An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Milk-woman, s. A wet-nurse, S. B.

To MILL one out of a thing, to procure it in an artful way, Loth.

Isl. mill-a, lenire.

MILL, s. A snuff-box, properly of a cylindrical form. S.

Isl. mel-ia, contundere; the box being formerly used in the country as a mill for grinding the dried tobacco leaves.

MILLER'S THUMB, s The river Bullhead, S.
Sibbald.

MILLOIN, MILLAIN, adj. Belonging to mail.
Sir Egeir.

Teut. maelien; or perhaps made in Milan.

MILL-LADE, s.
V. [Lade].

MILL-LICHENS, s. The entry into the place where the inner mill-wheel goes, S. B.
V. [Lychtnis].