Vocabulary : Elbowing to Eldern

Elbowing : of Elbow
Elbowroom : Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
Elcaja : An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.
Elcesaite : One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.
Eld : Old. ;; Age; esp., old age. ;; Old times; former days; antiquity. ;; To age; to grow old. ;; To make old or ancient.

Elder : Older; more aged, or existing longer. ;; Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc. ;; One who is older; a superior in age; a senior. ;; An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor. ;; A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church. ;; A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder. ;; A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
Elderberry : The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder (Sambucus nigra) and that of the American sweet elder (S. Canadensis) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine.
Elderish : Somewhat old; elderly.
Elderly : Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
Eldern : Made of elder.

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