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Synonyms for ell


Grammar : Noun
Spell : el
Phonetic Transcription : ɛl

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Définition of ell

Origin :
  • "unit of measure of 45 inches," Old English eln, originally "forearm, length of the arm" (as a measure, anywhere from a foot and a half to two feet), from PIE *el- (1) "elbow, forearm" (cf. Greek olene "elbow," Latin ulna, Armenian uln "shoulder," Sanskrit anih "part of the leg above the knee," Lithuanian alkune "elbow").
  • The exact distance varied, depending on whose arm was used as the base and whether it was measured from the shoulder to the fingertip or the wrist: the Scottish ell was 37.2 inches, the Flemish 27 inches. Latin ulna also was a unit of linear measure, and cf. cubit.
  • Whereas shee tooke an inche of liberty before, tooke an ell afterwardes [Humfrey Gifford, "A Posie of Gilloflowers," 1580].
  • As in arm : noun subdivision, annex
  • As in wing : noun section; extension
  • As in annex : noun something added; extension
Example sentences :
  • At Lyons, material was sometimes sold for as much as six hundred francs an ell.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Gawd love you, guv'nor, they'd fight 'ell's blazes, them chaps would!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The ell is used as a kitchen, dining-room and storehouse combined.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • The room was a fairly large one, situated in an ell at the rear of the building.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • Back of the main portion of the saloon was an ell, and it was in this ell that the fire had started.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Thirty feet by twelve, and an ell for cooking and an ell for stowage.
  • Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
  • There 's a leetle word as begins with L. L, I mean, not 'ell.
  • Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks
  • E sent Donnelly to 'ell, and 'e's sending me there, too, curse 'im!
  • Extract from : « Tessa » by Louis Becke
  • "Give her an inch, and she'll take an ell," she had said to herself.
  • Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • Ere, said he at last, jerking his head and rubbing his jaw, how the ell did you do it?
  • Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

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