Sc. Obs. Forms: 6 wayleid, -laud, walaid, waled. [f. WAY sb.1 + LEAD sb.2] An artificial watercourse leading to a mill; a mill-lead or mill-leat.
1547. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 33/1. Cum molendino … cum … aqueductu et cursu ac le walaid ejusdem. Ibid., 39/1. Lie waylaud. Ibid. (1565), 1583, 173/2. Cum lie wayleid pro deservitione dicti molendini. Ibid. (1588), 1591, 656/2. Molendinum … cum sequelis … lie dam, waled et wattergait.
