elutriation 
1884 
emacerate 
elutriOf,, wash out: see elutriate.] The opera- Elysian Fields [cf. F. dismpt-Styttti = Sp. Cany** elytrotomy (el-i-trot'o-mi), . [< Gr. tt-vrpov, 
tion of cleansing by washing and decanting. 1 i, l ,'- se g , 7 ?r ''"'"'," A''*''"*"' 1 ?''"!! 1 '' 1?*'*", = '* Campi a sheath (vagina), + rou, a cutting.] A cut- 
eluxate (e-luk'slt), V i. ; pret. and pp. eluxated, K^MMlBjSS* ' tin g into the vaginal walls. 
ppr. eluxating. [< L. e, out, + luxatuss, pp. of elysiid (e-lis'i-id), . A gastropod of the fam- elytrum, elytron (el'i-trum, -tron), n. ; pi. 
luxare, dislocate : see luxate.] To dislocate, as ily Elysndce. elytra (-tra). [NL., < Gr. eAvrpov, a cover, cov- 
a bone ; luxate. Boag. [Bare.] ElysiidSB (el-i-si'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Elysia eriug, as 'a case, sheath, shard of a beetle's 
eluxation (e-luk-sa'shon), n. [< eluxate + + ./Vte.] A family of marine saccoglossate 
-jo.] The dislocation of a bone; luxation, pellibranchiate gastropods, with auriform ten- 
DungUson. [Bare.] tacles, without gills, and resembling slugs, but 
elvanH (el'van), a. An improper form of elfin, having the sides of the body alate. The whole 1 > _. - B ~ 
elvan 2 (el'van), n. [Of Corn, origin.] The shape is leaf-like, the neck corresponding to a opposite side a hard, horny, or leathery case 
iikes, petiole. Also spelled Elysiadce. See cut under or sheath, more or less completely covering 
wing, shell, husk, capsule, etc. (cf. M.V/M>C, a 
case, cover), < eMetv, roll round, wrap up, cover.] 
1. In entom., the modified fore wing of beetles 
or Coleoptera, forming with its fellow of the 
name given in Cornwall (England) to dikes, 
which are of frequent occurrence in that region, ^Elysia. 
and which, throughout the principal mining Elysium (e-liz'ium), n. [= F. Elysee = Sp 
districts, have a course approximately parallel Ellseo, Elisio = Pg. Elyseo, Elysio = It. Elisio, 
with the majority of the most productive tin < L. Elysium (ML. also *Etyseum), < Gr. 'mi-mov 
and copper lodes. The elvans or elyan-courses, as (neut. of ifi.iiciof, Elysian), in 'IV.iwov mfiiov, 
they are frequently called have almost identically the ] a f e r in nl 'll/i'tua mSia the Elvsiati Fipld or 
same ultimate chemical and mineralogical composition as i?. , r ? '"', tn le . i . < J> ' 
the granites of Cornwall, but differ considerably from them -Fields, 1. e., the neld of the departed, lit of 
in the mode of aggregation of their constituents. They going or coming, < ifhiai^, var. of e'Aevaiq, agoing 
vary in width from a few feet to several fathoms; they : ~ J ^ ' '^-- a - *-- A --' 
traverse alike granites and slates, but are more numerous 
in the vicinity of the granites than they are elsewhere. 
Many elvans have been worked for the tin ore which they 
sometimes contain. The rock of which elvans are made 
up when occurring in loose fragments is also called elvan 
or elvan-rock. 
elvanite (el'van-it), n. [< eh-an? + -e 2 .] The 
name given by some lithologists to the variety 
of rock of which the Cornish elvans are made up: 
nearly equivalent to quartz-porphyry and gra- 
nitic porphyry. 
Elvellaceae, Elvellacei (el-ve-la'se-e, -I), n. 
pi. [NL.] Same as Helvellacece, itelvellacei. 
elven (el'ven), n. [A dial, corruption of elmen.'] 
An elm. [Prov. Eng.] 
elver (el'ver), ,. [A dial, corruption of eelfare, 
q. v.] A young eel; especially, a young con- 
fer- or sea-eel. [Local, Eng.] 
ver-caket (el'ver-kak), n. Eel-cake. 
