1 obsolete : brass 2 or maslin kettle dialectal, England : a brass pot or vessel maslin 2 of 2 noun (2) " plural -s

Mar 5, 2012 · Elsewhere, your crop would more likely a mixed field of wheat and rye called maslin (which also lends its name to the wholemeal bread made from it). Alternatively, your go-to crop …

The food historian, Peter Brears, in his book, Traditional Food in Yorkshire (2014), identifies Maslin bread as being: … the most common household or brown bread used by all sections of …

Sep 22, 2025 · maslin (countable and uncountable, plural maslins) A mixture composed of different materials; especially: A mixture of metals resembling brass. A mixture of different …

In English, the word “maslin”—originally derived from an Old French word for metallic alloys, which in turn comes from an older OF and Old English root for something mixed—came to …

Surname Maslin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bruce Maslin (born 1946), Australian botanist Jamie Maslin, British author Janet Maslin (born 1949), American …

The earliest known use of the word maslin is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for maslin is from before 1400, in the writing of Robert Mannyng, poet and …

May 6, 2011 · Maslin is an old English word for a mixture of wheat and rye. Modern farmers sometimes grow them together so that the stiff rye straw may hold up the weaker wheat. …

A common Medieval mix of wheat, barley and rye gave rise to the name of Maslin bread, from the French miscelin, meaning mixture. It was eaten by servants and poorer families (it also made …

Definition of 'maslin' maslin in American English (ˈmæzlɪn) noun Brit dialect