ELL 



gradient, sometimes with an addition of 

 another to open it, ami to dispose it to 

 yield to the menstruum ; whereas an 

 elixir is a tincture extracted from several 

 ingredients at the same time. See Tisc- 

 TUHK. 



ELK. See CEBVCS. 



ELL, a measure of length, different in 



ELL 



different countries ; but those mostly 

 used in England are the English an,l 

 Flemish ells, whereof the former is three 

 feet nine inches, or one yard and a 

 cj'iarfer, and the latter only twenty-seven 

 inches, or three quarters cf a yard. In 

 Scotland, the ell contains 27_ English. 



inches. 



END OF VOL. IT. 



