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Show ER ER Whyhould not hop ER | Er1'wed. . /i Sea-holly. A plant ~ Ks much erz-& our thought%f as feat dejedt them Eri'sTic r adj [¥. Controver ia reDenban latin t difpute containin controver€ Erelcr. v, 2 'To rife upright dLr fies ErcE. # [ [eang, Saxon.] Idle; lazy flothful. An old word whence we no fay irk/ome in the ftalk trefoil againft rain fwellet Th a ~ and fo ftandeth more upright; for by wet, ftalks d eret, and leaves bow down« _ Bacon's Nat. Hift Err'cT. adj. [erecius, Latin. 1. Upright; not feaning; not prone For me Birds, far from pronenefs, are almoft ereé? ad And of that dede be not erke But oft fithes haunt that werke. - vancing the head and breaft in progreffion, onl prone in volitation Brown - Bafil tells us, that the ferpent went ere&t lik man Brown ERMELIN unfhaken menius, Latin.] Ananimal in cold countries, which very nearly refembles a wea and found as loud as fame the tip of the tail black, and furnifhin Let no vain fear thy gen'rous ardour tame That vigilant and ere& attention of mind in prayer is very neceffary, is wafte 1 fele in' fliape; havin ~ Glanville Vigorous ; not deprefled Ere/cTioN or dulled Hooker. 7 /i [from ere2.] The a& of raifing, or flate of bein raifed upward. We are to confider only the erec?ion of the hill The aét of building or raifing edifices The firft thing whiel'moveth them thus to caf up their poifon,-are certain folemnities ufual at th firft erecion-of churches Hooker ~ Pillars were fet up above one thoufand four hunand twenty-fix years before the flood, countin S to-be an hundred years old at the erei#ion o Hemi i . Raleigh's Hiftory Eftablithment ; fettlement It muft needs have a peculiar influence upon th rection, continuance, and diffolution of every fociety.H South, Elevation; exaltation of fentiments Her peeslefs height m draws up. min to high erefio Sidney a white pile an a valuable fur. 'The fellmonger, and furrers put upon it little bits of Lombard lsmbikin, which is noted for its fhining whic bove the ordinary land.- Brerewwood on Languages 8 Sidney E'RMINE. . /. [bermine, French, from ar Philips 3. Bold ; confident ; [ diminutive of ermin ; ar Silver fkins Pafling the hate fpot ermelins Vain were vows And plaints and fuppliant hands, to Heay'n ered But ftand ere? 7. Chaucer melin, Frerich.] An ermine, See ERMINE 2. Directed upwards therein would hem delit black colour, the bette whitenefs of the ermine Ermin is the fur o t fet off th T revouz a little beaft abou th bignefs ofa weafel, called,Mus Armenius; for the . Peachum on Blaxoning are found in Armenia A lady's honour muft be touch'd Which, nice as ermines, will not bear a foil. Dryd E'RMINED adj. [fro ermine. with ermine Clothe Arcadia's countefs, here in ermin'd pride Is there Paftora by a fountain fide. E'rne. | D ElRoflN immediately flow fro Saxon'enp, eann face of retirement 70 ERO'DE Pope th a cottage o Gibfor's Camden «. a. [erodo, Latin. To ean ker, to eat away; to corrode It hath been anciently received, that the fea-har hath antipathy with the lungs, if it cometh nea the body, and eroderh them. Bacon's Natural Hiff ‘The blood, being too fharp or thin, erodes th Wifem A& of roufing; excitement to attention. | veffel Th _Starting is an apprehenfiorr of the thing feared, | Eroca'rioN, #. f. [ergatio, Latin. and in that is a fhrinking, and likewife an inqui- alt of givingor beftowing; diftribution ,fit-io;ywhat the matter thould be; and in that i s a motion of erefion : fo that when a man woul liften fuddenly he ftarteth; for th _erection of the {pirits to attend. Ere'cTNEss 7 / [from eres. - nefs of poftur . W tak flarting is a Bacon.' or form erelinefs ftrifly a Gale Upright defined it they, only fayeth he, havé an ere@ figure, whof ine and thighbon are carried on right lines Brown's Vulgar Errours ErostoN. 7. /. [ergfio, Latin. 1. The a&t of eating away 2, The ftate of being eaten-away;- canker - corrofion As fea-falt is a fharp folid- body,.ii1 a conftant die of falt meat, it breaks the' veflels, produceth ero Jions of the folid parts, and. all the fymptoms of th fea-fcurvy, Arduthnot To ERR. @ 7. [erro, Latin. ,F,J*:l\/fl.'I'E.‘»7z;r S [eremita, Latin; ¥enpn®-. 1. 