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Definition of Ellwand
1. n. Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.
Definition of Ellwand
1. Noun. An old measuring rod, one ell in length. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ellwand
1. a measuring rod [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ellwand
Literary usage of Ellwand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1845)
"William ellwand brought an action for a total loss, on which the company proposed
to pay 601. per cent ; ellwand to make what he could of his goods, ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1845)
"The 2001., and costs, were paid — ellwand delivered up the policy, ... William
ellwand died, leaving the plaintiff his executor, who filed the bill, ..."
3. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"And what shall we better get than the "ellwand o' Starrs" a measurement held ...
Let the apparent length of this ellwand be taken, either by beads on a line ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Discovery: With an Appendix of Forms by Edward Bray (1885)
"See as to documents no longer in his possession or power of which he is unable
to give a list: ellwand v. McDonnell, cited ante, p. 220. ..."
5. Highways and Byways in the Border by Andrew Lang, John Lang (1914)
"BOSWELLS GREEN, MELROSE, DARNICK, ABBOTSFORD, AND THE ellwand ALL the way up
Tweed from a mile below ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1865)
"The Sesostris and The Mountaineer reached London; and ellwand took ... The defendant
claimed them of ellwand, producing the bills of lading of The James ..."
7. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... If I let the king's ellwand ower the hill, I'll hae them to seek frae the kips
o' Kale." Perils of Man, i. 26l. " most properly, her mariners, ..."
8. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1901)
"The Sesostris and The Mountaineer reached London; and ellwand took ... The defendant
claimed them of ellwand, producing the bills of lading of The James ..."
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