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State or quality of being oblong.

A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.

A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea. [Written also oulong.]

Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.

Same as Ovate-oblong.

Too long. Shak.

To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongée of a parapet; the plongée of a shell in its course. [Sometimes written plonge.]

The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care. Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush.

To prolong; to extend in space or in time. [R.]

The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction. Bacon.

A rope with a hook and a toggle, sometimes used to drag a gun carriage or to lash it to the limber, and for various other purposes.

One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.

Prolongation.

On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.

Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.

A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.