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ELAB'ORATELY, adv. With great labor or study; with nice regard to exactness.
ELAB'ORATENESS, n. The quality of being elaborate or wrought with great labor.
ELAB'ORATING, ppr. Producing with labor; improving; refining by successive opera...
ELABORA'TION, n. Improvement or refinement by successive operations.
ELA'IN, n. [Gr. oily.] The oily or liquid principle of oils and fats.
ELAMP'ING, a. [See Lamp .] Shining. [Not in use.]
EL'ANCE, v.t. To throw or shoot; to hurl; to dart. While thy unerring hand elanc...
E'LAND, n. A species of heavy, clumsy antelope in Africa.
ELA'OLITE, n. [Gr. olive.] A mineral, called also fettstein [fat-stone.] from it...
ELAPSE, v.i. elaps'. [L. elapsus, from elabor,labor, to slide.] To slide away; t...
ELAPS'ED, pp. Slid or passed away, as time.
ELAPS'ING, ppr. Sliding away; gliding or passing away silently, as time.
ELAS'TIC ELAS'TICAL, a. [from the Gr. to impel, to drive.] Springing back; havin...
ELAS'TICALLY, adv. In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
ELASTIC'ITY, n. The inherent property in bodies by which they recover their form...
ELA'TE, a. [L. elatus.] Raised; elevated in mind; flushed, as with success. When...