lawing

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

Origin of lawing

1
1525–35; obsolete Scots law bill, Middle English (dial.) lagh<Old Norse lag price, tax, proper place (cf. law1) + -ing1

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How to use lawing in a sentence

  • Sir, no man should enter the door of a public-house without paying his lawing.'

    Red Gauntlet | Sir Walter Scott
  • I never yet lodged in a hostelrie, But I paid my lawing before I gaed.

  • I hastened through my breakfast, paid my lawing, and ordered out my horse.

  • They're worth more than all the lawing Gray and Vanrevel have ever done or ever will do.

    The Two Vanrevels | Booth Tarkington
  • "I would that that part of your duty relating to the hock-sinewing, and lawing of mastiffs, could be discontinued," said Richard.

    The Lancashire Witches | William Harrison Ainsworth