mell
mell
Definition
mell (mel)
intransitive verb
- to mingle; mix
- to meddle
Etymology: ME mellen < OFr meller, var. of mesler: see meddle
transitive verb
Brit., Dialectal to mingle; mix
mell
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Do not use a mell on stone or metal, as the cast iron head will shatter.
Adjective modifier
- little: Every hour through the night, he went round the whole colliery, carrying with him his lamp an ' his little wooden mell.
Modifies a noun
- wi: Ti yield is ti becum a slave, ti fecht is but ti mell wi the desert sand foraye.
Noun used with modifier
- pell: It's great, intoxicating darkness, going pell mell for the burn.
Browse dictionary entries near mell
- Melitopol
- Melissa worm
- Melissa
- melisma
- meliorism
- melioration
- meliorate
- melinite
- Melinda
- melilot
- melliferous
- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- Mellon
- mellophone
- Mellotron
- mellow
- mellowed
- melodeon
- melodic
