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States † Elliptical 
n. pl. Elliptical the United States of America.
- 1785 (1943) They made up a court at Johnstown, tried him, and condemned him to be flogged round the town and sent back to the states.
- 1852 (1923) There was a runaway nigger from the States came to the village, and set up a barber's pole and settled among us.
- 1955 All set to take the States by storm is Canada's National Ballet Company, who on their opening night in New York will present a new ballet, "Offenbach in the Underworld."
- 1785 (1943) They made up a court at Johnstown, tried him, and condemned him to be flogged round the town and sent back to the states.