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wough

wough noun: a wall. Also the alternative form of woof.

Noun

wough (plural woughs)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, obsolete) A wall.

Also used as

wough is also the alternative form of woof.

Forms of wough

pluralwoughs
alternative formwaugh
alternative form (dialectal)wogh
alternative form (dialectal)woghe
alternative form (dialectal)wau
alternative form (dialectal)waw
alternative form (dialectal)woa
alternative form (dialectal)woh
alternative form (dialectal)wo

Origin of wough

From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”).

Questions about wough

What does wough mean?
Wough means a wall.
What part of speech is wough?
Wough is a noun.
What is the plural of wough?
The plural of wough is woughs.

Words near wough in the dictionary

  1. wou'dst
  2. wou-wou
  3. wou-wous
  4. woubit
  5. woubits
  6. wough
  7. woughs
  8. Woughton
  9. would
  10. would give a Jew's eye
  11. would have liked to

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