Sc. Obs. [f. ON. veiða to hunt, catch fish (related to veið-r WAITH sb.1) + -ING1.] Fishing; a catch of fish.

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c. 1470.  Henry, Wallace, I. 387. He bad his child, ‘Gyff thaim of our waithyng.’

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1592.  in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 1610, 117/2. My 3 merkland … with … gers, wair, fischingis, waithing.

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