E*lev"enth, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.
2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
Elf (lf), n.; pl. Elves (lvz). [AS. ælf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. 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.
Every elf, and fairy sprite,
Hop as light as bird from brier.
Shak.