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Webster 1913 Edition
Erode
E-rode′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Eroded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eroding
.] 1.
To eat into or away; to corrode;
“The blood . . . erodes the vessels.” as, canker
. erodes
the fleshWiseman.
The smaller charge is more apt to . . .
erode
the gun. Am. Cyc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Erode
ERO'DE
,Verb.
T.
The blood, being too sharp or thin, erodes the vessels.