elliptic, elliptick, elliptical

[Fr. elliptique, from Gr. elleiptikos.] Having the form of an ellipse. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, is slightly bitter and astringent, demulcent, and diuretic. It has been used, though with little effect, in skin diseases. (4) English elm : The same as Common elm (q. v.). elocution (5) Mountain elm: [Wych elm.] (6) Scotch elm: [ Wych elm .] (7) Spanish elm: A West Indian tree, Cordia ger acanthus , with no real affinity to the elm. It furnishes good timber. (8) Wych , Witch , Scotch, or Mountain elm: Ulmus montana , a large tree with larger leaves than those of No. 2, wild in the north of England and in Scotland, besides being naturalized in other parts of Britain. On the Yorkshire mountains it ascends 1,300 feet. It is native in other parts of Europe, and in Siberia. (J. D. Hooker , .) (9) Yoke elm ( Gerard ). Carp in us betulus , the hornbeam. According to Gerard, yokes were formerly made of the wood. ( Britten & Holland .) elm-galls, s. pl. Galls on the different species of elm, brought on by the puncture of Aphis ulmi. ( Curtis.) těl-měn, a. [Eng. elm; suff. -en.] Of elm, or pertaining to it.