else 
Thou deidrent . not sacrifice; else would I give It. 
Vs. II. 16. 
Thou didst prevent me ; 1 had |i 
This isle witli Calil>ans. A'Aai., Tempest, i. 2. 
shift for yourselves; ye are lost else. 
PMeher, Valentinian, v. 2. 
c'loiKjIi must have been a rare and lovable spirit, else he 
could never have*" wrapped himself within the alfeet ions 
of true men. Htnliicln, Viet, i'oets, p. 244. 
A sovereign and serene capacity to fathom the else un- 
lailioimible depths of spiritual nature, to solve Its else in- 
soluble riddle*, to reconcile its else irreconcilable dUcrep- 
;,lnn^. S/ri/ihnriK-, Shakespeare, p. 76. 
3. Besides; other than the person, thing, place, 
etc., mentioned: after an interrogative or in- 
definite pronoun, pronominal adjective, or ad- 
verb (u-lin. u-lint. iiiii-re, etc., anybody, anuthinf/, 
XIIIIK Imilij. tsomrlliiiiil, niilinili/, nothing, all, little, 
etc.), as a quasi-adjective, equivalent to other: 
as, who else is coming? it'ltat else shall I give 
you f do you e * -"..' >. 
1883 
elsin, See elufii. 
Eisner's green. See green. 
eltchi, . See elclii. 
eltht, . An obsolete variant of rid. 
elucidate (o-lu'si-dat), r. t. : pret. and pp. elu- 
cidated, ppr. elucidating. [< LL. elucidatut, pp. 
of elucidare (> Sp. Pg. elucidar = F. elucider), 
make light or clear, < L. e, out, + Inciting, light, 
clear: see lucid.] To make clear or manifest; 
throw light upon ; explain; render intelligible; 
illustrate : as, an experiment may elucidate a 
theory. 
The illustrations at once adorn and elucidate the rea- 
soning. Macaulay, Dryden. 
Though several of them proffered a vast deal of infor- 
mation, little or none of It had much to do with the mat- 
ter to be elucidated. J. Hawthorne, Dust, p. 238. 
= 8yn. Expound, etc. (see exulain); to unfold, clear up. 
elucidation (e-lu-si-da'shon), . [= F. elucida- 
tion = Sp. elucidacion = Pg. elucidaqffo, < LL. 
elutriation 
2. To remain unseen, undiscovered, or nnex- 
plnincd by ; baffle the inquiry or scrutiny of: as, 
secrets that elude the keenest search. 
On this subject Providence has thought fit to elwli our 
curiosity. GotdrouCA, Vicar, xxix. 
One element must forever elude It* researches ; and that 
l the very element by which poetry U poetry. 
Macaulay, Dryden. 
Hit mind was quick, versatile, and Imaginative : few as- 
pect* of a subject eluded It. MMtWft Ret. 
The secret and the mystery 
Have baffled and eluded roe. 
LonufeUoU!, Golden Legend, I., Pro). 
=Syn. To shun, flee, shirk, dodge, baffle, foil, frustrate, 
eludible (e-lu'di-bl), a. [< elude + -ible.] Ca- 
pable of being eluded or escaped. 
If this blessed part of our law he eludible at pleasure, 
... we shall have little reason to boast of our advantage 
in this particular over other states or kingdoms In Europe. 
Swtft, Drapier's Letters, vll. 
), n. [Heb., < "'"', gather, reap, har- 
st. Klin. Con.f. (Early Eng. Poems, ed. Furnivall), 1. 560. 
If you like not my writing, go read something else. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 22. 
There is a mode in giving Entertainment, and doing any 
eourtesv !/, which trebly binds the Receiver to an Ac- 
knowledgment. Ilmcell, Letters, 11. 25. 
All else of earth may perish : love alone 
Not Heaven shall find outgrown ! 
ft II //../.:,,. I 1 . ,..!,>. I I*"'' 
[The phrases anybody elue, Homebody else, nobody else, etc., 
have a unitary meaning, as if one word, and properly take 
a possessive case (with the suffix at the end of the phrase) : 
as, this is ttoiHebotly elne'n hat ; nobody else's children act 
so.] God forbid elset, God forbid that it should be 
otherwise. 
Ay, and the best she shall have ; and my favour 
To him that does best : God forbid else. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., II. 2. 
elsen, elsin (el'sen, -sin), n. [E. dial., Sc. also 
ilxniij < Ixli iii, i Isi/n, < OD. elsene, aelsene, mod. D. 
els, < (perhaps through OHG. alansa, alunsa, 
"alasna (> ME. alesna, > It. lesina = Sp. lesna, 
alesna = Pr. alena = OF. alesne, F. aUne), an 
awl) OHG. ala, MHO. ale, G. ahle, etc., = AS. 
al, eal, ail, awul, E. awl : see awl.] An awl. 
Nor hinds wi' elson and hemp llngle, 
Sit soleiug shoon out o'er the Ingle. 
Ramsay, Poems, II. 203. 
elsewards (els'wiirdz), adv. [< else + -wards.] 
