melon1 (melon)

[Formerly also mell on, mil lon, million (the last still in dial. use); OF. melopepon ), Have millions at Mihelmas, parsneps in Lent. Tu er, Husbandrie, March. ( Nares .) Some grapes and millons from my Lord at Lisbone. Pepys , Diary, Sept. 27, 1661. Stumbling on melons as I pa , Insnared with flowers, I fall on gra . Marvell, The Garden. IMG:content-0457.png:[blocks in formation] The head was di ected on deck; first the melon was removed, then the throat, next the under jaw, and lastly the "head-skin," which is the whaleman's term for the blubber on top of the head. Fisheries of U. S. , V. ii. 299. Gourd-melon, a pumpkin-like fruit, used in India for curries. See ben in casa . - Hairy melon. Same as abdalavi. -Sweet-scented melon, a variety of muskmelon sometimes regarded as a species, Cucumis Dudaim . Also called apple - cucumber .