Part 3678

<hw>E*loc"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>locular</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.</def>

<h1>Elocution</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El`o*cu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>elocutio</ets>, fr. <ets>eloqui</ets>, <ets>elocutus</ets>, to speak out: cf. F. <ets>\'82locution</ets>. See <er>Eloquent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Utterance by speech.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>[Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave <b>elocution</b> to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; <as>as, clear, impressive <ex>elocution</ex></as>.</def> "The <i>elocution</i> of a reader."

<i>Whately</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To express these thoughts with <b>elocution</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elocutionary</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El`o*cu"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to elocution.</def>

<h1>Elocutionist</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El`o*cu"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.</def>

<h1>Elocutive</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El"o*cu`tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to oratorical expression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Elodian</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*lo"di*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.</def>

<h1></loge</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw><?/`loge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Elogium</er>.]</ety> <def>A panegyrical funeral oration.</def>

<h1>Elogist</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82logiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who pronounces an \'82loge.</def>

<h1>Elogium, Elogy</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw><hw>E*lo"gi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>El"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>elogium</ets> a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. <?/ speech, fr. <?/ to speak. Cf. <er><?/loge</er>.]</ety> <def>The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.</def>

<h1>Elohim</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*lo"him</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.</def>

<h1>Elohist</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*lo"hist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of <i>Elohim</i> instead of <i>Jehovah</i>, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from <i>Jehovist</i>.</def>