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haugh

[hahkh, hahf]
–noun Scot.
a stretch of alluvial land forming part of a river valley; bottom land.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME halche, hawgh, OE healh corner, nook
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haugh   (hôKH)   
n.   Scots
A low-lying meadow in a river valley.

[Middle English hawch, from Old English healh, secret place, small hollow; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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