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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1511, 1573-1621, 1673
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Miln, Mill, v. Also: myll, meil. [e.m.E. myll (cloth, 1552), mil(l (corn, 1570), (coins, 1687), f. Miln,n.] tr. a. To grind (corn), b. to full (cloth), in a mill. c. To mill (coins).a. 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 106.
I ame rycht evill taryit to get men to threis the corne and mar taryit to myll it and kill it 1573 Edinburgh Testaments II. 291 b.
Sex bollis of aittis … dryit & mylnit 1621 Urie Baron Ct. 40.
[The miller gave his oath that the laird's corn-rents] salbe milnt as effeirsb. 1582 Dundee B. Laws 548.
The first vett [= wetted] claith salbe first drewin and millitc. 1673 Mintmelting Journal MS. (Reg. H.) 2.
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