uillin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish uilen (compare Irish uillinn).

Noun

uillin f (genitive singular uillinagh, plural uiljyn)

(anatomy) elbow, crook
elbow joint
angle, corner
nudge

Derived terms

Terms derived from uillin

co-uillin (“isogon”)
gy-huillin, gys yn uillin (“elbow-high”)
lauean uillinagh (“elbow-glove”)
olt ny huillin, kiangle uillinagh (“elbow-joint”)
scughey uillinagh (“displacement”)
tackish uillin (“elbow-rest”)
uillin aailley (“reflex angle”)
uillinagh (“jostling, angled, angular”)

uillinaght (“angularity”)
uillin cherrinagh (“square elbow”)
uillinee (“to jostle, elbow”)
uillin er uillin (“arm in arm”)
uillin ghaa-heedragh (“dihedral”)
uillin ghear (“sharp angle”)
uillin gheyre (“acute angle”)
uillin-howsheyder (“protractor”)

uillin huittym (“angle of incidence”)
uillin loghtagh (“hade”)
uillin sthie (“interior angle”)
uillin-towsheyder (“theodolite, sextant”)
uillin veayl (“obtuse angle”)
uillin virragh (“acute angle”)
uillin y howse (“to take an angle”)

References

“uilen” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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