A horse equipped with saddle and furniture. … [Read more...] about EQUUS COOPERTUS
E
ERNES
In old English law. The loose scattered ears of corn that are left on the ground after the binding. … [Read more...] about ERNES
ERABILIS
A maple tree. Not to be confounded with arabilis, (arable land.) … [Read more...] about ERABILIS
EROSION
The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. Distinguished from submergence which is the disappearance of the soil under the water and the formation of a navigable body over it. … [Read more...] about EROSION
ERASTIANS
The followers of Erastus. The sect obtained much influence in England, particularly among common lawyers in the time of Selden. They held that offenses against religion and morality should be punished by the civil power, and not by the censures of the church or by excommunication. Wharton. … [Read more...] about ERASTIANS