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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mellow  \Mel"low\,  a.  [Compar.  {Mellower};  superl.  {Mellowest}.] 
  [OE.  melwe;  cf  AS  mearu  soft,  D.  murw,  Prov.  G.  mollig 
  soft,  D.  malsch  and  E.  meal  flour.] 
  1.  Soft  or  tender  by  reason  of  ripeness;  having  a  tender 
  pulp;  as  a  mellow  apple. 
 
  2.  Hence: 
  a  Easily  worked  or  penetrated;  not  hard  or  rigid;  as  a 
  mellow  soil.  ``Mellow  glebe.''  --Drayton 
  b  Not  coarse,  rough,  or  harsh;  subdued;  soft;  rich; 
  delicate;  --  said  of  sound,  color,  flavor,  style,  etc 
  ``The  mellow  horn.''  --Wordsworth.  ``The  mellow-tasted 
  Burgundy.''  --Thomson. 
 
  The  tender  flush  whose  mellow  stain  imbues 
  Heaven  with  all  freaks  of  light.  --Percival. 
 
  3.  Well  matured;  softened  by  years;  genial;  jovial. 
 
  May  health  return  to  mellow  age.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  As  merry  and  mellow  an  old  bachelor  as  ever  followed 
  a  hound.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  4.  Warmed  by  liquor;  slightly  intoxicated.  --Addison.




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