Part 3685

<h1>Elysian</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*ly"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Elysius</ets>, fr. <ets>Elysium</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.</def> "<i>Elysian</i> shades." <i>Massinger</i>. "<i>Elysian</i> age."

<i>Beattie.</i>

<blockquote>This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life <b>elysian</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elysium</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*ly"sium</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Elysiums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Elysia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/ <?/, Elysian field.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Myth.)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence, any delightful place.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>Elysian</b> more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Elytriform</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>E*lyt"ri*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Elytrum</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.</def>

<h1>Elytrin</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El"y*trin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Elytrum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Chitin</er>.</def>

<h1>Elytroid</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El"y*troid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sheath, a wing case + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling a beetle's wing case.</def>

<mhw><h1>Elytron; 277, Elytrum</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El"y*tron</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <hw>El"y*trum</hw> <tt>(-tr<?/m)</tt></mhw> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Elytra</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to roll round.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair.</def> See <er>Coleoptera</er>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See <er>Ch\'91topoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Elzevir</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>El"ze*vir</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bibliog.)</fld> <def>Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>Elzevir</b> editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. <i>Brande & C.</i></blockquote>

<h1>'Em</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>'Em</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form <i>hem</i>, them.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Em</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>Em</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter <i>m</i>, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.</def>

<h1>Em-</h1> <Xpage=481>

<hw>Em-</hw>. <def>A prefix. See <er>En-</er>.</def>

<h1>Emacerate</h1> <Xpage=481>