lawing
Americannoun
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
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It was a good spot for a Taft to do his lawing in.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Willie replies - I never yet lodged in a hostelrie, But I paid my lawing before I gaed.
From Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Andrew Lang
She was a far-removed cousin of Sandy's, who was constantly back and forth between her own home and Edinburgh by reason of her everlasting lawing.
From Nancy Stair A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane
Such lawing also shall be done by the assize commonly used, and which is, that three claws shall be cut off without the ball of the right foot.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
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