waygoosen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪɡuːs/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌɡus/

Forms: 1600s waygouse, 1600s– waygoose, 1700s–1800s weighgoose, 1800s weygoose.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later wayzgoose n.It has been suggested that a goose was the main dish served at such an event, but this cannot be substantiated, and it is unclear whether the second element is to be identified with goose n. There do not appear to be plural forms of this word modelled on geese , plural of goose n. (but compare the plural forms cited at wayzgoose n.). In form weighgoose perhaps by folk-etymological association with weigh v.¹

Now historical.

= wayzgoose n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities held by printers

waygoose1682

wayzgoose1731

wake-goose1759

1682 in W. R. Scott Rec. Sc. Cloth Manufactory New Mills (1905) 31 To write to the master to give the servants there way-gouse the night befor the fareiday of Haddington and bestow upon itt 15 s. sterling.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 361 These Way-gooses, are always kept about Bartholomew-tide. And till the Master-Printer have given this Way-goose, the Journey-men do not use to Work by Candle Light.

1740 London Mag. June 279/2 He is then..deprived of all Share of the Money given by Gentlemen, Authors, Booksellers and others, to make them drink, especially that great annual Solemnity, commonly call'd the Way-Goose Feast.

a1778 T. Gent Life (1832) 100 My easy temper went so far as to believe him still a convert: but my opinion changed when invited to our weigh-goose.

1833 C. H. Timperley Songs of the Press 23 Song, Composed for a Printers' Way Goose.

1866 J. Brown John Leech in Spare Hours 2nd Ser. 11 (note) Once a year they attend the annual dinner of the firm, at which compositors, readers, printers, machinemen, clerks, etc. dine. This dinner is called the ‘Way Goose’, and is often referred to in Punch.

1939 R. S. Lambert Cobbett of West x. 211 The annual ‘waygoose’ of the Western Times was a merry affair. The party would visit some seaside resort, like Sidmouth, or one of the villages on Dartmoor.

1998 A. Johns Nature of Bk. ii. 95 The Waygoose feast also coincided with the autumn fairs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waygoose
释义	waygoosen. Brit. /ˈweɪɡuːs/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌɡus/ Forms: 1600s waygouse, 1600s– waygoose, 1700s–1800s weighgoose, 1800s weygoose. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later wayzgoose n.It has been suggested that a goose was the main dish served at such an event, but this cannot be substantiated, and it is unclear whether the second element is to be identified with goose n. There do not appear to be plural forms of this word modelled on geese , plural of goose n. (but compare the plural forms cited at wayzgoose n.). In form weighgoose perhaps by folk-etymological association with weigh v.¹ Now historical. = wayzgoose n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities held by printers waygoose1682 wayzgoose1731 wake-goose1759 1682 in W. R. Scott Rec. Sc. Cloth Manufactory New Mills (1905) 31 To write to the master to give the servants there way-gouse the night befor the fareiday of Haddington and bestow upon itt 15 s. sterling. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 361 These Way-gooses, are always kept about Bartholomew-tide. And till the Master-Printer have given this Way-goose, the Journey-men do not use to Work by Candle Light. 1740 London Mag. June 279/2 He is then..deprived of all Share of the Money given by Gentlemen, Authors, Booksellers and others, to make them drink, especially that great annual Solemnity, commonly call'd the Way-Goose Feast. a1778 T. Gent Life (1832) 100 My easy temper went so far as to believe him still a convert: but my opinion changed when invited to our weigh-goose. 1833 C. H. Timperley Songs of the Press 23 Song, Composed for a Printers' Way Goose. 1866 J. Brown John Leech in Spare Hours 2nd Ser. 11 (note) Once a year they attend the annual dinner of the firm, at which compositors, readers, printers, machinemen, clerks, etc. dine. This dinner is called the ‘Way Goose’, and is often referred to in Punch. 1939 R. S. Lambert Cobbett of West x. 211 The annual ‘waygoose’ of the Western Times was a merry affair. The party would visit some seaside resort, like Sidmouth, or one of the villages on Dartmoor. 1998 A. Johns Nature of Bk. ii. 95 The Waygoose feast also coincided with the autumn fairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1682
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