wadset

English

Alternative forms

• wadsett, wedset

Etymology

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

Noun

wadset (plural wadsets)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.
   • 1829, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Introduction to the 1829 edition,^[1]

     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

wadset (third-person singular simple present wadsets, present participle wadsetting, simple past and past participle wadsetted)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) To mortgage land.

See also

• wadsetter

Anagrams

• stawed, tawsed, wadest, wasted