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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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    Mislin (?), n. & a. See Maslin.

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