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   Maslin (?), 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.]
   
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   2. A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a). [Obs.]
   
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   Mead eke in a maselyn. Chaucer.
   
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   Maslin, a. Composed of different sorts; as, “maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat”. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]
   
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   Meslin (? or ?), n. See Maslin.
   
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   Miscellane (?), n. [See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin.] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin.  Bacon.
   
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