Definition of elm

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Elm (n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva..

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Morion :: Morion (n.) A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat..
Wheelmen :: Wheelmen (pl. ) of Wheelma.
Steersmate :: Steersman (n.) One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.
Helmsmen :: Helmsmen (pl. ) of Helmsma.
Helm :: Helm (n.) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet..
Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Galeated :: Galeated (a.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped..
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver..
Bascinet :: Bascinet (n.) A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor..
Ulmaceous :: Ulmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type..
Flatworm :: Flatworm (n.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians..
Helm :: Helm (n.) A helmet.
Pompelmous :: Pompelmous (n.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size..
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
Helminthoid :: Helminthoid (a.) Wormlike; vermiform.
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..
Abelmosk :: Abelmosk (n.) An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow..
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