† mellitObs. Also 7 mellet. A disease incident to horses (seequots.). 1610Markham Masterp. ii. lxix. 333 A Mellet is a dry scabbe that groweth vpon the heele [of a horse].1704Dict. Rust. et Urban., Mellet[ed. 1726 Mellit], a dry Scab that grows upon the Heel of a Horse's Fore-feet.