These elver-cakes they dispose of at Bath and Bristol ; 
and when they are fried and eaten with butter, nothing 
can be more delicious. 
Defoe, Tour through Great Britain, II. 306. 
elves, . Plural of elf. 
elvine, n. [E. dial. ; cf. elver.'] The young of 
the eel. [Local, Eng.] 
elvish, elvishly. See elfish, elfishly. 
elwand, n. See ellwand. 
or coming, advent, < i'/ei-acadat, future, 
(ind. f/'AvBov, ijWov), 2d aor., go, come (associ- 
ated with epxeadai, go, come), whence also prob. 
efaitSepo;, free.] In Gr. myth., the abode of the 
blessed after death. Also called the Elysian 
Fields. It is placed by Homer on the western border of 
the earth ; by Hesiod and Pindar In the Islands of the Blest; 
by later poets in the nether world. It was conceived of 
as a place of perfect delight. In modem literature Ely- 
sium is often used for any place of exquisite happiness, and 
as synonymous (without religious reference) to Heaven. 
Once more, farewell ! go, find Elysium, 
There where the happy souls are crown'd with blessings. 
Fletcher, Valentinian, iii. 1. 
The flowery-kirtled Naiades . . . 
Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul, 
And lap it in Elysium. Milton, Comus, 1. 257. 
And, oh ! if there be an Elysium on earth, 
It is this, it is this. 
Moore, Light of the Harem. 
An Elysium more pure and bright than that of the 
Greeks. Is. Taylor. 
elytra, n. Plural of elytrum. 
elytral (el'i-tral), a. [< elytrum + -al.'] Of or 
pertaining to the elytra : as, elytral strise ; ely- 
and protecting the posterior membranous wings 
when these are folded at rest, and usually 
forming an extensive portion of the upper sur- 
face of a beetle ; a shard. The elytra are also known 
as wing-covers or winy-sheaths. They are elevated during 
(light, but do not serve as wings. See cuts under Coleop. 
tera and beetle. 
2. In some chretopodous annelids, as the Aphro- 
ditidie, or polychsetous annelids, as the Poly- 
noe, one of the squamous lamellse overlying 
one another on the dorsal surface of the worm, 
made by a modification of the 
dorsal cirri of the parapodia, 
of which they are thus special- 
ized appendages Auriculate, 
bispinose, connate, dimidiate, 
etc., elytra. See the adjectives. 
Elzevir (el'ze-ver), a. and n. 
[F. Elztivir, formerly also El- 
sevier, D. El-sevier.'] I. a. 1. 
Of or belonging to the Elze- 
vir family of Dutch printers. 
See below. 2. Noting a cut 
of printing-type. See II., 2. 
Elzevir editions, editions of the 
Latin, French, and German classics, 
and other works, published by a 
family of Dutch printers named El- 
zevir (Elsevier) at Leyden and Am- 
sterdam, chiefly between 1583 and 
1680. These editions are highly prized for their accuracy 
and the elegance of their type, printing, and general make- 
up. Those most esteemed are of small size, 24mo, 16mo, 
and 12mo. 
II. . 1. A book printed by one of the Elze- 
Elytnim of Polyno?, 
a polychffitous annelid, 
bearing fimbriae, view- 
ed from above (highly 
magnified). 
tral sulci Elytral ligula, a tongue-like process on vir family. 2. A form of old-style printing- 
thc inner face of the side margins of the elytrum, serving type, 
with firm hair-lines and stubby serifs, 
largely used by the Elzevirs of the seventeenth 
century. 
.,,. ,.,,,. ,,,.._, *,.. nm iiiboi mi oiij itn;c \li l;<tull C1J LI lull, Ilciu' _ . . * ___ . , , t , 
the outer margin. In repose it embraces the upper surface Elzeviran, Elzevirian (el-ze-ve ran, -ri-an), n. 
of the abdomen. [< Klzerir + -an, -law.] A collector or fancier 
to hold it more securely to the abdomen in repose, found 
in certain aquatic beetles. Elytral plica or fold, a longi- 
tudinal ridge on the interior surface of each elytrum, near 
Elymnias (e-lim'ni-as), . [NL. (Hiibner, 
1816), irreg. < Gr. Lty/or, a case; cf. elytrum.] 
