elsin

See also: Elsin

English

Alternative forms

elsen

Etymology

From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛlzɪn/

Noun

elsin (plural elsins)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) A shoemaker's awl.

References

“elsin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

LINEs, Niles, lenis, liens, lines, lisne

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