Clough
noun
Arthur Hugh, 1819–61, English poet.
Clough
American
[kluhf]
/ klʌf /
noun
Clough
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British
/ klʌf /
noun
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Arthur Hugh. 1819–61, British poet, author of Amours de Voyage (1858) and Dipsychus (1865)
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Brian. 1935–2004, English footballer and manager
clough
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British
/ klʌf /
noun
Etymology
Origin of clough
Old English clōh
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Sean Clough, from Hull Butterfly City, said small skipper butterflies had been breeding in the meadow, which he described as "rare for a city".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Clough said the small skipper needed grass left uncut throughout the year, "because the tiny caterpillar spends the winter inside a grass sheath".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Clough and Dorio are members of California’s advisory senior legislature, and they proposed a bill to allow patients in remission to continue interstate care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Clough had several telemedicine followups with her Houston doctor, which was legal under California law that allows interstate telemedicine for patients with life-threatening conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Clough was born in Madison county, New York, Aug. 31, 1828; was educated at Fulton Academy, since known as Falley Seminary, Oswego county, New York.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
What said I to thee, Goody Dickisson, in the clough yonder, by the hollow trunk of the oak?
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
So he kissed the youngling, and rode away south across the stream and over the other side of the clough.
From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May
"You measure from the clough, I presume, sir?" remarked Potts to Nowell.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
And he made towards the clough, as if with the intention of putting his words into execution.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
And at nightfall, when the driven Bolts of heaven Smite the rock and break the bluff, Thither troop the elves whose home is Where the foam is, And the echo and the clough.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
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