'To wander ; to ramble A frorm: of ftrokes, well meant, with fury flies One who lives in a wildernefs; one who And errs about their temples, ears, and eyes lives in folitude; an hermit; a folitary Dryd. Virg we now fay bermit The rains arife, and fires their warmtly difpenfe - Antonius, the eremite, findeth a fifth commodit mot inferior to any of thefe four. Raleigh's Hiffory __ Embryoes and idiots, eremites and friars V_White,, Jblack, and grey, with all their trumpery Milton Eremi'ricar edj. [from eremite.] Reli - gioudly folitary ; leadin _hermit the life of a . They have multitudes of religious orders, eremi tical and cenobitical Ererrarion Stilling fleet u [ [ereptio, Latin. creeping forth Bail - Ere'pr10%. . /. [ereptio, Latin.] A fnatching or taking away by force So E'Rcot. 7. /. " A fort of ftub, like a piec . of {oft horn, about the bignefs of a chefnut, which is placed behind and belo the paftern joint, and is commonly hi under the tuft of the fetlock, Farr, Dict And fix'd and erring ftars difpofe their influence Dryd. Virg. 2. To mifs the right way to ftray We haye erred and ftrayed like Ioft {heep Common Prayer I will not lag behind The way, thou leading nor er 3. To deviate from any purpofe But errs not nature fro this graciou Miiton end From burning funs when livid deaths defcend. Pope 4. T commit errours; to miftake It is a judgment maim'd and moft imperfect That will confefs perfection fo could err Againft all rules of nature Shakefpeare's Othello Do they not err that devife evil2 Prov, xiv. 22 Poffibly the man may err in his judgment of circumftances, and therefore let hi fear but becauf it is not certain he 1s miftaken, let him not defpair Taylor's Rule of living holy Nor has it only been the heat of erring perfon that has been thus mifchicyous, but fomesimes me of right judgment have too muc contributed t the breach Decay of Picty The miufes' friend, unto himfelf fevere With filent pity looks on all that err Waller. He who from the refle¢ted image of the fun i water would conclude of light and heat, could no err more grofly Cheyne E'RRABLE. adj. [from err. Liable to err liable to miftake E'RraBLENESS. 2. /. [from errable.] Liabienef to error liablenefs to miftake We may infer from the errablenc/s of our nature the reafonablenefs of compaffion to the feduced Decay of Piety E'RRAND. 7. /. [2nend, Saxon; arend, Danith.| A meflage; fomething to be tol or don b a meflenger a mandate commiffion It is generall only in familiar language Servants being commande ufe no to go, fhall ftand ftilf *tilt they have their errand warranted unto them But haft thou done thy errand to Baptifta Hocker --1 told him that your father wasin Venice. Shakef A quean! have I not foibid her my houfe Sh comes of errands does fhe Shakefpeare When he came, behold the captains of the hof were fitting, and he faid, I have an errand to thee O captain Kings From them I g This uncouth errand fole Milton's Paradife Loff His eyes That run thro® all the heav'ns, or down to th' earth Bear his fwift errands, over moift and dry O'er fea and land Milton's Paradife Loff Well thou do'ft to hide from common figh Thy clofe intrigues, too bad to bzar the light No doubt I, but the filver-footed "dame Tripping from fea, on fuch an errand came ErRA'NT adj [errans French. 1. Wandering cularly applie muc roving Dryd Latin errant rambling Parti to an order of knight celebrated in romartces, who rove about the world in fearch of adventures It was thought that there are juft feven planetsy ot ervan ftars i th it is now demonftrabl many more lowe orb of heaven bu unto fenfe, that there ar Brown's Vulgar Errours Chief of domeftick knights and errant Either for chartel or for warrant Hudibras 2. Vile;. abandoned; completely bad Se ARRANT Goo impertinence Thy company, ifI flept not very wel A-nights;, would make me an errant fool wit queitions Ben Sonfon's Catilizie 3. Deviating from a certain courfe Knots, by the conflux of meeting fap Infeét the found pine, and divert his grain Yortive and erranr, from. his courfe of growth E'RRANTRY . /[ [from errant. Shakefpeare I. An errant ftate; the condition of a wanderer After a fhort fpace of errantry upon the feas, h got fafe back to Dunkirk Addifon's Frecholder 2. Th employment of a knight errant ERRATA. ». /. [Latin. The faults o the printer inferted in the beginning o end of the book 1f he meet with faults, befides thofe that the errata take notice of, he will confider the weaknef of ths author's eyes Boyle Erra'Tick. adi. [erraticus, Latin. 1, Wandering; tncertain; keeping no certain order; holding no eftablithed courfe The earth and each erratick world Around the fun their proper centre whirl'd Compofe but one extended vaft machine 2 Eence nam'd erratick |