shough

English

Interjection

shough

1. Obsolete form of shoo.
   • 1623, John Fletcher, William Rowley, The Maid in the Mill, page Act 5, scene 1:

     Shough, shough, up to your coop, Pea-Hen.

Noun

shough (plural shoughs)

1. (obsolete) A shockdog.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept
     All by the name of dogs: […]

References

• “shough”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• houghs