Associations to the word «Elt»

Wiktionary

ELT, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
ELT, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
ELT, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
ELT, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To meddle; interfere.
ELT, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
ELT, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
ELT, noun. (math) (computing) Abbreviation of element.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope