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

As help me God, whan that I saugh him go After the beere, methought he had a paire Of legges and of feet so clene and faire, That al myn hert I yaf unto his hold.’

From Project Gutenberg

O wae betide the frush saugh wand!

From Project Gutenberg

Beyond the wood were the low fields through which the Saugh burn ran.

From Project Gutenberg

O wae betide the frush saugh wand!

From Project Gutenberg

A large black-tailed weasel or stoat ran from the body as they came near; turned with the nonchalance and impudence of the tribe; stood up upon its hind legs; crossed its fore paws over its nose, and surveyed its enemies a moment or two,—as they often do when no dog is near,—and bounded into a saugh bush.

From Project Gutenberg