"elsin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛlzɪn/ Forms: elsins [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aslen}} Middle English aslen, {{m|enm|elsen||an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool}} elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), {{der|en|dum|elsene}} Middle Dutch elsene, {{m|dum|alsene}} alsene, {{der|en|goh|alansa}} Old High German alansa, {{der|en|gem-pro|*alasnō}} Proto-Germanic *alasnō Head templates: {{en-noun}} elsin (plural elsins)
  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A shoemaker's awl. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: elsen

Inflected forms

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