wough
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”).
Noun[edit]
wough (plural woughs)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Interjection[edit]
wough
- Alternative form of woof
- 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl[1]:
- As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough!" charged straight at it.
- 1884, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches[2]:
- The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough" and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness.
- 1863, Various, The Children's Garland from the Best Poets[3]:
- Bough wough, The watch dogs bark, Bough wough, Hark, hark!
References[edit]
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary[4], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 548
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English wōh; from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz.
Adjective[edit]
wough
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: wough
References[edit]
- “wough, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
Noun[edit]
wough
- A wrong or unjust action
- A sinful or immoral action
- An inaccuracy or mistake
- depravity, moral corruption
- woe, misery, pain
Descendants[edit]
- English: wough
References[edit]
- “wough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
Yola[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English wue, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ. The final silent -gh was added to avoid -u.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
wough
- we
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 54:
- Wough lidg'd.
- We lay.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
- Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?
- Whether had we better churn or bake first?
- 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:
- A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in a ring;
- The piper struck up, we danced all in a ring,
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Preposition[edit]
wough
- Alternative form of wee (“with”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 23:
- Awye wough it.
- Away with it.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 79
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