Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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‡BUSLIN PIN, -pinn, n. comb. (See quot.) [′boslɪn ′pɪn (Jak.)]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928),
buslinpinn; 1914 Angus Gl., bûslin pin:
In a mill, water-mill: wooden pin fixed in front of the hopper, through which the corn falls into the so-called shoe (“shoe”: a small box, open in front, fixed under de hopper and leading to the eye of the millstone). The wooden pin is fixed to the “shoe” on both sides by a string which is tightened or slackened by turning the pin, thus raising or lowering the “shoe,” and regulating the flow of the corn. The usual name for this pin is now “turnin'-pin.”
