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  • Ell — Ell, n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. ? elbow. Cf. {Elbow}, {Alnage}.] A measure for cloth; now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elbow — El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elbow grease — Elbow El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elbow in the hawse — Elbow El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elbow scissors — Elbow El bow, n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ?lnbogi; prop.; arm bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st {Ell}, and 4th {Bow}.] 1. The joint or bend of the arm; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • elbow — c.1200, elbowe, from O.E. elnboga, from ell length of the forearm + boga bow, arch, from W.Gmc. *alinobogan, from P.Gmc. *elino bugon, lit. bend of the forearm (Cf. M.Du. ellenboghe, Du. elleboog, O.H.G. elinbogo, Ger. Ellenbogen, O.N …   Etymology dictionary

  • ell — ell1 [el] n. ☆ 1. an extension or wing at right angles to the main structure 2. an L shaped pipe or conduit fitting ell2 [el] n. [ME elle, elne < OE eln, akin to Ger elle < Gmc * alinō, lit., arm, hence arm s length < IE base * elei , to …   English World dictionary

  • Elbow — For other uses, see Elbow (disambiguation). Elbow Latin articulatio cubiti Gray s …   Wikipedia

  • Ell — An ell (from Proto Indo European *el elbow, forearm ), is a unit of measurement, approximating the distance from the elbow to the wrist.Several different national forms existed, with different lengths, including the Scottish ell (approximately 37 …   Wikipedia

  • elbow — [OE] Logically enough, elbow means etymologically ‘arm bend’. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanīc *alinobogan (which also produced German ellenbogen, Dutch elleboog, and Danish albue). This was a compound formed from *alinā… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • ell — {{11}}ell (1) unit of measure of 45 inches, O.E. eln, originally forearm, length of the arm (as a measure, anywhere from a foot and a half to two feet), from PIE *el (1) elbow, forearm (Cf. Gk. olene elbow, L. ulna, Arm. uln shoulder, Skt. anih… …   Etymology dictionary

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