ELL

ell. Ell, n. a measure of one yard and a quarter, three quarters

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Ell (?), n. [[AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. � elbow. Cf. Elbow, Alnage.]] A measure for cloth; — now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.