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melln.1

Brit. /mɛl/, U.S. /mɛl/, Scottish English /mɛl/, Irish English /mɛl/
Forms: English regional (northern) Middle English melle, Middle English 1800s– mel, Middle English– mell; Scottish pre-1700 maill, pre-1700 maille, pre-1700 mayll, pre-1700 meald, pre-1700 meall, pre-1700 meell, pre-1700 meill, pre-1700 mel, pre-1700 mill, pre-1700 mille, pre-1700 1700s– mell, 1800s mele, 1900s– maal, 1900s– mail, 1900s– mall; Irish English 1900s– mell.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: maul n.1
Etymology: Variant of maul n.1: see discussion at that entry. Eng. Dial. Dict. records also use in Suffolk.
Now Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English.
1.
a. A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood; = maul n.1 1a. In early use: †a mace or club; = maul n.1 1b (obsolete).Esp. in Scottish use, applied to any of various hammers used for specific tasks, e.g. (in quot. 1768) a slaughterer's hammer, (in quot. 1880) a gavel, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > beetle
beetlec897
mell1333
maula1400
commander1574
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > armed club
masuelc1312
macec1325
maulc1325
mell1333
brogged staff1429
balk-staffc1460
malleta1500
quarterstaff?1560
sport staff1634
morgenstern1637
roundhead1643
morning star1684
patu patu1769
patuc1771
shell-stick1790
holy water sprinkler1816
mace-head1824
shark's teeth sword1845
taiaha1845
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > hammer
maulc1325
mell1333
martel1481
pole-hammer1873
1333 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 21 (MED) In curia..j hak, j gaveloc, j mel ferreus.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23240 (MED) Þaa dintes ar ful fers and fell, Herder þan es here irinn mell [a1400 Fairf. melle, a1400 Trin. Cambr. malle].
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7048 Þarfor þe devels salle stryk þam þare, With hevy melles ay.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 353 (MED) Þer come fro hym swilk a sownd like as þe bed had bene dongen on with mellis.
1563 N. Winȝet in tr. Vincentius Lirinensis Antiq. Catholic Fayth Ded., in Certain Tractates (1890) II. 6 Euery kynd of necessar waippin and werklume..as habirione, scheild, suord, bow, speir, spade, mattok, and mell, &c.
1568 J. Rowll Cursing l. 111 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 280 Sum wt clubbis and mellis of leid.
1609 Hilderstoun Silver Mines I. f. 243v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mel(l Tua mellis with four virolis of irne to bray the clay.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 112 Theire manner is for one to stande with a mell and breake the clotts small.
1724 Treat. Fallowing 65 With a Mell or Mallet..beat out the Seed, carefully turning the Lint.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess iii. 109 I hae..A..quoy..She's get the mell an' that sall be right now, As well's a quoy altho she were a cow.
1816 W. Scott Let. 25 Apr. (1933) IV. 221 Allan the tinker struck him down with a Mell or hammer.
1880 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 4) xxix. 326 The mell used on the occasion..was the identical one handled by Burns.
1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love v. 50 A mason lad gaun hame wi' his square and mell ower his shooder.
1920 D. Rorie Auld Doctor 22 For wi's great muckle nieves like mells He pit in banes wi' smeddum.
1951 H. Braun Introd. Eng. Mediaeval Archit. iii. 64 With the aid of his wooden mallet or ‘mell’ the mason drove his tool across the face of the stone..each blow marking a line upon it.
1996 Daily Tel. 21 May (Chelsea Flower Show section) 7/3 (advt.) We will repair your broken (and favourite) hand tools... Forks: shovels:..axes: hammers: mells: slashers.
b. Scottish. A heavy blow, as with a mallet. Frequently in mell for mell: blow for blow.In quot. 1929 with reference to the clapper of a bell.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow
smitea1200
ponder1339
clouta1400
whopc1440
routa1450
maul1481
sousec1500
dunta1522
flake1559
lambskin1573
lamback1592
daud1596
baster1600
mell1658
thumper1682
lounder1723
smash1725
plumper1756
spanker1772
douser1782
thud1787
bash1805
stave1819
batter1823
belter1823
wallop1823
whacker1823
belt1825
smasher1829
dingbat1843
dinger1845
oner1861
squeaker1877
clod1886
wham1923
dong1941
1658 R. Moray Let. 23 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Talk to Will..that you may be the better in wind when we meet, else you may expect a good bouncing mell.
1806 in A. Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Ballads (1875) 284/1 His back they loundert, mell for mell.
1895 N. Roy Horseman's Word i. 7 For a whole hour they would hae been at it, baff for baff and mell for mell.
1929 Gallovidian Ann. 77 Wi' nae far mell o' jowin bell.
2. Scottish and English regional (northern). A hammer presented in ridicule or in fun to the loser or last-placed competitor in a race or other competition; (gen.) a booby prize. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > losing or defeat > booby-prize
mell1683
booby prize1884
booby1886
1683 Haddington Burgh Rec. 14 June in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) And that the foremost horse gets the cup, and the last horse the mell.
a1743 J. Relph Misc. of Poems (1747) 5 And still still dog'd wi' the damn'd neame o'mell? Gloss., A mell, a beetle, signifies here the hindmost, from a custom at Horse-races of giving a mell or beetle to the hindmost. Hence they call the hindmost the Mell.
1837 J. Hogg Shepherd's Wedding in Tales & Sketches II. 161 He..thus escaped the disgrace of winning the mell.
1873 A. C. Gibson Folk-speech Cumberland 122 Gin Mylke for beauty beer the bell, I think I'd gi'e the mell to Corrie.
1895 D. D. Dixon Whittingham Vale 54 The unlucky young chiel who had the misfortune to win the ‘mell’.

