cuishlin
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Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cuisle (“pipe, tube”), from Old Irish cusle, of obscure origin.
Noun[edit]
cuishlin f (genitive singular [please provide], plural cuishlinyn)
- Vein, lode
- As tra haink eh stiagh ayns y chabbane eek, cur-my-ner, va Sisera ny lhie marroo, as y kibbin trooid cuishlin e ching. (Book of Judges 4:22)
Usage notes[edit]
The plural cuishleeyn is also found.