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▪ I. ˈwaring, vbl. n. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4 varinge, 5 waryn(e, varin, 6 wayring.
[f. ware v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb; spending, investing (of money). † at the waring of: at the cost of (one's life).
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints v. (Johannes) 125 [God] þat wald þat men mad sic varinge As for almus to sel þare thinge. 1494Halyburton Ledger 37 Som off this waryne of this syd, 119 li. 10 s. 7 g. 1494Ibid. 63 Som of my varin is, 59 li. 13 s. 8 g. 1497Ibid. 59 Item for my seruis sellin and waryn sen my last cont, 10 li. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 273 We shall..defend thame, the haill congregatioun of Christ..at our haill poweris and waring of our lyves, against Sathan. 1586–7Burgh Rec. Edin. (1882) IV. 487 Gevis power..to Jhonn Robertsoun..to tak the aythis of the merchants vpoun the quantities of thair wayrings and guids schippet. 1752Scotland's Glory & Shame (1786) 65 And sure I am, that never a man had loss by such a wareing.
†2. Payment of a price. Obs.
c1315E.E. Psalter xliii. [xliv.] 13 Þou salde þi folk with out waring [Vulg. sine pretio].
▪ II. † ˈwaring, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. ware v.1 + -ing2.]
Aware, cognisant of.
1571in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. lix. 200 He..was not wytting nor waring of that letter. |