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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1784-1785
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†UNTHIRL, n., v.
I. n. Land outside the Sucken or Thirl of a particular mill; the dues paid to a mill for the grinding of corn grown on land not astricted to it. See Unsucken, Outsucken, Out-toun, II. Also attrib. Hist.Rxb. 1784 Session Papers, Duke of Roxburgh v. Mein State of Process 29:
He oft-times carried the corn both of the thirl and unthirl to and from the mill. The five and twentieth part, which is esteemed unthirl-dues with them.Rxb. 1785 Session Papers, Memorial R. Mein (25 June) 13:
The out-town multure or unthirl paid only the twenty-fifth part in corn.
II. v. In ppl.adj. unthirled, not bound by conditions or thirlage to a particular mill. See Thirl, v.2, 1.Rxb. 1784 Session Papers, Duke of Roxburgh v. Mein, State of Process 20:
There was no unthirled grist in the barony of Roxburgh.
