waucht

English

Alternative forms

• waught

Etymology

Compare quaff.

Noun

waucht (plural wauchts)

1. (Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.
   • 1851, John Mackay Wilson, The Provost of Starvieston: Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland, volume III, page 144:

     “Bring us a bottle, then.”
     “Bring twa,” here interrupted Johnny Yuill, in a loud voice; “for I′m dooms dry, and ′ll sen′ owre a bottle to my ain share at a waucht, and I′m sure ye′ll manage the ither yersel, Provost; and, if ye canna, I′ll help ye wi′ that, too.”

   • 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour [aka Catriona], 2009, page 228,

     “But ye′ll be for a bite or ye go?” said he.

     “Neither bite nor sup,” said I. “I had a good waucht of milk in by Ratho.”

   • 1898, John Buchan, John Burnet Of Barns, published 2008, page 173:

     He was singin′ and roarin′ wi′ the loudest, and takin′ great wauchts frae the bowl, far mair than was guid for him.

Derived terms

• guid-willie waucht
• williewaught

Verb

waucht (third-person singular simple present wauchts, present participle wauchting, simple past and past participle wauchted)

1. (obsolete) To drink, to quaff.
   • 1834, Thomas Mollisone, “Letter to R. Paip”, in James Maidment, editor, Analecta Scotica: Collections Illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of Scotland, page 302:

     Eftir this the Erles and thair kin passis to the Tolbuith, with the haill ministerie: all ar maid burgessis of this toun; the ministers with the rest. At euin^[even], nathing bot wauchting.

   • 1904, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, James I. and VI., page 135:

     […] while with Huntly, who in April 1599 had been created Marquis, the King now spent much of his time, “wauchting and drinking.”

   • 2000, Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Literary Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, page 45,

     Scott, on the other hand, says of him that he ‘wauchted [quaffed] the bluid-reid liquor doun’.