Phrases

Scottish.
P1. as dead as a mell: utterly dead, completely lifeless. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1798 D. Crawford Poems 54 They'll think you're as dead as a mell, Or my ern-tangs.
P2. to keep (the) mell in (the) shaft : to keep one's affairs in good order; to prosper. Also to keep the shaft in the mell.
ΚΠ
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 339 When a person's worldly affairs get disordered, it is said the mell cannot be keeped in the shaft.
1850 J. Struthers My own Life vii, in Poet. Wks. I. p. cviii He had gained something in the way of experience, and had been able still to keep the shaft in the mell.

Compounds

† mell and wedge n. Mining Obsolete (more fully mell and wedge work) a method of extracting coal from the face with tools rather than by blasting.
ΚΠ
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 271 The clay-bed..varies from the softness of tough clay, to the hardness of striking fire with steel; in the language of miners, from mell and wedge to blasting.
1830 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) ii. 33 A' bein' mell-and-wedge wark then.
mell-headed adj. Scottish and English regional (northern) large-headed; thickheaded, stupid.
ΚΠ
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 Mell hedit lyk ane mortar stane.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 62/1 Mel-heedit, large and square headed.
a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 15 A muckle mell-heed!.. A mell-heedeet lubbert.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

melln.2

Brit. /mɛl/, U.S. /mɛl/
Forms: Middle English–1500s melle, Middle English–1600s mell, Middle English–1600s 1800s mel.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mell-, mel.
Etymology: < classical Latin mell-, mel honey, cognate with ancient Greek μελιτ- , μέλι honey (compare marmalade n.), ancient Greek (Attic) μέλιττα bee (see melissa n.), Early Irish mil honey, Gothic miliþ honey (see mildew n.), Albanian mjaltë honey.
poetic in later use.
Honey. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [noun]
honeyeOE
mella1398
rhodomela1398
melly1614
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 316v Hony hatte mel..and comeþ of mellisse in grew, þat beþ been in englisshe, for þe grekes clepeþ been mellisse.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25038 ‘Pilate’..bitakens feind of hell, For bok him clepis muth o mell.
1526 Grete Herball cclxxxiv. sig. Qiii/1 Mel is hony and is hote in þe fyrst degre.
1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Posies 98 That bitter gall was mell to him in tast.
1584 T. Lodge Truth's Complaint (1853) 119 The drones from busie bee no mel could drawe.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 30 Th' Heau'n..Powres-forth a Torrent of mel-Melodies [Fr. vn roux torrent de miel], In David's praise.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. M3v The spangling Dew dreg'd o're the grasse shall be Turn'd all to Mell, and Manna.
1864 S. Bamford Homely Rhymes 181 Adieu to the..lip that is sweet as the mel of the bee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

