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MASLIN
Etymology
Noun
maslin (countable and uncountable, plural maslins)
A mixture composed of different materials; especially
A mixture of metals resembling brass.
A mixture of different sorts of grain, such as wheat and rye.
(obsolete) A vessel made of maslin.
Adjective
maslin (not comparable)
Composed of different sorts.
Anagrams
• Limans, Linams, lamins, limans, salmin
Source: Wiktionary
Mas"lin, n. Etym: [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.
Definition: Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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