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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erode \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eroded \E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a.
1. Eaten away gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away
2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or
irregularly toothed.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
eroded
adj : worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: {scoured}]
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