elatery

English

Etymology

See elater.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlətɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛləˌtɛɹi/
• Hyphenation: elat‧ery

Noun

elatery (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Acting force; elasticity.
   • a. 1706 (date written), John Ray, “[Discourse II. Of the General Deluge in the Days of Noah, Its Causes and Effects.] That there have been Great Changes Made in the Superficial Part of the Earth since the General Deluge, and by What Means.”, in Three Physio-theological Discourses, […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Innys, […], published 1713, →OCLC, page 267:

     […] I conceive the Caverns of the Earth vvherein the inflamed Damps are contained, are much larger there than ours in England; and the Force of the Fire, joined with the Elatery of the Air, being exceeding great, may of a ſudden heave up the Earth, yet not ſo far as to rend it in ſunder, and make its VVay out, but is forced to ſeek paſſage vvhere it finds leaſt Reſiſtance through the lateral Cuniculi.

Anagrams

• elytrae, tealery

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “elatery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)