melder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of melder
1400–50; late Middle English meltyre < Old Norse meldr grain or meal in the mill
Example Sentences
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Cu. melder, the quantity of meal ground at one time.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom
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