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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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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.Ĕl'ze-vir, a. p. 438Published or introduced by the Elzevir family; — said of books or editions, especially of the classics, published by them at Amsterdam and Leyden, from about 1583 to 1680, and highly prized for their…'Ĕm p. 438An obsolete or colloquial contraction of them.Ĕm, n. p. 438(Print.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure and estimate the amount of printed matter on a page.Ĕm p. 438A prefix. See En.E-măç'er-āte, v. t. & i. p. 438To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.E-măç'er-ā'tion, n. p. 438Emaciation. [Obs.] Bullokar.E-mā'ci-āte, v. i. p. 438To lose flesh gradually; to become lean by pining with sorrow, or by loss of appetite, or other cause; to waste away in flesh. He emaciated and pined away in the too anxious inquiry. Browne.E-mā'ci-āte, v. t. p. 438To cause to lose flesh gradually; to waste the flesh and reduce to leanness.E-mā'ci-ate, a. p. 438Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” Warton.E-mā'ci-ā'tion, n. p. 438The condition of becoming lean or thin in flesh. 2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to leanness. “Marked by the emaciation of abstinence.” W. Scott.E-măc'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 438To free from spots; to cleanse. [Obs.] Hales.E-măc'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 438The act or operation of freeing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.Ĕm'a-nant, a. p. 438Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; — said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.Ĕm'a-nāte, v. i. p. 438To issue forth from a source; to flow out from constantly and by a necessary activity; as, fragrance emanates from flowers. 2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise; to…Ĕm'a-nate, a. p. 438Issuing forth; emanant. [Rare.]Ĕm'a-nā'tion, n. p. 438The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain-head or origin. 2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any source, substance, or body; a necessarily and constantly flowing efflux; effluvium…Ĕm'a-nā'tĭve, a. p. 438Issuing forth. “Emanative effects.” Glanville.Ĕm'a-na-to-ry, a. p. 438Issuing forth; emanative. More.