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Definition of Mellower
1. mellow [adj] - See also: mellow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mellower
Literary usage of Mellower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"To him -who wandere o'er the upland leas, The blackbird's noto comes mellower
from the dale, And sweeter from the sky the gladsome lark Warbles his ..."
2. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1902)
"Sole leather is said to be improved in appearance, made mellower in fibre and
gains weight by passing through the following treatment: The sides, ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"About 3 to 4 cwt. of a judicious mixture is used for each pit, the mellower
material predominating in the earlier liquors and the most astringent in the ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"... (as he did John Jones's "mellower song,"*)—was it to you that Wordsworth
delivered so injurious a judgment on the works of your patron ? ..."
5. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"... is a thing of mellower growth. It is a solvent and not an excitant. It does
not stimulate to sublime effort : but it can cool raging passion. ..."
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