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way-going Sc. and north.|ˈweɪgəʊɪŋ|
Also 9 Sc. -ga'en, -gaun.
[f. way adv.]
The action or fact of going away, departure (on a journey, from life); the act of leaving (a habitation, employment).
1633Sir A. Johnston (Ld. Wariston) Diary (S.H.S.) I. 98 Coming hoome..my saule blissed God..for his goodnes to me in this comunion conforme to my voue befor my way⁓going. 1649J. Carstaires Lett. (1846) 58 Fearing much the [letter] bearer's way-going, I dare say no more; but let [etc.]. 1702H. Guthry Mem. 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. 1819Alex. Balfour Campbell I. xviii. 326 It was a wae wa-ga'en to mae nor me at that time. 1825–82Jamieson, Way-gaun, Wa'-gaun, Way-going, adj., removing from a farm or habitation. 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. 1899Crockett Kit Kennedy ii. 13 Christopher Kennedy had lost his position..for drunkenness, and even at that very moment with his companions he was celebrating his way-going.
b. attrib., as way-going premium; way-going crop (see quots.).
1773Harpham Inclos. Act 8 Such farmer..shall..have a *way going crop or crops following him. 1797J. Bailey & G. Culley Agric. Northumbld. 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. 1855H. 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. 1920Act 10 & 11 Geo. V, c. 76 §10 (7) (f) The tenant shall, along with the last or waygoing crop, sow permanent grass seeds.
1881Times 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.
Similarly way-going a., departing, outgoing. Sc.
1812Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. ii. 62 Much depends on the conditions obligatory on the way-going tenant. 1845R. Hunter Law Landl. & Tenant Index, Waygoing tenant's right to value of fallow land. |