MASLIN

n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A mixture composed of different materials; especially:

2.
n.

A mixture of metals resembling brass.

3.
n.

A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye. [Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn, mastlin.]

4.
n.

A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). [Obs.] Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.

5.
a.

Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]


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