WAYGOING

Etymology

Adjective

waygoing (not comparable)

Going away; departing; of or relating to one who goes away.

A waygoing crop is a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom: grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease.

Source: Wiktionary


Way"-go`ing, a.

Definition: Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away. Way-going crop (Law of Leases), a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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