elt (English, verb)
expansion: elt (third-person singular simple present elts, present participle elting, simple past and past participle elted)
Senses:
glosses: To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To meddle; interfere.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To knead dough; stir dough previously kneaded to a proper consistency before baking.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
UK
dialectal
transitive
glosses: To become soft; become moist, as damp earth.
tags: Northern-England
Scotland
UK
dialectal
intransitive
Forms:
form: elts
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: elting
tags: participle
present
form: elted
tags: participle
past
form: elted
tags: past