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An old form of Elf.

A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

pl. of Elf.

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing flooDryden.

One who digs, as with a spade.

A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Same as Helvetic. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

Themselves; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See 1st Himself. [Obs.]

Myself. [Obs.]

urself (we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case. We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further then we usually do. Locke. Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand. Dryden.

The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.

Having a selvage.

Self; same. [Obs.] Chaucer.

pl. of Self.

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

To swallow. [Obs.] Chaucer.