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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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E-loign'ment, n. p. 437Removal to a distance; distance. [Obs.]E-loin', v. t. p. 437The same as ELOIGN.E·loin'āte, v. t. p. 437The same as ELOIGNATE.E-loin'ment, n. p. 437The same as ELOIGNMENT.E-lōng', v. t. p. 437To elongate; to lengthen out. [Obs.] 2. To remove or put away from. [Obs.] “Elonged from thy right.” Wyatt.E-lōn'gate, a. p. 437Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf.E-lŏn′gāte, v. t. p. 437To lengthen; to extend; to stretch out; as, to elongate a line. 2. To remove further off; to eloign. [Obs.] Browne.E-lŏn'gāte, v. i. p. 437To depart; to recede; to move to a greater distance; particularly, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [Rare.]E-lon-gā'tion, n. p. 437The act of stretching or lengthening out, or the state of being lengthened out; protraction; extension. “Elongation of the fibers.” Arbuthnot. 2. That which lengthens out, or makes longer…E-lōpe', v. i. p. 437To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty;—said especially of a woman, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a lover. Love and elope, as…E-lōpe'ment, n. p. 437Private or unlicensed departure from the place or station to which one is bound by duty or law; as, the elopement of a wife from her husband, or of a daughter from her father's house, with a lover.E'lops, n. p. 437(Ichth.) A fish inhabiting the seas of America and the West Indies; the Elops saurus, or saury. 2. A certain kind of serpent. [Obs.] Milton.Ĕl'o-quence, n. p. 437The expression or utterance of strong emotion, in a manner adapted to excite correspondent emotions in others. It ordinarily implies elevated and forcible thought, well chosen language, an easy and…Ĕl'o-quent, a. p. 437Having the power of expressing strong emotions in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher. 2. Adapted to express strong emotion with fluency and power; as…Ĕl'o-quent-ly, adv. p. 437With eloquence; in an eloquent manner; in a manner to please, affect, and persuade.Ĕl'rich, a. p. 437See ELDRITCH.Ēlse, a. & pron. p. 437Other; one or something besides; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect any thing else? “Bastards and else.” Shak. This word always follows its noun.Ĕlse, adv. & conj. p. 437Beside; except that mentioned; as, nowhere else; no one else. 2. Otherwise; in the other case; if the facts were different; as, “Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it” (Ps. li. 16); that…Ĕlse'whêre, adv. p. 437In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. 2. In some other place; in other places indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.Ĕlse'wīse, adv. p. 437In a different manner; otherwise.Ĕl'sin, n. p. 437A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]E-lū'çi-dāte, v. t. p. 437To make clear or manifest; to explain; to remove obscurity from, and render intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.E-lū/çi-dā'tion, n. p. 437The act of explaining or throwing light on any obscure subject. 2. That which explains or throws light; explanation; exposition; illustration; as, one example may serve for an elucidation of the…E-lū'çi-dā'tive, a. p. 437Making clear, or tending to make clear.E-lū'çi-dā'tor, n. p. 437One who explains; an expositor.E-lū'çi-da-to-ry, a. p. 437Tending to elucidate. [Rare.]Ĕl'uc-tā'tion, n. p. 437The act of bursting forth; escape. [Obs.] “Freed by a . . . joyous eluctation.” Bp. Hall.E-lū'cu-brāte, v. i. p. 437To study, watch, or write diligently and continually, as it were by lamp-light, and far into the night. [Obs.] Blount.E-lū'cu-brā'tion, n. p. 437The same as LUCUBRATION. [Obs.] Evelyn.E-lūde', v. t. p. 437To avoid by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to evade; to baffle; as, to elude detection; to elude the force of an argument; to elude an officer; to elude a blow.…E-lūd'/i-ble, a. p. 437Capable of being eluded or escaped. Swift.E'lul, n. p. 437The twelfth month of the civil Jewish year, and the sixth of the ecclesiastical, corresponding nearly to the month of August.E-lūm′/bā-ted, a. p. 437Weakened or made lame in the loins. [Obs.] Bailey.E-lū'sion, n. p. 437An escape by artifice or deception; evasion.E-lū’sive, a. p. 437Tending to elude; using arts to escape; eluding. Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.E-lu'sive-ly, adv. p. 437With, or by, elusion.E-lū'so-ri-ness, n. p. 437The state of being elusory.E-lū'so-ry, a. p. 437Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful.E-lūte', v. t. p. 437To wash off; to cleanse. Arbuthnot.E-lū'tri-āte, v. t. p. 437To purify by washing and pouring off the foul matter with the water, allowing the heavier particles to remain; to cleanse; as, to elutriate a substance in the form of powder; to elutriate the blood…E-lū'tri-ā'tion, n. p. 437The act or process of elutriating; cleansing; purification.E-lŭx'āte, v. t. p. 437To dislocate, as a bone. [Rare.] See LUXATE.E-lux-ā'tion, n. p. 437The dislocation of a bone. [Rare.] See LUXATION.Ĕlv'an, a. p. 437Pertaining to elves; elvish. [Obs.]Ĕlv'an, a. p. 437(Cornish Mining.) Pertaining, or belonging, to certain broad granitic veins intersecting schistose rocks.Ēlv'an, n. p. 437The rock of an elvan vein intermediate between porphyry and granite; also, the vein itself; — called also elvan course. De la Beche.Ēlve, n. p. 437The same as ELF.Ĕlve'-lŏck, n. p. 437The same as ELF-LOCK.Ĕlv'er, n. p. 437A young eel; a young conger or sea-eel.Ĕlves, n. p. 437pl. of ELF.Ĕlv'ish, a. p. 437Pertaining to elves. See ELFISH. 2. Mischievous, as if done by elves; troublesome; vexatious.Elv'ish-ly, adv. p. 437In an elvish manner; in a way to tease or vex; mischievously; spitefully. She had been heard talking, and singing, and laughing most elvishly, with the invisibles of her own race. W. Scott.Ĕl'y-dŏr'ic, a. p. 438Pertaining to a species of painting, in which oil and water are so used as to add the freshness of water colors to the mellowness of oil painting. Elmes.E-ly̆s'i-an, a. p. 438Pertaining to Elysium, or the abode of the blessed after death; yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful. “Elysian shades.” Massinger. “Elysian age.” Beattie.E-ly̆s'i-ŭm, n. p. 438(Anc. Myth.) A dwelling-place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; hence, any delightful place. An Elysium more pure and bright than that of the Greeks. I. Taylor.E-ly̆t'ri-fôrm, a. p. 438In the form of a wing-sheath.Ĕl'y-trĭne, n. p. 438(Chem.) A substance obtained from, and forming the chief material of, the horny covering of insects.Ĕl'y-tro-çēle, n. p. 438(Med.) A tumor in the vagina; vaginal hernia.Ĕl'y-troid, a. p. 438(Anat.) Resembling a sheath. Hooper.Ĕl'y-trŏn or Ĕl'y-trŭm, n. p. 438(Entom.) One of the wing-sheaths which form the outer wings or covering in the tribe of beetles.