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Definition of Esloin
1. v. t. To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign.
Definition of Esloin
1. Verb. (obsolete) To remove; to banish; to withdraw. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Esloin
1. eloin [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: eloin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esloin
Literary usage of Esloin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folk-Etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in by Abram Smythe Palmer (1882)
"... to go away, depart, forsake, and esloin, to put away, remove, banish, withdraw.
... For esloin or ..."
2. Flora's Lexicon: An Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment of Flowers by Catharine Harbeson Waterman, Catharine Harbeson (Waterman) Esling (1861)
"It is, however, a highly ornamental flower, and surely that ought to be accounted
something. USELESSNESS. From worldly cares himself he did esloin, ..."
3. A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, John F. Addington (1855)
"... that traitors wear, Their love is hate, their life is death. IDLENESS. WG Simms.
From worldly eares himself he did esloin, And greatly shunned manly ..."
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