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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O wae betide the frush saugh wand!And wae betide the bush of brier!It brake into my true love’s hand,When his strength did fail, and his limbs did tire.
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
The latter exclamation was the result of a heavy saugh upon the floor, Mrs. Bingham having fallen in a faint—she being the identical lady alluded to, and her husband the brother of pleasant Tom Bingham.
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 4 by Lever, Charles James
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
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
He rules easier wi' a saugh wand than wi' a sharp brand.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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