melln.3

Brit. /mɛl/, U.S. /mɛl/, Irish English /mɛl/
Forms: 1700s– mell, 1800s– mall, 1800s– meal, 1800s– mel, 1800s– meyl.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown (for conjectures, see J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. (1868) at Mell-sheaf).
English regional (northern) and Irish English (northern).
The last sheaf of corn cut at harvest time. Frequently attributive, esp. in mell supper. Cf. neck n.3
ΚΠ
1709 E. Elstob Eng.-Saxon Homily 30 (note) There are some Footsteps yet remaining of this in our Harvest-home, and Mell Supper in the North.
1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xxxi. 229 A plentiful Supper for the Harvest-men..; which is called a Harvest-Supper, and in some places a Mell-Supper.
1832 J. Hodgson Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II II. 2 (note) The mell-doll or corn-baby is an image dressed like a female child, and carried by a woman on a pole, in the midst of a group of reapers.
1850 M. A. Denham Folk Lore North of Eng. 4 The last day of reaping..is known throughout the North by the appellation of ‘Mell Day’.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 62/1 Mell,..the last cut of corn in the harvest field. This last cut is commonly platted, enclosing a large apple, and hung up in the farm kitchen until Christmas day.
1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 212 The last sheaf gathered in is, in the North and East Ridings, called the ‘mell sheaf’.
1896 Longman's Mag. Oct. 577 May be you're thinking of the dance at the mell supper. This mell supper..comes off only in honour of the corn.
1941 H. J. Massingham Fall of Year vi. 159 The straw mell, dolly or kern-baby of the Harvest Home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† melln.4

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Obsolete. rare.
A horse's tail.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail
horsetailc1515
mell1717
1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Colick Tying down his [sc. the horse's] Mell or Tail close between his Leggs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

