单词 | waygoing |
释义 | waygoingn. Chiefly Scottish. The action or fact of going away or leaving; departure, esp. on a journey, or from a place of residence or position of employment. Also: death. Cf. earlier way-ganging n. at way adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out foundingOE partingc1300 outgoing?c1335 buskinga1400 way-gangingc1485 profectiona1538 departure1540 waygoinga1600 way-ganga1628 upcoming1654 outsettinga1698 setting-out1711 a1600 Acct. Bk. W. Morton f. 62, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue I mad my count at her wagaeing our the water. 1633 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 98 Coming hoome..my saule blissed God..for his goodnes to me in this comunion conforme to my voue befor my waygoing. 1649 J. Carstaires Lett. (1846) 58 Fearing much the [letter] bearer's way-going, I dare say no more; but let [etc.]. a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 56 They press'd that the prorogation might be with the consent of the Estates, and upon his refusal they oppos'd his way-going. a1732 T. Boston Christian Life Delineated (1775) 110 The carnal world wonders at the believer's waygoing from the wilderness: alas! they see not what he sees. 1819 A. Balfour Campbell I. xviii. 326 It was a wae wa-ga'en to mae nor me at that time. 1896 ‘G. Setoun’ Robert Urquhart xxiii. 248 He may ha'e so putten the words in my mouth just to ease the wa-gaun o' a faithfu' servant. 1903 W. MacGillivray Auld Drainie & Brownie 66 His wa-gaen wis sae quait an' calm it wis a gey filie till they war süre he was deid. 1922 T. Beer Fair Rewards vii. 151 This return must be an ample revenge for her waygoing. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) 3 Sept. (Sport Suppl.) 2/1 If these really are the last days of Craig Brown's stewardship of Scotland, no waygoing could seem more fraught. Compounds C1. General attributive, esp. in waygoing sale. Sc. National Dict. (at wa adv.) records waygoing sale as still in use in northern and east central Scotland and in Wigtownshire in 1973. ΚΠ 1869 Scotsman 17 Aug. 7/4 Never has such a fine crop..been seen before at any way-going sale in any part of Scotland. 1881 Times 17 Mar. 4/5 They [sc. Irish tenants] care not to realize five years' rent for the way-going premium which at any time they might receive. 1934 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. July 269 Dr. George Paterson Burr..was met by friends at a waygoing party given in his honour. 1937 St. Andrews Citizen 27 Nov. 6 There was a very good turn out of buyers at the waygoing sale. 1946 Scotsman 2 Dec. 3/7 Way-going sale for Col. R. Dawson. C2. waygoing crop n. the last crop sown by a tenant farmer before leaving a farm. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > crop taken by outgoing tenant waygoing crop1665 away-going crop1794 1665 G. Meriton Land-lord's Law v. 87 But if Tenant for Years sow the Land, and his term end before the Corn be ripe, the Lessor shall have it, without it be covenanted between them, that he shall have his way-going Crop, as they call it in Yorkshire. 1773 Act dividing & inclosing Fields Harpham, E. Riding 8 Such farmer..shall..have a way going crop or crops following him. 1797 J. Bailey & G. Culley Gen. View Agric. Northumberland ii. 25 Where the tenant quits on the 12th of May, he is allowed to have a crop of corn from off two-thirds of the arable lands; this is called the way-going crop. 1855 H. Broom Comm. Common Law (1856) 13 A custom that a tenant shall have the waygoing crop after the expiration of his term is reasonable and good. 1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 76 §10 (7) (f) The tenant shall, along with the last or waygoing crop, sow permanent grass seeds. 1975 Agric. Hist. Rev. 23 16 In many cases, if not most, the outgoing tenant sold the waygoing crops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : way-goingadj. < n.a1600 see also |
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