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)

1. (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