meldn.1
/mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Cards.
In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: a combination of cards declared or put down so as to score points.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards
cater-trey?a1500
mournival1530
sequence1575
pair royal1608
septieme1651
tierce1659
pair1674
purtaunte1688
quart major1718
matrimonya1743
queen-suit1744
quart1746
prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
1887 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 14) 152 After the meld (if any) has been made, and before he leads, he must draw the top card from the talon, and his opponent draws the next; thus again filling both their hands up to twelve cards.
1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 361 The various combinations which are declared during the play of the hand are called melds.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xvii. 231 The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle.
1952 Times Rev. Year 1 Jan. p. v/2 Canasta has begun to influence the language, if slightly. It has spread the use of natural..as a noun, and figurative jobs have been found for meld, a combination of three or more cards of the same rank.
1990 J. Updike in New Yorker 11 June 46/1 He could scarcely hold the cards, sixteen fanned in one little hand, and would stifle tears when his meld was poor and he lost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
meldn.2
/mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Originally U.S.
A blend, a combination; something formed by blending or mingling.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture
mingingOE
mungc1175
meddlingc1384
mellaya1400
mixture?a1425
commixtion?a1439
medley1440
brothc1515
mingly1545
mingle1548
maslin1574
miscellane1582
commixture1590
flaumpaump1593
salad1603
miscellany1609
common1619
cento1625
misturea1626
mixtil1654
concrete1656
contemperation1664
ragout1672
crasis1677
alloy1707
mixtible1750
galimatias1762
misc.1851
syllabub1859
mixtry1862
cocktail1868
blend1883
admix1908
mix-up1918
mix1959
meld1973
katogo1994
1973 Black World Apr. 24/1 A spectacular meld of rock music, drama, film, poetry, and song.
1980 E. L. Doctorow in Nation (N.Y.) 19 July 83/1 They lived in that meld of life and Art typecasting we call stardom.
1994 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. Feb. 76/1 He is the best known architect of the school of Lublin Personalism, structured in the 1950s, a meld of St. Thomas Aquinas' heritage as interpreted by E. Gilson and J. Maritain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† meldv.1
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To make known (by speech), reveal, declare.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)]
speakc825
areadc885
meldeOE
sayOE
yknowa1225
warnc1275
bekena1300
wraya1300
signifyc1325
declarec1340
to speak outc1384
discuss1389
notifyc1390
bida1400
advertise1447
notice1447
detectc1465
render1481
minister1536
to set outa1540
summonc1540
intimate1548
acquaint1609
phrase1614
voice1629
denote1660
unlade1717
apprise1817
aira1902
eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) Proem 4 Þus Ælfred us ealdspell reahte, cyning Westsexna, cræft meldode, leoðwyrhta list.
OE Cynewulf Juliana 463 Ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded mod meldian, swa þu me beodest.
OE Paris Psalter (1932) xciii. 4 Hi oftust sprecað, unnyt sæcgeað and woh meldiað [L. pronuntiabunt et loquentur iniquitatem].
OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxxxiv. 16 Þa muð habbað, and ne meldiað wiht.
c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 45 Gif ðe gylt beo diȝle, bet þu hine diȝollice, and ne mælde þu nateshwon hine oðrum monnum.
?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 170 (MED) Eld nul meld no murþes of mai; When eld me wold aweld, mi wele is awai.
b. intransitive. To make declaration, give utterance.
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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]
matheleOE
speakc888
spellc888
yedc888
i-quethec900
reirdOE
meldOE
meleOE
quidOE
i-meleOE
wordOE
to open one's mouth (also lips)OE
mootOE
spellc1175
carpa1240
spilec1275
bespeakc1314
adda1382
mella1400
moutha1400
utter?a1400
lalec1400
nurnc1400
parlec1400
talkc1400
to say forthc1405
rekea1450
to say on1487
nevena1500
quinch1511
quetch1530
queckc1540
walk1550
cant1567
twang1602
articulate1615
tella1616
betalk1622
sermocinate1623
to give tongue1737
jaw1748
to break stillness1768
outspeaka1788
to give mouth1854
larum1877
to make noises1909
verbal1974
OE Andreas (1932) 1170 Ongan þa meldigan morþres brytta, hellehinca, þone halgan wer wiðerhycgende, ond þæt word gecwæð.
OE Riddle 18 2 Ic eom wunderlicu wiht; ne mæg word sprecan, mældan for monnum.
OE Riddle 28 12 Þonne æfter deaþe deman onginneð, meldan mislice.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3791 (MED) I am eschu To melde or make a long sermoun of it.
