Ellopia 
bent on the exterior border. There are upward 
of 12 species, European, Australian, and Amer- 
ican. (4) A genus of leaf-beetles (Chrysome- 
lii/ir), having one species, E. pedestris, of Tas- 
mania, 
ellwand, elwand (el' wond), H. [<//' +</.] 
1. An old mete-yard ormeasuring-rod, which in 
Knuhi ml was 45 inches lone, and in Scotland 
It? Scotch or 37.0958 English inches, the stan- 
dard being the Edinburgh ellwand. 
A lively, bustling, iin-h fellow, whose pack and oaken 
I'll ii'iiinl, studded duly with brass point*, denoted him to 
be ut Autolycus's profession. Scott, Kenilworth, xix. 
2. [cap.'] In Scotland, the asterism otherwise 
known as the Girdle or Belt of Orion. Also 
called Our Lady's Ellwand. 
ellyardt, . [ME. elngerd, < elite, ell, + gerd, 
etc., yard.] A yard an ell long; a measuring- 
yard ; an ellwand. 
The hcde of an elngerde the large lenkthc hade. 
The Krayn al of Krone stele ami of golde hewen. 
Sir (Jaicayiie and the Qreeii KiyM(E. E. T. 8.), 1. 210. 
elm (elm), n. [< ME. elm, (. AS. elm = Icel. 
ulmr = Sw. aim = Dan. <elm (aim, elm, pbs.) = 
D. olm = OHG. dm(-boum), afterward (simulat- 
ing L. ulmus) MHO. ulm(-boum), G. itlme = L. 
ulmus, elm.] The common name for species of 
Vlmus (which see), mostly large trees, some 
common in cultivation for shade and ornament, 
for which the majestic height and the wide- 
spreading and gracefully curving branches of 
the principal kinds admirably adapt them. The 
hard, heavy timber of most of the species is valuable for 
many purposes. Of the European species, the common 
English elm is If. atmpettrit, of which the cork-elm (U. 
1881 
Elmia (el'mis;, n. [NL. (Latreille, 1802).] A 
genus of clavicorn beetles, of the family Par- 
nid<f, having only five ventral 
segments and rounded ante- 
Flowering Branch and Foliage of English Elm il'lmus camfestris . 
with flower and fruit on larger scale. 
ttiilH-nma), with thick plates of cork on the branches, is 
probably only a variety. The Scotch elm, or wych-elm, 
/'. inuntana. Is a smaller tree than the English elm. The 
American species are distinguished as the American elm, 
white elm, or water-elm, V. Americana ; the cedar-elm of 
Texas, U. cra*ifolia ; the cork-, clilf-, hickory-, swamp-, or 
roek-elm, U. racfmosa ; the red elm, slippery -elm, or moose- 
elm, V.fulva, the inner bark of which is mucilaginous, 
nnd is used in medicine ; and the winged elm, or wahoo, 
U. alata, with corky-winged branches. In Australia the 
name is given to the Ai>hananthe Philijtpittenjfig, a spe- 
cies allied to the true elm. In the West Indies Cordia 
Gerancanthus and C. grrajtcanttutide*, of the order Bora- 
:iin:n-.',i'. receive the name, as also the rubiaceous Hamc- 
tin n'/iirii-osa. The wood is the toughest of European 
woods, and is considered to bear the driving of bolts and 
nails letter than any other. It is very durable under 
water, and is frequently used for keels of ships, for boat- 
building, and for many structures exposed to wet, or 
\\hni great strength is required. Because of its tough- 
ness, it is used for naves of wheels, shells for tackle- 
liloeks. and ('"Minion turnery. Wych-elm is much used 
by coach-imikers, and by ship-builders for making jolly- 
boats. Rock-elm is much used in boat-building, and to 
some extent for bows. 
The elm delight* in a sound, sweet, and fertile land, 
something iii"iv iru lin'd to moisture, and where good 
pasture is produced. Evelyn, Sylva, iv. 6. 
When the broad elm, sole empress of the plain, 
XV ln.se circling shadow speaks a century's reign, 
Wreathes in the clouds her regal diadem 
A forest waving on a single stem. 
O. W. Holme*, Poetry. 
elmen (el'men), a. [< elm + -en.] Of or per- 
taining to the elm, or consisting of elm. Also, 
less properly, clmin. [Rare.] 
l.i-iniini; :i : j:iin-t the flmin tree, 
XX'ith drooping head and slackened knee, 
With clenched teeth. and close-clasped hands, 
In agony of soul he stands! Scott, Rokeby, ii. 27. 
elmest, elmesset, . Middle English forms of 
flints. 
Elmidse (el'mi-de), H. i>l. [NL., < Klmia + -iil<r.] 
A family of clavicorn Coleoptera, taking name 
from the genus Elmis : uow called Parnida: 
(which see), 
elmin, . Sec elmcn. 
rior COXtU. E. condimentariu* Is 
so named from being said to be used 
for flavoring food in Peru. The ge- 
nus is wide-spread, species occur- 
ring in Europe. Australia, and North 
and South America. There are 21 in 
North America and about twice as 
many in other countries. 
