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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ēke, v. t. p. 432To increase; to enlarge; to lengthen; to extend. “To eke my pain.” Spenser. 2. To add or supply what is deficient or scanty, by addition or substitution; to enlarge; to lengthen; to…Ēke, adv. p. 432In addition; also; likewise. ’Twill be prodigious hard to prove That this is eke the throne of love. Prior.Ēke, n. p. 432Something added to another. [Rare.] “Clumsy ekes that may well be spared.” Geddes.Ěk'/e-bĕr'/gîte, n. p. 432(Min.) A massive and somewhat fibrous variety of scapolite. Dana.Ē'-lā, n. p. 432Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any hyperbolical or extravagant saying. Moore.E-lăb'o-rāte, v. t. p. 432To produce with labor. They in full joy elaborate a sigh. Young. 2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine by successive operations of nature or art; as, to elaborate a painting or a…E-lăb’o-rate, a. p. 432Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance. Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.…Ē-lăb'/o-rate-ly, adv. p. 432With great labor or study; with nice regard to exactness.E-lāb'o-rate-ness, n. p. 432The quality of being elaborate or wrought with great labor.E-lăb’/o-rā’tĭon, n. p. 432The act or process of producing or refining with labor; the state of being so produced; refinement. 2. (Physiol.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in…E-lăb'o-ra-tĭve, a. p. 432Serving or tending to elaborate; working out by successive processes and with care; constructing with labor and minute attention to details; developing and carefully finishing step by step.…E-lăb'o-rā'tor, n. p. 432One who elaborates.E-lăb'o-ra-to-ry, a. p. 432Tending to elaborate. [Rare.]E-lăb'o-ra-to-ry, n. p. 432A laboratory. [Obs.] He showed us divers rare plants, caves, and an elaboratory. Evelyn.E-læ'is, n. p. 432(Bot.) A genus of palms, including the oil-palm.E-læ'o-eăr'pus, n. p. 432[Gr. ἐλαία, olive-tree, and καρπός, fruit. (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, the fruit-stones of which are sometimes used for making necklaces.E-læ'o-dēn'dron, n. p. 432(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the olive and certain other trees producing a fruit resembling that of the olive.E-læ'o-lite, n. p. 432(Min.) A variety of nepheline, presenting a greasy luster, and gray, grayish green, bluish, and reddish shades of color. Dana.E-lā'i-dāte, n. p. 432(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of elaidic acid with a base.Ē'la-īd'ic, a. p. 432Pertaining to, or derived from, oleic acid, or elaine.Elaidic acid p. 432a fatty acid obtained from oleic acid, by adding nitrous or hyponitrous acid. Gregory.E-lā'i-dīne, n. p. 432(Chem.) A fatty substance produced by the action of nitric acid upon certain oils, especially castor-oil.E-lāĭne, n. p. 432The liquid principle of oils and fats.Ē'lai-ōd'ic, a. p. 432— (Chem.) Derived from castor-oil; as, elaiodic acid.Ē'lāi-ōm'e-ter, n. p. 432An instrument for detecting the adulteration of olive-oil.Ē'lam-īte, n. p. 432A dweller in Elam, or ancient Persia.E-lāmp'ing, a. p. 432Shining. [Obs.]E-lănçe', v. t. p. 432To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [Rare.] While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.Ē'land, n. p. 432(Zoöl.) A species of antelope in South Africa (Oreas canna), called also Cape-elk, much prized for its flesh. Baird.E-lā'nus, n. p. 432(Ornith.) A genus of birds of the kite kind, including the swallow-tailed hawk.E-lā'o-līte, n. p. 432(Min.) The same as ELEOLITE.Ēl'a-ōp'ten, n. p. 432(Chem.) The liquid portion of a volatile oil.E-lā'phi-ē, n. p. 432(Zoöl.) A family of ruminant quadrupeds, including the musk-deer, stag, and giraffe.Ēl'a-phīne, a. p. 432(Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the stag.E-lăp′i-dā′tion, n. p. 432A clearing away of stones. [Rare.]E-lăpse', v. i. p. 432To slide, slip, or glide by; to pass away silently, as time; — used chiefly in reference to time. Eight days elapsed, at length a pilgrim came. HooleE-lăp'sion, n. p. 433The act of elapsing. [Rare.]E-lā’que-āte, v. t. p. 433To disentangle. [Rare.]E-lās'tic, a. p. 433Springing back; having power to return to the form from which it is bent, extended, pressed, or distorted; having the inherent property of recovering its former figure, after any external pressure…E-lās'ti-cal, a. p. 433Elastic; springy. [Obs.] “Elastical power.” Bentley.E-lās'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 433In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.Ĕ-las-tĭc'i-ty, n. p. 433The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; rebound…E-lās'tie-ness, n. p. 433The quality of being elastic; elasticity.E-lāte', a. p. 433Lifted up; raised; elevated. “With upper lip elate.” Fenton. And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress. Sir W. Jones. 2. Having the spirits raised…E-lāte', v. t. p. 433To raise; to exalt. [Rare.] “By the potent sun elated high.” Thomson. 2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.…E-lāt'ed-ly, adv. p. 433With elation.E-lāt'ed-ness, n. p. 433The state of being elated; elation.E-lā'ter, n. p. 433One who, or that which, elates.El'a-ter, n. p. 433(Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. Henslow. 2. (Zoöl.) A kind of beetle that has the power of giving a sudden leap, by a quick movement of the…El'a-tē'r-i-dæ, n. pl. p. 433(Zoöl.) A family of coleopterous insects, having the power of making a sudden leap; spring-beetles.E-lăt’er-ine, n. p. 433(Chem.) The active principle of elaterium. It is very bitter and a violent purgative.E-lăt’er-ite, n. p. 433(Min.) An elastic mineral resin, of a blackish-brown color, subtranslucent, and occurring in soft, flexible masses; — called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen. Dana.Ĕl'a-tĕr'ī-ŭm, n. p. 433A cathartic substance deposited from the very acrid juice of the Momordica elaterium, or wild cucumber. Brande.Ĕl'a-tĕr'y, n. p. 433Acting force or elasticity; as, the elatery of the air. [Obs.] Ray.Ĕl’a-tīne, n. p. 433(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants; water-pepper; water-wort.E-lā'tion, n. p. 433An inflation or elevation of mind, self-esteem, vanity, or pride, resulting from success. “Vain elation of mind.” Atterbury.Ēl'bōw, n. p. 433The outer angle made by the bend of the arm; the joint connecting the arm and fore-arm. “Her arms to the elbows naked.” R. Gloucester. 2. Any flexure or angle, especially if obtuse, as of a wall…Ĕl'bōw, v. t. p. 433To push with the elbow, as when one passes another or pushes by him. He'll elbow out his neighbors. Dryden.Ĕl'bōw, v. i. p. 433To jut into an angle; to project; to bend. 2. To push rudely along; to jostle. “Purse-proud, elbowing insolence.” Grainger.El'bōw-châir, n. p. 433A chair with arms to support the elbows; an arm-chair.