meddar
Fingallian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English medler, from Old French medler, meslier.
Noun
[edit]meddar
- A hollow square piece of wood.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Meddar,
- A hollow square piece of Wood, to drink out of.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):