Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Measle \Mea"sle\, n. [OE. mesel, OF. mesel, LL. misellus, L.
   misellus unfortunate, dim. of miser. See {Miser}.]
   A leper. [Obs.] [Written also {meazel}, and {mesel}.]
   --Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).

Measle \Mea"sle\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A tapeworm larva. See 2d {Measles}, 4.