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Ell - Wikipedia
... ell (Öln) Prussian ell. An ell-wand or ellwand was a rod of length one ell used for official measurement. Edward I of England required that every town have ...
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ELLWAND Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ELLWAND is a measuring rod one ell long.
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ELLWAND definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'elm bark beetle'. elm bark beetle in American English. US. the bark-boring beetle (Scolytus multistriatus) that feeds on the bark of elm ...
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ell-wand
ell-wand Chiefly Sc. and north. dial. (ˈɛlwɒnd) Also 5 elenwand, ellewande, elwonde, Sc. elnewande, 7–9 elwand. [f. ell + wand.] 1. A measuring rod, an ell-measure: sometimes used for ‘yard-measure’.[1403 Nottingham Borough Rec. II. 34 Ipse Johannes cepit quendam elenwand, et ipsam percussit super c...
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SND :: ellwand - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
ELLWAN(D), ‡ELVAND, n. Also elwan(d), elvan(t), elvin(t). [′ɛlwən(d)]. 1. A measuring rod, one Ell in length, now used as synonymous with yardstick (Ork., ...
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ellwand - definition and meaning - Wordnik
ellwand: An old mete-yard or measuring-rod, which in England was 45 inches long, and in Scotland 37 Scotch or 37.0958 English inches, the standard being the ...
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Ellwand - Webster's 1913
Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.
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Ell - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ell-wand or ellwand was a rod of length one ell used for official measurement. Edward I of England ordered that every town should have one. References.
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ell-wand, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun ell-wand is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for ell-wand is from around 1440, in ...
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What The Ell? - Delmar Historical And Art Society
An Ell is a unit of measure for cloth. It originally came from a measurement based on the length of the arm from the shoulder to the wrist ( ...
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ell
▪ I. ell1 (ɛl) Forms: 1–7 eln, 2–7 elne, 3–6 ellen (3 a nellen for an ellen), (4 ellyn, 6 eline), 6 el, 5–7 elle, 6– ell. [Com. Teut.: OE. ęln, str. fem. = MDu. elne, elle (Du. el), OHG. elina (MHG. elne, mod.G. elle), ON. ǫln, alin (Sw. aln, Da. alen), Goth. aleina (? scribal error for *alina) cubi...
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wand
▪ I. wand, n. (wɒnd) Forms: 3–5 wond, 4–5 wonde, wende, 5 won, 4 waande, 4–6 wande 4 vande, 6 vand), 8–9 dial. wan, 9 Sc. whand, 3– wand. [a. ON. (*vandu-r) vǫnd-r (MSw. vand-er, Sw. vand, Da. vaand, Norw. vona) = Goth. wandu-s:—OTeut. *wandu-z (not found in WGer.), prob. f. the root *wend-: *wand- ...
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yard
▪ I. yard, n.1 (jɑːd) Forms: 1 ᵹeard, 4–5 ȝerd(e, 4–6 ȝard(e, yerde, 4–8 yerd, 4–9 yaird, (4 ȝherd, 5 ȝeard, ȝord, yorde, 6 ȝharde, 7 yearde, 8 Sc. yeard), 5–6 ȝaird, 6–7 yarde, 3– yard. [OE. ᵹeard str. masc. fence, dwelling, house, region = OS. gard enclosure, field, dwelling, MDu., Du. gaard garde...
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