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meslin

meslin is the alternative form of maslin.

Meaning of maslin

Noun

maslin (countable and uncountable, plural maslins)

  1. A mixture of metals resembling brass.
  2. A mixture of different sorts of grain, such as wheat and rye.
    • Now for this fallow field it must euer be made where the yéere before you did reape your Pease, in case you haue but thrée fields, or where you did reape your Wheate, Rye, and Maslin, in case you haue foure fields, according to the manner of the blacke clay.1613, G[ervase] M[arkham], The English Husbandman. The First Part: […], London: […] T[homas] S[nodham] for Iohn Browne, […], →OCLC

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Forms of meslin

pluralmeslins

Questions about meslin

What is meslin the alternative form of?
Meslin is the alternative form of maslin.

Words near meslin in the dictionary

  1. Meskwaki
  2. Meskwakis
  3. Mesler
  4. Meslers
  5. Mesley
  6. meslin
  7. mesling
  8. meslings
  9. meslins
  10. Mesmer
  11. mesmeree

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