Elf
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Elves \Elves\, n.; pl. of {Elf}.
[1913 Webster] Elvish \Elv"ish\, a.
1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also,
vacant; absent in demeanor. See {Elfish}.
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He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer.
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2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Elf \Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf;
akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr
elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh
to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.]
1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite,
much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit,
supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally
represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
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Every elf, and fairy sprite,
Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak.
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2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
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{Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English
rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric
make in the fields and formerly attributed them to
fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf
shot}.
{Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of
one they had stolen. See {Changeling}.
{Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
{Elf owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of
Southern California and Arizona.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "elf":
Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob,
Hobgoblin, JD, Lilliputian, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, Tom Thumb,
bad boy, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, booger, brat, brownie,
buffoon, bugger, cluricaune, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin,
diablotin, dwarf, enfant terrible, erlking, fairy, fairy queen,
fay, funmaker, gamin, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, holy terror,
homunculus, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester,
juvenile delinquent, knave, kobold, leprechaun, little devil,
little monkey, little rascal, manikin, midge, midget, minx,
mischief, mischief-maker, ouphe, peewee, peri, pip-squeak, pixie,
poltergeist, pooka, practical joker, prankster, puca, puck, punk,
punk kid, pwca, pygmy, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian,
runt, scamp, scapegrace, shrimp, spoiled brat, sprite, sylph,
sylphid, tokoloshe, urchin, wag, wart, whippersnapper,
young devil
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