Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1715, 1771-1845
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INLAY, n. Sc. usage: the diverting of water to a mill or the like.Kcb. 1788 Dmf. Weekly Jnl. (22 April):
A Cotton Mill, or other machinery works, having a never-failing source of water, of the easiest inlay.
Hence inlayer, inlair, the channel carrying water, e.g. to a mill-wheel; a small dam leading into such a channel.Rnf. 1715 Brigend Papers MSS. 26:
Two damms as to stane wark with Laid Inlayer and damm Trees.Gsw. 1771 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1912) 647:
The mill situated on the Water of Kelvine, . . . with the ditch, aqueduct dam and inlair.Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS. XI. 314:
Inlayer: In distinction of the great dam, a small dam setting the water into the lade or canal leading it to the mill.Rnf. 1845 Stat. Acc. VII. 360:
A net is fixed on a wooden frame . . . and fixed to the inlair or breast of the dam. If a fish cannot completely clear the inlair and reach the deep water beyond, he falls back, and is, in his descent, intercepted by the cruive.
