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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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
"O gae ye down to yon laigh house, I sall pay there your lawing; And as I am your leman trew, I'll meet ye at the dawing."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
With little paines, lesse toyle, and lesser care, Exempt from tanings, ill newes, lawing, feare....
From The Story of Newfoundland by Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of Birkenhead
The poorhouse in Aneholm parish and the poorhouse in Tomtebacke, some way from here, can't agree which should keep me, and now they are lawing about it.
From The Golden House by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker
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