Found 3 items, similar to ELF.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: elf
jin
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: elf
elf
n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
hob,
gremlin,
pixie,
pixy,
brownie,
imp]
2: below 3 kilohertz [syn:
extremely low frequency]
[also:
elves (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Elf
Elf
\Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl.
Elves ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf;
akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr
elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh
to grasp. Cf.
Auf,
Oaf.]
1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite,
much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit,
supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally
represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
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Every elf, and fairy sprite,
Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak.
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2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
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Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English
rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric
make in the fields and formerly attributed them to
fairies; -- called also
elf bolt,
elf dart, and
elf shot
.
Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of
one they had stolen. See
Changeling.
Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
Elf owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (
Micrathene Whitneyi) of
Southern California and Arizona.
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Elf
\Elf\, v. t.
To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
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Elf all my hair in knots. --Shak.
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Elves
\Elves\, n.; pl. of
Elf.
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\Elv"ish\, a.
1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also,
vacant; absent in demeanor. See
Elfish.
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He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer.
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2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
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