{ } n. [ L. alleluia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. Heb. hallēlū-yāh. See Hallelujah. ] An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. (b) The Angelus bell. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. antelucanus; ante + lux light. ] Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. “Antelucan worship.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
Syn. -- genus Asphodelus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian. ] 1. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the sturgeon (Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; -- also called hausen. It is valued for its roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of isinglass. See also sturgeon. [ PJC ]

3. the caviar obtained from the beluga{ 2 }; -- also called beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and caviar. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Beluting. ] [ Pref. be- + L. lutum mud. ] To bespatter, as with mud. [ R. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. canneler to groove. ] (Mil.) A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. -- Can"ne*lured a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. a small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis; chamomile.
Syn. -- genus Chamaemelum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., head of hair. ] A hairlike envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a hollow, neut. of koi^los hollow. ] (Anat.) See Body cavity, under Body. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluding. ] [ L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous. ] 1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of. [ 1913 Webster ]

To delude the nation by an airy phantom. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frustrate or disappoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

It deludes thy search. Dryden.

Syn. -- To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. déluge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium. ] 1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. “The deluge of summer.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fiery deluge fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [ London ] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

After me the deluge.
(Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deluged p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging. ] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ L. delusio, fr. deludere. See Delude. ] 1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being deluded or misled. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief. [ 1913 Webster ]

And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone. Prior.

Syn. -- Delusion, Illusion. These words both imply some deception practiced upon the mind. Delusion is deception from want of knowledge; illusion is deception from morbid imagination. An illusion is a false show, a mere cheat on the fancy or senses. It is, in other words, some idea or image presented to the bodily or mental vision which does not exist in reality. A delusion is a false judgment, usually affecting the real concerns of life. Or, in other words, it is an erroneous view of something which exists indeed, but has by no means the qualities or attributes ascribed to it. Thus we speak of the illusions of fancy, the illusions of hope, illusive prospects, illusive appearances, etc. In like manner, we speak of the delusions of stockjobbing, the delusions of honorable men, delusive appearances in trade, of being deluded by a seeming excellence. “A fanatic, either religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions; while the term illusion is applied solely to the visions of an uncontrolled imagination, the chimerical ideas of one blinded by hope, passion, or credulity, or lastly, to spectral and other ocular deceptions, to which the word delusion is never applied.” Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Delude. ] Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell.

-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. Delusive; fallacious. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. impressively expensive; notably exceeding typical price or quality.
Syn. -- gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. especially elegant and sumptuous; of the highest quality; as, a deluxe car; deluxe accommodations.
Syn. -- gilded, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous, de luxe, luxe, luxury(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elucidated p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating ] [ LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid. ] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. élucidation. ] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle. ] To struggle out; -- with out. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eluctatio. ] A struggling out of any difficulty. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight. ] See Lucubrate. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. élucubration. ] See Lucubration. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding. ] [ L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See Ludicrous. ] To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain,
Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.

Syn. -- To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being eluded; evadible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ] The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elumbis; e + lumbus loin. ] Weak or lame in the loins. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See Elude. ] Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elusive of the bridal day, she gives
Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.

-- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. elusorius. ] Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- E*lu"so*ri*ness n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash. ] To wash out. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elutriated p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating ] [ L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare. ] To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. e- + luxate. ] To dislocate; to luxate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dislocation; luxation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua), fr. Ar. fulk ship, or harrāqah a sort of ship. ] (Naut.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean. Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. & interj. [ Heb. See Alleluia. ] Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With Hallelujahs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

In those days, as St. Jerome tells us, “any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs.” Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. inéluctable. See Eluctate. ] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inescapable; inevitable. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ineluctable conditions of matter. Hamerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [ S. Amer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]