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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>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 <i>elbow</i> with the window back.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Elbow</i> is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something <i>shaped like</i>, or <i>acting like</i>, <i>an elbow</i>; as, <i>elbow</i> joint; <i>elbow</i> tongs or <i>elbow</i>-tongs; <i>elbow</i>room, <i>elbow</i>-room, or <i>elbow</i> room.</note>

<cs><col>At the elbow</col>, <cd>very near; at hand.</cd> -- <col>Elbow grease</col>, <cd>energetic application of force in manual labor.</cd> <mark></mark> -- <col>Elbow in the hawse</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once. <i>Totten</i>.</cd> -- <col>Elbow scissors</col> <fld>(Surg.)</fld>, <cd>scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Out at elbow</col>, <cd>with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances.</cd></cs>

<h1>Elbow</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"bow</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Elbowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Elbowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.</def>

<blockquote>They [the Dutch] would <b>elbow</b> our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To elbow one's way</col>, <cd>to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, <i>to elbow one's way<i> through a crowd.</cd></cs>

<h1>Elbow</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"bow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.</def> "Purseproud, <i>elbowing</i> Insolence."

<i>Grainger.</i>

<h1>Elbowboard</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"bow*board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.</def>

<h1>Elbowchair</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"bow*chair`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Elbowroom</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"bow*room`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.</def> "My soul hath <i>elbowroom</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Then came a stretch of grass and a little more <b>elbowroom</b>. <i>W. G. Norris.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elcaja</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El*ca"ja</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Arabian tree (<spn>Trichilia emetica</spn>). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.</def>

<h1>Elcesaite</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El*ce"sa*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Elcesai</ets>, the leader of the sect.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.</def>

<h1>Eld</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>Eld</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>eald</ets>.]</ety> <def>Old.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>