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The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.
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a.
Elated with great ideas or hopes.
n.
One who, or that which, elates.
n.
One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.
adv.
With elation.
n.
A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).
n.
Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.
a.
Elated.
imp. & p. p.
of Elate
n.
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
v. i.
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
n.
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
a.
Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.
superl.
Elevated by joy; elate.
n.
Same as Elatrometer.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Elate
n.
The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.
n.
The state of being elated.
n.
Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.
a.
Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
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