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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats