• (n.) A kind of brass. See Maslin.
Mest'ling noun A kind of brass. See Maslin . [ Obsolete]
Mestling or mastlin was an old term for yellow metal or brass. Sacred ornaments or utensils are described as made thereof; in the Inventory taken at Wolverhampton, 1541, there are enumerated great basons, censers, vessels, and two great candlesticks of mastlin, weighing 1201bs.