\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.

\Way"ment\, n.
Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also {waiment}.]
[Obs.] --Spenser.