^frv U |vl H b n l , l ^ l ' flie |'f Vl " g rT t0theS - Ub " lytol'o (e-lit'ri-form), a. [< NL. elytrum, of Elzevir books! See extract under grangerite. 
family Elymmtrue. E. lais is the type-species, elytrum, + L. forma, shape.] Having the form . ..,,,,, , 
and there are three others, all of the old world, o/chara'cter of an elytrum ; elytroid 5 An *"fr-*8* AnmM ^ w m P ^^ m ^\ m 
Slymmmse (e-lim-m-i'ne>, n.pl. [NL., <Elym- elvtrizerous (el-i-trii'e rus) n IX NL elv *.* 
nias + -incs.-} A subfamily of old-world nym- trum, elytrum + L.flSrSre,oaW,+ -oii.] Hav- eml (em ]' i ?' , [MK *?*', < A em ' < , L ' "?' the 
phahd butterflies, of one genus (Elymnias) and ing elytra or bearing an elytrum name of the letter M ' < e ' th - e usual assistant 
several species, having no ocelli, the wings ,. 
neatlv reduced at o2 . ^ thrir ^SS ri^^i^5^SS ^^ST" a "" * 
Huxley, Auat. Invert., p. 206. 
nrodncml at rh trnev nTirl theiv r,nf. 
proaucea at tne apex and their under 
surface peculiarly marked. Many of them re- 
* 
The 
coarse perennial grasses, of northern temper- Jj^- *;/'' f -+ \ - TXTT / r, 
ate regions, allied to Hordeum. There are about 8 |ffi ",! S??j n %;1^ v^'t'' * 
a dozen species in the United States, some of which serve ,": n V ag , ln ,^' - ~*-'f ] Co r 1 P lt i, s > vagmitis. 
for hay and pasturage. Commonly known as rye-grans or elytrOCCle (el l-tro-sel), . [< Gr. eAmpov, a 
lyme-grass. sheath (vagina), + nifArj a tumor.] Same as 
Elysia (e-lis'i-a), n. [NL., < Gr. ijMxriot, Ely- colpocele. 
sian: see Elysium.'] The typical genus of abran- elytro-episiorrhaphy (el"i-tro-ep"i-si-or'a-fi), 
chiate gastropods n. [< Gr. Bmpav, a sheath (vagina), + eitisior- 
of the family - ^Bfc=^ ~i i... -i A . .^^- ^^ s v , J 
Elysiidce, having 
well - developed 
tentacles and the 
sides of the body 
with wing-like 
expansions. E. 
oiridis, of European, 
and E. chlorotica, of American seas, are examples ; they 
resemble slugs, and are found in sea-wrack, eel-grass, etc. 
vowel, + m ; a Latin formation, the Gr. name 
being ,ui>.] 1. The name of the thirteenth let- 
ter of the alphabet, usually written simply / 
or M. 2. In printing, the square of any size 
of type. The large square here shown ^1 is the em of 
the size pica ; the small one , one fouraHhe size (one 
half the height and breadth), is the em of the size non- 
pareil, the one here used. The em is the unit of mea- 
surement in calculating the amount of type in a piece of 
work, as a page, a column, or a book, the standard of 
reckoning being 1,000 ; thus, this page or this book con- 
tains so many thousand, or so many thousand and hundred, 
ems. In the United States it is also the unit in calculat- 
ing the amount of work done by a compositor, while the 
en is generally used for that purpose in Great Britain 
t __________ ,---, _______ V ._ B ____ . ,,, ____ . 
rhaphy.~\ A combination of colporrhaphy with em 2 , 'em (always unaccented, um), pron. [Usu- 
orio^Ti.>ioT^ii-ir all writen n ' 
Elysfa viriftis. 
episiorrhaphy. 
