erose

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The fourth glume is narrow, ciliate, nerveless or rarely 1-nerved, erose or bifid at the top.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

In some grasses it is a distinct membrane narrow or broad, with an even, truncate or erose margin, or finely ciliate.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

These lawyers, six and four,   Was a livin at their ease, A sendin of their writs abowt,   And droring in the fees, When their erose a cirkimstance   As is like to make a breeze.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

The first glume is very short less than 1/5 inch, broadly oblong, nerveless, hyaline, broadly truncate and erose at the apex.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

These lawyers, six and four, Was a livin at their ease, A sendin of their writs abowt, And droring in the fees, When their erose a cirkimstance As is like to make a breeze.

From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace