Once Holmes was visited by the person with a request for help. He was in a worn suit, a shirt with shabby cuffs and an old top head on his head. Holmes refused to help him. When the man left, disappointed Watson jumped on his friend:
- Sherlock, you are a great detective. How could you refuse to help the poor man?
- My dear friend, he was not absolutely poor. It his purse there was 115 pounds and 25 pence.
- But how do you know ?
- It is elementary, Buddy. Let’s count it together.
- team of eleven players at cricket, football, etc.
- eleven o'clock. [old english]
- adj. & n. - one more than ten.
- symbol for this (11, xi, xi).
- size etc. Denoted by eleven.
- team of eleven players at cricket, football, etc.
- eleven o'clock. [old english]
ELICIT
v. (-t-) draw out (facts, a response, etc.), esp. With difficulty. [latin elicio]
- v. (-t-) draw out (facts, a response, etc.), esp. With difficulty. [latin elicio]
ELIXIR
n. - a alchemist's preparation supposedly able to change metals into gold or (in full elixir of life) to prolong life indefinitely. B remedy for all ills.
- aromatic medicinal drug. [latin from arabic]
ELVISH
see *elf.
EMBALM
v. - preserve (a corpse) from decay.
- preserve from oblivion.
- make fragrant. embalmment n. [french: related to *balm]
EMBARK
v. - (often foll. By for) put or go on board a ship or aircraft (to a destination).
- (foll. By on, in) begin an enterprise. embarkation n. (in sense 1). [french: related to *barque]
EMBLEM
n. - symbol.
- (foll. By of) type, embodiment (the very emblem of courage).
- heraldic or representative device. emblematic adj. [greek, = insertion]
