. of Eric
- English Word Eric Definition A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.
- English Word Erica Definition A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
- English Word Ericaceous Definition Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.
- English Word Ericinol Definition A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
- English Word Ericius Definition The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.