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

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1473-1641

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Corn-miln, Corne-mill, n. Also: -myle, -myln(e, etc.; korne myll. [e.m.E. cornemylne (1523).] A mill for grinding corn.1473 Reg. Cupar A. I. 178.
Our corn myle of our grange of Kethik
1485 Peebles B. Rec. 192.
His takis … qwhilkis he haffis of the forsaidis twa corne millis
1527–8 Sc. Grey Friars 25.
Thare twa korne myllis, small custummis and akeris foresaidis
1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 22.
Thay … sall do thair det to our corn miln of Kethik, as the laif of the suckin dois
1558 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 585.
Cum molendino vulgariter nuncupato le Corne Mylne of Straithechin
1590 Ayr Mun. 116.
The corne miln … annaliit and wodsett to me be the saidis provest [etc.]
1621 Acts IV. 661/1.
The landis off Clerkingtoun with the … coirnemilnes and walk milnes tharoff
1641 Peebles B. Rec. 105.
The cornemylne … buildit vpon the syd of the said Castellhill, … with the cornemylne … vpone the Wattir of Peibilles

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