Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-RODE'
E-RODE', v.t. [L. erodo; e and rodo, to gnaw, Sp. roer, It. rodere, Ar. أَرَضَ eretsa, to gnaw. Class Rd, No. 35.]
To eat in or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. The blood, being too sharp or thin, erodes the vessels. Wiseman.
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