Definition of Ellwands

1. Noun. (plural of ellwand) ¹

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Definition of Ellwands

1. ellwand [n] - See also: ellwand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ellwands

elliptocytosis
elliptocytotic anaemia
elliptograph
elliptographs
ellisite
ellisize
ellisized
ellisizes
ellisizing
ello
ellops
ellopses
ells
ellwand
ellwands (current term)
elm
elm family
elm tree
elmen
elmier
elmiest
elmiric
elmiric acid
elms
elmwood
elmwoods
elmy
elne
elning

Literary usage of Ellwands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"I renounce the sinfulness of long thrums and short ellwands, now and for ever ... Long thrums and short ellwands," said h» of the smithy to him of the loom ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... that, miraculous as they are, they occasion little astonishment: old Balsamo for a space, indeed, laid down his ellwands and unjust balances; ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1819)
"And first of all came Messrs Thompson and Mackintosh, with faces as long as their ellwands, and declared the utter impossibility of getting the uniforms ..."

4. The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots (1819)
"be would risk his life under the ellwands of a thousand apprentices, eager to support the ancient laws. ..."

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