Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶MELLEMDEW, n. A nonce form of mildew.Fif. 1818 Carlyle Early Letters (Norton) I. 196:
Those shirts I was enraged to find all spotted and sprinkled with a black colour — which the body Davie here says is mellemdew.
