elln.¹

Brit.

/ɛl/, U.S.

/ɛl/

Forms: Old English–1600s eln, Middle English–1600s elne, Middle English–1500s ellen (Middle English a nellen for an ellen), (Middle English ellyn, 1500s eline), 1500s el, Middle English–1600s elle, 1500s– ell.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English ęln , strong feminine = Middle Dutch elne , elle (Dutch el ), Old High German elina (Middle High German elne , modern German elle ), Old Norse ǫln , alin (Swedish aln , Danish alen ), Gothic aleina (? scribal error for *alina ) cubit < Old Germanic *alinâ , whence medieval Latin alena , Italian alna , Old Spanish alna , Old Portuguese alna , French aune . The Old Germanic word (a compound of which is elbow n.) meant originally arm or fore-arm, and is cognate with Greek ὠλένη, Latin ulna, of same meaning. The diversity of meanings (see below) is common to all words denoting linear measures derived from the length of the arm; compare cubit n. and Latin ulna. The word ell seems to have been variously taken to represent the distance from the elbow or from the shoulder to the wrist or to the finger-tips, while in some cases a ‘double ell’ has superseded the original measure, and has taken its name.

a. A measure of length varying in different countries. The English ell = 45 in.; the Scotch = 37·2; the Flemish = 27 in. Now historical or with reference to foreign countries, the English measure being obsolete.In early use often in singular when preceded by numerals.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > ell

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c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 27 Hwylc eower mæg..geþencan þæt he ge-eacnige ane elne [950 Lindisf. elne an vel enne; 1160 Hatton enne elne] to hys anlicnesse.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 158 Ulna, eln.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 429 False elnen & mesures he broȝte al clene adoun.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1675 A schippe..Seuen score ellen lang and ten.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1838 Þe flod ouer raght seuen eln and mare.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 586 So wunderlike it wex & get Ðat fiftene elne it ouer-flet.

1487 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 7 All merchandises..used to be measured with Eln or Yard.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxvij^v Item a fll. ell conteyneth iij q't's of an engis yarde, & v q't's of y^e fll. ell makith an engis ell.

1520 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 119 A ellen of yolow velvett.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.v 3 foote and 9 ynches make an elle.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 78 Oh heere is a witte of Cheuerell that stretcheth from an ynch narrow to an ell broad.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 57 King Davids common elne conteines threttie seven measured inches.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 69 A monstrous Whale..whose length was..twentie of our Elnes.

1635 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 138 Ere long two ells of earth shall serve, whom scarce a world could satisfie.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxix. 180 102 Ells Dantzig make 50 ells English.

1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 275 The ell by which their acres have been measured (called the barony ell) contains 42 inches, whereas the common ell made use of in the country is only 38 inches.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ix. 64 Tearful women wetting whole ells of cambric in concert.

b. figurative. Contrasted with inch, span, etc.; esp. in proverbial phrase, give him an inch and he'll take an ell: meaning that undue advantage will be taken of a slight concession.

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give him an inch and he'll take an ell1546

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L^v Ye lyked..better an ynche of your wyll, Than an ell of your thrifte.

1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers i. sig. G Whereas shee tooke an inche of liberty before, tooke an Ell afterwardes.

1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple (ad fin.) Lifes poore span Make not an ell by trifling in thy wo.

1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 40 That gave but a Yard, they tooke an Ell.

1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 305 Have a care of taking an ell, when you have but an inch allowed you.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 2 July 278/2 Tho' they still took an ell, when we gave them an inch.

c. As a fluid measure.[Several correspondents inform us that they remember seeing the announcement ‘Beer sold by the yard’, on the signboards of country taverns, the reference being to the long narrow glasses about a yard high.]

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > yard (of ale or wine)

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1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 99 For Elles of Beere, Flutes of Canary Thankes freest, freshest, Faire Ellinda.

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a. A measuring rod; = ell-wand n. Phrase, to measure with the long ell, with the short ell: to measure unfairly as buyer or seller respectively.

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1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vii. 138 In his lifte hande..an elle for to mesure with.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvii. sig. L1^v The night measured by the short ell of sleepe.

1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 46 Sometimes the Souldiers (the worst sort of them) measured the packes belonging to the Marchants with the long ell.

1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo lxxviii. 291 Thus spake a true Idols Priest, that knew no Ell whereby to measure Religion, but Profit.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 214 The mercer..upon seeing the lady's gown..can cut off her quantity by guess without..taking his ell to measure it.

