2. Noun. (obsolete except Scotland) dawn, daybreak ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dawing
1. daw [v] - See also: daw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawing
Literary usage of Dawing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... I saw tI cou'dna get sleeping till dawing, for greeting, I cou'dna tell. .
Death and Dr. Hornbook. Duncan cou'dna be her death, . ..."
2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"5 He did him down to yon ale-house, And drank untill 't was dawing; He drank the
bonnie lassie's health That waa to clear his lawing. ..."
3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"Ye will do you down to yon tavern house, And drink till the day be dawing; And,
as sure as I ance had a love for you, I'll come there and clear your lawing. ..."
4. Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland: Hitherto Unpublished by Peter Buchan (1875)
"Then he's done him down to yon tavern house, And drank till day was dawing; And
aye he drank the bonny lassie's health That was coming to clear his lawing. ..."
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