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WADSET
Etymology
Noun
wadset (countable and uncountable, plural wadsets)
(obsolete, Scotland) The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.
Verb
wadset (third-person singular simple present wadsets, present participle wadsetting, simple past and past participle wadsetted)
(obsolete, Scotland) To mortgage land.
Anagrams
• stawed, tawsed, wadest, wasted
Source: Wiktionary
Wad"set, n. Etym: [Scot. wad a pledge; akin to Sw. vad a wager. See Wed.] (Scots Law)
Definition: A kind of pledge or mortgage. [Written also wadsett.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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