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._
Fr. _mel-er_, to meddle; Teut. _mell-en_, conjungi.
~Melle~, ~Melle~, ~Mellay~, _s._
1. Contest, battle.
Fr. _melee_, id.
_Wallace._
2. _In melle_, in a state of mixture.
_Sir Gawan._
~Mellyne~, ~Melling~, _s._ Mixture.
_Barbour._
Fr. _mellange_, id.
MELL, _s._ A company.
_Statist. Acc._
A. S. Teut. _mael_, comitia, conventus; _mael-en_, conjungi.
MELT, _s._ The spleen, S.
_Complaynt S._
Su. G. _mielte_, id.
_To_ ~Melt~, _v. a._ To knock down; properly, by a stroke in the side, where the _melt_ lies, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
MELTETH, MELt.i.tH, _s._ A meal, S. _meltet_, S. B.
_Henrysone._
Isl. _mael-tid_, hora prandii vel coenae.