sauch

[ soukh, sawkh, sahkh ]

/ saʊx, sɔx, sɑx /

noun Scot. and North England.

saugh.

Nearby words

saucepan,
saucepot,
saucer,
saucer dome,
saucerization,
saucier,
saucily,
sauciness,
saucy,
saud

saugh

or sauch

[ soukh, sawkh, sahkh ]

/ saʊx, sɔx, sɑx /

noun Scot. and North England.

sallow².

Origin of saugh

before 1000; Middle English (north); Old English (Anglian) salh (variant of West Saxon sealh sallow²)

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Examples from the Web for sauch

Birk will burn be it burn drawn; sauch will sab if it were simmer sawn.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop

British Dictionary definitions for sauch

sauch

saugh

/ (sɔːx) /

noun

a sallow or willow

Word Origin for sauch

C15: from Old English salh

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