Obs. Also 5 ? waithe, 7 weath. Of a horse: See quot. 1710.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., I. 1035. Sa waiche [? read waithe] and woid þan ar þa hors þat [etc.].
1662. in Pitcairn, Crim. Trials, III. 613. The Devill will be with hir and ws all lyk a weath-horse efter mearis.
1710. Ruddiman, Gloss. to Douglas’s Virg., s.v., Scot, they say, a waith horse, i.e. a horse that wanders in pursuit of mares.
a. 1828. Blancheflour & Jellyflorice, xviii. in P. Buchan, Ballads (1828), I. 128. Ye’ll take out yon wild waith steed, And bring him to the green.
