Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.

Origin

From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven, elvan (“spark”) because the hard rock could be

From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven, elvan (“spark”) because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.

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Forms

plural: elvans
Singularelvan
Pluralelvans

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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