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   eelpout
         n 1: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern
               seas [syn: {eelpout}, {pout}]
         2: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North
            America having barbels around its mouth [syn: {burbot},
            {eelpout}, {ling}, {cusk}, {Lota lota}]

English Dictionary: elevate	by the DICT Development Group
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El Beda n the capital and chief port of Qatar [syn: Doha, Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar]
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elapid n any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres Synonym(s): elapid, elapid snake
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elapid snake n any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres Synonym(s): elapid, elapid snake
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Elapidae n cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes Synonym(s): Elapidae, family Elapidae
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elevate v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" Synonym(s): promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate Antonym(s): break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" Synonym(s): raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up Antonym(s): bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" Synonym(s): lift, raise, elevate
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elevated adj raised above the ground; "an elevated platform" of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" Synonym(s): exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded increased in amount or degree; "raised temperature" Synonym(s): raised(a), elevated n a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level Synonym(s): elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway
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elevated railroad n a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level Synonym(s): elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway
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elevated railway n a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level Synonym(s): elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead railway
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elevation n the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" Synonym(s): elevation, lift, raising the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object) Synonym(s): elevation, EL, altitude, ALT a raised or elevated geological formation Synonym(s): natural elevation, elevation Antonym(s): depression, natural depression distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations" (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump; "a dancer of exceptional elevation" drawing of an exterior of a structure the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" Synonym(s): aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation
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elevator n lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building Synonym(s): elevator, lift the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
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elevator boy n a man employed to operate an elevator; "in England they call an elevator man a liftman" Synonym(s): elevator man, elevator boy, liftman
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elevator car n where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" Synonym(s): car, elevator car
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elevator girl n a girl employed to operate an elevator
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elevator man n a man employed to operate an elevator; "in England they call an elevator man a liftman" Synonym(s): elevator man, elevator boy, liftman
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elevator operator n an operator of an elevator
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elevator shaft n a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor
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Ella Fitzgerald n United States scat singer (1917-1996) [syn: Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald]
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elliptic adj (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse rounded like an egg Synonym(s): egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor Synonym(s): elliptic, elliptical
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elliptic geometry n (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle; "Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry" Synonym(s): elliptic geometry, Riemannian geometry
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elliptic leaf n a simple leaf shaped like an ellipse
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elliptical adj rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate] characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor Synonym(s): elliptic, elliptical
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ellipticity n the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles; "the oblateness of the planet" Synonym(s): oblateness, ellipticity
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Elopidae n tarpons and ladyfishes Synonym(s): Elopidae, family Elopidae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pout \Pout\, n. [Cf. {Eelpout}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European whiting pout or bib. {Eel pout}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Eelpout}. {Horn pout}, [or] {Horned pout}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bullhead} (b) .
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Eelpot \Eel"pot`\, n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.
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Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also {greenbone}, {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish}, and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
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Burbot \Bur"bot\, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st {Barb}.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water fish of the genus {Lota}, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also {burbolt}.] Note: The fish is also called an {eelpout} or {ling}, and is allied to the codfish. The {Lota vulgaris} is a common European species. An American species ({L. maculosa}) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also {greenbone}, {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish}, and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burbot \Bur"bot\, n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st {Barb}.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water fish of the genus {Lota}, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also {burbolt}.] Note: The fish is also called an {eelpout} or {ling}, and is allied to the codfish. The {Lota vulgaris} is a common European species. An American species ({L. maculosa}) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.
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El91optene \E`l[91]*op"tene\, n. [Gr. [?] olive oil, oil + [?] winged, fleeting.] (Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also {elaoptene}.]
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El91optene \E`l[91]*op"tene\, n. [Gr. [?] olive oil, oil + [?] winged, fleeting.] (Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also {elaoptene}.]
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Elaoptene \E`la*op"tene\, n. (Chem.) See {El[91]optene}.
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El91optene \E`l[91]*op"tene\, n. [Gr. [?] olive oil, oil + [?] winged, fleeting.] (Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also {elaoptene}.]
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Elaoptene \E`la*op"tene\, n. (Chem.) See {El[91]optene}.
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Elapidation \Elap`ida"tion\, n. [L. elapidatus cleared from stones; e out + lapis stone.] A clearing away of stones. [R.]
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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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Elevate \El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.] Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
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Elevate \El"evate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elevated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elevating}.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See {Levity}.] 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate* a weight, a flagstaff, etc. 2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. 3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. 4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. 5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. 6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] [bd]The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {To elevate a piece} (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech. Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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Elevate \El"evate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elevated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elevating}.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See {Levity}.] 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate* a weight, a flagstaff, etc. 2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. 3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. 4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. 5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. 6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] [bd]The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {To elevate a piece} (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech. Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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Elevated \El"e*va`ted\, a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. {Elevated railway}, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.
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Railroad \Rail"road`\, Railway \Rail"way`\, n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway. 2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States. Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: {Atmospheric railway}, {Elevated railway}, etc. See under {Atmospheric}, {Elevated}, etc. {Cable railway}. See {Cable road}, under {Cable}. {Perry railway}, a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water course. {Gravity railway}, a railway, in a hilly country, on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines. {Railway brake}, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives. {Railway car}, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.] {Railway carriage}, a railway passenger car. [Eng.] {Railway scale}, a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars. {Railway slide}. See {Transfer table}, under {Transfer}. {Railway spine} (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till some months after the injury. {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the streets of a city. (b) Formerly, a system of co[94]peration among certain active antislavery people in the United States, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada. Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was used.] [bd]Their house was a principal entrep[93]t of the underground railroad.[b8] --W. D. Howells.
