'Meslin' definitions:
Definition of 'meslin'
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- Maslin \Mas"lin\, n. [OE. missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, fr. miscellane. See Miscellane.]
- 1. A mixture composed of different materials; especially: (a) A mixture of metals resembling brass. (b) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye. [Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn, mastlin.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a) . [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Mead eke in a maselyn. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'meslin'
From: GCIDE
- Maslin \Mas"lin\, a. Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'meslin'
From: GCIDE
- Miscellane \Mis"cel*lane\, n. [See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin.] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]