Part 3674

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Elison</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>E*li"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>elisio</ets>, fr. <ets>elidere</ets>, <ets>elisum</ets>, to strike out: cf. F. <ets>\'82lision</ets>. See <er>Elide</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Division; separation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Elisor</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>E*li"sor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82liseur</ets>, fr. <ets>\'82lire</ets> to choose, L. <ets>eligere</ets>. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1></lite</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw><?/`lite"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>\'82lire</ets> to choose, L. <ets>eligere</ets>. See <er>Elect</er>.]</ety> <def>A choice or select body; the flower; <as>as, the <ex>\'82lite</ex> of society</as>.</def>

<h1>Elix</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>E*lix"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Elixate</er>.]</ety> <def>To extract.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Marston.</i>

<h1>Elixate</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>E*lix"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>elixatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>elixare</ets> to seethe, fr. <ets>elixus</ets> thoroughly boiled; <ets>e + lixare</ets> to boil, <ets>lix</ets> ashes.]</ety> <def>To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Elixation</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>El`ix*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lixation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A seething; digestion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Elixir</h1> <Xpage=480>

<hw>E*lix"ir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82lixir</ets>, Sp. <ets>elixir</ets>, Ar. <ets>eliks\'c6r</ets> the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. <?/ dry, (hence probably) a dry powder; cf. Skr. <ets>ksh\'be</ets> to burn.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Alchemy)</fld> <def>An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; <as>as, <ex>elixir</ex> vit\'91, or the <ex>elixir</ex> of life</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The refined spirit; the quintessence.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . <b>elixir</b> of worldly delights. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any cordial or substance which invigorates.</def>

<blockquote>The grand <b>elixir</b>, to support the spirits of human nature. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elizabethan</h1> <Xpage=480>