2. transitive. To inform against, accuse; to call to account. Also intransitive: to inform on. Also figurative.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)]
wrayc725
meldeOE
bimeldena1300
forgabc1394
to blow up?a1400
outsay?a1400
detectc1449
denounce1485
ascry1523
inform1526
promote1550
peach1570
blow1575
impeach1617
wheedle1710
split1795
snitch1801
cheep1831
squeal1846
to put away1858
spot1864
report1869
squawk1872
nose1875
finger1877
ruck1884
to turn over1890
to gag on1891
shop1895
pool1907
run1909
peep1911
pot1911
copper1923
finger1929
rat1932
to blow the whistle on1934
grass1936
rat1969
to put in1975
turn1977
eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 41/1 Defferuntur, meldadun uel wroegdun.
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xvi. 36 Se wæs to manegum witum geworht, forðæmþe he nolde meldian on his geferan þe mid [him] siredon ymb ðone cyning.
OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 127 Desequuntur .i. accusabant, uel meldadan.
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Monk returns from Death (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Melden My conciens gan me meld.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27830 O þis [sc. covetousness]..cums..Strenth, þat lauerding agh to meild, Þat o þair men tas wrangwis yeild.
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Abbess Delivered (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Melden Dede war me leuer to be Than thou of my dede melded me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
meldv.2
/mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Cards.
transitive. In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: to declare or put down (a combination of cards) in order to score points. Also intransitive.In quot. 1964, used of mah-jong tiles.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > show card(s) to claim score
marry1861
meld1887
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > show card(s) to claim score
declare?1870
meld1958
1887 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 14) 152 The player who takes the trick leads for the next; but before he leads he can then (and then only), announce or meld any one combination that he may hold in his hand.
1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 363 A player has melded and scored four kings, and on winning another trick he melds binocle.
1950 Columbia Encycl. (ed. 2) 1716/2 One of the favorite variations of the game is knock rummy, in which a player may wait to meld seven cards for higher stakes, but may also ‘knock’ after he draws from stock and discards.
1958 ‘J. Welcome’ Run for Cover iv. 83 He melded several more times—small melds which did not look dangerous from a canasta point of view.
1964 E. N. Whitney Mah Jong Handbk. i. iii. 169 Pung, claiming a discard that completes a triplet. After punging, the player must meld his completed triplet.
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meldv.3
/mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Originally U.S.
1. transitive. To merge, blend; to combine or incorporate.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]
mingeOE
blandOE
mongle?c1225
meddlec1350
sprengea1382
compoundc1384
intermeddlec1384
temperc1386
mell1387
found?c1390
joinc1400
intermell1413
commix?a1425
medley?a1425
mix?a1425
amenge?c1450
immix?a1475
immixt?a1475
minglea1475
tremp1480
commixt1481
incarry1486
mixtionc1500
mixta1513
demelle1516
confect1540
intermixt1551
intermingle1555
bemix1559
intermix1562
contemper1567
blenge1570
bemingle1574
contemperate1590
masha1591
commeddle1604
immingle1606
blenda1616
intemper1627
commingle1648
conferment1651
subigate1657
to mix up1672
mould1701
meine1736
caudle1795
combine1799
interblenda1849
inmix1892
meld1936
1936 D. T. Lutes Country Kitchen xi. 234 Apple, currant, and raisin all melded into one sweetly tart aroma.
1952 Time 29 Dec. 37/1 Taylor hopes to remodel the entire museum... He has plans to meld his eleven departments into five.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 911/5 The craft..of melding brisk jollity with real death.
1994 Independent on Sunday 7 Aug. 18/2 Children there are not only losing local Buckinghamshire pronunciation, if they ever had it, but melding their speech into uniform, Londonish sounds.
2. intransitive. To merge, fuse, or combine.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)]
mingOE
meddlec1350
mella1387
blenda1400
commix?1520
admixa1522
mixa1522
mingle1530
wallc1598
co-minglea1616
comminglea1626
congregate1626
intermingle1626
intermella1641
conflux1662
intermix1722
partake1731
to work up1841
interfuse1851
interblend1854
immingle1858
inmix1892
meld1959
1959 M. Steen Tower i. iii. 50 Our small..existence couldn't meld with his design for living.
1971 National Geographic Oct. 560/2 Then clouds and gray sea melded and a steady rain slanted across the dry sides of the island.
1988 M. Gee Grace iv. 61 The bleach is so strong that the nylon bristles shrivel and meld together.
1994 Time 18 July 53/3 There is some mild one-upmanship: Domingo sustains a high note, it seems, for several bars; Pavarotti's eloquent eyebrows start working overtime. But the songs meld seamlessly.
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