elsinn.

/ˈɛlsɪn/

Forms: Middle English alsene, elsyn(g, 1500s–1800s elsen, Middle English– elson, 1700s– elshin, 1800s– elsin.

Etymology: apparently < Middle Dutch elssene (later elzen(e , modern Dutch els ) < *alisna < Old Germanic *alasnâ (whence by transposition Old High German alansa , alunsa ); < the same root as awl n. + suffix as in Old Germanic *segasnâ (-isnâ), German sense scythe. (The Germanic word was adopted into Romanic: compare Spanish alesna, lesna, Italian lésina, French alêne, Provençal alena.)

Obsolete exc. northern dialect.

An awl.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > for piercing or pricking > awl

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a1300 W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 150 Tru de subiloun, a bore of an alsene.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 138 Elsyn [v.r. elsyng], sibula.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 216/2 Elson for cordwayners, alesne.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 107 There lyes his elson and his lingle.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 169 Syne wi' a muckle alshin lang He brodit Maggie's hurdies.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ix. 245 I never bored a hole with an elsin in my life.

1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. Elsin, an awl. ‘As sharp as a cobler's elsin,’ acute.

Compounds

elsin-blade n. the blade of an awl, or the awl itself.

ΚΠ

1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 261 Vj doss' elsen heftes..elsonblades viijs. viijd.

elsin-box n. a box for holding awls.

ΚΠ

1805 A. Scott Poems 57 (Jam.) Ane ca's a thing like elsin-box, That drools like corn-pipes Fu' queer that day.

Categories »

elsin-haft n. the haft or handle of an awl; also, ‘the old designation for a jargonelle pear from its resemblance to the haft of an awl’ (Jamieson).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	elsin
释义	elsinn. /ˈɛlsɪn/ Forms: Middle English alsene, elsyn(g, 1500s–1800s elsen, Middle English– elson, 1700s– elshin, 1800s– elsin. Etymology: apparently < Middle Dutch elssene (later elzen(e , modern Dutch els ) < alisna < Old Germanic alasnâ (whence by transposition Old High German alansa , alunsa ); < the same root as awl n. + suffix as in Old Germanic segasnâ (-isnâ), German sense* scythe. (The Germanic word was adopted into Romanic: compare Spanish alesna, lesna, Italian lésina, French alêne, Provençal alena.) Obsolete exc. northern dialect. An awl. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > for piercing or pricking > awl awlc885 elsina1300 pricker1678 naul1724 a1300 W. de Biblesworth in Wright Voc. 150 Tru de subiloun, a bore of an alsene. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 138 Elsyn [v.r. elsyng], sibula. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 216/2 Elson for cordwayners, alesne. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 107 There lyes his elson and his lingle. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 169 Syne wi' a muckle alshin lang He brodit Maggie's hurdies. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ix. 245 I never bored a hole with an elsin in my life. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. Elsin, an awl. ‘As sharp as a cobler's elsin,’ acute. Compounds elsin-blade n. the blade of an awl, or the awl itself. ΚΠ 1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 261 Vj doss' elsen heftes..elsonblades viijs. viijd. elsin-box n. a box for holding awls. ΚΠ 1805 A. Scott Poems 57 (Jam.) Ane ca's a thing like elsin-box, That drools like corn-pipes Fu' queer that day. Categories » elsin-haft n. the haft or handle of an awl; also, ‘the old designation for a jargonelle pear from its resemblance to the haft of an awl’ (Jamieson). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1300
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