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Definition of Elancing
1. elance [v] - See also: elance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elancing
Literary usage of Elancing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fredoniad, Or, Independence Preserved: An Epick Poem on the Late War of 1812 by Richard Emmons (1830)
"At length outnumber'd, slow the brave retire Inch after inch—at times elancing
fire— Back from the driving of the storm they hie; Again they turn—again the ..."
2. Rhymes on Art: Or, The Remonstrance of a Painter: in Two Parts. With Notes by Martin Archer Shee (1806)
"... check'd, suppress'd, The heav'n-wrought springs of glory in the breast, That
shoot th' elancing soul through time's career, To reach renown, ..."
3. The Oriental Annual, Or, Scenes in India by William Daniell, Hobart Caunter (1835)
"The suddenness and vigour of the recoil shook the bear from its hold, elancing
it, like the fragment of a rock from a catapult, into the empty air; ..."
4. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"79 shows a stair having five elancing winders. Fig. S0 is a plan of a half-space
stair having five dancing winders and a quarter-space landing. Fig. ..."
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