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Show EL _ Dull fublunary lover's love Whofe foulis fenfe, cannot admi Ereme'nTarL, adj. [from element 1. Produced by fome of the four elements fpot are vary'd on his brow And ftreak'd with red, a troubl'd colour tho That fullen mixture fhall at once declar Winds, rain, and ftorms, and elemental war Dryden's Virgil Soft yielding minds to water glide away And fip wit nymphs their elemental tea Pope 2. Arifing from firft principles Leeches are by fom Pertaining to the elephant 70 ELEVATE. «. a. [elevo, Latin. 1. To raife up aloft occafion an effufion of blood bu an Brown EveMenTARITY. 7 /0 [from elementary. Containing rudiments or firft principles th fimplicit of nature or abfenc o compofition; being uncompounded A very large clafs of creatures in the earth, fa above the condition of e/ementarity Brown's Vulgar Errours EvLeme'NTARY. adj. [from element. 1. Uncompounded; having only one principle or conftituent part All rain water contains in it a copious fedimen of terreftrial matter, and is not a fimple elementar water Ray The elementary falts of animals are not the fam as they appear by diftillation. Arbuth. on Aliments 2. Initial rade This drug is improperly called gum elemi bein The genuine e/emi is brought from AR thio pia in flattith mafles, or in cylinders, of a yellowit colour Itis very rare in Europe, and fuppofed t be preduced by a tree of the olive kind The fpuriou o known America elemi is of a whitif lef greenif fro a tall tree Evs'ncn ment th colour, wit or yellowif whic collet the refin almof tinge the Brafilian onl kin greate I o proceed wound an Hill's Mat. Med . /o [elenchus, Lat. An argu a fophifm Th firft delufion Satan put upo Eve, and hi whole tentation might be the fame e/exch continued as whe h faid Y fhal no die tha was his equivocation, you fhall not incur prefent death i Brown's Vulg. Errours + Difcover the fallacies of our common adverfary that old fophifter, who puts the moft abufive e/ench en us Dec. of P Err'ors » f Some name the apples i requeft in the cyder countries fo; no known by that name in feveral parts o England Mortimer's Hufbandry E'LePHANT n. /. [clephas, Tat. 1. The largeft of all quadrupeds, of whof fagacity, faithfulnefs, prudence, and eve underftanding, many furprifing relation are given herbs, an ‘This animal feeds on hay all forts of pulfe; and i faid to be extremely long lifed He i fupplied with a trunk, or long hollo cartilage, which hangs between his teeth and ferves him for hands His teeth ar the ivory Calmet He loves to hear That unicorns may be betray'd with trees And bears with glafes, e/ephants with holes Shakefpeare The elephant hath joints, but not for courtefy His legs are for neceflity 2. Ivory not flexure the teeth of elephants High o'cr the gate Shakefp in e/ephant and gold The crowd fhall Cafar's Indian war béhold Drydey's Virg Others apart fat on a hill retir'd In thoughts more e/evate, and reafon'd hig Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate. A In all that great extent, wherein the mind wan ders, in thofe remote fpeculations it may feem t be elevated with, it ftirs not beyond fenfe or reLocke fle¢tion Now rifing fortune e/evates his mind He fhines unclouded, and adorns mankind Savage 4. To elate with vicious pride To mifchief fwift, hope elevates, and jo Brightens his creft Milton 5 T lefle thoug detra@ion b ‘Thi legitimately deduced fro Latin fenfe th is not now in ufe When the judgments of learned men are alledge againft you, what do they but either elevate thei credit, or oppofe unto the as learned the judgments of other Hooker E'vevare. part. adj. [from elevated. alted raifed aloft Ex city ftood Evrva'tion. n. /. [elevatio, Latin. Milton 1. The ac of raifing -aloft difruptio of the ftrata the elevatlon o fome, and depreflion of others, did not fall eout b chance, but were directed by a difcerning principle Woodward 2. Exaltation S Ifa}'{‘ly elves hofe midnight revelsby fom Or fountain, fome belated peg}an%;:fies, Skatefp The king of ¢/fs and littl e fair quee Gambol'd on heaths, and danc' Milton op €v'ry green - Dy If e¢'er one vifion touch'd thy Of all theinurfe and all the prie?t Lr;%:: houg}:%: i Of airy elver by moon-light thadoy fu aught en The filver token, and the cj rcled green Pop A devil That we ma angels feem w na And are but fati);es %o fet up 'ourle'e}'x;ael:t However it was civil, an angel or ¢/f 8.1:;" Jder For he ne'er could have fill it fo el o'fhimfclf 7o ELr. v. a. [from