ELIMINATING
ELIM'INATING, participle present tense Expelling; discharging; throwing off.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ELIMINATION
ELIMINA'TION, noun The act of expelling or throwing off; the act of discharging, or secreting by the pores.
ELIQUATION
ELIQUA'TION, noun [Latin eliquo, to melt; e and liquo.]In chimistry, the operation by which a more fusible substance is separated from one that is less so, by means of a degree ...
ELISION
ELI'SION, noun s as z. [Latin elisio, from elido, to strike off; e and loedo.]1. In grammar, the cutting off or suppression of a vowel at the end of a word, for the sake of soun...
ELISOR
ELI'SOR, noun s as z. In law, a sheriff's substitute for returning a jury. When the sheriff is not an indifferent person, as when he is a party to a suit, or related by blood or...
ELIXATE
ELIX'ATE, verb transitive [Latin elixo.] To extract by boiling.
ELIXATION
ELIXA'TION, noun [Latin elixus, from elixio, to boil, to moisten or macerate, from lixo, lix.]1. The act of boiling or stewing; also, concoction in the stomach; digestion.2. In ...
ELIXIR
ELIX'IR, noun1. In medicine, a compound tincture, extracted from two or more ingredients. A tincture is drawn from one ingredient; an elixir from several. But tincture is also a...
ELK
ELK, noun [Latin alce, alces.] A quadruped of the Cervine genus, with palmated horns, and a fleshy protuberance on the throat. The neck is short, with a short, thick, upright ma...
ELK-NUT
ELK-NUT, noun A plant, the Hamiltonia, called also oil-nut.
ELL
ELL, noun [Latin ulna.] A measure of different lengths in different countries, used chiefly for measuring cloth. The ells chiefly used in Great Britain are the English and Flemi...
ELLIPSE
ELLIPSE, noun ellips'. An ellipsis.
ELLIPSIS
ELLIP'SIS, noun [Gr. an omission or defect, to leave or pass by.]1. In geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone, by a plane cutting both sides of it, but no...
ELLIPSOID
ELLIPS'OID, noun [ellipsis and Gr. form.] In conics, a solid or figure formed by the revolution of an ellipse about its axis; an elliptic conoid; a spheroid.
ELLIPSOIDAL
ELLIPSOID'AL, adjective Pertaining to an ellipsoid; having the form of an ellipsoid.
ELLIPTIC
ELLIP'TICELLIP'TICAL, adjective Pertaining to an ellipsis; having the form of an ellipse; oval.The plants move in elliptical orbits, having the sun in one focus, and by a radius...
ELLIPTICALLY
ELLIPTICALLY, adverb According to the figure called an ellipsis.1. Defectively.
ELM
ELM, noun [Latin ulmus.] A tree of the genus Ulmus. The common elm is one of the largest and most majestic trees of the forest, and is cultivated for shade and ornament. Another...
ELMY
ELM'Y, adjective Abounding with elms.
ELOCATION
ELOCA'TION, noun [Latin eloco.] A removal from the usual place of residence.1. Departure from the usual method; an ecstasy.
ELOCUTION
ELOCU'TION, noun [Latin elocutio, from eloquor; e and loquor, to speak.]1. Pronunciation; the utterance or delivery of words, particularly in public discourses and arguments. We...
ELOCUTIVE
ELOCU'TIVE, adjective Having the power of eloquent speaking.
ELOGIST
EL'OGIST, noun An eulogist. [Not used.]
ELOGIUM
ELO'GIUM, noun [Latin elogium See Eulogy.]The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric. [But we generally use eulogy.]
ELOGY
EL'OGYELOIN', verb transitive1. To separate and remove to a distance.2. To convey to a distance, and withhold from sight.The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloi...
ELOIN
ELOIN', v.t.1. To separate and remove to a distance.2. To convey to a distance, and withhold from sight.The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloined.
ELOINATE
ELOIN'ATE, verb transitive To remove.