mellv.1

Brit. /mɛl/, U.S. /mɛl/, Scottish English /mɛl/
Forms: Middle English mel, Middle English mele, Middle English–1500s melle, Middle English– mell; English regional 1800s– meel, 1800s– mel; Scottish pre-1700 meil, pre-1700 mel, pre-1700 meld, pre-1700 mele, pre-1700 melle, pre-1700 1700s– mell.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French meller.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French meller (first half of the 12th cent.), variant of Old French mesler mix (see meddle v.).In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix).
I. To mix, mingle.
1. Of persons.
a. intransitive. To mix, associate, have dealings. Usually with with. Now chiefly Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
drawc1275
mella1300
meeta1325
fellow1340
usec1384
conjoinc1386
joinc1390
knitc1400
accompany1461
enfellowship1470
frequent1477
haunt1477
mixa1513
encompanya1533
combinea1535
contract1548
to take with ——1562
associate1581
to have a saying toa1593
cope1594
sort1594
to take in1597
consort1600
herd1606
factionate1611
to keep company (with)a1616
accost1633
solder1641
converse1649
walk1650
consociate1653
coalite1734
to get with ——a1772
forgather1786
unionize1810
to go rounda1867
to mix in1870
cop1940
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to bear (a person) company (also fellowship, etc.)c1225
mella1300
fellowshipa1382
companya1400
accompany1461
to keep company (with)1502
encompanya1513
to keep (a person) company1517
to take repast1517
assist1553
to take up with1570
rempare1581
to go along with1588
amate1590
bear1590
to fall in1593
consort1598
second1600
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
comitate1632
associate1644
enhaunt1658
join1713
assort1823
sit1828
companionize1870
to take tea with1888
to knock about with1915
tote1977
fere-
a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 65 (MED) Þe poure i londe naueþ no lot wiþ riche for to mele.
a1500 (a1400) Ipomedon (Chetham) (1889) 1663 Thy brother schall the know there by, Yf ever god wolle, þat ye melle.
c1515 A. Williamson Let. in G. Douglas Poet. Wks. (1874) I. Introd. 24 She may cowrs the tyme that euer she mellyt with your blood.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lix. 166 From workers bad: O saue my lyfe, wyth them no tyme to mell.
?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) 122 Mell not with vs, vhose heads weirs l[aurel].
1612 in C. Innes Bk. Thanes Cawdor (1859) 225 Luik with quhom ye mell heirefter.
1777 R. Forbes Ulysses' Answer 24 But Diomede mells ay wi' me, An' tells me a' his mind.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxiv. 221 She..would not let me..mess or mell we the lathron lasses of the clachan.
1842 D. Vedder Poems 78 The weel-scented Barber, wha melled wi' the gentry.
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man vi. 39 None of us..desired to mix or to mell with loose company.
1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Penny Wheep 24 It's fain I'd mell wi' tiger and tit.
1982 G. Grigson Private Art iv. 136 A man shall not marry his great-grandmother, nor mell..with his great-grandfather
†b. intransitive. Scottish in later use. To fight, come together in combat. Frequently with with. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
fightc900
deal993
wraxlec1000
skirm?c1225
makec1275
mellc1300
to fight togethera1400
meddlec1400
match1440
wring1470
cobc1540
toilc1540
strike1579
beat1586
scuffle1590
exchange blows1594
to bang it out or aboutc1600
buffeta1616
tussle1638
dimicate1657
to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
muss1851
scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2059 (MED) Hwan..a leche hauede knawed Þat he hem mouthe..hele, Wel make him gange and ful wel mele.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 3270 Þe cuntre wiþ hem meld.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3325 (MED) Þei..hadden gret ioye þa so manli a man wold mele in here side.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 9234 (MED) Eyther on other be-gan to hewe..He is a fole, with hem wol mele!
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. biiii For thi makis furth ane man..That for the maistry dar mell With schaft and with scheild.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xiv. 116 To mell with me, and to meyt hand for hand.
a1600 Battle of Balrinnes in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 353 Lat sie how we can mell wt them, Into thair disaray.
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia iv. 147 And, doubtlesse, we should make them feare To mell with vs.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. xiv. 333 Draw in within the court-yard—they are too many to mell with in the open field.
1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 43 205 Beware..how ye mell among these hosts—their darts are sharp.
c. transitive. Scottish in later use. To mix, blend (people). Also with with, together. Usually in passive. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
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
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > specific persons
meddlec1300
mella1387
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (transitive)] > cross
mella1387
cross-breed1675
mix1740
cross1754
hybridize1845
mongrelize1859
interbreed1865
outbreed1888
back-cross1904
outcross1918
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 391 (MED) Meny schrewed swerd men in Ierusalem..were i-melled among þe peple.
a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) 647 (MED) Let vs now our men melle to-gedur.
1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.5 How thay ar mellit with godles personis.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags vii I wonder..if it would be possible to transplant you Gordons... Here ten score King's men melled and married would settle the land.
2. More generally, of things, qualities, etc.
a. transitive. To mix, mingle, combine, blend. Also with together, up.
ΘΚΠ
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
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) III. 469 Þe elementes i-medled [MS. ymelled] to gidres.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 9431 (MED) Þair throtes sal ay be filled omang..Of lowe and reke with stormes melled.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 65 Quhen byrdis syngis on the spray, Melland thair notys with syndry sowne.
a1500 Wisdom of Solomon (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 187 A man..suld..mell Iustice and mercy to-giddir in Iugmentis.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) ix. 9 When god melles sorow, anguys, & trauaile till his flescly lykynge.
1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. B.2 Greit hoip mellit with ambitioun.
?a1591 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 131 She with her hookes..doth mixe for us & mell The skumm of silluer & arsenike.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 31 [He] That with his Prowesse Policie can mel.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 5) 122 Both these knowledges must be so mell'd together, that they be not severed.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xliii And oft' began..wintry storms to swell, As heaven and earth they would together mell.
1888 Rep. Provinc. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 83/2 Us mell up one bushel o'lime to two o'sand.
a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 185 May Mells blue and snowwhite through them, a fringe and fray Of greenery.
1959 Encounter Aug. 60/2 I published an excerpt from Road (melling it with parts of Visions of Neal).
1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1442/3 The Wicked Sister mells her serpentine lines and jagged rhythms with the deceitful corporeality of the suitor-kings.
b. intransitive. To mingle, combine, blend. Now rare (Scottish in later use).
ΚΠ
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 2833 Whan venym melleth with the Sucre.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 22641 (MED) Þan sal þe rainbou descend..Wit þe wind þan sal it mell [a1400 Coll. Phys. mel].
1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 174 Complainin' o' ilk triflin smell, That wi' his steam pretends to mell.
1928 A. D. Mackie Poems in Two Tongues 16 In room and kitchen pride and plainness mell.
