- A
wapenshaw or
wapinshaw (from the Old
English for "weapon show") was
originally a
gathering and
review of
troops formerly held in
every district in Scotland...
- 18th
centuries in Scotland, a
muster or
military rendezvous,
called a "
wapinschaw" (a
weapon show - Scot’s
dialect wapen (weapon), shaw (show)) was held...
- (match), much (a cap),
muchkin (a
liquid measure),
skaff (scrounge),
wapinschaw (muster of militia),
wyssill (change of money), and the
coins plak, stek...
- the Gentleman's Magazine. Mayne's
Siller Gun was
based on a
Dumfries wapinschaw: the
competitors were
members of the corporations, and the
prize a silver...
-
Upper Yard,
where the Kirk now stands, was held by the
magistrates and
wapinschaws were
conducted there. The
current church is
rectangular in plan, consisting...
- Act 1424 or 1425 (c 22) [12mo ed: 1424 c 43] (Anent
lesing makaris.)
Wapinschaws Act 1424 (c 23) [12mo ed: 1424 c 44] (Of wapynschawingis.) Poor's Counsel...