To another place ; in another direction. [Bare.] 
But these earthly sufferers [the punctual] know that 
they are making their way heavenwards, and their oppres- 
1), p. 293. 
ing or of throwing light upon any obscure sub- 
ject. 
We shall, in order to the elucidation of this matter, sub- 
Join the following experiment. Boyle. 
The elucidation of the organic Idea ... is the business 
and talk of philosophy. Jour. Spec. Phil., XIX. 39. 
2. That which explains or throws light; ex- 
planation ; illustration : as, one example may 
serve for an elucidation of the subject. 
I might refer the reader to see it highly verified In David 
Bloudel's familiar elucidations of the eucharistical contro- 
versie. Jer. Taylor, Real Presence, i 12. 
I shall . . . allot to each of them [sports and pastimes] 
a separate elucidation. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 56. 
elucidative (e-lu'si-da-tiv), o. [< elucidate + 
-ir>e.] Making or tending to make clear; ex- 
planatory. 
Such a set of documents may hope to be elucidative In 
various respects. Carlyle, Cromwell, I. 10. 
elucidator (e-lu'si-da-tpr), n. One who eluci- 
dates or explains ; an expositor. 
Obscurity is brought over them by the course of igno- 
rance and age, and yet more by their pedantical elucida- 
tors. Abbot. 
elucidatory (e-lu'si-da-to-ri), a. [< elucidate + 
-ory.] Tending to elucidate. [Bare.] 
One word alone issued from his lips, elucidatory of what 
was passing in his mind. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, 1. 95. 
eluctatet (e-luk'tat), . . [< L. eluctatns, pp. 
of eluctari', struggle out, < e, out, -t- luctari, 
struggle. Ct.luctation, reluct.] To burst forth ; 
escape with a struggle. 
They did elttctate out 
civil year, and the sixth of the 
ecclesiastical, beginning with the new moon of 
August. 
elumbatedt (e-lum'ba-ted), a. [< L. elumbix, 
hip-shot, having the hip dislocated (< e, out, + 
lumbits, loin: see lumbar, loin), + -ate 1 + -ed" 2 .] 
Weakened in the loins. Bailey. 
eluscationt (e-lus-ka'shon), n. [< LL. as if 
"eluscatio(n-), < eluscare, make one-eyed, < L. e, 
out, + luscus, one-eyed.] Blear-eye or pur- 
blindness. Bailey, 1727. 
elusion (e-lu'zhon), n. [< ML. elugio(n-),< L. elu- 
dere, pp. elusus, elude: see elude.] Escape by 
artifice or deceit ; evasion ; deception ; fraud. 
Any sophister shall think his elusion enough to contest 
against the authority of a council. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 348. 
An appendix relating to the transmutation of metals 
detects the impostures and elusion* of those who have pre- 
tended to it. 
Woodward, Essay towards a Nat. Hist, of the Earth. 
elusive (e-lu'siv), a. [< L. elusus, pp. of elu- 
dere, elude, 4- -ire.] Eluding, or having a ten- 
dency to elude; hard to grasp or confine; slip- 
pery. 
Hurl'd on the crags, behold they gasp, they bleed ! 
And, groaning, cling upon th' elusive weed. 
Falconer, Shipwreck, HL 
Piety 1s too subtile and elusive to be drawn into and con- 
fined in definitions. Alcott, Table-Talk, p. 102. 
The moon was full, and snowed down the mellowest light 
on the gray domes, which in their soft, elusive outlines, 
and strange effect of far-withdrawal, rhymed like falnt- 
heard refrains to the bright and vivid arches of the facade. 
llowells, Venetian Life, xviii. 
When tulking of the dainty Hcsh and eltewhat as they eate. 
Warner, Albion's England, 1592. 
elsewhent (els'hweu), adv. [< ME. elteswhen; < 
iV.sr -f when.] At another time. 
We shuldo make a docket t of the names of such men of 
nobylytie here, as we thought mete and convenyent to 
serve his hlghnes, in case his graces will were, this preas- 
cut yeare, or ellen-n-l" n. to ii^e ther servyce in any other 
foreyn conntrey. State. Papers, III. 562. 
elsewhere (els'hwar), adr. [< ME. elleshwer, 
illtxhicar, < AS. e lies liw&r, elles hicdr: elles, else; 
Inrii'i; indef., where.] In another place or in 
other places; somewhere or anywhere else : as, 
these trees are not to be found elsewhere. 
Seek you In Rome for honour : I will labour 
To tind content elsewhere. 
Fletcher (and another ?), Prophetess, Iv. 6. 
That he himself was the Author of that Rebellion, he 
denies both heer and elxirhrrf, with many imprecations, 
but no solid evidence. M ilti, Kikonoklastes, xii. 
We may waive just so much care of ourselves as we 
honestly bestow elsewhere. Thoreau, Walden, p. IS. 
The Persian sword, formidable elsewhere, was not adapt- 
ed to do good service against the bronze armor and the 
spear of the Hellenes. 
