element art (elementar)

[L. element a rius: see elementary.] Elementary. What thyng occasioned the showres of rayne Of fyre elementar in his supreme spere. Skelton , Garland of Laurel. elementarine (el-e-men'ta-ri-nes), n. The state of being elementary. elementarityt (el"ē-men-tar'i-ti), n. [ elemen tary + -ity .] Elementarine . For though Moses have left no mention of minerals, nor made any other description then sutes unto the apparent and visible creation, yet is there unquestionably a very large cla is of creatures in the earth far above the condition of elementarity . Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., ii. 1. elementary (el-e-men'ta-ri), a. [= D. elemen G. elementar (in comp.), also element a tair = = risch = Dan. elementar = Sw. elementär (D. Dan. Sw. after F.) (Dan. Sw. also elementar in comp.) F. élémentaire = Pr. Sp. Pg. elemen tar, Pg. also element a rio = It. element are, element a rio, They [chemists] have found it impo ible to obtain from oxygen anything but oxygen, or from hydrogen anything but hydrogen; and, in the present state of our knowledge, these bodies are consequently regarded as elementary or simple substances. Huxley , Physiography, p. 105. Without ritual, religion may exist in its elementary state, and this elementary state of religion is what may be described as habitual and permanent admiration. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 70. The primitive homestead,.. where all things were elementary and of the plainest cast. Stedman , Poets of America, p. 101. 2. Initial; rudimental; containing, teaching, or discu ing first principles, rules, or rudiments: as, an elementary treatise or disquisition; elementary education; elementary schools. The sophistical elenchus or refutation, being a delusive semblance of refutation which imposes on ordinary men and induces them to accept it as real, cannot be properly understood without the theory of elenchus in general; nor can this last be understood without the entire theory of the syllogism, since the elenchus is only one variety of syllogism. The elenchus is a syllogism with a conclusion contradictory to or refutative of some enunciated thesis or proposition. Accordingly we must understand the conditions of a good and valid syllogism before we study those of a valid elenchus; these last, again, must be understood, before we enter on the distinctive attributes of the pseudo- elenchus - the sophistical, invalid, or sham, refutation. Grote. Ignorance of the elench. See fallacy of irrelevant con clusion, under fallacy . elenchic, elenchi cal (e-leng'kik, -ki-kal), a . [ elench + -ic , -ical .] Pertaining to or of the nature of an elench; refuting; confutative; sophistical. Bailey , 1776. elenchic ally (e-leng'ki-kal-i), adv . By means of an elench. Imp. Dict. elenchizet (ē-leng kīz), v. i. [ -ize .] To dispute; refute. Tod Tip. Hear him problematize. Pru. Ble us, what's that? Tip . Or syllogize, elenchize . B. Jonson, New Inn, ii. 2. elenchtict, elenchtic alt, a . Erroneous forms of elenctic , elenctical . elenchus (e-leng'kus), n. 1. Same as elench. -2. [ cap.] [NL.] (a) A genus of gastropods. Humphreys, 1797. (b) A genus of Strepsiptera. Curtis, 1831. elenctict, elenctic alt (ē-lengk'tik, -ti-kal), a. [Also written, erroneously, elenchtic, -al, IMG:content-0313.png:[blocks in formation] camel: see camel ), phant-), also elephant us, and ML. elefantus, Lith. slanas ), elephant; Turk. Ar. fil, Hind. fil, pil, IMG:content-0314.jpg:[graphic] Indian Elephant ( Elephas indicus). tine, and comprehending two living species, namely, Elephas indicus and Elephas ( Loxodon ) african us. The former inhabits India, and is characterized by a concave high forehead, small ears, and comparatively small tusks; the latter is found in Africa, and has a convex forehead, great flapping ears, and large tusks. The tusks occur in both sexes, curving upward from the extremity of the upper jaw. The nose is prolonged into a cylindrical trunk or proboscis, at the extremity of which the nostrils open. The trunk is extremely flexible and highly sensitive, and terminates in a finger-like prehensile elephant lobe. Elephants are the largest quadrupeds at present existing. Their tusks are of great value as ivory, furnishing an important article of commerce, in Africa especially, African Elephant ( Elephas or Loxodon african us). occasioning the destruction of great numbers of these ani mals. Ten species of fo il elephants have been described, of which the best-known is the hairy mammoth, E. primi genius. The mastodons are nearly related to elephants, but form a separate subfamily Mastodon tine (which see). Than he returned toward hym with his betell in his honde, and put his targe hym be-forn that was of the bon of an Olyfaunte. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 338. The castelles... that craftily ben sett upon the oli fantes bakkes. Mandeville, Travels, p. 191. He is as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant . Shak., T. and C., i. 2. 2. Figuratively, a burdensome or perplexing po e ion or charge; something that one does not know what to do with or how to get rid of: as, to have an elephant on one's hands; he found his great house very much of an elephant. -3. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [Poetical.] High o'er the gate, in elephant and gold, The crowd shall Cæsar's Indian war behold. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, 4. A drawing or writing-paper measuring in America 22 × 27 inches. - A white elephant, a po e ion or a dignity more troublesome and costly than profitable: in allusion to the rare and highly venerated white elephants of the East Indies, which must be kept in royal state, and which are said to be sometimes presented by the King of Siam to courtiers whom he desires to ruin. Bazaine bethought him of his master's natural anxiety to know the situation. That master was the white elephant of Bazaine and the army. Arch. Forbes , Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 58. Double elephant, a drawing or writing-paper measuring in England 261 or 27 x 40 inches, and in America (where it is also called double royal) 26 × 40 inches. Elephant hawk-moth. See hawk - moth. -Order of the White Elephant, a Danish order alleged to be of great antiquity. Its foundation, however, is specifically ascribed to Christian I., 1462, and its reorganization to Christian V., 1693. It is limited to 30 knights besides the members of the royal family, and no person can be a knight who is not previously a member of the order of the Danebrog. The collar of the order is composed alternately of elephants and embattled towers. The badge is an elephant bearing on his back a tower, and on his head a driver dre ed like a Hindu. The ribbon to which the badge is attached on ordinary occasions is sky-blue. - Rogue elephant, an elephant of ungovernably bad temper, which lives alone or apart from the herd, and is regarded as particularly dangerous. - To see or to show the elephant, to see or exhibit something strange or wonderful; especially, to see for the first time, or exhibit to a str an. ger, the sights and scenes of a great city (often implying those of a low or disreputable kind). [Slang, U. S.] elephant-apple (el'e-fant-ap"1), n. The wood apple of India, Feronia elephantum, a large rutaceous tree allied to the orange, and bearing an orange-like fruit. The pulp of the fruit is acid, and is made into a jelly.