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Misère - Poker (gambling) and elastic (iou)


Misère - Poker (gambling)


Another name for lowball, primarily in England

elastic (iou)



elastic adjective & noun. M17.
[mod. Latin elasticus from Greek elastikos, from ela- stem of elaunein to drive.]
A. adjective.
1. (Of a gas) having the property of expanding spontaneously to fill whatever space is available; pertaining to or causing this expansion. M17-M18.
2. That spontaneously resumes its normal bulk or shape after contraction, expansion, or distortion by an external force; of or pertaining to this property or phenomenon. L17.
Focus This narrow cable is elastic but hard-wearing.
b. fig. Of a person or feeling: not permanently or easily depressed; buoyant. L18.
Ld Macaulay Those elastic spirits..had borne up against defeat.
c. Physics. Of a collision, or scattering of subatomic particles: not involving any loss of kinetic energy. M19.
3. Able to be stretched without permanent alteration of size or shape; made of or containing material of this kind. L18.
b. fig. Flexible, springy; accommodating; loose. M19.
Conan Doyle Even the rigid British law becomes human and elastic. E. Blishen Many of the contributors had an elastic sense of time.
c. Economics. Of demand or supply: sensitive to changes in price or income. L19.
B. noun. Elastic cord or fabric, usu. woven with strips of rubber. M19.
Special collocations & comb.: elastic band: see BAND noun2 2. elastic cartilage a yellowish kind of cartilage containing elastic fibres, present in the ear and larynx. elastic deformation in a metal or Other elastic material, distortion under stress that is followed by a full recovery of the original size and shape (cf. plastic deformation s.v. PLASTIC adjective 4b). elastic fibre Anatomy a yellowish fibre composed chiefly of elastin and occurring in networks or sheets in elastic tissue, to which it imparts elasticity. elastic limit the extent to which a body may be stretched without permanent alteration of size or shape. elastic MODULUS. elastic-side Austral. a boot without laces and with a piece of elastic at each side (usu. in pl.). elastic stocking: see STOCKING noun1 2. elastic tissue Anatomy connective tissue of the kind that occurs in the dermis and the walls of arteries, composed chiefly of elastic fibres.
elastically adverb M19.
elasticated adjective (of a cloth or garment) made elastic by incorporating elastic thread or fabric E20.
elastician noun an expert in or student of elasticity, as a physical phenomenon or property L19.
elasticized adjective = elasticated E20.