Defn: Fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
EL DORADO El` Do*ra"do, pl. El Doradoes (. Etym: [Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado.]
1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.
2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness. The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit. T. Moore.
ELDRITCH
El"dritch, a.
Defn: Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local,
Eng.]
ELEATIC
E`le*at"ic, a. Etym: [L. eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason. — n.
Defn: A philosopher of the Eleatic school.
ELEATICISM
E`le*at"i*cism, n.