1985 J. J. Graham in M. Görlach Focus on: Scotl. 193 Da two languages [sc. Norn and Scots] melled tagidder to mak da tongue we caa Shetlandic.
†3. intransitive (in Middle English also reflexive). To copulate; to have sexual intercourse. Frequently with with. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse
playOE
to do (also work) one's kindc1225
bedc1315
couple1362
gendera1382
to go togetherc1390
to come togethera1398
meddlea1398
felterc1400
companya1425
swivec1440
japea1450
mellc1450
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474
engender1483
fuck?a1513
conversec1540
jostlec1540
confederate1557
coeate1576
jumble1582
mate1589
do1594
conjoin1597
grind1598
consortc1600
pair1603
to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608
commix1610
cock1611
nibble1611
wap1611
bolstera1616
incorporate1622
truck1622
subagitate1623
occupya1626
minglec1630
copulate1632
fere1632
rut1637
joust1639
fanfreluche1653
carnalize1703
screw1725
pump1730
correspond1756
shag1770
hump1785
conjugate1790
diddle1879
to get some1889
fuckeec1890
jig-a-jig1896
perform1902
rabbit1919
jazz1920
sex1921
root1922
yentz1923
to make love1927
rock1931
mollock1932
to make (beautiful) music (together)1936
sleep1936
bang1937
lumber1938
to hop into bed (with)1951
to make out1951
ball1955
score1960
trick1965
to have it away1966
to roll in the hay1966
to get down1967
poontang1968
pork1968
shtup1969
shack1976
bonk1984
boink1985
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 160 (MED) Þe lecchoure hath leuere mellen hym wyth leccherous wommen..þan wyth grete clerkys in þe clene ryvere of holy wrytt.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 202 A tall man with here doth melle.
c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 406 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 385 Of my wyf þis case þane fel, þat cane hyre with hyre serwandis mel.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 42 God gif matrimony wer made to mell for ane ȝeir.
a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 100 And with thys whore doth spiritually mell..all those Kinges and Princes.
1594 Willobie his Auisa lviii. f. 52 Their feete to death, their steps to hell, Do swiftly slide, that thus do mell.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 234 Men are to mell with, boyes are not to kis. View more context for this quotation
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. G1 If you are..Dospos'd to Doxie, or a Dell, That never yet with man did Mell.
1679 Maidenhead Ill-bestowed (ballad) Must e'ry yaung Lad that mell's, the talk of the Town be made.
1832 A. Cunningham Maid of Elvar ix. xxxviii. 155 A beverage brewing fit to wile the lark From his sweet morning carol,..And wile him amorouslie with wrinkled hags to mell.
II. To occupy or concern oneself.
4. transitive (reflexive). Chiefly Scottish in later use. To concern or busy oneself. Frequently with with, †of. archaic in later use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)] > concern or involve oneself
entermete?c1225
intermitc1340
meddlea1375
mella1375
intermeddle1483
intermell1550
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1709 (MED) Manly sche melled hire þo men forto help.
1387 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 93 Þat non of his trewe liges melle hem of suche matirs.
a1425 (?a1400) in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 52 When he bigines him to mell, He makes meke þat are was fell.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 151 Thai mell thame nocht tharewith.
1540 King James V in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 173 And quhat falt ony freir..committis..supponand it concerne Our self, We mel Ws nocht.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3783 Telamon..mellit hym with musike & myrthes also.
1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise iv. 46 Thair first mother Eua, for melling hir self with maters of religion,..procurit..a curs of God to hir and al woman kynd.
1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner vii. 101 I find close harbours of discontentment:..foolish and furious designs. Go, I'll mell me with no flirtations but them as end in bed.
5.
a. intransitive. Now Scottish and English regional (northern). To busy, concern, occupy oneself; to deal or treat; to interfere or meddle. Usually with with; formerly also with †for, †in, †of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something
entermetec1300
to make (a) market1340
meddlec1390
to do with ——a1400
mell1416
intermeddle1477
intermell1480
to have art or (and) part ina1500
participate1531
to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553
tigc1598
get1727
concern1791
involve1843
to mix up1882
tew1891
to screw with ——1973
1416 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 539 Be cause of hee and grete besines..we might noth gudli dresse vs to melle tharwith.
1428 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 8 (MED) The parties yat melled for John Lyllyng suld hald yam plesed.
a1450 in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen (1948) 49 159 (MED) Of na mans offyce luke þou mell, Bot þou be ordayned þare souerayne.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2648 (MED) Who makith a fray or stryvith auȝt or mel to much..hath his penaunce forth-with.
1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 307 I canne not haue no knowlych that Haydon mellyth in the matere of Drayton.
1516 Will of R. Peke of Wakefield in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 76 And no ferder to mell nor hurtt hir.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 9577 Þe maner is of men þat mellyn with loue To be blyndit with the byt.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.iiiv And, after, in that conntrey lyue..Where hoonger, thirst, and sory age, and sicknesse may not mell.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7 With holy father sits not with such thinges to mell.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de Faur Τετραστικα in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 695 To some one Art apply thy whole affection; And in the Craft of others seldome mell.
1649 in J. M. Beale Hist. Burgh & Parochial Schools Fife (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1953) 66 To mell with anything that might divert him.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 6 They're unsconcy that mells with th' Almighty's anointed.
1786 R. Burns Poems 27 It sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. ii. 57 I will teach thee to mell with thine own matters.
1851 C. L. Smith tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered ix. lix Go; tell them, thou, no more henceforth to mell With war, which warriors only should sustain.
1893 J. K. Snowden Tales Yorks. Wolds 122 They tucked them [sc. the bed clothes] well in, so that they would be sure to ‘feel her if shoo melled agean’.
1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-sayin's x. 23 A fule thinks it's daffin to mell wi' the wrang.
1932 W. D. Cocker Poems Scots & Eng. 63 The King shall hae his richts; but dod! He'll get them when he..mells na wi' the things o' God.
b. intransitive. Scottish and English regional. to mell or make (also make or mell) with: to meddle or interfere with. Cf. meddle v. 6c, make v.1 57.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle
entermeenec1449
intermit1456
intromit?a1475
intermeddle1477
intromeddle1524
to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542
to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542
to have a hand in the dish1551
pudder1624
mird?c1625
to mell or make with1634
potter1655
dabble1660
meddle1711
interfere1743
to bugger about1937
to bugger around1961
1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches iv. sig. H4 Let me be honckt up for a show ile ware them to mel or ma with a woman that mels or mae's with a testril a longie.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 139 Ther war naw need To mell or make wi' thic awld Creed.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xix. 144 There's some fowk wud never mak' nor mell wi' naething less nor gentry.
1909 S. R. Crockett Rose of Wilderness (1911) xxiii. 281 A' my life I was never a man to make or mell wi' the baptisin' o' laddie bairns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† mellv.2

