{ Ern, Erne } (?), n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. örn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. &?; bird. √11. Cf. Ornithology.] (Zoöl.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).
Ern (?), v. i. [Cf. Erme.] To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.] [Obs.]
Er"nest (?), n. See Earnest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Er"nest*ful (?), a. [See Earnest, a.] Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
E*rode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.] To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." Wiseman.
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
Am. Cyc.
E*rod"ed, p. p. & a. 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.