Elaterometer
El′a‐ter‐om″e‐ter (?), n. Same as Elatrometer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Elatery
El″a‐ter‐y (?), n. [See 2d Elater.] Acting force; elasticity. Ray.
Elation
E‐la″tion (?), n. [L. elatio. See Elate.] A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. “Felt the elation of triumph.” Sir W. Scott.
Elative
E‐la″tive (?), a.(Gram.) Raised; lifted up; — a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding t...
Elatrometer
El′a‐trom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � a driver + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump. [Spelt also e...
Elayl
E‐la″yl (?), n. [Gr. � olive oil, oil + yl.] (Chem.) Olefiant gas or ethylene; — so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] S...
Elbow
El″bow (?), n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. �lnbogi; prop.; arm-bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See...
Elbow (2)
El″bow, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Elbowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Elbowing.] To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.They would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Ex...
Elbow (3)
El″bow (?), v. i. 1. To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.2. To push rudely along; to elbow one's way. “Purseproud, elbowing Insolence.” Grai...
Elbowboard
El″bow‐board′ (?), n. The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.
Elbowchair
El″bow‐chair′ (?), n. A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair. Addison.
Elbowroom
El″bow‐room′ (?), n. Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope. “My soul hath elbowroom.” Shak.Then came a stretch of grass and a littl...
Elcaja
El‐ca″ja (?), n.(Bot.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.
Elcesaite
El‐ce″sa‐ite (?), n. [From Elcesai, the leader of the sect.] (Eccl.) One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.
Eld
Eld (?), a. [AS. eald.] Old. Chaucer.
Eld (2)
Eld, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.] 1. Age; esp., old age.As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. Chaucer.Great Nature, ever young, yet fu...
Eld (3)
Eld, v. i. To age; to grow old.
Eld (4)
Eld, v. t. To make old or ancient.Time, that eldeth all things. Rom. of R.
Elder
Eld″er (?), a. [AS. yldra, compar. of eald old. See Old.] 1. Older; more aged, or existing longer.Let the elder men among us emulate their own earlier deeds. Jowett (Thucyd.)2. ...
Elder (2)
Eld″er, n. [AS. ealdor an elder, prince, fr. eald old. See Old, and cf. Elder, a., Alderman.] 1. One who is older; a superior in age; a senior. 1 Tim. v. 1.2. An aged person; on...
Elder (3)
El″der (?), n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) ...
Elderberry
El″der‐ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid...
Elderish
Eld″er‐ish (?), a. Somewhat old; elderly.
Elderly
Eld″er‐ly, a. Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
Eldern
El″dern (?), a. Made of elder.He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. Marston.
Eldership
Eld″er‐ship (?), n. 1. The state of being older; seniority. “Paternity an eldership.” Sir W. Raleigh.2. Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.
Elderwort
El″der‐wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) Danewort.