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Definition of Elsin
1. n. A shoemaker's awl.
Definition of Elsin
1. Noun. (UK dialect) A shoemaker's awl. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elsin
1. an awl [n -S] - See also: awl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elsin
Literary usage of Elsin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britainby James [Sargant]. Storer, Henry Sargant Storer by James [Sargant]. Storer, Henry Sargant Storer (1819)
"... or elsin, an ambitious prelate, sought the pail of Canterbury, but was frozen
to death in the Alps on his way to Rome to procure it ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"word for an awl (AS eel, awe/) is eh, from which elsin is formed by the addition
of the diminutive suffix in. ..."
3. Literature and Insurgency: Ten Studies in Racial Evolution: Mark Twain by John Curtis Underwood (1914)
"Temporarily in safety, elsin reverts once more from woman to child; ... He leaves
elsin in comparative security in the fort at Johnstown, after a somewhat ..."
4. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"elsin (S. Lane.), ) sb. a sort of shoemaker's awl. ... word for an awl (AS <el,
awel) is els, from which elsin is formed by the addition of the diminutive ..."
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