melder
[ mel-der ]
nounScot.
the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
Origin of melder
11400–50; late Middle English meltyre<Old Norse meldr grain or meal in the mill
Words Nearby melder
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How to use melder in a sentence
Ay, Miss Anne, said Mrs. melder; but the like o you disna ken.
Merkland | Mrs. OliphantSanta Clara may be the surname, Mrs. melder, said Anne, smiling at the conjunction.
Merkland | Mrs. Oliphantmelder of corn; the quantity sent to the mill and ground at one time.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceMrs. melder had been told to call her Lilias, and affection had already contracted the name into the familiar diminutive of Lilie.
Merkland | Mrs. OliphantNa, its no sae muckle for that, said Mrs. melder; though I have a cauld tremble whiles when I think o the water.
Merkland | Mrs. Oliphant
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