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Meal vs Mell - What's the difference?

meal | mell |

In uk _ dialectal terms the difference between meal and mell

is that meal is a speck or spot while mell is discourse; conversation.

As nouns the difference between meal and mell

is that meal is (food that is prepared and eaten)Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc) while mell is discourse; conversation.

As verbs the difference between meal and mell

is that meal is to defile or taint while mell is to speak; converse; tell; say.

meal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc).
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • Food served or eaten as a repast.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=Anna Lena Phillips, volume=100, issue=2, page=172
    • , magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Sneaky Silk Moths , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * make a meal of * meal mob * meal station * meal ticket

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mele, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal .}}
    Derived terms
    * mealy * cornmeal * oatmeal

    Etymology 3

    Variation of mole (compare (etyl) mail), from (etyl) mole, mool, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A speck or spot.
  • A part; a fragment; a portion.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To defile or taint.
    • Were he meal'd with that / Which he corrects, than were he tyrannous. ? Shakespeare.

    Anagrams

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    mell

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) melen, .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak; converse; tell; say.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Discourse; conversation.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mellen, from (etyl) meller, , (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To deal, concern oneself; to interfere or meddle.
  • *c. 1495 , (John Skelton), "Vppon a deedman's hed":
  • *:For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell .
  • * 1819 , , Ivanhoe , ch. 32,
    • “By Saint Thomas of Kent,” said he, “an I buckle to my gear, I will teach thee, sir lazy lover, to mell with thine own matters, maugre thine iron case there!”

    Etymology 3

    See mellifluous.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) honey
  • * Warner
    • Ev'n such as neither wanton seeme, nor waiward, mell , nor gall.
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