n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + E. electrode. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'derm. ] (Zool.) The external covering of an Arthropod. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; joint + &unr_; a binding together. ] (Surg.) Surgical fixation of joints. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

imp. & p. p. of Bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin. ] A buskin or half-boot. [ Written also brodequin. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. cata + elecrode. ] (Physics) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Kinematics) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding. ] [ L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.

Syn. -- To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corrodens, p. pr. of corrodere. ] Corrosive. [ R. ] Bp. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything that corrodes. Bp. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Electro- + Gr. "odo`s way, path: cf. F. électrode.] (Elec.) a conducting object by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other non-metallic conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current. Electrodes may be specially designed or made of a special material for particular purposes, as for example silver electrodes used in electroplating. [1913 Webster +PJC]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding. ] [ L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent. ] 1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. “The blood . . . erodes the vessels.” Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.) (a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. (b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [ fig. ] [ PJC ]

p. p. & a. 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See Erode. ] (Med.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'eryqro`s red + E. dextrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wet, moist, and &unr_; to show. ] (Physics) A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An excursion. [ Obs. ] “Outrodes by the ways of Judea.” Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the side + &unr_; the neck. ] (Zool.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Rud. ] Redness; complexion. [ Obs. ] “His rode was red.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Ride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Rood, the cross. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See Rase, v. t., and cf. Rostrum. ] 1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Rodentia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rodent, a. ] (Zool.) An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The incisor teeth are long, curved, and strongly enameled on the outside, so as to keep a cutting edge. They have a persistent pulp and grow continuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ SP., a going round. ] A round-up. See Round-up. [ Western U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Scrod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sklhro`s hard + de`rma skin: cf. F. scléroderme. ] (a) (Zool.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish. (b) One of the Sclerodermata. (c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Med.) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The hard integument of Crustacea. (b) Sclerenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Zool.) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed. [ Written also escrod. ] [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Strude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Stride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode. [ 1913 Webster ]

archaic imp. of Tread. [ 1913 Webster ]

On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. trod, fr. tredan to tread. See Tread. ] Tread; footing. [ Written also troad. ][ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_; tail + &unr_; visible. ] (Zool.) An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Urodela. -- n. One of the Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. xhro`s dry + de`rma skin. ] (Med.) (a) Ichthyosis. (b) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin. [ 1913 Webster ]