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A write of elegies. T. Warton.

Abounding with elms. The simple spire and elmy grange. T. Warton.

Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Lengthwise; along. [Archaic] The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart and endelong With iron tough. Chaucer. He pricketh endelong the large space. Chaucer. To thrust the raft endlong across the moat. Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T. Warton.

Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." T. Warton.

A song of triumph. [Obs.] T. Warton.

hazardous movements; a balancer. When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.

To call out; to summon forth. To evoke the queen of the fairies. T. Warton. A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences of joy." Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison…

Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton.

ls of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold. No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. Milton.

and aft (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.), not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter.

To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.

dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco. The fumes of new shorn hay. T. Warton. The fumes of undigested wine. Dryden.

To invest with the Order of the Garter. T. Warton.

Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. T. Warton.

A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. [Obs.] T. Warton. Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc. Strype.

(a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized. T. Warton.