Elmo's fire, St. Elmo's fire 
(el'moz fir, sant el'moz fir). 
[After Saint Elmo, bishop of 
Formiae, a town of ancient - 
Italy, who died about 304, and ^UJj.^jJjj j^ c 
whom sailors in the Mediter- 
ranean invoke during a storm.] Same as cor- 
iiosaiit. 
elm-tree (elm'tre), n. See elm. 
elm-wood (elm 7 wud), . The wood of the olm- 
tree. 
elmy (el'mi), o. [< elm + -y 1 .] Abounding with 
elms. 
If thy facm extends 
Near Cotswold downs, or the delicious groves 
Of Synimonds. honour'd through the sandy soil 
Of elmy Ross, . . . 
Regard this sort. Dyer, The Fleece, i. 
Thy summer woods 
Are lovely, O my Mother Isle ! the birch 
Light bending on thy banks, thy elmy vales. 
Thy venerable oaks ! Southey. 
elnet, . An obsolete form of ell 1 . 
It must not be measured by the intemperate elne of it 
self e. Lord Brooke, Letter to an Honourable Lady (1833), i. 
elocationt (e-16-ka'shon), n. [< ML. elocatio(n-), 
a hiring out, ^ L. elocare, let out, hire out, < e, 
out, + locare, place, let, hire out: see locate. 
In the second sense taken in the lit. meaning 
'put out of place.'] 1. The act of hiring out 
or apprenticing. 
There may be some particular cases incident, wherein 
perhaps this [consent in marriage] may without sin or 
blame be forborne : as when the child, either by general 
permission, or former elocation, shall be out of the parents' 
disposing. /;;. llnil. Cases of Conscience, iv. 1. 
2. Departure from the usual state or mood; 
displacement; an ecstasy. 
In all poesy . . . there must be ... an elocation and 
emotion of the mind. Fotherby, Atheomastix, p. 30. 
elocular (e-lok'u-lSr), a. [< L. e, out, 4- locu- 
lus, a compartment, a little place, dim. of locus, 
a place: see loculus, locus.] In lot., not par- 
titioned ; having no compartments or loculi. 
elocution (el-o-ku'shon), n. [= F. Elocution = 
Sp. elocution = Pg. elocuc,So = It. elocuzione, < 
L. elocutio(n-), a speaking out, utterance, esp. 
rhetorical utterance, elocution, < eloqui, pp. clo- 
cutus, speak out, utter, < e, out, + loqui, speak. 
Cf. eloquence."] 1. The manner of speaking in 
public ; the art of correct delivery in speaking or 
reading; the art which teaches the proper use 
of the voice, gesture, etc., in public speaking. 
Elocution, which anciently embraced style and the 
whole art of rhetoric, now signifies manner of delivery, 
whether of our own thoughts or those of others. 
E. Porter. 
2t. Eloquence in style or delivery; effective 
utterance or expression. 
As I have endeavoured to adorn it with noble thoughts, 
so much more to express those thoughts with elocution. 
Dryden. 
Graceful to the senate Godfrey rose, 
And deep the stream of elocution flows. 
Brooke, tr. of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, I. 
3. Speech; the power or act of speaking. 
Whose taste . . . gave elocution to the mute. 
Milton, P. L, ix. 748. 
Can you deliver a series of questions without a quicken- 
ing of your elocution! A. Phelps, English Style, p. 208. 
= Syn. 1. Elocution, Delivery. These words are quite 
independent of their derivation. Elocution has narrowed 
its meaning (see quotation from E. Porter, above), and 
has broadened it to take in gesture. They are now essen- 
tially the same, covering bodily carriage and gesture as 
well as the use of the voice. Elocution sometimes seems 
more manifestly a matter of art than delivery. See ora- 
(or;/. 
elocutionary (el-o-ku'shon-a-ri), a. [< elocu- 
tion + -ary.] Of or pertaining to elocution. 
elocutioner (el-o-ku'shon-er), n. A public 
speaker or declaimer. [Cfolloq.j 
They (those] heedless yminu fellows, that think nothing 
o' the fundamentals o' their faith, but are aye crying out 
about the flocutiontrs and iwetrymongers they've heard in 
Glesca. ir. Black, In Far Lochaber. 
elocutionist (el-o-ku'shon-ist), n. [< elocution 
+ -is*.] A person versed in the art of elocu- 
tion; one who teaches or writes upon elocu- 
tion, or who gives public elocutionary readings 
or exercises. 
eloin 
elocutivet (el'o-ku-tiv), a. [< elocut-ion + -4me."\ 
Pertaining to elocution. 
Preaching in its tlocutive put U but the conception of 
man, and dilfers as the gifts and abilities of men give It 
lustre or depression. l'< I'liam, Resolves, 11. 48. 
elod (el'od), n. [< el(ectric) + od.] Electric 
od; the supposed odie force of electricity. 
