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waucht

waucht noun: a large draught of any liquid.

Noun

waucht (plural wauchts)

  1. (Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.
    • “Bring us a bottle, then.”
      “Bring twa,” here interrupted Johnny Yuill, in a loud voice; “for I′m dooms dry, and ′ll sen′ owre a bottle to my ain share at a waucht, and I′m sure ye′ll manage the ither yersel, Provost; and, if ye canna, I′ll help ye wi′ that, too.”1851, John Mackay Wilson, The Provost of Starvieston: Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland, volume III, page 144
    • “But ye′ll be for a bite or ye go?” said he.
      “Neither bite nor sup,” said I. “I had a good waucht of milk in by Ratho.”1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour [aka Catriona], 2009, page 228

Verb

waucht (third-person singular simple present wauchts, present participle wauchting, simple past and past participle wauchted)

  1. (obsolete) To drink, to quaff.
    • Eftir this the Erles and thair kin passis to the Tolbuith, with the haill ministerie: all ar maid burgessis of this toun; the ministers with the rest. At euin^([even]), nathing bot wauchting.1834, Thomas Mollisone, “Letter to R. Paip”, in James Maidment, editor, Analecta Scotica: Collections Illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of Scotland, page 302
    • […]while with Huntly, who in April 1599 had been created Marquis, the King now spent much of his time, “wauchting and drinking.”1904, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, James I. and VI., page 135

Forms of waucht

Noun
pluralwauchts
alternative formwaught
Verb
third-person singular presentwauchts
present participlewauchting
past participlewauchted
pastwauchted

Origin of waucht

Compare quaff.

Words formed from waucht

  • guid-willie waucht
  • williewaught

Questions about waucht

What does waucht mean?
Waucht means a large draught of any liquid.
What part of speech is waucht?
Waucht can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of waucht?
The plural of waucht is wauchts.

Words near waucht in the dictionary

  1. Watwoods
  2. wau
  3. wau-wau
  4. Waubra
  5. Wauchope
  6. waucht
  7. wauchted
  8. wauchting
  9. wauchts
  10. Wauchula
  11. Waucoban

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