单词 | melled |
释义 | melledadj.1ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] mingedc1275 meddleda1387 melleda1393 blenda1400 entremedly?a1425 yblent1426 commixed?1440 mingleda1475 medleyed1480 mixed1482 intermista1552 intermixed1555 confuse1563 intermingled1586 confused1594 intermeddled1595 blended1621 throughother1626 commingled1648 miscellaneous1698 confluentiala1711 confluent1814 intermixing1815 immixed1855 blent1872 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 4899 (MED) He..hath his lust assised With melled love and tirannie. 1449–50 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 632 In iij pannis integris blodei mellide. c1450 (?a1400) Duke Rowland & Sir Otuell (1880) 1254 A nobill suerde the burde not wolde, Now for thi Mellyde hare. 1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 152 Inprimis, iij mellyd russetts xlijs. 2. Scottish. Of a ewe: mated with a ram of a different breed. ΚΠ 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 18 When they have been crossed with rams of a different breed, they are called crones, crocks, or milled ewes. 1930 G. Wilson in Sc. National Dict. VI. 276/2 He bocht a score o' mill't yows at the mart yesterday. 1948 Scotsman 15 Sept. 6/5 (advt.) Order of Sale—commencing..with Cheviot Milled Ewes (had Half-Bred Lambs). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † melledadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Sweet as honey; honeyed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > like, as, or with honey melcheOE honey-sweetOE honey?c1225 honily?c1425 mellifluec1429 mellifluous?a1475 honeyed1559 mellisha1577 honeysome1593 melled1606 honeyish1657 honeyly1864 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 83 Thou..That hast the Aier for Farme & Heav'n for Field (Which, sugred Mel, or melled Suger yield). a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 177 Whose mellid measurs modulat did more In lyvlie stanzas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1a1393adj.21606 |
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