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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1619-1626
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Melleit, -id, a. [e.m.E. melled (1605) f. e.m.E. (in verse) mel(l n. (a 1575) honey.] Honeyed, honey-sweet. fig. — 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 683.
Catelene, Whose melleit mouthe and flowent phrase So much admeired hes bene 1626 Id. Worthies 177.
Craige … Whose mellid measurs modulat did move In lyvlie stanzas
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