Defn: An elegist. [Obs.]
ELEGIST
El"e*gist, n.
Defn: A write of elegies. T. Warton.
ELEGIT
E*le"git, n. Etym: [L., he has chosen, fr. eligere to choose. See
Elect.] (Law)
Defn: A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if no sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.
ELEGIZE
El"e*gize, v. t.
Defn: To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle.
ELEGY
El"e*gy, n.; pl. Elegies. Etym: [L. elegia, Gr.
Defn: A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.
ELEIDIN
E*le"i*din, n. (Biol.)