Meanings
maslin1
plural maslins · alternative maislin · alternative maselyn · alternative mashlam · alternative mashlin · alternative mashlum · alternative mastlin · alternative meslin · alternative mislen · alternative mislin
- A mixture composed of different materials; especially:
- countableuncountableA mixture of metals resembling brass.
- countableuncountableA 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
alternative maislin · alternative maselyn · alternative mashlam · alternative mashlin · alternative mashlum · alternative mastlin · alternative meslin · alternative mislen · alternative mislin
- not comparableComposed of different sorts.
Maslin bread is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
Maslin2
- A surname.
Origin
- Old Englishmæstling
- Middle Englishmissellane
- Englishmaslin
From Middle English missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, from Old English mæstling, mæsling, mæslen. See also miscellane.
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French méteil
- méteilmixture of different materials
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maslin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maslin
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