wough
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