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 Grand erable. The great Maple (erroniously) called the Sycomore tree.

Eraige: m. An ayrie of Hawkes; or, as Herage; whence;  En est il encore de l'eraige? ''What? is there yet more left of the kind of them?''

Eraigne. as Eraige. ¶Rab. Eraillé. as Esraillé. Erailler. Seeke Esrailler. Erain. as Airain. Brasse.

Eramme: m. A fine, or amerciament set on a parties head for want of due apparance.

Eraser. Looke Escraser. Erater. To vnmilt, or take the milt out of.

Erbergé: m. ée: f. Lodged, harboured.

Erberger. To lodge, to harbor.

Erchat. as Archat. Yellow wire made of Latten, or Copper.

Erculisse: f. Liccorice.

Erectif: m. iue: f. Erectiue; raising, aduancing, lifting vp, making to stand, setting bolt vpright.

Eremodicié: m. ée: f. Forsaken, desert, solitarie, forlorne.  Cause eremodiciée. A matter thats giuen ouer for desperate.

Ereole: m. A small weight of two graines.

Ergalie: f. The framing, and disposition of vessels, and furnaces for Extractions, &c.

Ergastule: m. A Prison, or House of Correction (as our Bridewell) for dissolute, and idle persons.

Ergate: m. A Windlesse, Windbeame, or Draw-beame; also, a Racke for a Crosse-bow.

Ergot: m. The spurre of a Cocke; the deaw-claw of a dog; the heele, or tallon of a Hog.  Estre sur ses ergots. To be verie statelie, loftie, surlie; to stand on tearmes, or on his Pantofles.  Plein d'ergots. (as if it were, Ergo) full of conclusions; quiddities, cauilling.  Fendre l'ergot. To runne away.

Ergoté: m. ée: f. Spurred, or hauing spurres; deaw-clawed; armed, or furnished with spurres, or deaw-clawes.

Ergoter. To rise on his toes, or stand vpon his tip-toes; also, to wrangle, debate, cauill, contend.

Ergoteure: f. as Ergoture. Ergotique: com. Sophisticall, cauilling, full of conclusions, or quiddities.

Ergotisme: m. Arguing, cauilling, sophistrie, quiddities.

Ergotiste: m. A wrangling arguer, a cauilling sophister.

Ergoture: f. as Ergot; also, an arming, or furnishing, with spurres, or deaw-clawes; also, as Ergotisme. Erigé: m. ée: f. Erected, raised, aduaunced, lift or set vp; also, created.

Eriger. To raise, erect, aduaunce, lift, or set vp.  Eriger en Duc, ou Conte. To create a Duke, or Earle.

Erigoteures. The spurres of a Cocke; the deaw-clawes of a dog, &c; Seeke Ergoture. Ermaire. as Armaire. Erme. Terres ermes. That ly wast, desart, and vntilled.

Ermine. The (hate-spot) Ermeline; also, the skin, or furre thereof; Ermines.

Erminé: m. ée: f. Furred with Ermines; poudered Ermines.

Erminer. To furre with Ermines.

Erminette. A little planing Ax.

Ermitage: m. An Hermitage.

Ermite: m. An Hermite; one that liueth alone in a desart. Erné: m. ée: f. as Esrené. Erner. To breake, or bruise, the reynes; to crush, or weaken, the backe.

Erodé: m. ée: f. Gnawne off, or about; eaten into.

Eroder. To gnaw off, or about; to eat into; also, to driue from field to field, from hill to hill.

Erogene. A certaine loue-procuring hearbe.

Eron. as Heron. A Herneshawe.

Erosion. A gnawing, or eating into.

Erraillé: m. ée: f. Spred wide open, set farre asunder.  Oeil erraillé. A staring eye.

Errailler. To spread wide open, set farre asunder; (and hence) also, to stare with the eyes; to shale with the feet; to straddle with the legs, or thighes.

Erramme. A fine, or amerciament set on a plaintifs, or defendants head, for not appearing.

Erramment. Quickly, presently, out of hand; nimbly, readily; also, at randome.  Ferir erramment. To strike among the thickest, one knowes not whom.

Errandonner. To fly away at randome, or he cares not which way, so he may be gone; (an old word.)

Errant. Errant, wandering, vncertaine, rouing, roaming, straying, vagabond, stragling.

Erraté: m. ée: f. Vnmilted; (& thereby) nimble, or light.

Errater. To take out a mans milt, thereby to make him the nimbler.

Erratique. as Errant. Fiebvres erratiques. Agues whose fits hold no certain time of returne.

Erre: f. A way, path; course, or pace.  Erres. In the (plurall) number; as Erre; also, the view, or footing of a Deere.  Erre de chasserie. All the furniture, prouision, and equipage of hunting; as dogs, &c; and hence;  Prendre erre de chasserie. To prepare, or get, himselfe to hunting; to begin to hunt.  Erre de la mer. The floating, or wauing of the sea; the course of tydes.  Grand erre. Swiftly, fastly, speedily, quickly, hastily, with noteable diligence, with great celeritie; whence;  Aller grand erre, ou, à grand erre, ou grand erres. To speed, make hast, by apace, goe very fast.  Limier de hautes erres, & bonnes. A fleet, or speedie hound.  Poursuyvre ses erres. To pursue his first argument; or, to continue the subiect he began with.  Reprendre ses erres. To returne vnto the way, or subiect from which he was diuerted; to come to his way, or matter againe.

Erré: m. ée: f. Erred, strayed, wandered, roued, roamed; mistaken, missed, fayled; offended, transgressed.

Errement. as Arrement; also, a path, step, tract, or way.

Errementer. C'est (au stil du païs de Normandie) prendre expedition, & proceder en la cause avec sa partie adverse. ¶Ragueau.

Errer. To erre; stray; wander; misse, fayle, mistake; also, to transgresse, offend, be faultie.  Qui ne parle n'erre: Prov. He that speaks not, erres not (in speech.)

Erres. de erres. Much, or verie much; (an old word.)

Erreur: f. An error, ouersight, ouerslip, mistaking; an ignorance, or false opinion; a wandering, or straying out of the right way; also, a misse, fault, offence, transgression; In Law, an Error (not as ours, in proces or pleading, but) in an Arrest, or Iudgement; and that two wayes;