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Miln-, Mill-land, Milland, n. Also: milne-, myln(e)-, mylln-; myll-; mylland. Land or lands attached or pertaining to a mill.plur. (a) 1484 Acts Lords Auditors *140/1.
Gif the xxxij akiris … debatable … be of the ferme landis … or of the cote landis or of the mylne landis of Dronne 1535–6 Reg. Privy S. II. 290/1. 1548 Reg. Cupar A. II. 55.
Payand … ȝerelie to ws … for the said miln and miln landis … sex pundis 1563 Reg. Privy S. V. i. 403/2.
Duelland in the Hiltoun myln and mylne landis of Litilloure 1630 Edinb. B. Rec. VII. 67.
Mylne landis and dammes properlie belonging to the guid toun 1630 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 327. 1659 Irvine Mun. II. 81. 1685 Acts VIII. 560/2.
The saids lands barrony milne milnelands [etc.](b) 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 251/1.
The Kingis landis of the myltoun of Dorno, with the myll and millandis of the samyn 1523 Exchequer Rolls XV. 49.
Myllandis 1559 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 184.
His … myln of the samyn and myllandis thairof 1563 Reg. Privy C. I. 245. 1573 Protocol Book of G. Fyiff MS. 4.
With all and haill the myln millandis [etc.] 1588 Misc. Spald. C. IV. 76. 1631 Dumbarton B. Rec. 37.(c) 1534 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 117.
The actione … tuecheyng the myll landis and keys gres of Toucht 1630 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 328.
With the said lands myllns and myll landis 1641 Acts V. 573/1.
The said mill, … mill landis, mill damesing. 1477 Reg. Cupar A. I. 209.
He sal put the mylland til al possibil polici 1498 Acts Lords of Council II. 157. 1538 Reg. Privy S. II. 426/2.
The myln of Thuristoun with the myln land tharof 1539 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 94.
For v furlotts quheitt for the crop of the mylne land at the mylnis 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 182.
For the myll and mylland 1570 Reg. Episc. Brechin II. 300.
The reuersioun of the myln and myln land