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ě-lěc-trum, s . [Lat., from Gr. elektron .] 1. Mineralogy : (1) Amber. (2) The same as 2 (q. v.). Dana calls it Argentiferous gold. 2. Metal .: An alloy of gold and silver, containing from twenty to fifty per cent. of silver. Its color is lighter and its specific gravity le than gold. It is found native, and was used by the ancient Greeks for coinage. ĕ-lěc-tu-ar-ў, *let-u-a-rie, s . [Low Latin electuarium, electarium, perhaps for elinctarium , from elingo to lick away; and so a medicine which di olves in the mouth.] Phar .: A form of medicine compounded of powders and conserves of the consistence of honey. "We meet with divers electuaries , which have no ingredient, except sugar, common to any two of them."-Boule. ěl-ě-dō-ně, s. [Gr. eledōnē (heledōnē)=a kind of polypus. ( Aristotle .) Zool.: A genus of Cephalopods, family Octopod ide. Two species are known. *ě-lee-mos-yn-ar-l-ly, adv . [Eng. eleemosyn ary ; -ly .] By way of charity; in a charitable manner; charitably.