elfbore

A hole in a piece of wood out of which a knot has been dropped or been driven. elf-child, s. A changeling; a child supposed to be left by fairies in exchange for one taken away by them. elf-cup, s. The name of small stones perforated by friction at a waterfall, believed to be the work of elves. elf-dart, s. The same as ELF-ARROW (q. v.). elf-dock, s. Bot .: Inula helenium . chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; elide elf-fire, s. The ignis fatuus, or Jack o' Lantern. elf-land, s. The region of elves or fairies; fairyland. "The horns of elf - land faintly blowing." Tennyson: Prince , iii. 357. elf-lock, s . A knot of hair twisted by elves; twisted knots or locks of hair. "His plaited hair in elf - locks spread Around his bare and matted head." Scott: Rokeby, iv. 8. *elf-locked, *elfe-lockt, a. Having elf-locks or tangled hair. elf-mill, s . The sound made by a worm in the timber of a house, supposed by the vulgar to be preternatural; the death-watch. This is also called the Chackie-mill. elf-shot, s. 1. The same as ELF-ARROW (q. v.).. *ělf, v . t . [ELF. 8.] To twist or entangle hair in knots in so intricate a manner that it cannot be disentangled. *elfe, s . [ELF, 8.]