woading

Verb

woad (third-person singular simple present woads, present participle woading, simple past and past participle woaded)

1. To plant or cultivate woad.
   • Now as the tenants after woading, pay the ſame rent as before, one cannot wonder at landlords making use of such an easy method to raise money: but it is the tenants that quarrel most at it; they assert the land to be 7 sg. an acre the worse for it; here then lies the enquiry.1771, Arthur Young, The Farmer's Tour through the East of England, page 59
2. To dye with woad.
   • All woollen goods truly mathered, ſhall be marked with a red roſe, and a blue roſe, and all ſuch truly woaded throughout, with a blue roſe only; and if any perſon shall affix any ſuch mark falsely, he ſhall forfeit, for every piece ſo marked 4l. (ſee under).1777, George Clark, The Penal Statutes Abridged, and Alphabetically Arranged, page 111

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