† ˈwaithing Sc. Obs.
[f. ON. veiða to hunt, catch fish (related to veið-r waith n.1) + -ing1.]
Fishing; a catch of fish.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace i. 387 He bad his child, ‘Gyff thaim of our waithyng’. 1592 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1610, 117/2 My 3 merkland..with..gers, wair, fischingis, waithing. |