elapse

i. [Lat. elapsus, pa. par. of elabor to glide out or away: e= ex =out, and labor to glide.] To glide or pa away silently, as time; to slip away. "In these romantic wars several centuries elapsed ."Mickle: Hist. of Discovery of India . ě-lăpsed, pa.par.ora. [ELAPSE.] ě-lăps'-Ing, pr. par., a. & s. [ELAPSE.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of slipping, gliding, or pa ing away. *e-la-que-āte, v. t . [Lat. elaqueatus , pa. par. of elaqueo to set free from a snare: e = ex =out, and laqueus =a noose, a snare.] To disentangle, to set loose or free. *e-la-que-at-ěd, pa. par. or a. [ELAQUEATE.] *e-la-que-at-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [ELAQUE ATE.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of disentangling, setting free, or loosing. ě-lăs-mo-brăn-chi-āte, a . [ELASMOBRANCH I I.] Zool.: Pertaining to the Elasmobranch i i. ě-lăs-mo-brăn-chi-1, s . pl . [ Gr.elasma =metal beaten out, a metal plate, and brangchia = gills.] 1. Zool .: An order of fishes containing the Sharks, Rays, and Chimeras. There are no cranial bones, the skull is without sutures, the gills fixed and shaped like pouches. The exoskeleton consists of a placoid expanse of granular tubercles or spines; the endoskeleton is cartilaginous. The ventral fins are far back. The heart has but one auricle and one ventricle. The order is nearly coextensive with Cuvier's Cartilaginous Fishes and the Placoidei of Aga iz. It is divided into two orders, Holocephali 2. Palæont .: The order has existed from remote Silurian times till now. and Plagiostomi. IMG:content-0813.png:[blocks in formation]