the noun, T(fw tangle hair in {o intricate a manpe th it is not to be unravelled. This the vul gar have fuppofed to be the wo ofkf; ries in the night; and all hair f matte together, hath-had the name of elf-locks My face I'll grime with fih a Blanket my loins, e/f all my hair in knots, S ak E'vrin adj. [from elf. Relating to ffif ries; elfifh; belonging to elyes Now when thatidle dream was to him brought Unto that e/fiz knight he bade him fly With tow'rs and temples proudly e/evat On feven fmall hills Th 2 dignity Angels, in their feveral degrees of elevation abov us, may be endowed with more comprehenfive faculties Locke Where he flept foundly Sptrgfer ElLrrock. n /. [elf and lck] Knots o hair twifted by elves Rn This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horfes in the night And cakes the e/f~/ocks in foul fluttifh hairs Which once untangl'd much misfortupe bodes . S To ELICITE. w, a. [eliuo, Latin] T fir ke out to fetch out by Iabour orart Although the fame truth may be licited, an 3. Exaltation of the mind by noble conceptions explicated by the contemplation of animals, ye they are more clearly evidenced in the contempla We are therefore to love him with all poffibl application and elevation of fpirit, with all th He e/icits thofe a&ts out of the meer lapfed ftat heart foul an mind Norris 4. Exaltation of ftyle His ftile was an elegant perfpicuity, rich o phrafe, but feldom any bold metaphors; and f far from tumid that it rather wante vation a little ele 5. Attention to obje&s above us Waotton All which different elevations of fpirit-unto God are contained in the nam of prayer Hooker 6. The height of any heavenly body wit refpe to the horizon Som whic latitude hav mor northern elevation have no canicular days tha feventy-thre as thof degrees o as Nova Zembla Brown's Vulgar Ervours Evevaltor or lifter up . /. [from elevate. applied t A raife fome chirurgica inftraments put to fuch ufes Ruincy ELE'VEN. ad;. [@nblepen, Saxon.] Te and one on mor than ten Had I a dozen fons, and none lefs'dear than Marcius, I had rather eleven die nobly for their country, than one voluptuoufly furfeit out of aion Shakefpeare EvLE'vExTH. adj. [from eleven.], The nex in order to the tenth In the eleventh chapter he returns to fpeak o the building of Babel Raleigh's Hiftory ELF. #./. plural elves, Lelf, Wellh. Baxter' Glofl. Or dreams he fees 2. To exalt; to dignify 3. To raife with great conceptions On each fide an imperia ~BreMI. 7. f arefin or fire, which elevate Wovdward This fubterranean hea the water out of the abyfs accounted poifon, not pro fo much as elemental repugnancy taken, they faften upon the veins this houfe give giljnmm:r;n a '%i By the dead and drowfy fire Every e/f, and fairy fprit Hop as light as bird from b iar Lat. [elephantinus adj Evepra/nTiNg perly, that is by temperamental contrariety, occul form, o inwardl PPOftoedbe. oo vering the fkin with incruftations lik thofe on the hide of an elephant Donne u 1. A wandering fpirit, fupp in wild unfrequented places: Throug Everuanrti'asts. n /. [elephantiafis, Lat. A fpecies of leprofy, fo called from co Of abfence, *caufz it doth remov The thing which elemented it 1f dufk o B E'L tion of man Hale's Origin of Maik of human nature Evilcrr ad [elicitus, Latin. Chegne Brough into act; brought from poffibility to rea exiftence It is the virtue of humility and obedience, an not the formal e/icit a& jof meeknefs; meeknef being ordinarily annexed to thefe virtues Ham The {chools difpute whether, in morals, the ex ternal ation fuperadds any thing of good or evil f the internal e/icit ak of the will South Evicrtaltion Tha . / elicitation whic [from elicis, Latin. the fchools intend, is deducing of the power of the will into adl: tha drawing which they mention, is merely from th appetibility of the object To Ert'pE. v. a. [elidy, Latin. in pieces; to crufh W ar Bramball To brea to cut off that whereunto they, fio whom thefe objetions proceed, fly for defence when the force and ftrength of the argumenti Hooker elided EvrcisiviTy. o / [from eligible.] Worthinefs to be chofen The bufinefs of the will is not to judge concern ing the nature of things, but to choofe them in con=" fequence of the report made by the underftanding as to their e/igibility or goodnefs E'LIGIBLE t adj [elt'gifii[i;, Fidde:s Sern Latin.]nFi be chofen; worthy of choice; pre ferable A Britith miniftry ought to be fatisfied, if, alw lowin to ever articulaatr man that bis Eheni particu privat |