saugh

or sauch

[ soukh, sawkh, sahkh ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. sallow ².

Word History and Origins

Origin of saugh¹

before 1000; Middle English (north); Old English (Anglian) salh (variant of West Saxon sealh sallow ² )

Example Sentences

MS. has—'He herd it wel, but he saugh it nought'; where Mr. Jephson inserts ne before saugh without any comment.

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Saugh; it's an old Scotch word for willow, and comes from the French saule, I suppose.

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Boboon in those days was as straight as a young saugh-wand, sharp and thin, all thong at the joints, and as supple as a wild cat.

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Mony a day hae I wrought my stocking and sat on my sunkie under that saugh.'

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It was on a level round of old moss, damp but springy, hid from the house by some saugh-trees.

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