What is "meslin"

Maslin \Mas"lin\, n. [OE. missellane, misceline, miscelin, meslin, fr. miscellane. See Miscellane.]

1. A mixture composed of different materials; especially:

   1. A mixture of metals resembling brass.

   2. A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye. [Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn, mastlin.]

2. A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a) . [Obs.]

   Mead eke in a maselyn.
   --Chaucer.

Maslin \Mas"lin\, a. Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]

Miscellane \Mis"cel*lane\, n. [See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin.] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin.
--Bacon.

n. (alternative form of maslin English)

Meslin is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune Lamballe.