Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-LOIN'
EL'O-GY, or E-LO'GI-UME-LOIN'ATE
E-LOIN', v.t. [Fr. eloigner, to remove far off.]
- To separate and remove to a distance. Spenser. Donne.
- To convey to a distance, and withhold from sight. The sherif may return that the goods or beasts are eloined. Blackstone.
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