Reichenbach, 
elodian (e-16'di-an), n. One of the marsh-tor- 
toises, a group of chelonians corresponding to 
the families Chelydida and Emydidte. 
eloge (a-16zh'), H. JT. : see elogy.'] A pane- 
gyric ; a funeral oration ; specifically, one of the 
class of biographical eulogies pronounced upon 
all members of the French academies after 
their death, of which many volumes have been 
published. 
I return you, sir, the two eloga, which I have penued 
with pleasure. I borrow that word from your language, 
because we have none In our own that exactly expresses 
It. Bp. Atterbury, To M. Thlrlot, Ep. Coir., I. 179. 
elogia. n. Plural of elogium. 
elogist (el'o-jist), n. [= F. elogitte = 8p. (obs. ) 
It. elogistd; as elogy + -*<.] One who pro- 
nounces a panegyric, especially upon the dead; 
one who delivers an 61oge. [Rare.] 
[One] made the funeral sermon who had been one of her 
professed suitors ; and so she did not want a passionate 
elogitt, as well as an excellent preacher. 
Sir if. Wutton, RellquiK, p. 360. 
elogium (e-16'ji-um), .; pi. elogia (-&). [L. : 
see elogy.] Same as elogy. 
But if Jesus of Xazareth had raised an army in defence 
of their liberty, and had destroyed the Romans, . . . then 
they would willingly have given him that title, which was 
set up only In derision as the Elogium of his Cross, Jesus 
of Nazareth, King of the Jews. 
Stillingjleet, Sermons, I. viii. 
elogy (el'o-ji), n.; pi. elogieg (-jiz). [= F. eloge 
= Sp. Pg. It. elogio, < L. elogium, a short max- 
im or saying, an inscription on a tombstone, 
a clause in a will, a judicial abstract, appar. a 
dim. of logus, logos, a word, a saying (< Gr. Ao- 
>-of, a word: see logos), with prefix e-, after elo- 
qui, speak out; oil. eloquivm, eloquence, also 
a declaration.] A funeral oration ; an 41oge. 
[Rare, eulogy, a different word, being used in 
its stead.] 
In the centre, or midst of the pegme, there was an aback, 
or square, wherein this elogy was written. 
IS. Jonton, King James's Coronation Entertainment. 
Elohiin (el'o-him), n. pi. [Heb. 'Elohim, pi. of 
'Eloah: see Allah.] One of the names of God, 
of frequent occurrence in the Hebrew text of 
the Old Testament. Biblical critics are not agreed as 
to the reason for the use of the plural form : some regard 
it as a covert suggestion of the Trinity; others as a plural 
of excellence ; others as an Indication of an earlier poly- 
theistic belief; still others as an embodiment of the He- 
brew faith that the powers represented by the gods of the 
heathen were all included in one Divine Person. 
Elohism (el'd-hizm), n. [< Eloh(im) + -i#m.] 
Worship of tiod as Elohim. 
U was the task of the great prophets to eliminate the 
distinctive religion of Jaliveh, . . . and to bring Israel 
back to the primitive Elohitm of the patriarchs. 
Edinburgh /ter., CXLV. 502. 
Elohist (el'o-hist), n. [< Eloh(im) + -it.] A 
title given to the supposed writer (a unity of 
authorship being assumed) of the Elohistic pas- 
sages of the Pentateuch, in contradistinction to 
Jehovist. 
The descriptions of the Elohigt are regular, orderly, 
clear, simple, inartificial, calm, free from the rhetorical 
and poetical. S. Dacidmn. 
It no longer seems worth while to write puerile essays 
to show that the Elohut was versed in all the conclusions 
of modern geology. H. A. Ret., CXXVII. S34. 
Elohistic (el-o-his'tik), o. [< Elohist + -ie.] 
A term applied to certain passages in the Pen- 
tateuch, in which God is always spoken of in 
the Hebrew text as Elohim, supposed by some 
to have been written at an earlier period than 
those passages in which he is spoken of as Je- 
hovah. The Elohistic paragraphs are simpler, more pas- 
toral, and more primitive in their character than the Je- 
hovistic. Gen. i. 27 is Elohistic; Gen. ii. 21-24 U Jeho- 
vistic. 
The New Testament authors followed the Elohittic ac- 
count, and speak of him [Balaam] disparagingly. 
Encyc. Brit., III. 259. 
eloign, eloignatet, etc. See eloin, etc. 
eloin, eloign (e-loin'), r. [Also written eloine, 
eloigne; < OF. eloigner, esloigner, F. eloigner = 
Pr. esloignar, eslueingnar, < LL. elongare, re- 
move, keep aloof, prolong, et<>. : see elong."] L 
trans. To separate and remove to a distance. 
From worldly cares himselfe he did etlounr. 
Spenter, F. Q.. I. Iv. SO. 
Eloiyne. sequester, and divorce her, from yonr lied and 
your board. Chapman, All Fools, IT. I. 
