2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wayment  \Way"ment\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Waymented};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Waymenting}.]  [OE.  waymenten,  OF  waimenter 
  gaimenter  guaimenter  from  wai,  guai,  woe!  (of  Teutonic 
  origin;  see  {Woe})  and  L.  lamentari  to  lament.  See  {Lament}.] 
  To  lament;  to  grieve;  to  wail.  [Written  also  {waiment}.] 
  [Obs.] 
 
  Thilke  science  .  .  .  maketh  a  man  to  waymenten. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  For  what  boots  it  to  weep  and  wayment,  When  ill  is 
  chanced?  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wayment  \Way"ment\,  n. 
  Grief;  lamentation;  mourning.  [Written  also  {waiment}.] 
  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 

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