† waylead Sc. Obs.
Forms: 6 wayleid, -laud, walaid, waled.
[f. way n.1 + lead n.2]
An artificial watercourse leading to a mill; a mill-lead or mill-leat.
| 1547 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 33/1 Cum molendino..cum..aqueductu et cursu ac le walaid ejusdem. Ibid. 39/1 Lie waylaud. 1565 Ibid. 1583, 173/2 Cum lie wayleid pro deservitione dicti molendini. 1588 Ibid. 1591, 656/2 Molendinum..cum sequelis..lie dam, waled et wattergait. |