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Eremon and Eber : Eremon was the seventh son of Milesius. Eber was his eldest brother. Joint rule in 3500. Eremon killed Eber and his wife in 3500 (1700 B.C.?) in a quarrel over territory, and ruled alone into 3516. During Eremon’s reign alone, a “. . . colony called by the Irish Cruithneaigh, in English ‘Cruthneans’ or Picts, arrived in Ireland and requested Eremon to assign them a part of the country to settle in, which he refused; but, giving them as wives the widows of the Tuatha de Danaans, slain in battle, he sent them with a strong party of his own forces to conquer the country then called ‘Alba,’ but now Scotland; conditionally, that they and their posterity should be tributary, to the Monarchs of Ireland.”

Encyclopaedia Galactica : The Encyclopaedia Galactica used to be the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom in the universe. That is, until the HHGTTG came along. The HHGTTG scores higher that the Encyclopaedia in two respects. First, the Guide is slightly cheaper; and second, it has the words “Don’t Panic� inscribed in large, friendly letters on the cover. The HHGTTG, however, has been superceded by the HHGTTM.

Elf : n.; pl. {Elves} ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf;
akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. {Auf}, {Oaf}.]

1. A supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a faery; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

Elf arrow : a flint arrowhead; — so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to faeries; — called also {elf bolt}, {elf dart}, and {elf shot}.

Elf child : a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen.

\Elf\, v. t.
To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

3. ELF : (extremely low frequency) refers to an electromagnetic field having a frequency much lower than the frequencies of signals typically used in communications. The most common ELF field was radiated by utility power lines. In the former United States, this frequency was 60 Hz. Exposure to these fields was common whenever in the vacinity of electrical appliances of any kind.

4. ELF : a constraint logic programming language based on the LF Logical Framework.

5. ELF : a binary format for *nix systems designed to support dynamic objects and shared libraries. On older COFF and ECOFF systems, dynamic support and shared libraries were not naturally supported by the underlying format, leading to dynamic implementations that were at times complex, quirky, and slow.

Electronic Thumb : A short squat black rod, smooth and matte with a couple of flat switches and dials at one end. It allows Hitchhikers to flag down passing spacecraft to hitch a lift. Half the electronic engineers in the galaxy are constantly trying to find fresh ways of jamming the signals generated by the Thumb, while the other half are constantly trying to find fresh ways of jamming the jamming signals.

Éist : (Gaeilge - Irish) pron. “ay*sht”
1. Listen to
2. Hear
3. Be silent

Éirimiúil, éirimeach : (Gaeilge-Irish) pron. “ER-i-myoo-il”
1. Lively, spirited
2. Intelligent, clever; talented; gifted

Éireannach : (Gaeilge - Irish) pron. “AY*R-uh-nahk”
an t-Éireannach pron. “un TAY*R-un-nahk”
1. Irishman or Irish person
2. Irish blood; descent

Éire : (Gaeilge-Irish) pron. “AY-re”
1. Ireland

Eccentrica Gallumbits : The triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6. Once called by Zaphod Beeblebrox, “The Best Bang since the Big One.� Some people say that her errogenous zones start some four miles from her actual body. Ford Prefect, on the other hand, believes it to be five.