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Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.

Irregular; changeable. "Erratic fever." Harvey. Erratic blocks, gravel, etc. (Geol.), masses of stone which have been transported from their original resting places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes. -- Erratic phenomena, the phenomena which relate to transported materials on the earth's surface.…

Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman.

A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [Obs.] The rest of his journey, his error by sea. B. Jonson.

A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop. "So many jags or escalops." Ray.

To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain. By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. Shak. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8.

ch annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.

Regularly of the pulse.

Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.

e evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity. Campbell.

The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. I must excuse what can not be amended. Shak.

In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.

A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.

ething in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies. Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton.

A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.

yers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.

a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.