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_Ross._

Dan. _aldrende_; Isl. _aldraen_, senex.

ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ A luncheon, S.

ELFMILL, _s._ The sound made by a wood-worm, viewed by the vulgar as preternatural, S. q. ”_fairy_-mill.”

ELFSHOT, _s._

1. The name vulgarly given to an arrow-head of flint, S.

_Pennant._

2. Disease, supposed to be produced by the stroke of an elf-arrow, S.

_Glanville._

Norv. _allskaadt_, Dan. _elleskud_; i. e. _elfshot_.

_Elf-shot_, _adj._ Shot by fairies, S.

_Ramsay._

ELIMOSINUS, _adj._ Merciful.

_Burel._

ELYTE, _s._ One elected to a bishopric.

O. Fr. _elite_.

_Wyntown._

ELLER, _s._ The Alder, a tree, S.

_Lightfoot._

ELLIS, _adv._ Otherwise.

A. S. _elles_, id.

ELLIS, ELS, _adv._ Already, S.

_Barbour._