Sc. [lit. ‘what one can be with,’ equivalent to the Eng. do with; ‘To be wi’ to tolerate, to bear with.’ Jamieson.)] A makeshift, stopgap, substitute.
1724. Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (ed. 9), I. 105. This bewith, when cunzie is scanty Will keep them frae making din.
