† on-waitingn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Long and patient waiting. Also: attendance, attention, or service given to a person or to a charge or task. Cf. on-wait v.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > [noun]
gomec1175
thoughtc1175
tenta1300
curec1300
intentc1320
keepa1325
heed1357
attendancec1374
attentionc1374
aspect1393
marka1400
notea1400
advertencea1413
markingc1443
regard1457
advertisementc1487
noticec1487
attent?a1500
advertation?c1500
respect1509
garda1569
intendiment1590
on-waiting1590
attend1594
tendment1597
attending1611
fixationa1631
adversion1642
heeding1678
attendancya1680
perpensity1704
observe1805
intending1876
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun]
yemec893
carefulnessa1000
getec1175
gomec1175
tenta1300
curec1300
keepa1325
diligence1340
heed1357
tentivenessa1382
observancec1390
businessa1398
reasona1398
attendancec1400
resporta1413
curiosityc1430
mindingc1449
reckc1475
respect1509
regardshipa1513
looking unto1525
peradvertencea1529
looking toa1535
solicitudea1535
looking after?1537
solicitudeness1547
care1548
solicitnessc1550
caring1556
heedfulness1561
solicitateness1562
hofulness1566
regard1573
charishness1587
on-waiting1590
heediness1596
take-heed1596
respectiveness1598
observationa1616
solicitousness1636
heeding1678
curiousness1690
solicitation1693
attention1741
craftsmanship1850
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > action or condition of
awaitingc1374
attendancec1386
on-waiting1590
intendence1687
1590–1 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 235 Sche delyuerit tuentie schilling to Gray-meill, quha wes with hir in the said schip, for his on-waitting.
a1617 Sir J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 193 Continual onwaiting will be chargeable and expensive to you.
1634 Edinb. Test. LVI. f. 226, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Onwait(t)ing To my ante..for hir serwice and onwaitting on me the haill tyme of my seiknes.
1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. 54 Prayer with quiet onwaiting in the use of meanes.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 158 A believer..may wonder 'tis come on so short on-waiting.
1850 M. Oliphant Merkland III. vi A thing does not commonly succeed till it's tried; ay, tried with labour, zeal, and onwaiting.
a1886 D. Grant Sc. Stories (1888) 126 To be sure John maintained that the change wis brocht aboot by mair judicious feedin' an' onwytin'.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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