waygaten.1
/ˈweɪɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌɡeɪt/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun]
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partingc1300
withdrawingc1315
departc1330
wendingc1330
outpassinga1387
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discessc1425
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departmentc1450
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departition1470
departurec1515
recess1531
avoidance1563
parture1567
waygate1575
departance1579
exit1596
remotion1608
voiding1612
recession1630
recedence1641
recede1649
partment1663
recedure1712
leaving1719
off-going1727
quittance1757
departal1823
pull-out1825
pull-awaya1829
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun]
departing?c1225
partingc1300
departc1330
wendingc1330
going-outc1350
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discessc1425
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departmentc1450
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departurec1515
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partment1663
leaving1719
off-going1727
quittance1757
departal1823
waying1922
1575–6 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 269 This examinate at his waygait bad the said Thomas fairwell.
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos iii. i, in Terence in Eng. 221 Least that old wonted austeritie of yours be worse then it was at his way gate.
1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. Rv So God respect the waygate of my soule, as I know nothing.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 81 It is an usuall course (amongst Shepheards) att the waygate of a snowe..to keepe theire sheepe..on some swarth-grownd.
1829 W. Caesar Jaunt to Edinb. 15 Her way gate's caused an unco stir.
2. A path or passage providing exit or escape; spec. (a) an opening or channel for the drainage of surplus water; (b) an outlet for the sale of goods or produce. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun]
retailour1445
outlet1803
waygate1833
point of sale1844
selling-point1953
POS1969
society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > open for outflow of liquid
gutter1657
waygate1833
getaway1876
1833 J. Jackson Ess. Var. Agric. Subj. i. 29 It will deepen the soil, give the surface-water a proper waygate, and the lime will produce a good sward of grass.
1857 H. S. Riddell Bk. Psalms Lowland Sc. lv. 8 I wad haesen my saufe wayegait frae the wundie stourm an' tempist.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) He [sc. a poor farmer] can make a waygate for all that he has, from an egg to a calf.
c1930 in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) [Kirkcudbrightshire] The grocer gets sae mony eggs he canna get waygate for them.
1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xv. 497 The opening-out of the way-gate continued without intermission night and day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
waygaten.2
/ˈweɪɡeɪt/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌɡeɪt/, Scottish English /ˈweɡet/ Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern).
1. Room or space in which to move; (in early use) esp. room to pass through or forward; passage. Also figurative.In quot. ?c1690 apparently with allusion to way-gang n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun]
passport1521
passport letter1585
passage1589
waygate?c1690
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun]
patheOE
gangOE
gangwayOE
passagec1300
wenta1325
goingc1350
transit1440
way-wenta1450
accessa1460
traduct1535
conveyance1542
ancoming1589
passado1599
avenue1600
passageway?1606
pass1608
way-ganga1628
approach1633
duct1670
waygate?c1690
way-goa1694
vent1715
archway1802
passway1825
approach road1833
fairway1903
?c1690 King William's March in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics (1819) I. xiv. 24 He's awa to sail, Wi' water in his waygate, An' wind in his tail.
c1760 W. Hutton Dial. Storth & Arnside in Beetham Repository (1906) 167 We gave it [sc. a porpoise] its Way-gate at last.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 101 ‘Upon all these [books] you have will and waygate’, an expressive Annandale phrase of the completest welcome.
1917 C. A. F. Rhys Davids & S. Sumangala tr. Bk. Kindred Sayings i. iv. 145 But where, O evil one, eye is not, nor object,..there, O evil one, is no waygate for thee.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 324 There's no muckle waygate in this sma' hoose.
2008 R. Fairnie Scots Tung Wittins (SCOTS) No. 173 It haes lang syne been at the stage whaur naethin new cuid be eikit athoot an aqual meisure o auld wittins bein taen oot tae mak waygate.
2. Speed in walking, working, etc.; progress, headway; (also) the drive or energy to make progress or work quickly.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [noun]
forthgangc900
racea1400
processa1450
remuea1450
profectiona1538
procession1585
advance1593
nod1597
progressa1599
riddance1598
run1626
advancement1637
incession1651
progression1651–3
march1683
progrediency1701
waygate1825
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Wayget Speed, the act of making progress. He has nae wayget.
1831 T. Carlyle Let. 26 Nov. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VI. 58 I do what in me lies; but am much interrupted here; all out of sorts; my harness quite strange to me, therefore my waygate smaller.
1875 Border Treasury 8 May 463 Aw didna make abune a hunder yards o' waygate i' twenty minutes.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) He makes little waygate.
1966 in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) [Ayrshire] He has nae wa'gait about him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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