Part 671

E`lin*gua"tion (?), n. [L. elinguatio. See Elinguid.] (O. Eng. Law) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

E*lin"guid (?), a. [L. elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; e + lingua tongue.] Tongue-tied; dumb. [Obs.]

E*liq"ua*ment (?), n. A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.

El`i*qua"tion (?), n. [L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt.] (Metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Ure.

E*li"son (?), n. [L. elisio, fr. elidere, elisum, to strike out: cf. F. élision. See Elide.] 1. Division; separation. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Gram.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.

E*li"sor (?), n. [F. éliseur, fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] (Eng. Law) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

||É`lite" (?), n. [F., fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.

E*lix" (?), v. t. [See Elixate.] To extract. [Obs.] Marston.

E*lix"ate (?), v. t. [L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes.] To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething. [Obs.] Cockeram.

El`ix*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. élixation.] A seething; digestion. [Obs.] Burton.

E*lix"ir (?), n. [F. élixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliksr the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. &?; dry, (hence probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. ksh to burn.] 1. (Med.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

2. (Alchemy) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitæ, or the elixir of life.

3. The refined spirit; the quintessence.

The . . . elixir of worldly delights.

South.

4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature.

Addison.

E*liz"a*beth`an (?), a. Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. -- n. One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Lowell.

Elk (?), n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zoöl.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti.

Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. -- Cape elk (Zoöl.), the eland.

{ Elk, Elke } (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

Elk"nut` (?), n. (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo.

Elk"wood` (?), n. The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).

Ell (?), n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. &?; elbow. Cf. Elbow, Alnage.] A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.

Ell, n. (Arch.) See L.

El"la*chick (?), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.