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saugh
[ soukh, sawkh, sahkh ]
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MS. has—'He herd it wel, but he saugh it nought'; where Mr. Jephson inserts ne before saugh without any comment.
Saugh; it's an old Scotch word for willow, and comes from the French saule, I suppose.
Boboon in those days was as straight as a young saugh-wand, sharp and thin, all thong at the joints, and as supple as a wild cat.
Mony a day hae I wrought my stocking and sat on my sunkie under that saugh.'
It was on a level round of old moss, damp but springy, hid from the house by some saugh-trees.
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