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 (Zoöl.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.
Elf, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
Elf all my hair in knots.
Shak.
Elf"in (-n), a. Relating to elves.
Elf"in, n. A little elf or urchin. Shenstone.
Elf"ish, a. Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. "Elfish light." Coleridge.
The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy.
Hawthorne.
Elf"ish*ly, adv. In an elfish manner.
Elf"ish*ness, n. The quality of being elfish.
Elf"kin (?), n. A little elf.
Elf"land` (?), n. Fairyland. Tennyson.
Elf"lock` (?), n. Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.
El"gin mar"bles (?). Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
E*lic"it (?), a. [L. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e + lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, Lace.] Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An elicit act of equity." Jer. Taylor.
E*lic"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliciting.] To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.