2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Standing partially spread and erect; — said of the wings of certain insects.
ERECTOR
E*rec"tor, n.
1. One who, or that which, erects.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A muscle which raises any part.
3. (Physics)
Defn: An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.
ERELONG
Ere`long", adv.
Defn: Before the ere long.
A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him. Spenser.
The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep. Milton.