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) (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