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mislin

mislin 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 mislin

pluralmislins

Questions about mislin

What is mislin the alternative form of?
Mislin is the alternative form of maslin.

Words near mislin in the dictionary

  1. mislikes
  2. mislikest
  3. misliketh
  4. misliking
  5. mislikings
  6. mislin
  7. misline
  8. mislineation
  9. mislined
  10. mislines
  11. misling

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