Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†UNSUCKEN, adj. Not within the Sucken or territory of a mill, applied to charges for grinding imposed on those who come from outside the jurisdiction of an estate mill. See Sucken and cf. Outsucken.Sc. 1705 Morison Decisions 15993:
The party for seven years did come to the mill, and paid unsucken multures.
