Mas"lin (?), n. [OE. missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, fr. miscellane. See Miscellane.]
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.
© Webster 1913.
Mas"lin, a.
Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
[Written also
meslin,
mislin, etc.]
© Webster 1913.