lawing

American  

[law-ing] / ˈlɔ ɪŋ /

noun

Scot.

1. a bill, especially for food or drink in a tavern.

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Etymology

Origin of lawing

1525–35; obsolete Scots law bill, Middle English (dial.) lagh < Old Norse lag price, tax, proper place ( cf. law ¹) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

One of Andrew Johnson's appointees, William M. Evarts, left office saying: "I shall return to my business of farming and lawing and leave to the newspaper correspondents the conduct of affairs."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a good spot for a Taft to do his lawing in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lacking fences, the more discreet establish the boundaries of their property, or of their sowings, by blazed trees, and so prevent neighbourhood quarrels and lawing about corners.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

"If they come to lawing, and it's all true as folks say, there's more to be looked to nor money," said the glazier.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George

"I would that that part of your duty relating to the hock-sinewing, and lawing of mastiffs, could be discontinued," said Richard.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison