Defn: Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.
ERODENT
E*rod"ent, n. Etym: [L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See
Erode.] (Med.)
Defn: A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.
EROGATE
Er"o*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Erogating.]
Etym: [L. erogatus, p. p. of erogare; e out + rogare to ask.]
Defn: To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend. [Obs.]
EROGATION
Er`o*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. erogatio.]
Defn: The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
EROS
E"ros, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Greek Myth.)
Defn: Love; the god of love; — by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.
EROSE
E*rose", a. Etym: [L. erosus, p. p. See Erode.]