miscellane

English

Etymology

See miscellaneous and compare maslin.

Noun

miscellane (uncountable)

  1. A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; maslin; meslin.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      the sowing at the wane of the moon is thought to make the corn sound : it hath not been practised , but it is thought to be of use to make some miscellane in corn ; as if you sow a few beans with wheat , your wheat will be the better

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “miscellane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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