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d~cmcJ iml'i~lls

10 oeglcd doir.r. fo. The myOe,.ics ELLlPSrS , in¡;/Or.1dry. Sce CONle SreTfOKs .

\Vere ofl wo fom, Ihe

I~fi'tr,

aod Ihe grealer¡ where· ELLIPSIS , io gramnm, a figure of i'yolax, wherein 'lOe

of Ihe former were facred 10 Prolerrine, Ceres's

or more word! are nOI exprdfed; aod from Ihis defi-

clau~hler,

and Ihe latter 10 Ceres herfd f. Accordiog

cieney, it has gOl the name

ellipfi~.

10 L~

~bolius,

theyconlilled in a myllic.¡1reprdentati-

The e1liplis, properly fo

eall~d,

is when the defici-

on.of

\Vhat mythologills teadt of Ceres

thoogh fome

ent word 01' wards mull be fupplied (romel(ewhere

f theChriOiJn falhers will have thegreat m)'Oery, 01'

Hd lar!-, AI/dramad " ,

whm

.x"

is underllood'

fecrN, IVhieh Ihey were forbidden bylaw, Ilpryn painof

that is, Aodromache, Hedors "ife.

death, tO divlllge, to have been Ihe reprefcnwion 01'

ELUPTlC, or ELLIPTtCAL, fontelhing belongiog 10

figures of both male aocl (emale rri,'ilies, whleh were

an ellipfis.

hand~d

abomaod

e~pofeJ

tothe comp.<oy.

ELLIPOMACHROSTYLA, io oatoral hiOory, a ge-

ELEUTHERU, aanlher fdlival celebrated al Platea,

nus of imperfed eryOals, IVith fingle pyrlmids

one

by delegms from01101011 all thecities of Greece. in ho-

eod of their column being allixed 10 fome folrJ body ,

oour of Jllpiter

EI~utherius,

or the afiertorof

lib~rty.

They are dodeeahedral, with thinner hexangular eo.

was inflitllted in memoryof the I'iétory obtai ned

lumns aod

hexanglll

u pyramir.s,

by the Greeians, in theterrilories of Plm:a,overMar-

Of thefe

cryn.ls,

aUlhors eoumerale n greal many

donius, the

P~rGan

general, left by Xerxes wtth a

fpecles ; among whieh are Ihe \Vhililh pell ueid fprig

mighlYarmy10 fubdue Greece.

erynal, abright brown kind, a dull brownkind, and a

ELF, aterm now almoOobfolm, formerly ufed 10 de-

blighl yellolV kind, all which are (anher dillingllilhed

nOle a (airy, or hobgobllo, animaginarybeing, thecrea-

according tO Ihe di{fereot length¡ o( their pyramió.

ture of ignorance, fu pernition,

~nd

m fl. See FA t

ELLIPOPACHYSTYLA, in natural hinory, a genus

ELr-A

HOWS, in naturAl hinory, a name given tO the

of imperfetl eryOals, eompofrd of l\IIelve planes, ioan

fiinl!, anciendy falhioned into arrow·heads, nnd lI ill

hexan~u lar

columo, lerminated by an hexanguLr pr-

found (oJlilc in Seodand, America, and feveral othe¡

ra!Oid al one end, and irregularlyallixed to fome other

pans of Ihe world

\hey are believed by Ihe vulgar

body al the other, with Ihorter eolumns.

10 he Ihol by fairies, anJ th. t. eaule are fometimes

There are tIVOrpecies of thefe cryOals, one !hort,

kill"d by them.

b'rieht and (olourlefs, found in greal plenty in New

ELGIN, Ihe capital of lhe couoty of Murray, in Seot-

Spain and olher pans of Ameriea

the other, a Ihort,

Jand, fitumd onthe river Lofey, abollt fix miles north

dull, and

~ulky

browo one, louod in Germaoy, and

of the Spe)':

long,

2· 2

S',

N. lal.

)70

40.

fometimes iD England,

EL1Q.l!ATlON, in metallurgy. a fep:tration of lhe dif-

ELM, in bOlany.

