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Definition of Ellwands
1. ellwand [n] - See also: ellwand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ellwands
Literary usage of Ellwands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"I renounce the sinfulness of long thrums and short ellwands, now and for ever
... Long thrums and short ellwands," said h» of the smithy to him of the loom ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... that, miraculous as they are, they occasion little astonishment: old Balsamo
for a space, indeed, laid down his ellwands and unjust balances; ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1819)
"And first of all came Messrs Thompson and Mackintosh, with faces as long as their
ellwands, and declared the utter impossibility of getting the uniforms ..."
4. The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots (1819)
"be would risk his life under the ellwands of a thousand apprentices, eager to
support the ancient laws. ..."
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