Ermine

er'min, n. An animal allied to the weasel, inhabiting northern Europe and America, and having the fur white in winter, but the tip of the tail intensely black throughout the year; the fur of the ermine; the dignity of judges, whose state robes, lined with ermine, are emblematic of pu- Ermine, rity. (Her.) One of the furs used in blazonry, represented by spots shaped as in the cut. [OF. "Sp. armino. It. ermellino, K ^ LL. armdinus, fr. OHG. harmin, ermine-fir. harmo, an ermine.] Erode, e-rod', v To eat into or away; to corrode. [L. erodere, -ro- — sum, e and rodere, to gnaw.] Ero's ion, -zhun, n. Act or operation of. or state of being, etc. corrosion; canker. Erotic, e-rofik, -ical, a. Pert, to, or prompted by, love; amatory. [Gr. Ermine. erotikos, fr. eros, love.] Erpetology. See Herpetology. Err, er, [erred (erd), erring (er'ring).] To wander from the right way; to mistake in judgment or opinion: to fail morally. [O F. errer, L. errare, -atum, OHG. irreon, MHG. and G. irren, to wander; Goth, airz-jan, OHG. irran, for irrjan, to make to err, OHG. irri, G. irre, astray Skr. to go.] —