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melder Sc.|ˈmɛldə(r)|
Also 5 meltyre, 6 meldir, 8 meldar.
[a. ON. meldr:—prehistoric *malidro-z, f. root of mala to grind.]
A quantity of meal ground at one time.
By Douglas used to render L. mola (salsa), the mixture of meal and salt with which Roman sacrifices were sprinkled.
14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 725/9 Hoc emolimentum, a meltyre. 1513Douglas æneis ii. ii. 138 Quhen that of me suld be maid sacrifice, With salt meldir. 1715Pennecuik Descr. Tweeddale Wks. (1815) 87 The seeds, from the different makings of meal (melders) through winter, are preserved. 1790Morison Poems 110 Our simmer meldar niest was mil'd. 1820Scott Monast. viii, I have often thought the miller's folk at the Monastery-mill were far over careless in sifting our melder. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie, etc. 23 Yestreen he cam doon wi' a melder to brie.
b. An occasion of taking corn to be ground.
1790Burns Tam O' Shanter 23 That ilka melder, wi' the miller, Thou sat as lang as thou had siller. |