3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.]

To express these thoughts with elocution.

Dryden.

El`o*cu"tion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to elocution.

El`o*cu"tion*ist, n. One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.

El"o*cu`tive (?), a. Pertaining to oratorical expression. [Obs.] Feltham.

E*lo"di*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

||É`loge" (?), n. [F. See Elogium.] A panegyrical funeral oration.

El"o*gist (?), n. [F. élogiste.] One who pronounces an éloge.

{ E*lo"gi*um (*l"j*m), El"o*gy (l"*j), } n. [L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. lo`gos speech, fr. le`gein to speak. Cf. Éloge.] The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.

E*lo"him (*l"hm), n. [Heb.] One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

E*lo"hist (?), n. The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of the Pentateuch, which are characterized by the use of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson.

El`o*his"tic (?), a. Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.

E*loign" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eloigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.] [F. éloigner, OF. esloignier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See Elongate.] [Written also eloin.] 1. To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.]

From worldly cares he did himself eloign.

Spenser.

2. (Law) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.

The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned.

Blackstone.

E*loign"ate (?), v. t. To remove. [Obs.] Howell.

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