subs. (colloquial).—1. A phase of drunkenness.—See ELEVATED.
1823. SCOTT, Peveril of the Peak, ch. iii. The unwonted agitation of her voice attracted the attention of the refractory steward, notwithstanding his present state of ELEVATION.
2. (common).—Opium.
1849. C. KINGSLEY, Alton Locke. ‘What’s ELEVATION?’ … ‘Opium, bor’ alive, opium!’
