eloin, eloign, v.
(ɪˈlɔɪn)
Forms: 6 eloine, eloygn, 6–7 esloyn(e, eloyn, 7 esloign, elloigne, 7–9 eloigne, 6– eloin, 8– eloign.
[a. AF., OF. esloignier (Fr. éloigner) to remove to a distance:—late L. exlongāre, ēlongāre to remove to a distance (see elong v.). In English law-Latin ēlongāre is used in the various senses defined below.]
I. gen. (Sometimes transf. from the legal use.)
† 1. To remove to a distance, lit. and fig. Obs.
| 1535 Goodly Primer, O bone Jesu wipe clean away that eloineth me from thee. 1575 Brieff Disc. Troub. Franckford 158 They shall be eloigned from us that would gladly succor the poore. 1624 Fisher in F. White Repl. Fisher 448 Their spirit being eloyned..from the contagion of the bodie. 1636 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table (1637) 205 If the Table be so far esloigned from the people. 1653 Cogan tr. Pinto's Voy. xxix. (1663) 115 Leastwise labour to esloign thy minde from the vanities of the Earth. 1692 Christ Exalted §127. 98 Thou hast eloyned, or cast me far away. |
b. refl. To take oneself off, abscond; to retire to a distance, seclude oneself (from). Now rare.
| 1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII, c. 8 If any person..eloine..himselfe within any parte of this realme. 1575 Turberv. Bk. Venerie 35 The harte..eloygning him self from the houndes. 1596 Spenser F.Q. i. iv. 20 From worldly cares himselfe he did esloyne. 1662 Fuller Worthies Linc. ii. 162 If..you should elloigne your self by residence there from those imployments. 1818 Coleridge Rem. (1836) I. 223 The artist must..eloign himself from nature. 1858 Hogg Shelley II. 402 He eloigned himself, and evaded pursuit. |
II. spec. in Law.
2. trans. To convey or remove out of the jurisdiction of the court or of the sheriff.
| 1558 Act 1 Eliz. c. 21. §25 If..his goods or chattels be so eloyned. 1682 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 234 His lordship had eloigned the body of..Henrietta. 1768 Blackstone Comm. III. 129 The sheriff may return that he is eloigned. 1796 J. Anstey Pleader's Guide (1803) 48 Content his person to eloign. 1809 Tomlins Law Dict. s.v., If such as are within age be eloined. |
3. To remove, carry off, send away (property).
| 1622 Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 151 If such best beast should be esloyned. 1714 Sir W. Scroggs Courts Leet (ed. 3) 78 If one eloign my Goods that are not distrainable by Law. 1823 New Monthly Mag. VII. 518 Many a tale of plundered flocks..and eloigned cattle. |
4. To divert (money) from its proper use.
| 1640 Prerog. Parl. in Sel. Harl. Misc. (1793) 239 The rents, profits, and revenues of this realm..are so much..eloined. |