Definition of Maslen
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.]
2. A vessel made of maslin, 1
(a). [Obs.]
Mead eke in a maselyn.
Chaucer.
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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- (Obsolete): A vessel made of maslin.
Quotations
*Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.
- Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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