(n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) 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. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has   become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile   tissue. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built,   established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.