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† ˈmeselry Obs.
Forms: see mesel.
[a. OF. mesel(l)erie, f. mesel mesel: see -ry.]
Leprosy.
a1300Cursor M. 29185 Þar was a woman hight mari, þat sumtime wat [? read smetyn was; Cotton Galba has was smetyn] wit meselri. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 140 For foule meselrie he comond with no man. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 707/24 Hec lepra, a mesylery. 1496Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) ix. iv. 350 Giezi was smyten with foule myselrye. c1500Rowlis Cursing 45 in Laing Anc. Poet. Scotl., Maigram, madness or missilry. c1520M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots Luke v. 13 And anon the meselrie passit away fra him. 1623tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. iii. x. 447 Infected with Leaprosie, Meazelrie, and the like.
b. Measly condition (of swine).
1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Hogges (1627) 265 The cause of measelry in a hog. |