Part 3650

<cs><col>Eldest hand</col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>the player on the dealer's left hand.</cd></cs>

<i>R. A. Proctor.</i>

<h1>Elding</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>elding</ets>, fr. <ets>elda</ets> to kindle, <ets>eldr</ets> fire; akin to AS. <ets>\'91ld</ets> fire, <ets>\'91lan</ets> to burn.]</ety> <def>Fuel.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Grose.</i>

<h1>El Dorado</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El` Do*ra"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <plu>pl. <plw>El Doradoes</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); <ets>el the + <ets>dorado</ets> gilt, p. p. of <ets>dorare</ets> to gild. Cf. <er>Dorado</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.</def>

<blockquote>The whole comedy is a sort of <b>El Dorado</b> of wit. <i>T. Moore.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eldritch</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El"dritch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hideous; ghastly; <as>as, an <ex>eldritch</ex> shriek or laugh</as>.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Eleatic</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E`le*at"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>eleaticus</ets>, from <ets>Elea</ets> (or <ets>Velia</ets>) in Italy.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A philosopher of the Eleatic school.</def></def2>

<h1>Eleaticism</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E`le*at"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Eleatic doctrine.</def>

<h1>Elecampane</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>El`e*cam*pane"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82nulecampane</ets>, NL. <ets>inula campana</ets>; L. <ets>inula</ets> elecampane + LL. <ets>campana</ets> a bell; cf. G. <ets>glockenwurz</ets>, i. e., "bellwort."]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large, coarse herb (<spn>Inula Helenium</spn>), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.</def>

<h1>Elect</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>electus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eligere</ets> to elect; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>legere</ets> to choose. See <er>Legend</er>, and cf. <er>Elite</er>, <er>Eclectic</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.</def> "Colors quaint <i>elect</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life.</def> "The <i>elect</i> angels."

<i>1 Tim. v. 21.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; <as>as, bishop <ex>elect</ex>; governor or mayor <ex>elect</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Elect</h1> <Xpage=476>