Definition of Mashlum

1. mashlam [n -S] - See also: mashlam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mashlum

mashie-niblick
mashie niblick
mashier
mashies
mashiest
mashing
mashings
mashlam
mashlams
mashlim
mashlims
mashlin
mashlins
mashloch
mashlochs
mashlum (current term)
mashlums
mashman
mashmen
mashrabiya
mashua
mashuas
mashugana
mashuganas
mashup
mashups
mashwa
mashwas
mashy
masing

Literary usage of Mashlum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch (1889)
"mashlum is Burns' form of the word. 11 I'll be his debt twa mashlum bannocks. ... mashlum, mes- j lin, mixed corn. Glossary to Burns' Poems. ..."

2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Johns- mashlum, adj. Mixed ; applied to grain, S. Tola t]f My Landlord. \. ... mashlum, ». A mixture of edibles, Clydes. MASK, ». A crib for catching fish, ..."

3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"The mashlum bannocks will suit their moorland ... mashlum, s. A mixture of any kind of edibles, —" I'll sup ye in crowdy, and ne'er mint at baking another ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... mashlum (mash'lin, -lira, -lum), n. and a. Dialectal (Scotch) forms of ... Ill be hie debt twa mashlum bannocks, And drink hie health In auld Nanse ..."

5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. Ye bank*) and braes, and streams t mashlum ... I'll be his debt twa mashlum bannocks, The A uthors Cry and Prayer, го. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Mart originally signified a market, where kine and horned cattle were sold, as distinguished from market, a horse fair; from mare, a horse. mashlum, mixed ..."

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