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haugh
[ hahkh, hahf ]
noun
, Scot.
- a stretch of alluvial land forming part of a river valley; bottom land.
haugh
/ hɑːf; hɑːk; hɒx /
noun
- dialect.a low-lying often alluvial riverside meadow
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haugh1
before 900; Middle English halche, hawgh, Old English healh corner, nook
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Word History and Origins
Origin of haugh1
Old English healh corner of land; see hollow
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Example Sentences
The lady told her little story—whatever it was Jocelyn could not hear it—the statesman laughed: 'Haugh-haugh-haugh!'
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I think, standing at any point in the great haugh of the Danube, I could see as much grain as all Scotland could produce.
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Some gipsy queen in Haugh of the Tweed hath wooed thee out of thy affection for thy Isabel; and now thou askest what hath kept me.
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"I will never set my foot inside the Haugh," Rupert said, firmly.
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At her marriage, your mother will of course live at the Haugh with Sir William.
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