elateridæ

[Gr. elater, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- idæ.] [ELATER.] Entom.: A family of Coleoptera (beetles), tribe Pen tamer a, sub-tribe Sternoxia. It contains the insects placed by Linnæus in his great genus Elater, now broken up into many genera. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, păt, IMG:content-0817.png:[blocks in formation] part of a horizontal course, an obtuse angle of a verb. wall. 2. Carp .: The junction of two parts having a bent joint; a knee or toggle joint; an abrupt angle. 3. Joinery: The sides or flanks of a paneled re- ce ; especially the two small pieces of framing which occur on each side of a window immediately below the shutters when the window-jambs are carried down to the floor, forming a slight rece . (1) Elbow of a hawse : Naut .: A particular twist in the cable by which a ship rides at anchor. (2) To be at one's elbow : To be near; to be at hand so as to be ready to help. "Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home: Quick, quick; fear nothing, I'll be at thy elbow ." Shakesp.: Othello , v. 1. (3) To be out at elbows : To be shabby in dre ; hence, to be reduced in circumstances, to be badly off. "He's always shaking his heels with the ladies, and his elbows with the lords." -Vanbrugh : Confederacy, i. (6) To lift the elbow: To drink immoderately. elbow-board, s. elbow-chair, s. An arm-chair; a chair with arms to support the elbows. "Convenience next suggested elbow - chairs ." Cowper: Task , 1. 89. IMG:content-0818.png:[blocks in formation] I. Lit .: To push or thrust with the elbows. "Pre ing and elbowing each other to get near the altar." ěl'-bōw, *el-bowe, s . [A. S. elboga , from el , cogn. with Lat. ulna =the elbow, and bog a =abend--Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xxiv. IMG:content-0819.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0820.png:[blocks in formation] "The superstitious idle-headed eld Receiv'd and did deliver to our age The tale of Herne the Hunter, for a truth." IMG:content-0821.png:[graphic] 1. One who is older or of greater age than one or more others; an older person; a senior in years. 2. One whose age gives him a claim to honor and respect. (3) ( Pl .): Ancestors, forefathers. II. Technically : 3. Among Calvin is tic Churches: A body of men elected by the communicants from among their number to aid the minister in portions of his spiritual work. With the minister, they constitute the executive of the congregation. "A general meeting of ministers and elders was called for the purpose of preventing such discreditable exce es."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii. For the difference between elder and senior , seo SENIOR. elder-son, 8. Among the Albigenses and other Cathari: The higher of two vicars attached to the bishop. ( Mosheim .) ěl-der (2), *eller, s . & a . [A. S. ellen , ellern .] A. As subst .: A tree, Sambucus (q.v.). Sambucus nigra is the Common Elder. It has corky bark, two to four pairs of serrate leaflets, flowers in cymes, four to six inches in diameter, berry small globose, black, or rarely green. It is found in Europe, also in South Africa. The berries are used for the manufacture of wine; the flowers for making perfumes. S. ebulus is the Dwarf Elder, or Danewort. Cut - leaved elder : A cultivated variety of Sam bucus nigra . B. As adj .: Made of the hollowed branch of the elder-tree. "If he give not back his crown again upon the report of an elder gun, I have no augury."-Beaum. & Flet.: Phil aster, i. 1. (1) Bishop's Elder : [BISHOP.] (2) Dwarf Elder : [ELDER.] (3) Ground Elder : Sambucus ebulus . (4) Marsh Elder : Marish Elder ; Viburnum opu lus. (5) Water Elder : The same as Marsh Elder (q. v.).