elsin

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English

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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elsin (plural elsins)

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

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