Hypertext Webster Gateway: "erection"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Erection \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf. F. ['e]rection.]
1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of
constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting
together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding
or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the
act of rousing to excitement or courage.

2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established,
or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.

Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws
up. --Sidney

3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

4. Anything erected; a building of any kind.

5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which, from having been
soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of
blood in the erectile tissue.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

erection
n 1: an erect penis [syn: {hard-on}]
2: a structure that has been erected
3: the act of building or putting up [syn: {erecting}]


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