meislev.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪs(ə)l/,

/ˈmeɪz(ə)l/,

/ˈmʌɪs(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪs(ə)l/,

/ˈmeɪz(ə)l/,

/ˈmaɪs(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌis(ə)l/

Forms:

α. 1800s meysel, 1800s meyzel, 1800s micel, 1800s– meisle, 1800s– meissle, 1800s– micell.

β. Scottish (chiefly Banffshire) 1800s– meislen, 1800s– meisslen, 1800s– meyseln.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch muizelen.

Etymology: Partly < Dutch regional muizelen, a frequentative derived < Dutch muizen to nibble (see mouse v.; compare early modern Dutch meuselen to eat up silently, lick up); and partly < Dutch regional muizelen , a frequentative derived < Dutch regional muizen to break into small pieces, mash (a variant of moezen to mash < moes mash, pulp, stewed vegetables or fruit: see moose n.¹).The β. forms perhaps represent back-formations < meislan , a verbal noun (see -ing suffix¹) with sense ‘a very small piece’ (recorded in W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (1866) 113; compare quot. 1866 at sense 1).

Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare.

1. transitive. To fritter away. Also intransitive: to disappear gradually.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste

spilla1000

scatter1154

aspilla1250

rospa1325

waste1340

spend1390

consumec1425

waste1474

miswenda1500

forsumea1510

to cast away1530

to throw away1561

embezzle1578

squander1593

palter1595

profuse1611

squander1611

ravel1614

sport1622

to fool away1628

to stream out1628

to fribble away1633

sweal1655

frisk1665

to fiddle away1667

wantonize1673

slattera1681

swattle1681

drivel1686

swatter1690

to muddle away1707

squander1717

sot1746

slattern1747

meisle1808

fritter1820

waster1821

slobber1837

to cut to waste1863

fringe1863

potter1883

putter1911

profligate1938

to piddle away1942

haemorrhage1978

spaff2002

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) It is said of one with respect to his money, He meisslit it awa, without smelling a must; He wasted it, without doing any thing to purpose.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 113 They got a gey bit liftie o' siller, bit they meislent it awa in a year or twa.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Meissle, micell, to disappear gradually. ‘It's micell'd away.’

1925 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Au Clair de la Lune i, in Sangschaw 14 Earth's littered wi' larochs o' Empires, Muckle nations are dust. Time'll meissle it awa', it seems, An' smell nae must.

a. transitive. To nibble, munch, eat daintily.

ΚΠ

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Miceled, did eat, somewhat after the way of mice.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 113 He's a gueede heep better noo, an' macks oot t' meisle awa a biscuit till's brackfast.

b. transitive. To break (food) into crumbs.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Meysel, Meyzle, to crumble down [food].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meisle
释义	meislev. Brit. /ˈmeɪs(ə)l/, /ˈmeɪz(ə)l/, /ˈmʌɪs(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈmeɪs(ə)l/, /ˈmeɪz(ə)l/, /ˈmaɪs(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈmʌis(ə)l/ Forms: α. 1800s meysel, 1800s meyzel, 1800s micel, 1800s– meisle, 1800s– meissle, 1800s– micell. β. Scottish (chiefly Banffshire) 1800s– meislen, 1800s– meisslen, 1800s– meyseln. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch muizelen. Etymology: Partly < Dutch regional muizelen, a frequentative derived < Dutch muizen to nibble (see mouse v.; compare early modern Dutch meuselen to eat up silently, lick up); and partly < Dutch regional muizelen , a frequentative derived < Dutch regional muizen to break into small pieces, mash (a variant of moezen to mash < moes mash, pulp, stewed vegetables or fruit: see moose n.¹).The β. forms perhaps represent back-formations < meislan , a verbal noun (see -ing suffix¹) with sense ‘a very small piece’ (recorded in W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (1866) 113; compare quot. 1866 at sense 1). Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. 1. transitive. To fritter away. Also intransitive: to disappear gradually. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste spilla1000 scatter1154 aspilla1250 rospa1325 waste1340 spend1390 consumec1425 waste1474 miswenda1500 forsumea1510 to cast away1530 to throw away1561 embezzle1578 squander1593 palter1595 profuse1611 squander1611 ravel1614 sport1622 to fool away1628 to stream out1628 to fribble away1633 sweal1655 frisk1665 to fiddle away1667 wantonize1673 slattera1681 swattle1681 drivel1686 swatter1690 to muddle away1707 squander1717 sot1746 slattern1747 meisle1808 fritter1820 waster1821 slobber1837 to cut to waste1863 fringe1863 potter1883 putter1911 profligate1938 to piddle away1942 haemorrhage1978 spaff2002 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) It is said of one with respect to his money, He meisslit it awa, without smelling a must; He wasted it, without doing any thing to purpose. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 113 They got a gey bit liftie o' siller, bit they meislent it awa in a year or twa. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Meissle, micell, to disappear gradually. ‘It's micell'd away.’ 1925 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Au Clair de la Lune i, in Sangschaw 14 Earth's littered wi' larochs o' Empires, Muckle nations are dust. Time'll meissle it awa', it seems, An' smell nae must. 2. a. transitive. To nibble, munch, eat daintily. ΚΠ 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Miceled, did eat, somewhat after the way of mice. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 113 He's a gueede heep better noo, an' macks oot t' meisle awa a biscuit till's brackfast. b. transitive. To break (food) into crumbs. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To Meysel, Meyzle, to crumble down [food]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1808
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