saugh

American  

[soukh, sawkh, sahkh] / saʊx, sɔx, sɑx /

Or sauch

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. sallow.

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Etymology

Origin of saugh

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

Example Sentences

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

M'Iver rode beside flowering saugh and alder tree through those old arches, now no more, those arches that were the outermost posterns where good-luck allowed farewells.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

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

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

The nod of the saugh leaf on the banks was a salutation.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil