Elusive
(E*lu"sive) a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding
the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives.
Pope. — E*lu"sive*ly, adv. — E*lu"sive*ness, n.
Elusory
(E*lu"so*ry) a. [LL. elusorius.] Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive.
— E*lu"so*ri*ness n.
Elute
(E*lute") v. t. [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.] To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot.
Elutriate
(E*lu"tri*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elutriated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating ] [L. elutriatus, p. p.
of elutriare.] To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the
lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off
with water; to cleanse, as by washing.
Elutriation
(E*lu`tri*a"tion) n. The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as
finer particles from heavier.
Eluxate
(E*lux"ate) v. t. [Pref. e- + luxate.] To dislocate; to luxate.
Eluxation
(E`lux*a"tion) n. Dislocation; luxation.
Elvan
(Elv"an) a.
1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.
2. (Mining) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous
veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.
Elvan
(Elv"an, Elv"an*ite) , n. The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.
Elve
(Elve) n. An old form of Elf.
Elver
(El"ver) n. (Zoöl.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; — called also elvene.
Elves
(Elves) n.; pl. of Elf.
Elvish
(Elv"ish) a.
1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.
He seemeth elvish by his countenance.
Chaucer. 2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
Elvishly
(Elv"ish*ly), adv. In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.
Elwand
(El"wand) n. [Obs.] See Ellwand.
Elysian
(E*ly"sian) a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence,
yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian
age." Beattie.
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.
Longfellow.
