单词 | melder |
释义 | meldern. Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern). 1. A quantity of grain or meal, spec. a quantity of meal ground at one time.In quot. a1522 used to render Latin mola (salsa), the mixture of meal and salt with which Roman sacrifices were sprinkled. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > quantity of meal for grinding meldera1500 reeingsa1500 batch1597 prick measure1612 prick met1612 a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 725/9 Hoc emolimentum, a meltyre. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. ii. 138 Quhen that of me suld be maid sacrifice, With salt meldir. 1602 in J. Harland House & Farm Accts. Shuttleworths (1856) I. i. 145 The vjth melder v kilne full, there was in meale xlv mettes, in cut grottes v mettes. 1674 S. Fell Househ. Acct. Bk. 25 Feb. (1920) 45 By mo pd Tho: Clegg for dustinge 2: meldars of Mothers at Mill..000 00 06. 1790 D. Morison Poems 110 Our simmer meldar niest was mil'd. 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles iii. 45 The seeds, from the different makings of meal (melders) through Winter, are preserved. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. viii. 228 I have often thought the miller's folk at the Monastery-mill were far over careless in sifting our melder. 1875 W. Dickinson Cumbriana 43 O' 'at I cud gev him ut due, was to leeave her a melder o' meal. 1882 J. Walker Descr. Jaunt to Auld Reekie 23 Yestreen he cam doon wi' a melder to brie. 1909 J. Black Melodies & Memories 133 Sowens..made from the coarser particles of oatmeal..returned to farmers..along with their ‘melder’ or milling of meal. 1929 J. Alexander Mains & Hilly 32 Aw thocht it wis a gweed ait-heavy, an' gid a gweed maillyer fin ye pat it to the mill. 1978 in Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. (1988) No. 50. 32 T' lads..begun batten awa wi' their flails as if they'd a melder to thresh for their poddish. ΚΠ 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 23 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 558 That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller. 1828 J. Ruddiman Tales & Sketches 273 They came flocking frae the towns like mice to a melder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500 |
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