maslin
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, from Old English mæstling, mæsling, mæslen. See also miscellane.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæzlɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
maslin (countable and uncountable, plural maslins)
- A mixture composed of different materials; especially:
- A mixture of metals resembling brass.
- A mixture of different sorts of grain, such as wheat and rye.
- 1613, G[ervase] M[arkham], The English Husbandman. The First Part: […], London: […] T[homas] S[nodham] for Iohn Browne, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
maslin (not comparable)
- Composed of different sorts.
- Maslin bread is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
Translations
composed of different sorts
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Anagrams
Romanian
Noun
maslin m (plural maslini)
- obsolete form of măslin
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | maslin | maslinul | maslini | maslinii | |
| genitive-dative | maslin | maslinului | maslini | maslinilor | |
| vocative | maslinule | maslinilor | |||
References
- maslin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN