elbowing
         n 1: jostling with the elbows; "elbowing is a foul in
               basketball"

English Dictionary: Elfmeterball	by the DICT Development Group
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elephant n five-toed pachyderm the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
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elephant bird n huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar [syn: elephant bird, aepyornis]
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elephant ear n any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries Synonym(s): alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear
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elephant seal n either of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks Synonym(s): elephant seal, sea elephant
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elephant tree n small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers Synonym(s): elephant tree, Bursera microphylla
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elephant yam n putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber Synonym(s): pungapung, telingo potato, elephant yam, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, Amorphophallus campanulatus
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elephant's ear n any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries Synonym(s): alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber Synonym(s): conacaste, elephant's ear, Enterolobium cyclocarpa
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elephant's-foot n South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark Synonym(s): elephant's-foot, tortoise plant, Hottentot bread vine, Hottentot's bread vine, Dioscorea elephantipes any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America
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elephant-tusk n annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak Synonym(s): common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, elephant-tusk, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica
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elephantiasis n hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
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elephantiasis neuromatosa n hypertrophy of a limb
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elephantiasis scroti n swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction Synonym(s): elephantiasis scroti, chyloderma
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Elephantidae n elephants Synonym(s): Elephantidae, family Elephantidae
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elephantine adj of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" Synonym(s): elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo
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Elephantopus n perennial American herb [syn: Elephantopus, {genus Elephantopus}]
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eleven adj being one more than ten Synonym(s): eleven, 11, xi n the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one [syn: eleven, 11, XI] a team that plays football Synonym(s): football team, eleven
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eleven-plus n (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school Synonym(s): eleven-plus, 11-plus
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eleven-sided adj having eleven sides
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eleventh adj coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position Synonym(s): eleventh, 11th n position 11 in a countable series of things
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eleventh cranial nerve n arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve Synonym(s): accessory nerve, spinal accessory, nervus accessorius, eleventh cranial nerve
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eleventh hour n the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" Synonym(s): eleventh hour, last minute
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elfin adj suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown Synonym(s): elfin, fey small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" Synonym(s): elfin, elflike relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance" usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" Synonym(s): elfin, elfish, elvish
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elopement n the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elaphine \El"a*phine\, a. [Gr. [?] stag.] (Zo[94]l.)       Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or       {Cervus elaphus}.
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Elapine \El"a*pine\, a. [See {Elaps}.] (Zo[94]l.)       Like or pertaining to the {Elapid[91]}, a family of poisonous       serpents, including the cobras. See {Ophidia}.
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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.
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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.
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Elephansy \El"e*phan*sy\, n. [L. elephantia.]       Elephantiasis. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Elephant \El"e*phant\, n. [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant,       F. [82]l[82]phant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr.       [?], [?]; of unknown origin; perh. fr. Skr. ibha, with the       Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr. Semitic Aleph hindi       Indian bull; or cf. Goth. ulbandus camel, AS. olfend.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two             living species, {Elephas Indicus} and {E. Africanus}, and             several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis             or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the             extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar             teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are             the largest land animals now existing.          2. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
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Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See {Shrew}, a.]       1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of             either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a             brawler; a scold.                         A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men]                      have prosperity, or else that good men have                      adversity.                                          --Chaucer.                         A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could                      be no quiet in the house for her.      --L'Estrange.          2. [AS. scre[a0]wa; -- so called because supposed to be             venomous. ] (Zo[94]l.) Any small insectivore of the genus             {Sorex} and several allied genera of the family             {Sorecid[91]}. In form and color they resemble mice, but             they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are             the smallest of all mammals.          Note: The common European species are the house shrew                ({Crocidura araneus}), and the erd shrew ({Sorex                vulgaris}) (see under {Erd}.). In the United States                several species of {Sorex} and {Blarina} are common, as                the broadnosed shrew ({S. platyrhinus}), Cooper's shrew                ({S. Cooperi}), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew                ({Blarina brevicauda}). Th American water, or marsh,                shrew ({Neosorex palustris}), with fringed feet, is                less common. The common European water shrews are                {Crossopus fodiens}, and the oared shrew (see under                {Oared}).          {Earth shrew}, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family             {Centetid[91]}, as the tendrac.          {Elephant shrew}, {Jumping shrew}, {Mole shrew}. See under             {Elephant}, {Jumping}, etc.          {Musk shrew}. See {Desman}.          {River shrew}, an aquatic West African insectivore             ({Potamogale velox}) resembling a weasel in form and size,             but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for             rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes.          {Shrew mole}, a common large North American mole ({Scalops             aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent             purple tints.
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Elephantiac \El`e*phan"ti*ac\, a. (Med.)       Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
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Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.       [?]: cf. F. [82]l[82]phantin.]       Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant       (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of       elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.          {Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the             existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.          {Elephantine tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a huge land tortoise;             esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian             Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.       [?]: cf. F. [82]l[82]phantin.]       Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant       (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of       elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.          {Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the             existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.          {Elephantine tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a huge land tortoise;             esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian             Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.       [?]: cf. F. [82]l[82]phantin.]       Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant       (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of       elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.          {Elephantine epoch} (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the             existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.          {Elephantine tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a huge land tortoise;             esp., {Testudo elephantina}, from islands in the Indian             Ocean; and {T. elephantopus}, from the Galapagos Islands.
