saugh
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saugh
before 1000; Middle English (north); Old English (Anglian) salh (variant of West Saxon sealh sallow 2 )
Example Sentences
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He rules easier wi' a saugh wand than wi' a sharp brand.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He putte his hand in, and took up a teyne Of silver fyn, and glad in every veyne Was this preest, when he saugh that it was so.
From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by Muir, M. M. Pattison
Major Macleod had from his youth stalked the wary stag, and every saugh and birch and alder in our course was made to yield us its cover.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
But whan he saugh that specheles she lay, With sorwful voys and herte of blisse al bare, He seyde how she was fro this world y-fare!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
But when it seized the aged saugh, With the light locks of gray, It tore away its ancient root, And there the old trunk lay!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
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