Sc. Obs. [a. ON. viðganga access, admission.] Free course; unlimited permission, licence, toleration. Also † Withgang v., trans. to give licence to, tolerate.
a. 1500. Ratis Raving, 420. I gaif my hart euer withgange of al plesans. Ibid., 3747. Gyf men thaim withgang wantonly, Than wyll thai cowet the maistry.
1808. Jamieson, Withgang, toleration, permission to pass with impunity. Skene.
So † Withgate2. Sc. [GATE sb.2]
1599. Sc. Acts Jas. VI. (1816), IV. 187/1. The withgait ana libertie quhilk sindry avaricious … persones hes tane to exact … sik exorbitant … proffite. Ibid. (1606), 284/1. Ane terror to the ewill disposit to give withgait to thair Inclinatioun. Ibid., 616/2. The withgait and libertie grantit vnto Suche shamefull scafferie and extorsioun.
