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erection [i′rek·shən] (civil engineering) Positioning and fixing the frame of a structure. (physiology) The enlarged state of erectile tissue when engorged with blood, as of the penis or clitoris. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| All of these larger pi-pis--like that of the Hoolah Hoolah ground in the Typee valley--bore incontestible marks of great age; and I am disposed to believe that their erection may be ascribed to the same race of men who were the builders of the still more ancient remains I have just described. Continuing to represent the liberation of the serfs as impracticable, he arranged for the erection of large buildings- schools, hospitals, and asylums- on all the estates before the master arrived. Quite a number of men in the community also volunteered to give several days' work, each, toward the erection of the building. |
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