MELT, MELTED, MELTING
ADJECTIVES
► ILLIQUATED melted down → 1727 obs.
NOUNS
► BREAKUP the late spring melting of ice and snow → 1868 Amer. dial.
► RAND a melting; as much as may be melted at one time → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► GO OUT to melt → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ILLIQUEFACT to liquefy; to melt → 1599 obs.
► LEACH to soften, to melt → 1614 obs.
► MALTER to melt, to dissolve, to become pulverized → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAR to waste away; to melt → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MILL to melt → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TABEFY to waste away; to emaciate; to melt down → 1656 obs. (Bk.)
► TO-MELT to melt away, to dissolve → a1240 obs.
► UNGIVE to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw → 1889 Eng. dial.