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Webster 1913 Edition

Ell

Ell

,
Noun.
[AS.
eln
; akin to D.
el
,
elle
, G.
elle
, OHG.
elina
, Icel.
alin
, Dan.
alen
, Sw.
aln
, Goth.
alenia
, L.
ulna
elbow, ell, Gr. [GREEK] elbow. Cf.
Elbow
,
Alnage
.]
A measure for cloth; – now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.

Ell

,
Noun.
(Arch.)
See
L
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ell

ELL

,
Noun.
[L. ulna.] A measure of different lengths in different countries, used chiefly for measuring cloth. The ells chiefly used in Great Britain are the English and Flemish. The English ell is three feet and nine inches, or a yard and a quarter. The Flemish ell is 27 inches, or three quarters of a yard. The English is to the Flemish as five to three. In Scotland, an ell is 37 2/10 English inches.

Definition 2024

êll

êll

See also: ell, ELL, 'e'll, and -ell

Indo-Portuguese

Pronoun

êll

  1. he (third-person masculine pronoun)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      […] , que da-cá su quião que ta pertencê a êll.
      […] , to give him his share which belongs to him.

Etymology

From Portuguese ele ‎(“he”), from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille ‎(“that; he”).

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