Elbow

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

(2): ( n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

(3): ( n.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.

(4): ( v. t.) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.

(5): ( v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

(6): ( v. i.) To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.

King James Dictionary [2]

El'Bow, n.

1. The outer angle made by the bend of the arm.

The wings that waft our riches out of sight

Grow on the gamester's elbows.

2. Any flexure or angle the obtuse angle of a wall, building or road.

To be at the elbow, is to be very near to be by the side to be at hand.

El'Bow, To push with the elbow.

1. To push or drive to a distance to encroach on.

He'll elbow out his neighbors.

El'Bow, To jut into an angle to project to bend.

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