elancing
present participle of elance
• cleaning, enlacing
Source: Wiktionary
E*lance", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Elancing.] Etym: [F. Ă©lancer, OF. eslancier; pref. es- (L. ex) + F. lancer to dart, throw, fr. lance.]
Definition: To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [R.] While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
