ELL 



gradient, sometimes with an addition of 

 another to open it, and to dispose it to 

 yield to the menstruum ; whereas an 

 elixir is a tincture extracted from several 

 higredients at the same time. See TINC- 

 TURE. 



ELK. See CEHVUS. 



ELL, a measure of length, differentia 



ELL 



different countries ; but those mostly 

 used in England are the English and 

 Flemish ells, whereof the former is three 

 feet nine inches, or one yard and a 

 quarter, and the latter only twenty-seven 

 inches, or three quarters of a yard. In 

 Scotland, the ell contains 37 _? English 

 inches. 





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