elt

present singular third person elts · participle present elting · participle past elted · past elted

1. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.

   Du's eltin dat creature to death, boy!?

   Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), Dictionary of the Scot Language

2. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.

   Mi böts ir a' eltit wi' glaar.

   Sh.11 1950, Dictionary of the Scot Language

   2 more examples

   Whin shü cam oot an fann me dere Wi peenie fairlins eltit.

   Sh. 1891 J. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 22, Dictionary of the Scot Language

   He was elt(er)ed wi' gutters fae head to foot.

   Cai.3 1950, Dictionary of the Scot Language

   Synonyms: befoul, soil, stain, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood)

3. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
4. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo meddle; interfere.
5. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitiveTo knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
6. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveTo become soft; become moist, as damp earth.

plural elts

1. abbreviationcomputingAbbreviation of element.

plural ELTs

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3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of English language teaching.

1. abbreviationinitialismdata warehousingcomputingInitialism of extract, load, transform.