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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: L \L\ ([e^]l), n. 1. An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing. [Written also {ell}.] 2. (Mech.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles. [Written also {ell}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ell \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ell \Ell\, n. (Arch.) See {L}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ell n 1: an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building 2: the letter L
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