Ergotism
(Er"got*ism) n. [From Ergot, n.; cf. F. ergotisme.] (Med.) A diseased condition produced
by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.
Ergotized
(Er"got*ized) a. Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
Eriach
(Er"i*ach Er"ic) n. [Ir. eiric.] (Old Irish Law) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the
relatives of the murdered person.
Erica
(E*ri"ca) n. [NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. .] (Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths,
many of them producing beautiful flowers.
Ericaceous
(Er`i*ca"ceous) a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting
of heats.
Ericinol
(E*ric"i*nol) n. [NL. ericaceae the Heath family + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oil (quickly
becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.
Ericius
(E*ri"ci*us) n. [L., a hedgehog.] The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qipod, which in
the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.
I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius and pools of waters.
Is. xiv. 23 Ericolin
(E*ric"o*lin) n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericaceæ), and
extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.
Eridanus
(E*rid"a*nus) n. [L., fr. Gr. the Greek name of the River Po.] (Anat.) A long, winding constellation
extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.
Erigible
(Er"i*gi*ble) a. [See Erect.] Capable of being erected. [Obs.]
Erin
(E"rin) n. [Ir. Cf. Aryan.] An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
Erinaceous
(Er`i*na"ceous) a. [L. erinaceus hedgehog.] (Zoöl.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic
of, a hedgehog.
Eringo
(E*rin"go) n. The sea holly. See Eryngo.
Erinite
(Er"i*nite) n. (Min.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; — so called from
Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.
Erinys
(E*rin"ys) n.; pl. Erinyes [L., fr. Gr. .] (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes,
conscience personified. [Written also Erinnys.]
Eriometer
(E`ri*om"e*ter) n. [Gr. wool + -meter.] (Opt.) An instrument for measuring the diameters
of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in
which the objects are viewed.
Eristalis
(||E*ris"ta*lis) n. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ)
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.
Eristic
(E*ris"tic E*ris"tic*al) a. [Gr. fr. to strive, wrangle, strife.] Controversial. [Archaic]
A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic.
Coleridge. Erke
(Erke) a. [Cf. Irk.] Slothful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
