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uillin

uillin

Manx

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.