eliquament (liqua as likwa)

[Latin eliquamen, from eliquo = to strain or drain.] A liquid expre ed from fat or fat fish by pre ure. e-li-qua-tion, s. [Lat. eliquatio, from eliquo to liquefy, strain out: e=out, and liquo =to make liquid, to melt.] Chem.: An operation by which a more fusible substance is separated from another which is le fusible-namely, by the application of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the former but not the latter. Thus, argentiferous copper is melted with lead, and the alloy is cast into discs, which are subjected to a gradually increasing heat; the silver in combination with the lead melts, while an alloy of lead and copper remains in the solid state. ( Watts : Dict . Chem.) ě-li-sion, s . [Lat. elisio , from elisus , pa. rar. of elido to strike out: e =out, and lædo =to dash; Fr. élision ; Sp. elision ; Ital. elisione .] [ELIDE.] I. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-0885.png:[blocks in formation] Elixir of love : (1) Ord . Lang .: A decoction of the seeds of the plant described under (2). It is made in Amboyna. (2) Bot.: Grammatophyllum speciosum , a fine orchid from Java and the adjacent islands. It seems to be deleterious, if not even absolutely poisonous, as many of the orchids are. *ě-lix-Iv-i-āte, v . t . [Pref.e=ex=out, fully, and Eng. lixiviate (q. v.).] To lixiviate or refine thoroughly. *ě-lix-iv-i-ā-tion, s. [Pref. e = ex =out, fully, and Eng. lixiviation (q.v.).] A complete or thorough proce of lixiviation. Ě-liz-a-beth-ạn, a . [Eng. proper name Eliza beth, and adj. suff.-an.] Of or pertaining to Queen Elizabeth, or her time. Elizabeth an-architecture, s . That style of architecture which prevailed in England at the time of Queen Elizabeth, and followed immediately on the Tudor style. It is a mixed style, combining debased forms of the Gothic and Italian styles. it is also sometimes known as the English Renais sance. ělk, s . [Icel. elgr ; Sw. elg ; O. H. Ger. elaho ; M. H. Ger. elch ; Lat. alces; Gr. alke ; Sansc. rishya = a kind of antelope.] 1. Zool .: The Moose or Moose Deer, the Cervus alces of Linnæus, now called Alces palm at us , one of the family Cervidæ. It is a clumsily proportioned "Nor praise I le that circumcision, By modern poets called elision." Swift : Dean's Answer to Sheridan. 2. Fig .: A cutting apart or asunder; a division or separation of parts. "To make some adumbration of that we mean, the inte rior is rather an impulsion or concu ion of the air, than an elision or section of the same." - Bacon : Nat . Hist. (cent. ii), § 187. II. Gram.: The cutting off or suppre ing of a vowel at the end of a syllable for the sake of the rhythm; as, th' attempt. ě-li-sõr, s. [Fr. éliseur =a chooser, from éliser = to choose.] Law : One of two persons appointed by the court to return a jury, when, from the sheriff's being interested in a suit, he is himself disabled from so doing. "If the sheriff be not an indifferent person, as if he be a party to the suit, or be related by either blood or affinity to either of the parties, he is not then trusted to return the jury, but the precept is directed to the coroners, who in this, as in many other instances, are the substitutes of the heriff, to execute proce when he is deemed an improper ers on. If any exception lies to the coroners, the precept shall be directed to two clerks of the court, or two persons of the county named by the court, and sworn. And these two, who are called elisors , or electors, shall indifferently name the jury, and the return is final; no challenge being allowed to their array."-Black stone: Comment., bk. iii., ch. 13.