Ton Ranke, Univ. Hist, (trans.), p. 167. 
elsewhither (els'hwiTH'er), adr. [Early mod. 
E. also elmi-liitlirr : < ME. "elleswhider, i-lli-r.-- 
trhodfr, < AS. elles hwider, elles hwyder: elles, 
else; hwider, hwyder, whither.] In another di- 
rection. [Bare.] 
To Yrlond heo Howe ageyn, & cites wyder heo mygte. 
Rob. of Glo<iccster, p. 103. 
our course lies elueirhither. Carlyle, In Fronde, I. 30. 
elsewiset (els'wiz), adr. [Early mod. E. also 
I'tmrixf; < < /' + -/., after otherwise.] In a 
different manner ; otherwise. 
And so is this matter, which would flmrite haue caused 
muchspyte and hatred, opened in our names. 
J. L'd,iU, l)n 1 Cor. ill. 
The act of bursting forth, or of escaping with 
a struggle. 
Ye do ... sue to God ... for our happy eluctation 
out of those miseries. Bp. Hall, Invisible World, ii. 7. 
elucubrate (e-lu'ku-brat), t'. t. [Cf. It. elucu- 
brato, adj.; ^ L. elucubrare, dep. elucubrari (> 
F. 4lucubrer), compose by lamplight, < e, out, 
-I- lucubrare, workbylamphght: see lucubrate.] 
Same as lucubrate. 
Just as, when grooms tie up and dress a steed, 
Boys lounge and look on, and elucubrate 
What the round brush is used for, what the square. 
Broirning, Ring and Book, II. 240. 
elucubrationt (e-lu-ku-bra'shon), . [= F. elu- 
cubration = Pg. elucuoraqSo = It. elucubrazione; 
< elucubrate + -ion.] Same as lucubration. 
I remember that Ifons. Huygens, who used to prescrilre 
to me the benefit of his little wax taper for night elucu- 
brations preferable to all other candle or lamp light what- 
soever. Evelyn, To Dr. Beale, Aug., 1868. 
elude (e-lud'), v. t- j pret. and pp. eluded, ppr. 
eluding.'. [= F. tluder = Sp. Pg. eludir = It. elu- 
dere, < L. eludere, finish play, win at play, elude 
or parry a blow, frustrate, deceive, mock, < f. 
out, -f ludere, play: see ludicrous. Cf. alludf, 
cottudf, delude, illude.] 1. To avoid by artifice, 
stratagem, deceit, or dexterity ; escape; evade: 
as, to elude pursuit ; to elude a blow or stroke. 
bright eyes, and her malice and her mocking will-o'-the- 
wisp eluneenest of mood. W. Black, House-boat, x. 
elusoriness (f-lu'so-ri-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being elusory. 
elusory (e-lu's6-ri), a. [< ML. elusorius, de- 
ceptive, <" L. elusus, pp. of eludere, elude : see 
elude.] Of an elusive character; slipping from 
the grasp ; misleading ; fallacious ; deceitful. 
Without this the work of God had perished, and reli- 
gion itself had been elusory. 
Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, III. vl. I 1. 
elute (e-luf), v. t. ; pret. and pp. eluted, ppr. 
eluting'. [< L. elutug, pp. of eluerr, wash off, < 
e, out, off, -I- ire, wash: see lute^.lotion. Cf. 
dilute.] To wash off; cleanse. [Bare.] 
The more oily any spirit is the more pernicious, because 
It Is harder to be eluted by the blood. 
Arbuthnot, AlimenU, v. 
(e-lu'shon), n. [< LL. elutio(n-), a 
', "C L. eluere, wash off.] A washing out; 
Borrow, Works, II. xxxlil. 
Tho' stuck with Argus' Eyes your Keeper were, 
Advis'd by me, you shall elude his Care. 
Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love. 
M e iientle Delia beckons from the plain, 
Then, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain. 
Pope, Spring, 1. 54. 
cnth candid and ample, 
Macaulau, Hallam's Const. Hist, 
Wilmllllf^, \ LI. c-tlor< , vlanli vru.j * '"'& "" 
any process by which bodies are separated by 
the action of a solvent ; specifically, a process of 
recovering sugar from molasses, which consists 
in precipitating the sugar as sucrate of lime, 
insoluble in cold water, and washing it free 
from soluble impurities. The sucrate Is decomposed 
by carbonic acid, which precipitates the lime as carbonate, 
and the pure sugar-solution Is then evaporated to crystal- 
lization. 
elutriate (e-lu'tri-at), r. t.; pret. and pp. elu- 
triated, ppr. elutriating. [< L. elutriatug, pp. 
of elutriare, wash out, decant, rack off, < 'In- 
ert, wash out: see elute.] To purify by wash- 
ing and straining or decanting ; purify in gen- 
eral. 
elutriating the blood as it passes through the lnng. 
Arbuthnot. Air. 
elutriation (e-lu-tri-a'shon). M. [= F. elutria- 
tion = Pg. elitlnn^Sfi, < L'.'as if *elutriatio(n-), < 
