About The Word Elf
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Elf
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What's The Definition Of Elf?
[n] below 3 kilohertz
[n] (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous Synonyms | Synonyms for Elf: brownie | extremely low frequency | gremlin | hob | imp | pixie | pixy Related Terms | Find terms related to Elf: Ariel | bad boy | bad fairy | bad peri | banshee | Befind | booger | brat | brownie | buffoon | bugger | cluricaune | Corrigan | cutup | devil | deviling | devilkin | diablotin | Dingbelle | dwarf | enfant terrible | erlking | fairy | fairy queen | fay | Fifinella | Finnbeara | funmaker | gamin | gnome | goblin | gremlin | Hob | Hobgoblin | holy terror | homunculus | hood | hoodlum | hooligan | imp | JD | joker | jokester | juvenile delinquent | knave | kobold | leprechaun | Lilliputian | little devil | little monkey | little rascal | Mab | manikin | midge | midget | minx | mischief | mischief-maker | Oberon | ouphe | peewee | peri | pip-squeak | pixie | poltergeist | pooka | practical joker | prankster | puca | Puck | punk | punk kid | pwca | pygmy | rapscallion | rascal | rogue | rowdy | ruffian | runt | scamp | scapegrace | shrimp | spoiled brat | sprite | sylph | sylphid | Titania | tokoloshe | Tom Thumb | urchin | wag | wart | whippersnapper | young devil See Also | electromagnetic spectrum | faerie | faery | fairy | leprechaun | radio frequency | sprite Elf In Webster's Dictionary \Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf;
akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr
elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh
to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.]
1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite,
much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit,
supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally
represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird
from brier. --Shak.
2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
{Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English
rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric
make in the fields and formerly attributed them to
fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf
shot}.
{Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of
one they had stolen. See {Changeling}.
{Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
{Elf owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of
Southern California and Arizona.
\Elf\, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. Elf all my hair in knots. --Shak. |
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