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Definition of Eloping
1. elope [v] - See also: elope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eloping
Literary usage of Eloping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century (1902)
"... and over eloping rork -in i;icr. 'Пи- concrete floor of Hubway 1н shown lini-hnl
and ready to receive the steel columns which «ill support its roof and ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... «Poems» (1893); «Excursions in Criticism» (1893); «The eloping
Angels> (18931; «Odes, and Other Poems» (1894); and «The Purple East» (1896), ..."
3. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"eloping with heiresses—Marriage between children—Tax on bachelors— Valentines—Marriage
settlements—Pin money—Posies—Drummers —Private marriages—Irregular ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1865)
"... it should be placed perpendicularly behind the trough, and over a board eloping
to the trough, whereby the hay seed is carried into it. ..."
5. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"for the sheep to walk into by a eloping mouth at one end (a). and to walk out by
another at the other end (b\ with a depth sufficient at one part for them ..."
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