Elytrogona (el-i-trog'o-na), n. [NL., < D.vrpov, 
a case, sheath, elytrum, + -yavoc;, producing: 
see-r/oos.] A genus of phytophagous beetles, 
of the family Cassididas. 
elytroid (el'i-troid), a. [< Gr. 
< e/.vrpov, a sheath, + cMor, form.] 
sheath-like; vaginal. 
, -, -grass ec ,_. 
Elysian (e-liz'ian), a. [= F. eluseeii, a., elv- elytron, . _ See eli/tntm. 
cf. Sp'.'eliseo, elisio = Pg. elysio = It elytroplastlC (eF'i-tro-plas'tik), a. 
' 
< Gr. 
[As eli/tro- 
^i,,, x ^,. vwxut, TElysian: see & ty i '"'"^ Same as col PP la stic. 
Pertaining to Elysium, or the abode elytroplasty (el i-tro-plas-ti), n. [< Gr. eto- 
. jed after death ; hence, blessed de- r()m ' a sheatn (vagina), + irUeattr, form.] 
lightf ully, exquisitely, or divinely happy full bame as folpoplasty. 
of the highest kind of enjoyment, happiness or Elytroptera (el-i-trop'te-ra), n. pi. 
bliss. Gr. eAvrow, a case, sheath, elytnim, + 
sien, n. 
elisio, < L. 
Elysium.'] 
of the blessed after death 
The power I serve 
Laughs at your happy Araby, or the 
Elysian shades. Massinger, Virgin Martyr, iv. 3. 
In that Elysian age (misnamed of gold), 
The age of love, and innocence, and joy, 
Whenall were great and free ! Beattie, Minstrel, ii. 
Hope's elysian isles. 0. W. Holmes, Fountain of Youth. 
There is no Death ! What seems so is transition 
This life of mortal breath 
Is but the suburb of the life elysian, 
Whose portal we call Death. 
Longfellow, Resignation. 
[NL., < 
Tmp6v, a 
wing.] Clairville's name (1806) of the group 
of insects now known as the order Coleoptera. 
It was never current, as the nearly contemporaneous ar- 
ally written and printed 'em, in 17th century 
often 'hem, being regarded as a " contraction" 
or abbreviation of them ; but in fact the reg. 
descendant of ME. hem, him, heom, horn, ham, 
< AS. him, heom, dat. pi. of he, he, heo, she, hit, 
^.^c^vi, it> th e ME. and AS. dat. becoming the E. obj. 
Elytriform; (ace. and dat.), as in him and her, and the ini- 
tial aspirate falling away as in it, and (in easy 
speech) in he, his, him, her: see he. she, it. But 
though this is the origin of em or 'em, the form 
could have arisen independently as a reduc- 
tion of them, like 'at, 'ere, reduced forms in dial, 
speech of that, there.'] In colloquial speech, 
the objective plural of he, she, it: equivalent 
to them. 
rangement of Illiger, which combined the Linnean and 
Fabrician systems, and adopted Ray's name Coleoptera, 
For he could coin and counterfeit 
New words with little or no wit ; . . . 
And when with hasty noise he spoke 'em, 
The ignorant for current took 'em. 
S. Hiittr,-. Il'i.libras, I. i. 10i>. 
em- 1 . Assimilated form of en- 1 before labials, 
em-". Assimilated form of cw- 2 before labials. 
[NL., < Gr. emaceratet (e-mas'e-rat), v. t. or i. [< L. cmiice- 
, a sheath (vagina), + TTTUOTC, a fall, < ratus, defined 'emaciated,' equiv. to emaciutiis 
Kiirreiv, fall.] In pathol., prolapse of the vagina, (see emunali-), if genuine, a mistaken form for 
elytrorrhaphy (el-i-tror'a-fi), n. [< Gr. llv- *emacratus, < e + macer (mticr-), lean, whence 
rpov, a sheath (vagina), +"/)a<t>r/, a seam, suture, ult. E. meager, q. v.] To make or become lean ; 
< pdiTTeiv, sew.] Same as colporrhaphy. emaciate. 
came at once into general use. 
