2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erection \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf F. ['e]rection.]
1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of
constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting
together the parts of as a machine; the act of founding
or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also the
act of rousing to excitement or courage.
2. The state of being erected, lifted up built, established,
or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws
up --Sidney
3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
4. Anything erected; a building of any kind
5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which from having been
soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of
blood in the erectile tissue.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
erection
n 1: an erect penis [syn: {hard-on}]
2: a structure that has been erected
3: the act of building or putting up [syn: {erecting}]
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