Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Honeyed; mingled with honey.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mell .
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According to Etymonline. com, the word is first attested in 1939, and probably related to “melled” meaning “mingled.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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According to Etymonline.com, the word is first attested in 1939, and probably related to “melled” meaning “mingled.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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The stewards vacated their high box at a dignified downhill rush and the racing press pell-melled to the exit without hanging round to alert their papers.
The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010
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The stewards vacated their high box at a dignified downhill rush and the racing press pell-melled to the exit without hanging round to alert their papers.
Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998
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I'm not going to be lectured and pum - melled by everyone, just for a bit of a frolic.
Little Women 1921
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An 't' clock gave a despert gert groan; 'twere summat atween a groan an 'a sweer, an' it went straight to Throp's heart, an 'he wished he'd niver melled wi' t 'clock.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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An hour ago the rope seemed tight about my neck; one day past, and I was but a prentice to the mean craft of painting and limning, arts good for a monk, or a manant, but, save for pleasure, not to be melled or meddled with by
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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Meliot moveth toward Clamados right swiftly and Clamados toward him, and they melled together on their shields in such sort that they pierced them and cleft the mail of their habergeons asunder with the points of their spears, and the twain are both wounded so that the blood rayeth forth of their bodies.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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They ranged their battles on both sides, and came together with such might and so great a shock as that it seemed the earth shook; and they melled together at the assembly with their spears so passing grimly as that the frushing thereof might be heard right far away.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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And they melled together so stoutly that the spears bent without breaking, and both twain are shifted in their saddles and lose their stirrups.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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