haugh

[ hahkh, hahf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Scot.

haugh

/ hɑːk; hɒx; hɑːf /

Origin of haugh¹

before 900; Middle English halche, hawgh, Old English healh corner, nook

Origin of haugh¹

Old English healh corner of land; see hollow

The lady told her little story—whatever it was Jocelyn could not hear it—the statesman laughed: 'Haugh-haugh-haugh!'

I think, standing at any point in the great haugh of the Danube, I could see as much grain as all Scotland could produce.

Some gipsy queen in Haugh of the Tweed hath wooed thee out of thy affection for thy Isabel; and now thou askest what hath kept me.

"I will never set my foot inside the Haugh," Rupert said, firmly.

At her marriage, your mother will of course live at the Haugh with Sir William.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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