English
Etymology
Old English missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, from miscellane. See miscellane
Alternative spellings
meslin
mislin
maselyn
mastlin
Noun
maslin
- 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.
Adjective
maslin
- Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
Translations
Serbian: suražica
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