Forms: Middle English mel, Middle English mell, Middle English melle; Scottish pre-1700 mel, pre-1700 mell.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mele v.
Etymology: Probably a variant of mele v. with shortening of the stem vowel (perhaps inferred from forms of the past tense and past participle where shortening might be expected, as meleden (compare quot. a1375 at mele v. 1β. ), melt (compare quot. a1400 at mele v. 2β. ), in the latter instance perhaps also reinforced by corresponding forms of the cognate early Scandinavian word (compare Old Swedish mälte, melte, past tense of mäla, mela)).Derivation directly < Old English mæðlan , meðlan , as suggested by N.E.D. s.v., is unlikely for phonological reasons; for the Old English examples given under this entry in N.E.D. see mele v.
Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To speak, talk. Of birds: to sing.
ΘΚΠ
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
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5475 (MED) Þis ilk iacob þat i of mel [a1400 Fairf. mele, a1400 Trin. Cambr. melle] Hight bath iacob and israel.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26657 (MED) For dute of brath on hell Þat reues man þe tung to mell.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 797 Þe profete Ysaye of hym con melle.
c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 53 (MED) Of þe oþere hellis wolde he not melle.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 1352 Bathe merle and maweys mellys off myrtht.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 218 Quhen merle and mavis singis with mirth Sueit melling in the schawis schene.
2. transitive. To say or tell; to discuss.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]
speakc825
queatheOE
forthdoc900
i-seggenc900
sayeOE
speak971
meleOE
quidOE
spella1000
forthbringc1000
givec1175
warpa1225
mootc1225
i-schirea1250
upbringa1250
outsay?c1250
spilec1275
talec1275
wisea1300
crackc1315
nevena1325
cast1330
rehearsec1330
roundc1330
spend1362
carpa1375
sermona1382
to speak outc1384
usea1387
minc1390
pronouncea1393
lancec1400
mellc1400
nurnc1400
slingc1400
tellc1400
wordc1400
yelpc1400
worka1425
utterc1444
outspeakc1449
yielda1450
arecchec1460
roose?a1475
cutc1525
to come forth with1532
bubble1536
prolate1542
report1548
prolocute1570
bespeak1579
wield1581
upbraid1587
up with (also mid) ——1594
name1595
upbrayc1600
discoursea1616
tonguea1616
to bring out1665
voice1665
emit1753
lip1789
to out with1802
pitch1811
go1836
to open one's head1843
vocabulize1861
shoot1915
verbal1920
be1982
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 36 To Mede þe mayde he mellud þis wordes.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 184 (MED) If Any dowtys to me ȝe mell, Þe trewth þerof I xall vn-hyde.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 172 (MED) I haue maters to mell with my preuey counsell.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 109 More of thies Mirmydons mell I not now.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

