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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Man miln(e, n. Also: mane, mann and myln(e, myll. Plur. also men mylnes. [Miln n.] A hand-driven machine for grinding grain or other substances. 1500–1 Acta Conc. II. 477.
To … deliver … a man myln, twa cartis [etc.] 1510 Stirlings of Keir 293.
In the said chapell a mane myll 1537 Reg. Great S. 382/2.
Le watter myllis, wynd myllis, horse myllis, man myllis [etc.] 1546 Treas. Acc. VIII. 473.
The pays and spyndill of the man mylne 1566 Inv. Wardrobe 173.
Ane mann miln for making of poulder Ib. 174. 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 299.
Thair wes many of thrittie men mylnes that grand quheit, malt and aittis 1580 Reg. Privy C. III. 320.
In the over hall of the neddir bailye ane man mylne with all hir ganging geir 1649 Glasgow Chart. II. 6.
All and haill these twa corne mylnes and man milne callit the Subdeanes mylnes 1690 Edinb. B. Rec. XII. 43.
The man milne at the south end of the Potterrow comonly called the wind milne of the Society