n.;
Every elf, and fairy sprite,
Hop as light as bird from brier. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Elf arrow,
Elf child,
Elf fire,
Elf owl (Zoöl.),
v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. [ 1913 Webster ]
Elf all my hair in knots. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to elves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A little elf or urchin. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. “Elfish light.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an elfish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being elfish. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A little elf. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fairyland. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves. [ 1913 Webster ]