Part 3671

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very diminutive person; a dwarf.</def>

<cs><col>Elf arrow</col>, <cd>a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also <altname>elf bolt</altname>, <altname>elf dart</altname>, and <altname>elf shot</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Elf child</col>, <cd>a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See <er>Changeling</er>.</cd> -- <col>Elf fire</col>, <cd>the ignis fatuus.</cd> <i>Brewer</i>. -- <col>Elf owl</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small owl (<spn>Micrathene Whitneyi</spn>) of Southern California and Arizona.</cd></cs>

<h1>Elf</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.</def>

<blockquote><b>Elf</b> all my hair in knots. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elfin</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to elves.</def>

<h1>Elfin</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"in</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little elf or urchin.</def>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<h1>Elfish</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.</def> "<i>Elfish</i> light."

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>elfish</b> intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elfishly</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"ish*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an elfish manner.</def>

<h1>Elfishness</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being elfish.</def>

<h1>Elfkin</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little elf.</def>

<h1>Elfland</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"land`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fairyland.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Elflock</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>Elf"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.</def>

<h1>Elgin marbles</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>El"gin mar"bles</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.</def>

<h1>Elicit</h1> <Xpage=480>