Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EL-LIP'SO-GRAPH, n. [ellipsis, and Gr. γραφω.]

An instrument to measure ellipses.

EL-LIPS'OID, n. [ellipsis, and Gr. ειδος, form.]

In conics, a solid or figure formed by the revolution of an ellipse about its axis; an elliptic conoid; a spheroid. Edin. Encyc.

EL-LIP-SOID'AL, a.

Pertaining to an ellipsoid; having the form of an ellipsoid.

EL-LIP'TIC, or EL-LIP'TIC-AL, a.

1. Pertaining to an ellipsis; having the form of an ellipse. The planets move in elliptical orbits, having the sun in one focus, and by a radius from the sun, they describe equal areas in equal times. Cheyne.
2. Defective; as, an elliptical phrase.

EL-LIP'TIC-AL-LY, adv.

1. According to the figure called an ellipsis.
2. Defectively.

EL-LIP-TIC'I-TY, n.

Elliptical form.

ELM, n. [Sax. elm, or ulm-treou; D. olm; G. ulme; Sw. alm or alm-trä, elm-tree; Dan. alm; L. ulmus; Sp. olmo, and alamo; Corn. elau; Russ. ilema, ilma, or ilina. Qu. W. llwyu, a platform, a frame, an elm, from extending.]

A tree. The popular name of all the species of the genus Ulmus, though many of them have other popular names. The treaty which William Penn made with the natives in 1634 was negotiated under a large elm which grew on the spot now called Kensington, just above Philadelphia. It was prostrated by a storm in 1810, at which time its stem measured 24 feet in circumference. Memoirs of Hist. Soc. Penn.

ELM'Y, a.

Abounding with elms. Warton.

EL-O-CA'TION, n. [L. eloco.]

1. A removal from the usual place of residence. Bp. Hall.
2. Departure from the usual method; an ecstasy. Fotherby.

EL-O-CU'TION, n. [L. elocutio, from eloquor; e and loquor, to speak, Gr. ληκεω, λακεω.]

1. Pronunciation; the utterance or delivery of words, particularly in public discourses and arguments. We say of elocution, it is good or bad; clear, fluent or melodious. Elocution, which anciently embraced style and the whole act of rhetoric, now signifies manner of delivery. E. Porter.
2. In rhetoric, elocution consists of elegance, composition and dignity; and Dryden uses the word as nearly synonymous with eloquence, the act of expressing thoughts with elegance or beauty.
3. Speech; the power of speaking. Whose taste – gave elocution to the mute. Milton.
4. In ancient treatises on oratory, the wording of a discourse; the choice and order of words; composition; the act of framing a writing or discourse. Cicero. Quinctilian.

EL-O-CU'TION-A-RY, a.

Pertaining to elocution or containing it.

EL-O-CU'TION-IST, n.

One who is versed in elocution, or who treats of the subject.

EL-O-CU'TIVE, a.

Having the power of eloquent speaking.

EL'O-GIST, n.

An eulogist. [Not used.]

EL'O-GY, or E-LO'GI-UM, n. [Fr. eloge; L. elogium; Gr. λογος. See Eulogy.]

The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric. [But we generally use eulogy.] Wotton. Holder.

E-LOIN', v.t. [Fr. eloigner, to remove far off.]

1. To separate and remove to a distance. Spenser. Donne.
2. To convey to a distance, and withhold from sight. The sherif may return that the goods or beasts are eloined. Blackstone.

E-LOIN'ATE, v.t.

To remove. Howell.

E-LOIN'A-TED, pp.

Removed.

E-LOIN'ED, pp.

Removed to a distance; carried far off.

E-LOIN'ING, ppr.

Removing to a distance from another, to a place unknown.

E-LOIN'MENT, n.

Removal to a distance; distance.

E-LONG', v.t. [Low L. elongo.]

To put far off; to retard. [Obs.] Shenstone.

E-LON'GATE, v.i.

To depart from; to recede; to move to a greater distance; particularly, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.

E-LON'GATE, v.t. [Low L. elongo, from longus. See Long.]

1. To lengthen; to extend.
2. To remove farther off. Brown.

E-LON'GA-TED, pp.

Lengthened; removed to a distance.