An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

MELDER, MELDAR, s.
1. The quantity of meal ground at once, S.
Morison.
2. A salted cake, mola salsa.
Douglas.

Isl. malldr, molitura, from mal-a, to grind.

MELDROP, s.
V. [Mildrop].

MELYIE, s. A coin of small value.

Fr. maille, a halfpenny.

Evergreen.

MELL, s.
1. A maul, S.
Ross.
2. A blow with a maul.
Pop. Ball.
To keep mell in shaft, to keep straight in any course, to retain a good state of health, Loth.; as one cannot strike well, if the handle be loose.

Lat. mall-eus; Moes. G. maul-jan, to beat.

To MELL, v. a. To mix.
V. [Mellyne].
Barbour.

To Mell, Mel, Mellay, v. n.
1. To intermeddle, S.
Douglas.
2. To be in a state of intimacy, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.
3. To join in battle.
Wyntown.