Erf
acronym
electrorheological fluid: a man-made liquid that thickens or solidifies when an electric current passes through it and returns to a liquid when the current ceases
Erf
1 British
/ ɜːf /
acronym
erf
2
British
/ ɜːf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of erf
Afrikaans
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Used also as a comprehensive sign for all or any of the extant Anglo-Saxon glosses or glossaries: Cp, Ep, Erf, GPH, HGl, KGl, Ln, OEG, WW etc.
From A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall
Erf, erf, n. a garden-plot in South Africa.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
If these aren't effective or practical, then you might have to find the most compassionate and respectful way to ask him to grow the erf up.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2021
They have a total daily circulation erf 3,350,411, and a Sunday circulation of 4,084,394.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arya slept in a shallow niche in the cavernous vaults beneath the Wailing Tower, on a bed erf straw.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
He always slept better with the great white wolf beside him,- there was comfort in the smell erf him, and welcome warmth in that shaggy pale fur.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
There on the deck of the next ship, across a widening gulf erf Uadi water, stood Ser Mandon Moore, a hand extended.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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