See UL MUS.

fm nt pans of mixed bodie" by the di{ferent

d~grees

ELN

a 10IVOof Cmlonia in Spain, but fubjed 10

of Gre required tO mclt Ihem. See CHE MIST RY .

France, fi tumd ten miles fouth of Perpignan.

ELISION, in grammar, thecuuing off, or furpreJling a ELOC,UTION, in rhetoric,

the adapting words and

l'O\llel al the endof a

\Vord,

for the fake of lound, 01'

fentences 10 Ihe thines 01' fenliments to be exprell'ed.

meafure, the neXI word beginning IVith a vOIVel.

conGns of eleganee, compoGtion, and dignity, The

EliGons are preny frequcndy met with in EngliO\

fi rn comprehending the purity and perfpicuity of a

pomy, bUI more frequcndy in the Latin, French,

&c.

language, is Ihe [oundation of eloeution ; the fecond

Thcy ehiefly confin in fitppreJlions of the

and

raoge. Ihe IVords in proper arder

and the Jan add!

though an eliGon fupprell'es any of Ihe olher vowels.

Iheornamenn of

trOp~s

and 6gures tOgil'e ftrengthand

ELl X,\TION, in pharmacy, the extraéting the .i" ues

dignity 10 Ihe whole.

, of ingreJients by boiling or neIVing.

ELODES, in bOlany. See' fI VPER leu n.

ELIXIR, in medicine, a eompound tindure

eXlrall~d

ELOGY, a praife or paoeeyric benolVed on any perfon

frommany ellieacious ingredienl!. Hence Iht dlll'e-

Or thing, in conGderation of ilS merito The beauty

renee bellVeeo a tinéture and an elixir fcems tO bethis,

of e10gy eonGfts in an expreJlive brevity.

Eulogium.

Ihal a tinétnre is draIVn fromone ingrcdienl, fometimes

Ihould nOI have fo much as one epilhet, rroperly fa

wilh an addition of . nother tOopen il, and to difpofe

called, nor tWO word. f)nonymous; they OlOuld

il tOyield tO the mennrllum; IVhereas an eli. ir is a

Oriélly adhere 10 trulh

for extra.ag_nl .nd improba-

\inllure exméled from fel'eral ingredients ,at Ihe fame

ble elogies rather Icll'en the eI/acaller of the perfon or

time, See TI NCTURE.

thing Ihey IVould extol.

ELK, in zoology. See CHYUS.

ELOlNED, iD laIV, figni6es reRrained or Ilindered from

ELKHOLM, • pon-tolVn (lf GOIhlar.d, in Sweden,

doing fomething: Ihus il i! faid, that if thofe within

tIVenly-four miles IVell of Cardfcroon.

a~e

be eloined, fo Ihat tbey cannot fue pcrfon. III',

ELL, a meafure of length, dllfcrent in

d,{f~renl

cnun-

their next friend !hall fue (01' them.

tnes

bUI thofe monly ofed,

are

tht

En~liOt

and Fle- ELO GATION, in afironomy, Ihe digrellionor reccfs

ntilb ells; whereof the former ISthree feel nioe inch·

pl. net from the fuo,

ith rerpeél tO

eye piJced

es, or one rard nnd a quarter ; and the latICr only

onour earth.

S~e

ASTROSO ty ,

I~'enly-reven in~he"

or three

~Udrtcrs

01'

a prn.

ELo 'CA Tt O~,

iofurgery, is an Imperfdl luxation, oc-

codand, Ihe ell

eont3i~~

,']S

Englilh inche..

caGoncd by Ihe nrctehirg or

Icogthcnin~

of Ihe lit :-

l LLERE

10ll n of Ellrtmao.r.,

Spatn, fifty

meors ofany joint.

miles fout b eall of

'!erica.

ELOllHIENT, in

13IV,

here

marri(d wom.nde-

OL.

Il.

No. 46.

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