s’éreinter, v.r., to break one’s back, to tire one’s self out, to be knocked up; to drudge, to toil and moil.

érémitique, adj., hermitical, eremitical.

érésipélateu-x, -se, adj., (med.) erysipelatous.

érésipèle, n.m., (med.) erysipelas, St. Anthony’s fire; (vet.) wild-fire.

éréthisme, n.m., (med.) erethismus.

ergastule, n.f., (Rom. antiq.) slaves’ prison.

ergo, conj., (log.) ergo; then, therefore. —-glu, —-gluc; (fam., jest.) ergo, nothing at all; and what then.

ergot, n.m., spur (of certain birds); (agri.) ergot, spur; (pharm.) ergota, horn-seed; (nav.) taggle; dew-claw (of a dog); (vet.) ergot. Monter sur ses —s; to ride the high horse. Être sur ses —s; to keep one’s distance; to be stand-offish. — de coq; cock’s-spur.

ergotage, n.m. V. ergoterie.

ergoté, -e, adj., spurred, having a dew-claw (of a dog). Un coq bien —; a well-spurred cock. Seigle —; spurred rye.