a term now almost obsolete, formerly used to denote a fairy, or hobgoblin; an imaginary being, the creature of ignorance, superstition, and craft.

Elf-Arrow, in natural history, a name given to the flints, anciently fashioned into arrow-heads, and still found fossil in Scotland, America, and several other parts of the world: they are believed by the vulgar to be shot by fairies, and that cattle are sometimes killed by them.