Part 538 (1/2)

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.