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Elevated \El"e*va`ted\, a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. {Elevated railway}, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.
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Elevatedness \El"eva`tedness\, n. The quality of being elevated.
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Elevate \El"evate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elevated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Elevating}.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See {Levity}.] 1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate* a weight, a flagstaff, etc. 2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position. 3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits. 4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character. 5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice. 6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] [bd]The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {To elevate a piece} (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech. Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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Elevation \El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F. [82]l[82]vation.] 1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. 2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. [bd]Degrees of elevation above us.[b8] --Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. 4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. 5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. 6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o[?] sight; -- distinguished from direction. 7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. {Angle of elevation} (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. {Elevation of the host} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.
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Elevation \El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F. [82]l[82]vation.] 1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. 2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. [bd]Degrees of elevation above us.[b8] --Locke. His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. 4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. 5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. 6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o[?] sight; -- distinguished from direction. 7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. {Angle of elevation} (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. {Elevation of the host} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.
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Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. (A[89]ronautics) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.
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Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.] One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. [82]l[82]vateur.] One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. {Elevator head}, {leg}, [and] {boot}, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.
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Head \Head\, n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[a0]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[94]fu[?], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubip. The word does not corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief}, {Cadet}, {Capital}), and its origin is unknown.] 1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon. 2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler. 3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head. 4. The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. [bd]Their princes and heads.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. --Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. --Milton. 5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers. An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at the head of them. --Addison. 6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle. It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for every head. --Graunt. 7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will. Men who had lost both head and heart. --Macaulay. 8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea. 9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. --Shak. 10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon. 11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height. Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption. --Shak. The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly make an end of me or of itself. --Addison. 12. Power; armed force. My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. --Shak. 13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair. --Swift. 14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals. 15. (Bot.) (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum. (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant. 16. The antlers of a deer. 17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. --Mortimer. 18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. --Knight. Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf. {Head}, a. {A buck of the first head}, a male fallow deer in its fifth year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. --Shak. {By the head}. (Naut.) See under {By}. {Elevator head}, {Feed head}, etc. See under {Elevator}, {Feed}, etc. {From head to foot}, through the whole length of a man; completely; throughout. [bd]Arm me, audacity, from head to foot.[b8] --Shak. {Head and ears}, with the whole person; deeply; completely; as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.] {Head fast}. (Naut.) See 5th {Fast}. {Head kidney} (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the pronephros. {Head money}, a capitation tax; a poll tax. --Milton. {Head pence}, a poll tax. [Obs.] {Head sea}, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course. {Head and shoulders}. (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and shoulders. [bd]They bring in every figure of speech, head and shoulders.[b8] --Felton. (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head and shoulders above them. {Head or tail}, this side or that side; this thing or that; -- a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice, guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there is no head or face on either side, that side which has the date on it), and tail the other side. {Neither head nor tail}, neither beginning nor end; neither this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; -- a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused; as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter. [Colloq.] {Head wind}, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the vessel's course. {Out one's own head}, according to one's own idea; without advice or co[94]peration of another. {Over the head of}, beyond the comprehension of. --M. Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elevatory \El"eva`tory\, a. Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elevatory \El"eva`tory\, n. [Cf. F. [82]l[82]vatoire.] (Surg.) See {Elevator}, n. (e) . --Dunglison.
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]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Chuck farthing}, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. {Chuck hole}, a deep hole in a wagon rut. {Elliptic chuck}, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Integral \In"te*gral\, n. 1. A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual. 2. (Math.) An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential {Differential}, and {Integration}. Cf. {Fluent}. {Elliptic integral}, one of an important class of integrals, occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of the integrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic \Ellip"tic\, Elliptical \Ellip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. elliptique. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. {Elliptic chuck}. See under {Chuck}. {Elliptic compasses}, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. {Elliptic function}. (Math.) See {Function}. {Elliptic integral}. (Math.) See {Integral}. {Elliptic polarization}. See under {Polarization}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptically \Ellip"tical*ly\, adv. 1. In the form of an ellipse. 2. With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ellipticity \El`liptic"ity\, n. [Cf. F. ellipticit[82].] Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is [frac1x29966]. Note: Some writers use ellipticity as the ratio of the difference of the two semiaxes to the minor axis, instead of the major. --Nichol.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptic-lanceolate \Ellip"tic-lan"ceo*late\, a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elliptograph \Ellip"tograph\, n. Same as {Ellipsograph}.
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 Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
elevator controller n. An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like {toaster} (which superseded it). During one period (1983-84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardization committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment. "You can't require `printf(3)' to be part of the default runtime library -- what if you're targeting an elevator controller?" Elevator controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides of several {holy wars}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
elevator controller An archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like {toaster} (which superseded it). During one period (1983--84) in the deliberations of ANSI X3J11 (the C standardisation committee) this was the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation environment. "You can't require "printf(3)" to be part of the default run-time library - what if you're targeting an elevator controller?" Elevator controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides of several {holy wars}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
El-Bethel God of Bethel, the name of the place where Jacob had the vision of the ladder, and where he erected an altar (Gen. 31:13; 35:7).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
El-beth-el, the God of Bethel