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wadsets

wadsets is the plural of wadset.

Meaning of wadset

Noun

wadset (countable and uncountable, plural wadsets)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) 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.1829, Rob Roy, Walter Scott, Introduction to the 1829 edition

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Questions about wadsets

What is wadsets the plural of?
Wadsets is the plural of wadset.

Words near wadsets in the dictionary

  1. wadn't
  2. wado
  3. Wadowice
  4. wads
  5. wadset
  6. wadsets
  7. wadsett
  8. wadsetted
  9. wadsetter
  10. wadsetters
  11. wadsetting

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