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   Elaphe
         n 1: North American rat snakes [syn: {Elaphe}, {genus Elaphe}]

English Dictionary: elf by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Elbe
n
  1. a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
    Synonym(s): Elbe, Elbe River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elbow
n
  1. hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
    Synonym(s): elbow, elbow joint, human elbow, cubitus, cubital joint, articulatio cubiti
  2. a sharp bend in a road or river
  3. a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
  4. the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint; "his coat had patches over the elbows"
  5. the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
v
  1. push one's way with the elbows
  2. shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elf
n
  1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
  2. below 3 kilohertz
    Synonym(s): extremely low frequency, ELF
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elope
v
  1. run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
    Synonym(s): elope, run off
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
  
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