1653. trans. Pecquet’s Anatomical Exper., 91 The superficie of the Earth-Watrish Orb is pressed of the same [the Atmosphere] not by its weight alone, but also by vertue of his Elatery [orig. non solo … Pondere, sed & Elateris … virtute].
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., II. vi. 103. The Ayr hath … a strong Elatery of its own.
1676. Phil. Trans., X. 534. Corrosions of bodies may further bend the springy particles of the Air, giving it a greater Elatery.
1847. in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
