English Dictionary: elbow | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. Her arms to the elbows naked. --R. of Gloucester. 2. Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent. 3. (Arch.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. --Gwilt. Note: Elbow is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something shaped like, or acting like, an elbow; as, elbow joint; elbow tongs or elbow-tongs; elbowroom, elbow-room, or elbow room. {At the elbow}, very near; at hand. {Elbow grease}, energetic application of force in manual labor. [Low] {Elbow in the hawse} (Naut.), the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once. --Totten. {Elbow scissors} (Surg.), scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. --Knight. {Out at elbow}, with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elbow \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. [bd]Purseproud, elbowing Insolence.[b8] --Grainger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elbow \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 [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. --Macaulay. {To elbow one's way}, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See {Crosier}.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also {ancon}, {ear}, {elbow}. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. Her arms to the elbows naked. --R. of Gloucester. 2. Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent. 3. (Arch.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. --Gwilt. Note: Elbow is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something shaped like, or acting like, an elbow; as, elbow joint; elbow tongs or elbow-tongs; elbowroom, elbow-room, or elbow room. {At the elbow}, very near; at hand. {Elbow grease}, energetic application of force in manual labor. [Low] {Elbow in the hawse} (Naut.), the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once. --Totten. {Elbow scissors} (Surg.), scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. --Knight. {Out at elbow}, with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elbow \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. [bd]Purseproud, elbowing Insolence.[b8] --Grainger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elbow \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 [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. --Macaulay. {To elbow one's way}, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See {Crosier}.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also {ancon}, {ear}, {elbow}. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elves \Elves\, n.; pl. of {Elf}. Elvish \Elv"ish\, a. 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See {Elfish}. He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer. 2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elf \Elf\ ([ecr]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([ecr]lvz). [AS. [91]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [amac]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [rsdot]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.] 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak. 2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. {Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf shot}. {Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See {Changeling}. {Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer. {Elf owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of Southern California and Arizona. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elf \Elf\, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. Elf all my hair in knots. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alewife \Ale"wife`\, n.; pl. {Alewives}. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, [bd]Phil Trans.[b8] No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's [bd]Memoirs,[b8] vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo[94]l.) A North American fish ({Clupea vernalis}) of the Herring family. It is called also {ellwife}, {ellwhop}, {branch herring}. The name is locally applied to other related species. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alewife \Ale"wife`\, n.; pl. {Alewives}. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, [bd]Phil Trans.[b8] No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's [bd]Memoirs,[b8] vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo[94]l.) A North American fish ({Clupea vernalis}) of the Herring family. It is called also {ellwife}, {ellwhop}, {branch herring}. The name is locally applied to other related species. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elope \E*lope"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Eloped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eloping}.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See {Leap}, v. t.] To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elve \Elve\, n. An old form of Elf. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Elba, AL (city, FIPS 23296) Location: 31.41715 N, 86.07518 W Population (1990): 4011 (1755 housing units) Area: 39.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36323 Elba, ID Zip code(s): 83326 Elba, MN (city, FIPS 18386) Location: 44.08707 N, 92.01730 W Population (1990): 220 (80 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Elba, NE (village, FIPS 14555) Location: 41.28442 N, 98.56906 W Population (1990): 196 (91 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68835 Elba, NY (village, FIPS 23745) Location: 43.07515 N, 78.18885 W Population (1990): 703 (257 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14058 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Elbe, WA Zip code(s): 98330 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Eleva, WI (village, FIPS 23175) Location: 44.57639 N, 91.47031 W Population (1990): 491 (209 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54738 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ELF Binary format used by System V Release 4 Unix. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ELP 1. English Language Programs. Language for testing avionics equipment, on Varian 620/i. "Multiband Automatic test Equipment - A Computer Controlled Checkout System", T. Kuroda et al, Proc SJCC, 38 (1971). 2. Equational Logic Programming. A semantically pure, fully {lazy} language by M.J. O'Donnell Current version: 4.2. {Sun and DEC versions (ftp://gargoyle.uchicago.edu/pub/equations/eq4.2.tar.Z)}. ["Equational Logic as a Programming Language", M.J. O'Donnell, MIT Press 1985]. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Eliab to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut. 11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9; 2:7). (3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1 Sam. 16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath (1 Sam. 17:28). (4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:9). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eleph, learning | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eliab, God is my father; God is the father | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Eliahba, my God the Father |