Definition of ell

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Ell (n.) A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37..

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Snipper-snaper :: Snipper-snaper (n.) A small, insignificant fellow..
Auln :: Auln (n.) An ell. [Obs.] See Aune.
Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..
Cell :: Cell (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place..
Profound :: Profound (a.) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom..
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..
Roncador :: Roncador (n.) Any one of several species of California sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, / Johnius, saturna)..
Proctucha :: Proctucha (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria including those that have an intestine terminating posteriorly.
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Marketer :: Marketer (n.) One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
Ostracea :: Ostracea (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.
Nuclein :: Nuclein (n.) A constituent of the nuclei of all cells. It is a colorless amorphous substance, readily soluble in alkaline fluids and especially characterized by its comparatively large content of phosphorus. It also contains nitrogen and sulphur..
Rave :: Rave (v. i.) To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman..
Rumicin :: Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.
Dramseller :: Dramseller (n.) One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.
Prod :: Prod (n.) A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd..
Gor-bellied :: Gor-bellied (a.) Bog-bellied.
Gromwell :: Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera..
Pabulum :: Pabulum (n.) The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum..
Exornation :: Exornation (n.) Ornament; decoration; embellishment.
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