elvan

English

Etymology

The mining term is from Cornish.

Adjective

elvan (comparative more elvan, superlative most elvan)

  1. Pertaining to elves; elvish; elven.
  2. (mining) Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
    an elvan course

Noun

elvan (plural elvans)

  1. (mining) The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.

Synonyms

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 elvan in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

elvan

  1. definite singular of elva
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