Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE

El"wand (?), n. [Obs.] See Ellwand.

E·ly"sian (?), a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age." Beattie.

This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian.
Longfellow.

E·ly"sium (?), n.; pl. E. Elysiums (#), L. Elysia (#). [L., fr. Gr. ?, ? ?, Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.)

1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

2. Hence, any delightful place.

An Elysian more pure and bright than that of the Greeks.
I. Taylor.

E·lyt"ri·form (?), a. [Elytrum + -form.] (Zoöl.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.

El"y·trin (?), n. [From Elytrum.] (Chem.) See Chitin.

El"y·troid (?), a. [Gr. ? sheath, a wing case + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

El"y·tron (?; 277), El"y·trum (-tr?m) n.; pl. Elytra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to roll round.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chætopoda.

El"ze·vir (?), a. (Bibliog.) Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.

The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used.
Brande & C.