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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Elaps, v. [e.m.E. elapse (1644), L. ēlaps-, ppl. stem of ēlābī.] intr. To slip away. —1590 Burel Pilgr. ii. xxxii.
I … in my mynd oftimes did think, How till elaps from this precink
