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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1511-1513, 1574, 1697
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Pouder-, Pulder-mylne, Powder-myll, n. Also: powdir-. [e.m.E. powder-mylle (1650).] a. A roller-mill for grinding the ingredients of gunpowder. b. ? The building or place where this process was carried out. c. ? A mill for pulverising stone. —1511 Treasurer's Accounts IV 311.
To the Ducheman at brocht the powdir myll to the king 1511 Ib. 313. 1512 Ib. 292.
For the fraucht of the powdir myll at he deliverit to Frederic Sandersone 1513 Ib. 509, etc.
To xiij werkmen wirkand … in the powder myll 1574 Ib. XIII 32.
For ane pulder mylne coft in Abirdene and brocht to the castell of Edinburgh 1697 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX 223 b.
Ane stone pouder mylne worth iij lib.
