A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
(Quhete-miln,) Quheit(t)-myln(e, n. Also: quhit-. [e.m.E. wheate mill (1585); Quhet(e n. 1 and Miln n. 1.] A flour-mill. — 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II 309.
The quhit myln c1567 Thomson Hist. Dundee App. viii.
The quheitt myln of Petcarrow 1591–2 Glasgow Prot. XI 3.
[The] baxtaris quheit mylne 1593 Edinb. B. Rec. V 102.
That ane sufficient man be placeit in the maltmylne … quha sall haif na handling nor service at the quheitt mylnis 1632 Lanark & R. 151.
For the quheit mylne of Partick
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Quhete-miln n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 8 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/quhete_miln>
