Lexicographical Neighbors of Elshins
Literary usage of Elshins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Inula Helenium, L. — Hal. Wr. This seems to be a corruption or misreading of
Elfe-dock, which see. elshins (ie awls, in allusion to the long-pointed fruits) ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"... unlearned conjecture that therewith our first parents stitched the primitive
robe. I have recently heard it called elshins, ie, awls ; and the Deil's ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Wr. This seems to be a corruption or misreading of Elfe-dock, which see. elshins (('.
c. awls, in allusion to the long-pointed fruits). ..."
4. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"... unlearned conjecture that therewith our first parents stitched the primitive
robe. I have recently heard it called elshins, ie, awls ; and the Deil's ..."
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