SIMNELS

Noun

simnels

plural of simnel

Anagrams

• meslins

Source: Wiktionary


SIMNEL

Sim"nel, n. Etym: [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semolina.]

1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. Fuller.

2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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