Sc. Obs. [a. ON. viðgangr increase.] Success; advantage, profit. So Withgate1 Sc. [GATE sb.2]

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1456.  Sir G. Haye, Law Arms (S.T.S.), 17. Wikkit men has oft tymes in this warld welth, and withgang.

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c. 1480.  Henryson, Wolf & Wether, xxii. Thay haif withgang, welth, and cherising.

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1510.  in Rec. Earldom Orkney (S.H.S., 1914), 86. Vitht al profetis and vtgang [?; printed vgang] sene Schir Dauit deit.

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1825.  Jamieson, s.v. With-gate, To get the with-gate, to gain the advantage.

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