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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Miln-steed, Myll-sted, Mylsted, -steid, n. A mill-stead, the site of, or a site suitable for, a mill. — 1522 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. XV. 308.
Ane mylsted wyt wattirgang descendand frae the moit [etc.] 1534 Liber Melros 629.
Giff it sall happyn ws … till byg … ane walk myll on the said myll sted 1556 Reg. Great S. 231/2.
Unam tenandriam terrarum … cum lie mylsteid earundem 1688 Hawick Arch. Soc. (1905) 74.
Yet there's a miln-steed in that brook Ib.
It is two reasonable myle Between the miln-steed and the kirk-style