or bing, verb (old cant).—To go. BYNGE-AWASTE = to go away.
1567. HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors, or Warening for Commen Cursetors, 86. Man. What, stowe your bene, cofe, and cut benat whydds, and BYNG we to romevyle, to nyp a bong; so shall we haue lowre for the bousing ken and when we BYNG back to the deuseauyel, we wyll fylche some duddes of the Ruffemans, or myll the ken for a lagge of dudes, [i.e.] What, holde your peace, good fellowe, and speake better wordes, and go we to London, to cut a purse; then shall we haue money for the ale house, and when wee come backe agayne into the country we wyll steale some lynnen clothes of one hedges, or robbe some house for a bucke of clothes.
1610. ROWLANDS, Martin Mark-all, 37 [Hunterian Club’s Reprint, 1874]. BING A WAST get you hence.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. BINGED AVAST in a darkmans, stole away in the night. BING we to Rumeville, shall we go to London.
1815. SCOTT, Guy Mannering, xxviii. BING out and tour [go out and watch] ye auld devil, and see that nobody has scented.
1822. SCOTT, The Fortunes of Nigel, xvii. ‘I smell a spy,’ replied the other, looking at Nigel…. ‘BING AVAST, BING AVAST!’ replied his companion.