†b. Scottish. King's ell: ‘Orion's belt’: = ell-wand n. 3. Obsolete.

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a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart in Wks. (1821) 118 Be the hornes, the handstaff and the King's ell.

†3. long ell: a particular kind of cloth. Obsolete.

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1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 12 Bays, long Ells, Druggets, broad Cloth.

1735 G. Berkeley Querist §520 Fine cloths in Somersetshire, long ells at Exeter.

†4. As a rendering of Latin ulna: The larger bone of the fore-arm. Obsolete.

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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 903 The other externall branch at the middle of the Ell shooteth out a propagation from his outside.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xxvi. 147 The Ell, or bone of the cubit..hath..two appendices.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Also ell-wand n.

ell-broad adj.

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1476 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 37 The bredth of it is elme broade.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 20 This being the last sort of Ellbroad Gentish that I shall treat of at present.

ell-long adj.

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1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. ii. 36 I ate a good dinner, and then added to this ell-long letter.

ell-wide adj.

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1653 J. Collinges Responsoria ad Erratica Piscatoris iv. sig. F1 Your (ell-wide) opinion.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 193 A pretty quaker..did persuade me that ell-wide muslin would go as far as a yard and a half.

C2.

ell coal n. Scottish a type of coal normally found in seams one ell or more in thickness.

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1794 J. Naismith Agric. Clydesdale 36 About 16 or 17 fathoms under this, lies the ell coal, so called, because it was first found of this thickness, but it is frequently from 4 to 6 feet thick.

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 813 Seven other workable seams, in the following ascending order, viz. the stone-coal 2¹/ ₄ feet; ell coal, 2¹/ ₄.

1931 Econ. Geol. Fife (Geol. Surv.) I. 82 The Ell Coal lies 1 to 7 fms. above the Upper Eight Foot... Sometimes it is a single seam of 3 to 4 ft... The Ell is a steam coal.

1931 Times 16 Mar. 19/7 Lanarkshire.—Ell best, 15s. 6d.

† ell-glass n. Obsolete (see 1c).

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1682 Way to make Rum in Harl. Misc. I. 541 The Germans commonly drink whole tankards, and ell-glasses, at a draught.

† ell-ridge n. Obsolete an old land-measure.

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1756 Extract fr. MS. Let. Peter Guffin (aged 82 in 1756) was unacquainted with such an old measure of land as an Ell Ridge, but had heard it contained 60 Luggs.

† ell-yard n. Obsolete an ell-measure.

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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 210 Þe hede of an elnȝerde þe large lenkþe hade.

