† melviev.

Forms: 1700s–1800s melvie, 1800s melrie (transmission error), 1800s melvy.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: meal v.³

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably a variant of meal v.³ (compare -y suffix²). The form perhaps represents a reflex (with -v- for -w- ) of Old English melw- , inflected stem of melu meal n.¹ (compare e.g. melwynge , Middle English variant of mealing n.¹).

Scottish. Obsolete.

transitive. To cover with meal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > soil with specific substances

pitcheOE

be-ash1530

bepitch1574

grease1615

besnuff1728

melvie1786

guggle1866

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxv, in Poems 52 Sma' need has he to say a grace, Or melvie his braw claithing!

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Melvie, to soil with meal.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 69 Three or four as stout as they, In coats meal-melvied, powther'd gay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	melvie
释义	† melviev. Forms: 1700s–1800s melvie, 1800s melrie (transmission error), 1800s melvy. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: meal v.³ Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably a variant of meal v.³ (compare -y suffix²). The form perhaps represents a reflex (with -v- for -w- ) of Old English melw- , inflected stem of melu meal n.¹ (compare e.g. melwynge , Middle English variant of mealing n.¹). Scottish. Obsolete. transitive. To cover with meal. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > soil with specific substances pitcheOE be-ash1530 bepitch1574 grease1615 besnuff1728 melvie1786 guggle1866 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxv, in Poems 52 Sma' need has he to say a grace, Or melvie his braw claithing! 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Melvie, to soil with meal. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 69 Three or four as stout as they, In coats meal-melvied, powther'd gay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1786
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