maslin

American  

[maz-lin] / ˈmæz lɪn /

noun

British Dialect.

1. a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.

2. bread made from such a mixture of grains.

3. a mixture; medley.

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Etymology

Origin of maslin

1275–1325; Middle English mastlyoun < Middle French mesteillon, derivative of mesteil mixture < Vulgar Latin *mi ( k ) stilium. See mixed, -ile

Example Sentences

Thou didst cheat her shockingly, Frank, time o’ the famine, on those nine sacks of maslin meal.

From The Saint's Tragedy by Kingsley, Charles

"At Boulogne-sur-Mer, for the past ten days, there has been distributed to each person only three pounds of bad barley, or maslin, without knowing whether we can again distribute this miserable ration next decade."

From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John

"All citizens are ordered to bring in whatever produce they possess in grain, flour, wheat, maslin, rye, barley, oats, millet, buckwheat" at the "maximum" rate.

From The French Revolution - Volume 3 by Durand, John