Definition of erect

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Erect (a.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc..

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Camp :: Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc..
Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Erect :: Erect (a.) Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect..
Erecting :: Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erec.
Right :: Right (a.) Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone..
Prick-eared :: Prick-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs..
Erector :: Erector (n.) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted..
Roebuck :: Roebuck (n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds..
League :: League (n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Pueblo :: Pueblo (n.) A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region..
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
Velvet :: Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back..
Redoubt :: Redoubt (n.) A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, -- used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory..
Priapism :: Priapism (n.) More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis, with or without sexual desire..
Hoopoo :: Hoopoo (n.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached..
Erecto-patent :: Erecto-patent (a.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Air-built :: Air-built (a.) Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle..
Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..
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