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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elf \Elf\ ([e^]lf), noun; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.]
1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.
Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak.
2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
{Elf arrow}, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf shot}.
{Elf child}, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See {Changeling}.
{Elf fire}, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
{Elf owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl ({Micrathene Whitneyi}) of Southern California and Arizona.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elf \Elf\, verb (used with an object) To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
Elf all my hair in knots. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Elves \Elves\, noun; pl. of {Elf}. Elvish \Elv"ish\, adjective
1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See {Elfish}.
He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer.
2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
elf
noun
1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn: {hob}, {gremlin}, {pixie}, {pixy}, {brownie}, {imp}]
2: below 3 kilohertz [syn: {extremely low frequency}] [also: {elves} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "elf": Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob, Hobgoblin, JD, Lilliputian, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, Tom Thumb, bad boy, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, booger, brat, brownie, buffoon, bugger, cluricaune, cutup, devil, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, dwarf, enfant terrible, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay, funmaker, gamin, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, holy terror, homunculus, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, joker, jokester, juvenile delinquent, knave, kobold, leprechaun, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, manikin, midge, midget, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, ouphe, peewee, peri, pip-squeak, pixie, poltergeist, pooka, practical joker, prankster, puca, puck, punk, punk kid, pwca, pygmy, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, runt, scamp, scapegrace, shrimp, spoiled brat, sprite, sylph, sylphid, tokoloshe, urchin, wag, wart, whippersnapper, young devil
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ELF Binary format used by System V Release 4 Unix.
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ELF Executable and Linkable Format (Unix, OS/2)
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