Elbow
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. The outer angle made by the bend of the arm.
2. The wings that
waft our riches out of sight
4. Any
flexure or angle; the
obtuse angle of a wall, building or road.
5. To be at the elbow is to be very near; to be by the side; to be at hand.
Elbow
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
To
jut into an angle; to project; to bend.
Elbow
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To
push with the elbow
3. He'll elbow out his neighbors.
Elbow
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Elbow
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To
jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
2. To
push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
Elbow
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To
push or
hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
A chair with arms to support the elbows; an arm-chair.
Room to extend the elbows on each side; hence, in its usual
acceptation, perfect freedom from confinement; ample room for motion or action.
The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.
A chair with arms to support the elbows; an
armchair.
Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