c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 713 False ellen yerdes, wetyngly other than the lawe of the lond.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ell
释义	elln.¹ Brit. /ɛl/, U.S. /ɛl/ Forms: Old English–1600s eln, Middle English–1600s elne, Middle English–1500s ellen (Middle English a nellen for an ellen), (Middle English ellyn, 1500s eline), 1500s el, Middle English–1600s elle, 1500s– ell. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English ęln , strong feminine = Middle Dutch elne , elle (Dutch el ), Old High German elina (Middle High German elne , modern German elle ), Old Norse ǫln , alin (Swedish aln , Danish alen ), Gothic aleina (? scribal error for alina ) cubit < Old Germanic alinâ , whence medieval Latin alena , Italian alna , Old Spanish alna , Old Portuguese alna , French aune . The Old Germanic word (a compound of which is elbow n.) meant originally arm or fore-arm, and is cognate with Greek ὠλένη, Latin ulna, of same meaning. The diversity of meanings (see below) is common to all words denoting linear measures derived from the length of the arm; compare cubit n. and Latin ulna. The word ell seems to have been variously taken to represent the distance from the elbow or from the shoulder to the wrist or to the finger-tips, while in some cases a ‘double ell’ has superseded the original measure, and has taken its name. 1. a. A measure of length varying in different countries. The English ell = 45 in.; the Scotch = 37·2; the Flemish = 27 in. Now historical or with reference to foreign countries, the English measure being obsolete.In early use often in singular when preceded by numerals. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > others Bc1000 Dc1000 ellc1000 Fc1000 Sc1000 yogha1300 Pa1398 ess1540 tee1610 alif1727 cue1755 em1793 en1793 dee1795 double U1841 edh1846 wye1857 vee1883 gee1926 nut1940 kay1959 at sign1977 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > ell ellc1000 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 27 Hwylc eower mæg..geþencan þæt he ge-eacnige ane elne [950 Lindisf. elne an vel enne; 1160 Hatton enne elne] to hys anlicnesse. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 158 Ulna, eln. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 429 False elnen & mesures he broȝte al clene adoun. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1675 A schippe..Seuen score ellen lang and ten. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1838 Þe flod ouer raght seuen eln and mare. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 586 So wunderlike it wex & get Ðat fiftene elne it ouer-flet. 1487 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 7 All merchandises..used to be measured with Eln or Yard. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxvij^v Item a fll. ell conteyneth iij q't's of an engis yarde, & v q't's of y^e fll. ell makith an engis ell. 1520 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 119 A ellen of yolow velvett. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.v 3 foote and 9 ynches make an elle. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 78 Oh heere is a witte of Cheuerell that stretcheth from an ynch narrow to an ell broad. View more context for this quotation 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 57 King Davids common elne conteines threttie seven measured inches. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth ii. 69 A monstrous Whale..whose length was..twentie of our Elnes. 1635 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 138 Ere long two ells of earth shall serve, whom scarce a world could satisfie. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxix. 180 102 Ells Dantzig make 50 ells English. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 275 The ell by which their acres have been measured (called the barony ell) contains 42 inches, whereas the common ell made use of in the country is only 38 inches. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ix. 64 Tearful women wetting whole ells of cambric in concert. b. figurative. Contrasted with inch, span, etc.; esp. in proverbial phrase, give him an inch and he'll take an ell: meaning that undue advantage will be taken of a slight concession. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [phrase] > take undue advantage give him an inch and he'll take an ell1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L^v Ye lyked..better an ynche of your wyll, Than an ell of your thrifte. 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers i. sig. G Whereas shee tooke an inche of liberty before, tooke an Ell afterwardes. 1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple (ad fin.) Lifes poore span Make not an ell by trifling in thy wo. 1643 E. Bowles Mysterie Iniquitie 40 That gave but a Yard, they tooke an Ell. 1653 Z. Bogan Medit. Mirth Christian Life 305 Have a care of taking an ell, when you have but an inch allowed you. 1798 Anti-Jacobin 2 July 278/2 Tho' they still took an ell, when we gave them an inch. c. As a fluid measure.[Several correspondents inform us that they remember seeing the announcement ‘Beer sold by the yard’, on the signboards of country taverns, the reference being to the long narrow glasses about a yard high.] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > yard (of ale or wine) ell1649 ell-glass1682 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 99 For Elles of Beere, Flutes of Canary Thankes freest, freshest, Faire Ellinda. †2. a. A measuring rod; = ell-wand n. Phrase, to measure with the long ell, with the short ell: to measure unfairly as buyer or seller respectively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick yardc1000 meteyardOE reedc1350 ell-yardc1400 yard-wand14.. scantillona1425 gad1440 metewand1440 meterod1473 rod1473 ell1474 gad-wand1487 ell-wand?a1500 measuring rod1546 scantling1556 metepole1571 meting pole1606 wand1614 yardstick1797 yard-measure1838 gad-stick1866 meting-rod1881 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vii. 138 In his lifte hande..an elle for to mesure with. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvii. sig. L1^v The night measured by the short ell of sleepe. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 46 Sometimes the Souldiers (the worst sort of them) measured the packes belonging to the Marchants with the long ell. 1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo lxxviii. 291 Thus spake a true Idols Priest, that knew no Ell whereby to measure Religion, but Profit. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 214 The mercer..upon seeing the lady's gown..can cut off her quantity by guess without..taking his ell to measure it. †b. Scottish. King's ell: ‘Orion's belt’: = ell-wand n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Orion > Orion's belt ell-wanda1522 Golden Yard1556 golden yard1556 zone1599 King's ella1605 warrior's belt1879 a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart in Wks. (1821) 118 Be the hornes, the handstaff and the King's ell. †3. long ell: a particular kind of cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > other textile fabrics > [noun] renciana1300 maidenhair1359 caryc1394 spinal1399 whitefolding1423 care1429 radevorec1430 queen's clothc1450 basselan1453 Brunswick1480 ragmas1480 haberjetc1503 redvorea1525 stockbridge1526 demigraine1540 fledge1542 pinned white1552 satin-reverses1554 beverneck1567 scamato1569 messellawny1604 brogetie1610 novato1614 fugeratta1638 barrateen1689 tamarine1691 masquerade1696 calandring1697 succatoon1703 russerine1710 stade1714 Chuckla1721 long ell1725 slay1745 vilderoy1769 succota1780 minorque1794 zebra1829 grising1866 Turkoman1881 cameline1886 lyocell1990 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 12 Bays, long Ells, Druggets, broad Cloth. 1735 G. Berkeley Querist §520 Fine cloths in Somersetshire, long ells at Exeter. †4. As a rendering of Latin ulna: The larger bone of the fore-arm. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > bones of forearm > ulna ell-wandc1440 ulna?1541 ell1615 cubit1634 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 903 The other externall branch at the middle of the Ell shooteth out a propagation from his outside. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vi. xxvi. 147 The Ell, or bone of the cubit..hath..two appendices. Compounds C1. General attributive. Also ell-wand n. ell-broad adj. ΚΠ 1476 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 37 The bredth of it is elme broade. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 20 This being the last sort of Ellbroad Gentish that I shall treat of at present. ell-long adj. ΚΠ 1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. ii. 36 I ate a good dinner, and then added to this ell-long letter. ell-wide adj. ΚΠ 1653 J. Collinges Responsoria ad Erratica Piscatoris iv. sig. F1 Your (ell-wide) opinion. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 193 A pretty quaker..did persuade me that ell-wide muslin would go as far as a yard and a half. C2. ell coal n. Scottish a type of coal normally found in seams one ell or more in thickness. ΚΠ 1794 J. Naismith Agric. Clydesdale 36 About 16 or 17 fathoms under this, lies the ell coal, so called, because it was first found of this thickness, but it is frequently from 4 to 6 feet thick. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. V. 813 Seven other workable seams, in the following ascending order, viz. the stone-coal 2¹/ ₄ feet; ell coal, 2¹/ ₄. 1931 Econ. Geol. Fife (Geol. Surv.) I. 82 The Ell Coal lies 1 to 7 fms. above the Upper Eight Foot... Sometimes it is a single seam of 3 to 4 ft... The Ell is a steam coal. 1931 Times 16 Mar. 19/7 Lanarkshire.—Ell best, 15s. 6d. † ell-glass n. Obsolete (see 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > yard (of ale or wine) ell1649 ell-glass1682 1682 Way to make Rum in Harl. Misc. I. 541 The Germans commonly drink whole tankards, and ell-glasses, at a draught. † ell-ridge n. Obsolete an old land-measure. ΚΠ 1756 Extract fr. MS. Let. Peter Guffin (aged 82 in 1756) was unacquainted with such an old measure of land as an Ell Ridge, but had heard it contained 60 Luggs. † ell-yard n. Obsolete an ell-measure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick yardc1000 meteyardOE reedc1350 ell-yardc1400 yard-wand14.. scantillona1425 gad1440 metewand1440 meterod1473 rod1473 ell1474 gad-wand1487 ell-wand?a1500 measuring rod1546 scantling1556 metepole1571 meting pole1606 wand1614 yardstick1797 yard-measure1838 gad-stick1866 meting-rod1881 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 210 Þe hede of an elnȝerde þe large lenkþe hade. c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 713 False ellen yerdes, wetyngly other than the lawe of the lond. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). elln.² Brit. /ɛl/, U.S. /ɛl/ Etymology: < ell, the name of the letter L n. U.S. = L n. 2a. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1773 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1887) XVIII. 198 A Major part of the Selectmen of said Town..[have] Established a New Street..beginning at the North Easterly Corner of the Brick Tenement, (or Ell, so called) belonging to [etc.]. 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xii. 157 Can't we put on an ell when we want it? 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer ix. 86 A single minute later he was..creeping along the roof of the ‘ell’ on all fours. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 June 6/1 I had occasion to rebuild the ell of a dwelling-house. On removing the old ell..a rat's nest was found when it was joined to the main structure. 1892 W. D. Howells Mercy xix. 367 Matt could see a light in the ell-chamber. 1904 T. Watson Bethany (1920) 9 So it came to pass that two handsome rooms were built in the front of the west end of the old house, forming an ‘ell’ thereto. 1924 H. Croy R.F.D. No. 3 60 Higbee's house..was dirty white in color, with a series of ells and lean-tos fastened to it. 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