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wadsett

wadsett is the alternative form 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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Forms of wadsett

Noun
pluralwadsetts
Verb
third-person singular presentwadsetts
present participlewadsetting
past participlewadsetted
pastwadsetted

Questions about wadsett

What is wadsett the alternative form of?
Wadsett is the alternative form of wadset.

Words near wadsett in the dictionary

  1. wado
  2. Wadowice
  3. wads
  4. wadset
  5. wadsets
  6. wadsett
  7. wadsetted
  8. wadsetter
  9. wadsetters
  10. wadsetting
  11. wadsetts

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