Define the word ell"ell" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
L \L\ ([e^]l), n.
1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main
building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the
letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower,
or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the
main building; a wing. [Written also ell.]
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2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in
connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also
ell.]
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"Ell" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Ell \Ell\, n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG.
elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna
elbow, ell, Gr. ? elbow. Cf. Elbow, Alnage.]
A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different
lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45
inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
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"Ell" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.)
See L.
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"ell" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
ell
n : an extension at the end and at right angles to the main
building
"ell" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "ell":
L, addition, angle, annex, apex, arm, bend, bifurcation, bight,
block, cant, chevron, coin, corner, crank, crook, crotchet,
deflection, dogleg, elbow, extension, fork, furcation, hook,
inflection, knee, nook, point, quoin, swerve, veer, vertex, wing,
zag, zig, zigzag
"ELL" bouvier "Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)"
ELL. A measure of length. In old English the word signifies arm, which sense
it still retains in the word elbow. Nature has no standard of measure. The
cubit, the ell, the span, palm, hand, finger, (being taken from the
individual who uses them) varies. So of the foot, pace, mile, or mille
passuum. See Report on Weights and Measures, by the Secretary of State of
the United. States, Feb. 22, 1821; Fathom.
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