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Elephantoid \El"e*phan*toid`\ (?; 277), Elephantoidal    \El`e*phan*toid"al\, a. [Elephant + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
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Elephantoid \El"e*phan*toid`\ (?; 277), Elephantoidal    \El`e*phan*toid"al\, a. [Elephant + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Elephant apple} (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough,             hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by {Feronia elephantum},             a large tree related to the orange.          {Elephant bed} (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in             fossil remains of elephants. --Mantell.          {Elephant beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any very large beetle of the             genus {Goliathus} (esp. {G. giganteus}), of the family             {Scarab[91]id[91]}. They inhabit West Africa.          {Elephant fish} (Zo[94]l.), a chim[91]roid fish             ({Callorhynchus antarcticus}), with a proboscis-like             projection of the snout.          {Elephant paper}, paper of large size, 23 [times] 28 inches.                      {Double elephant paper}, paper measuring 26[frac34] [times]             40 inches. See Note under {Paper}.          {Elephant seal} (Zo[94]l.), an African jumping shrew             ({Macroscelides typicus}), having a long nose like a             proboscis.          {Elephant's ear} (Bot.), a name given to certain species of             the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves.          {Elephant's foot} (Bot.)             (a) A South African plant ({Testudinaria Elephantipes}),                   which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of                   bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also                   {tortoise plant}. The interior part is barely edible,                   whence the plant is also called {Hottentot's bread}.             (b) A genus ({Elephantopus}) of coarse, composite weeds.                            {Elephant's tusk} (Zo[94]l.), the tooth shell. See             {Dentalium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eleven \E*lev"en\ ([esl]*l[ecr]v"'n), a. [OE. enleven, AS.       endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, [94]lwe,       [94]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu,       Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v[89]nolika;       and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying [bd]to       be left over, remain,[b8] appearing in E. loan, or perh. in       leave, v. t., life. See {One}, and cf. {Twelve}.]       Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eleven \E*lev"en\, n.       1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.          2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.          3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to             play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a             club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eleventh \E*lev"enth\, n.       1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven             equal parts.          2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees;             the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eleventh \E*lev"enth\, a. [Cf. AS. endlyfta. See {Eleven}.]       1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.          2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is             divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.          3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and             the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thecla \Thec"la\, n.       Any one of many species of small delicately colored       butterflies belonging to {Thecla} and allied genera; --       called also {hairstreak}, and {elfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[icr]n), a.       Relating to elves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elfin \Elf"in\, n.       A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thecla \Thec"la\, n.       Any one of many species of small delicately colored       butterflies belonging to {Thecla} and allied genera; --       called also {hairstreak}, and {elfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[icr]n), a.       Relating to elves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elfin \Elf"in\, n.       A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elopement \E*lope"ment\, n.       The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and       a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for       marriage or for cohabitation.
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]:
Elvan \Elv"an\, Elvanite \Elv"an*ite\, n.       The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan       course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elvan \Elv"an\, a.       1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.          2. (Mining) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic             or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the             mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elvan \Elv"an\, Elvanite \Elv"an*ite\, n.       The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan       course.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elver \El"ver\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also       {elvene}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elbing, KS (city, FIPS 20050)       Location: 38.05410 N, 97.12681 W       Population (1990): 184 (67 housing units)       Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67041
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eleven Mile Corn, AZ       Zip code(s): 85222
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elfin Cove, AK (CDP, FIPS 22140)       Location: 58.18625 N, 136.33683 W       Population (1990): 57 (44 housing units)       Area: 29.5 sq km (land), 28.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Elvins, MO (city, FIPS 22186)       Location: 37.83529 N, 90.53500 W       Population (1990): 1391 (566 housing units)       Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
elephantine adj.   Used of programs or systems that are both    conspicuous {hog}s (owing perhaps to poor design founded on {brute    force and ignorance}) and exceedingly {hairy} in source form.   An    elephantine program may be functional and even friendly, but (as in    the old joke about being in bed with an elephant) it's tough to have    around all the same (and, like a pachyderm, difficult to maintain).    In extreme cases, hackers have been known to make trumpeting sounds    or perform expressive proboscatory mime at the mention of the    offending program.   Usage: semi-humorous.   Compare `has the elephant    nature' and the somewhat more pejorative {monstrosity}.   See also    {second-system effect} and {baroque}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
elephant          Large, grey, four-legged mammal.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
elephantine          Used of programs or systems that are both conspicuous {hog}s       (owing perhaps to poor design founded on {brute force and       ignorance}) and exceedingly {hairy} in source form.   An       elephantine program may be functional and even friendly, but       (as in the old joke about being in bed with an elephant) it's       tough to have around all the same (and, like a pachyderm,       difficult to maintain).   In extreme cases, hackers have been       known to make trumpeting sounds or perform expressive       proboscatory mime at the mention of the offending program.       Usage: semi-humorous.   Compare "has the elephant nature" and       the somewhat more pejorative monstrosity.   See also       {second-system effect} and {baroque}.          [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Elephant       not found in Scripture except indirectly in the original Greek       word (elephantinos) translated "of ivory" in Rev. 18:12, and in       the Hebrew word (shenhabim, meaning "elephant's tooth") rendered       "ivory" in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chr. 9:21.