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

Perh. q. the lungs or lights of a mill.

MILL-RING, s. The dust of a mill, S. B.

MILL-STEW, s. The same, S.

Teut. molen-stof, pollen.

MILNARE, s. A miller.
Wyntown.

Sw. moelnare, id.

To MILT, v. a.
V. [Melt], v.

MIM, adj.
1. Prudish, S.
Ramsay.
2. Prim, demure.
Ross.
3. Affecting great moderation in eating or drinking, S.
Ramsay.

This seems originally the same with E. mum, used as an adj., mute.

MIN, MYN, adj. Less.
Kennedy.