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ical effect. J. C. Shairp. The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. W. Irving.

A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs. [R.]

of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.

ely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.

te, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. Shak.

A removal from the usual place of residence. [Obs.]

To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison.

In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.

To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester."For elsewhither was I bound." Carlyle.

A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.

The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]

To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

To encircle; to encompass; to inclose. Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.

To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.