Mea"sle (?), n. [OE. mesel, OF. mesel, LL. misellus, L. misellus unfortunate, dim. of miser. See Miser.]
A leper.
[Obs.] [Written also
meazel, and
mesel.]
Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).
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Mea"sle, n. Zool.
A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.
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