maslin Meaning, Definition & Usage

Mas"lin noun
Etymology
OE. missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, fr. miscellane. See Miscellane.
Definitions
  1. 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. Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn, mastlin.
  2. A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). Obs.
    Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.
Mas"lin adjective
Definitions
  1. Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. Written also meslin, mislin, etc.

Webster 1913