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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