maslin

M3A1S1L1I1N1
/ˈmæzlɪn/

noun

A mixture of metals resembling brass.

“Maslin bread is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.”

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Meanings

maslin1

nounmaslin (countable and uncountable, plural maslins)

plural maslins · alternative maislin · alternative maselyn · alternative mashlam · alternative mashlin · alternative mashlum · alternative mastlin · alternative meslin · alternative mislen · alternative mislin

  1. A mixture composed of different materials; especially:
    1. countableuncountableA mixture of metals resembling brass.
    2. 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
adjectivemaslin (not comparable)

alternative maislin · alternative maselyn · alternative mashlam · alternative mashlin · alternative mashlum · alternative mastlin · alternative meslin · alternative mislen · alternative mislin

  1. not comparableComposed of different sorts.

    Maslin bread is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.

Maslin2

proper noun

Origin

  1. Old Englishmæstling
  2. Middle Englishmissellane
  3. Englishmaslin

From Middle English missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, from Old English mæstling, mæsling, mæslen. See also miscellane.

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Translations

French méteil
  • méteilmixture of different materials

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APA

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MLA

“maslin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maslin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maslin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maslin.

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