† lawtingn.
dialect. Obsolete.
In Orkney and Shetland, the former supreme court of judicature.
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1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney ii. v. 217 With power of holding and adjourning courts called Lawtings.
1821 W. Scott Pirate II. vi. 132 The Lawting with the Raddmen and Law-right-men confirmed the division.
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n.1805- to give a person the shoot
- to give a person the sick
- to give a person the silent treatment
- to give a person the tomtits
- to give a person the verbal
- to give a person the verbals
- to give a person the wall
- to give a person the works
- to give a person the worst
- to give a person the worst of it
- to give a person the worst on it
- to give a person their cards
- to give a person thing) the fingers
- to give a person time
- to give a person to believe, know, note, understand
- to give a person to eat
- to give a person what for
- to give a person's respects to
- to give a piece of one's mind
- to give a push
- to give a rap full
- to give a rattle
- to give a re-rub
- to give a reason
- to give a record a re-rub