Sc. Obs. [f. ON. veiða to hunt, catch fish (related to veið-r WAITH sb.1) + -ING1.] Fishing; a catch of fish.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, I. 387. He bad his child, Gyff thaim of our waithyng.
1592. in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 1610, 117/2. My 3 merkland
with
gers, wair, fischingis, waithing.