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ELI'SOR, n. s as z. In law, a sheriff's substitute for returning a jury. When th...
ELIX'ATE, v.t. [L. elixo.] To extract by boiling.
ELIXA'TION, n. [L. elixus, from elixio, to boil, to moisten or macerate, from li...
ELIX'IR, n. 1. In medicine, a compound tincture, extracted from two or more ingr...
ELK, n. [L. alce, alces.] A quadruped of the Cervine genus, with palmated horns,...
ELK-NUT, n. A plant, the Hamiltonia, called also oil-nut.
ELL, n. [L. ulna.] A measure of different lengths in different countries, used c...
ELLIPSE, n. ellips'. An ellipsis.
ELLIP'SIS, n. [Gr. an omission or defect, to leave or pass by.] 1. In geometry, ...
ELLIPS'OID, n. [ellipsis and Gr. form.] In conics, a solid or figure formed by t...
ELLIPSOID'AL, a. Pertaining to an ellipsoid; having the form of an ellipsoid.
ELLIP'TIC ELLIP'TICAL, a. Pertaining to an ellipsis; having the form of an ellip...
ELLIPTICALLY, adv. According to the figure called an ellipsis. 1. Defectively.
ELM, n. [L. ulmus.] A tree of the genus Ulmus. The common elm is one of the larg...
ELM'Y, a. Abounding with elms.
ELOCA'TION, n. [L. eloco.] A removal from the usual place of residence. 1. Depar...