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awaita

awaita, ~us [OF agait, aguet] , wait, ambush. b (w. maris) coastguard service. 1414 jacuerunt in agayto pro Thoma M. et eum ceperunt Proc. J. P. 327; 1472 in via regia apud Pole [Dorset] jacuit in agaitu ad verberandum et interficiendum Johannem T. CourtR Canford.  b 1203 debet ~am [v. l. waitam] maris CurR (Cumb) II 274.

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