A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1525, 1627-1670
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Weiting, Weting, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. wetingue (c1290), wetynge (Manning).] a. The fact of becoming wet. (Weit v. 1.) b. The action of wetting or moistening something. (Weit v. 4.) —a. a1500 Henr. Fab. 2001.
‘Schir,’ said the foxe, ‘ … I can nocht fische, for weiting off my feit' —b. 1525 Dundee B. Laws 545.
That it [sc. cloth] may creip in agane be weting of it 1627 St. A. Baxter Bks. 87.
For weiting, baiking, and inputting of burges daugh within the said James his oyen 1670 Peebles B. Rec. II 83.
To bake … fyve sex-pennie bread to his boy for kneading and weiting thairof
