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Definition of Ellington
1. Noun. United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ellington
Literary usage of Ellington
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1898)
"Ellington was originally a part of the ancient town of Windsor, ... There is a
belief among geologists that Ellington valley is an ancient lake bed, ..."
2. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of All the States ...by John Hayward by John Hayward (1839)
"Ellington was taken from East Windsor in 1786, and was that part of East Windsor
... Ellington lies 12 miles NE from Hartford, and is bounded SE by Tolland. ..."
3. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist, Wisconsin Geological Survey (1877)
"Through Hortonia the course of the ledge is eastward, in wliich direction the
formation slowly dips, until in the town of Ellington it is covered by the St. ..."
4. A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care by John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles (1819)
"Ellington is situated 13 miles northeast from Hartford. ... Ellington was originally
a part of the township of East-Windsor, and was incorporated in 1786. ..."
5. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"(Ellington, August, 1818.) Yes, when the toilsome day is gone, And night, with
banners gray, Steals silently the glade along In twilight's soft array, ..."
6. The History of the Church of England, in the Colonies and Foreign by James S. M. Anderson (1856)
"The practice of Ellington was to lc*Vl Augusta (where he was first settled) on
the * day, and, after accomplishing a journey of * miles, to celebrate divine ..."
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