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elshin

elshin noun: an awl.

Noun

elshin (plural elshins)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) An awl.
    • D'ye think I was born to sit here brogging an elshin through bend-leather, when sic men as Duncan Forbes, and that other Arniston chield there, without muckle greater parts, if the close-head speak true, than mysell, maun be presidents1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James...

Forms of elshin

pluralelshins

Questions about elshin

What does elshin mean?
Elshin means an awl.
What part of speech is elshin?
Elshin is a noun.
What is the plural of elshin?
The plural of elshin is elshins.

Words near elshin in the dictionary

  1. elseworlds
  2. Elsey
  3. Elseys
  4. Elsfjord
  5. Elshibairab
  6. elshin
  7. elshins
  8. Elsie
  9. elsilimomab
  10. elsin
  11. Elsing

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