† ˈwaithingSc.Obs. [f.ON.veiða to hunt, catch fish (related to veið-r waith n.1) + -ing1.] Fishing; a catch of fish. c1470Henry Wallace i. 387 He bad his child, ‘Gyff thaim of our waithyng’.1592in Reg.Mag. Sig. Scot. 1610, 117/2 My 3 merkland..with..gers, wair, fischingis, waithing.