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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1609-1685
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Milning, Milne-, Milling, vbl. n. [e.m.E. mellenge (1466), milling (1567).] Milling. a. Of grain. b. Of cloth (in a fullingmill). c. Of coins. —a. 1609 Ellon Presb. 81.
Leiding, scheiring, milling, killing [etc., on Sundays] 1638 Baillie I. 172. 1658 Aberd. Council Lett. III. 309.
They most … bestow ther servandis attendances upon the milneing thairof [sc. malt]b. 1685 New Mills Manuf. 100.
For … milneing and dyeing of Galloways for Marr's regmentc. 1639–41 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 546.
That the milling of money be discharged, and that all money be … troned, piece be piece
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