Definitions For Elvan

Etymology 1

From a Cornish word,{{R:Century 1911}} perhaps {{der, en, kw, elven, elven, elvan, spark}}Thomas Davidson, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language (1907)Handbook for travellers in Cornwall (1879), John Murray (publishers), page 25 because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.Frederick William Pearce Jago, An English-Cornish Dictionary: Compiled from the Best Sources (1887), entry "STONE": "A very hard stone which will strike fire is called elvan. Borlase says elven means a spark of fire."

Adjective

(mining) Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of cornwall. : an elvan course

Noun

ELVAN (plural ELVANs) (mining) The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself. : Synonym: elvanite {{q, the rock}}

Etymology 2

Variation of elven (or elfin, which see for more) influenced by -an.

Adjective

(uncommon) elven, elven, elfin, pertaining to elf, elves.

Synonyms

see list in elven

Translations

elven

Anagrams

Alven, Levan, levan, navel, venal