Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Elaborate

E‐lab″o‐rate (?), a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; e...

731

Elaborate (2)

E‐lab″o‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Elaborated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Elaborating (?).] 1. To produce with laborThey in full joy elaborate a sigh, Young.2. To perfect with painsta...

732

Elaboration

E‐lab′o‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. elaboratio: cf. F. élaboration.] 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.2. (Phys...

733

Elaborative

E‐lab″o‐ra‐tive (?), a. Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details.Elaborative faculty(Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerni...

734

Elaborator

E‐lab″o‐ra′tor (?), n. One who, or that which, elaborates.

735

Elaboratory

E‐lab″o‐ra‐to‐ry (?), a. Tending to elaborate.

736

Elaboratory (2)

E‐lab″o‐ra‐to‐ry, n. A laboratory.

737

Elæagnus

‖E′læ‐ag″nus (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

738

Elæis

‖E‐læ″is (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of palms.☞ Elæis Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. Th...

739

Elæolite

E‐læ″o‐lite (?), n. [Gr. � olive oil, oil + -lite.] (Min.) A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.Elæolite syenite, a kind of syeni...

740

Elæoptene

E′læ‐op″tene (?), n.(Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also elaoptene.]

741

Elaidate

E‐la″i‐date (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of elaidic acid.

742

Elaidic

E′la‐id″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. élaïdique. See Elaine.] Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.Elaidic acid(Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the acti...

743

Elaidin

E‐la″i‐din (?), n. [Cf. F. élaïdine.] (Chem.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

744

Elaine

{ E‐la″ine (?), orE‐la″in }, n. [Gr. � olive oil, oil, from � the olive tree: cf. F. élaïne.] (Chem.) Same as Olein.

745

Elaiodic

E′lai‐od″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid.

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Elaiometer

E′lai‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � olive oil, oil + -meter.] (Chem.) An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of puri...

747

Elamite

E″lam‐ite (?), n. A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

748

Elamping

E‐lamp″ing (?), a. [See Lamp.] Shining. G. Fletcher.

749

Élan

‖É′lan″ (?), n. [F., fr. élancer to dart.] Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

750

Elance

E‐lance″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Elanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Elancing (?).] [F. élancer, OF. eslancier; pref. es- (L. ex) + F. lancer to dart, throw, fr. lance.] To throw as a l...

751

Eland

E″land (?), n. [D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. oléne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk.] 1. (Zoöl.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas ...

752

Elanet

E‐la″net (?), n.(Zoöl.) A kite of the genus Elanus.

753

Elaolite

E‐la″o‐lite (?), n.(Min.) See Elæolite.

754

Elaoptene

E′la‐op″tene (?), n.(Chem.) See Elæoptene.

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Elaphine

El″a‐phine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.

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Elaphure

El″a‐phure (?), n.(Zoöl.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.