 | John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1819 - 800 pages
...measure containing a yard and a quarter. ELLIPSIS, ?l-lip's?ss— See EFFACE. A figure of rhetorick, by which something is left out : in geometry, an oval figure generated from the transverse section of a cone. ELLIPTICAL, ol-Up'te-kil. ) ELLlPTICK.el-Hp-dk. 5 a" form of an ellipsis.... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...Ell, el. .". a measure containing a yard and a quarter Ellipsis, el-llp'sis. t. a figure of rhetorick, by which something is left out ; in geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone of an ellipsis ELE Fite, for, Bll, fat— mf, mil— pine, p!u— n6, move, EMB Elm, /I'M. i. the name... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...Ell, el. «. a measure containing a yard and a quarter Ellipsis, el-lip'sis. s. a figure of rhetorick, by which something is left out ; in geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone f of an ellipsis ELE Fate, far, fill, fAt — me, met — pine, pin — no, mive, Elm, elm. f. the... | |
 | John Walker - Bible - 1823 - 808 pages
...s. A measure containing a yard and a ELLIPSIS, el-llp'sis. s.— See EFFACE. A figure of rlietorick, by which something is left out: in geometry, an oval figure generated from the transverse section of a cone. ELLIPTICAL, el-lip te-kil ) ELLIPTICK,el-ltp-tlk. J * form of an ellipsis.... | |
 | Walter Hamilton (M.R.A.S.) - Science - 1825 - 474 pages
...tinctu,re,being(rom one. ELK. A species of stag. In Zoology, cervus alee. ELLIPSIS (from •.^•-u-.l,;.) In Geometry, an oval figure generated from the section...by a plane cutting both sides of the cone, but not paialii-1 to the base, and meeting with the base when produced. ELLAGIC ACID. In Chemistry, an acid... | |
 | John Walker - 1827 - 864 pages
...containing a yard and a quarter. ELLIPSIS, el-lîp*s?3, s. A figure of rhetorick, by which something ¡s left out; in geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone.— See Efface, ELLIPTICAL, êl-lip^te-kâl, ~ ELLIPTICK, ël-llp^tïk, Having the form of an ellipsis.... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1828 - 798 pages
...measure containing a yard and a quarter. ELLIPSIS, el-llp sts. s.— See EfFACE. A figure of rhetnrick, by which something is left out: in geometry, an oval figure generated from the transverse section of a cone. ELLIPTIC AL, el-Hp'te-k&l ) „ ,,„..„ ,,,. ELLIPTlCK,eVlip-tik.... | |
 | William Grimshaw - English language - 1829 - 418 pages
...animal of the stag kind. ELL. 5. A measure containing, in England, a yard and a quarter. ELLIPSIS, s. A figure of rhetoric, by which something is left out;...oval figure, generated from the section of a cone, pi. ellipses. ELLIPTIC, ELLIPTICAL, adj. Having the form of an ellipsis ; oval. adv. elliptically.... | |
 | John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...containing a yard and a quarter. ELLIPSIS, il-llp'sls, *. A figure of rhetorick by which something in left out* in geometry, an oval figure generated from the section of a cone. ELLIPTICAL, 31-Hp'U-kll, I a Huvine- th* ELLIPTICK, *lm>'fikt J "• «»""? •» fluent speech ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1832 - 1738 pages
...659.— Fate, fir, fill, fat »—me, roel j— pine, pin Yni Praise; panegyrick. Is left oui. Hammond. [In geometry.] An oval figure, generated from the section of a cone, by a pUum culling bolh sides of Ihe cone, bul not parallel to the base, and meeling with the base when produced.... | |
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ELLIPSIS, s. A figure of rhetoric, by which something is left out; in geometry, an oval figure, generated from the section of a cone, pi. 