mellv.3

Brit. /mɛl/, U.S. /mɛl/, Scottish English /mɛl/, Irish English /mɛl/
Forms: late Middle English melle, late Middle English–1500s mell, 1700s– mell, 1800s– mail (Scottish).
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mell n.1
Etymology: < mell n.1The form mill in quot. 1889 perhaps shows confusion with mill v.1
Now Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern).
transitive. To strike or beat with a mallet or hammer; to hammer or pound; (hence) to beat severely. †to mell through: to pierce (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)]
mellc1440
wapper1481
bebat1565
rib-roast1570
batonc1580
flail1582
club1593
bastonate1596
cudgel1598
rib-baste1598
shrub1599
truncheon1600
cut1607
scutch1611
macea1634
batoon1683
towel1705
quarterstaff1709
pole1728
handspike1836
blackjack1847
bludgeon1868
sandbag1887
cosh1922
sap1926
pistol-whip1930
knuckle-dust1962
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2950 Thane sir Gawayne..Metes þe maches of Mees, and melles hym thorowe.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 10994 Pirrus..beheld How his Mirmydons with might were mellit to ground.
1717 in D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan (1885) II. 218 James Wannan was found melling and breaking land on the Sabbath day.
1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 169 True it is that they may mell you.
1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 332 To entertain a stranger, an' then bind him in a web wi' his head down, an' mell him to death!
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 113 They mellt palin'-hehd into the grun.
1889 J. Nicholson Folk Speech E. Yorks. 27 Mell, literally, to mallet... Sometimes ‘mill’ is used.
1927 J. Millar Scotl. Yet 97 If ye gang on't they'll mell ye.
1957 E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways viii. 110 The knocking stones..were ‘melled’ with a wooden maul.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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