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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Milve, n. Also: mylve, mylwe. [Sc. var. of Miln, chiefly south-western, also once in Inverness.] A mill. Also attrib. 1546 Inverness Sheriff Ct. 27 b.
The landis … wyth the … woddis and boggis mylwis mulcturis [etc.] 1608 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 284.
Certen of the friemen … kareis thair malt by the tounis milvis to vther milvis 1656 Glasg. Univ. Mun. I. 352.
For the mylve of Penninghame 40 l. yeirly 1670 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 26 March.
Thair selling of the mylve called the mylve of Kirkcudbright to this burgh Ib.
David M^cClellane at Bombie mylveattrib. 1668 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 25.
William Ramsay in Mylvetoune 1670 Ib. No. 75 (30 May).
Doune to the mylve water gaite beneth the clouse 1672 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 16 Oct.
Within the Mylveflatt of this burghe