wadset

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Definition of wadset

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable)The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.

“It was at this time that Rob Roy acquired an interest by purchase, wadset, or otherwise, to the property of Craig Royston already mentioned.”

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noun

(Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable)The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.

“It was at this time that Rob Roy acquired an interest by purchase, wadset, or otherwise, to the property of Craig Royston already mentioned.”

verb

(Scotland, obsolete)To mortgage land.

“I thought I heard the footstep of the young portioner of Glaiketha; he'll be come to borrow gold and to wadset land.”

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From Middle English wedsetten, equivalent to wed (“pledge”) + set. Wad is a Scottish form of wed.

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