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||Erf (?), n.; pl. Erven (#). [D.] A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [Cape Colony]
Erg (?), n. [Gr. &?; work.] (Physics) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.
Er"gat (?), v. t. [L. ergo therefore.] To deduce logically, as conclusions. [Obs.] Hewyt.
||Er"go (?), conj. or adv. [L.] Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way. Shak.
Er"got (?), n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.] 1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.