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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
TUILLIE'S MILL, n.comb. A kind of mob-law punishment in which the delinquent was forced to run the gauntlet, in phr. to gie or gae um Tuillie's Mill (Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 11).
[Poss. a pun on tuillie, Tulyie, n., or an altered form of tulyie-mulyie s.v.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Tuillie's Mill n. comb.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/tuillies_mill>
