Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Milsy, n. [? Reduced f. Milk-syth n.: in the later dial. as milsie, -sey.] A milk-strainer. — 1697 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 168.
For a rimin dish 2s., milsy 2s.