wough

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wough (plural woughs)

1. (obsolete) A wall.

Related terms

• waw

Etymology 2

Interjection

wough

1. Alternative form of woof
   • 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl‎^[1]:

     As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough!" charged straight at it.

   • 1884, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches‎^[2]:

     The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough" and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness.

   • 1863, Various, The Children's Garland from the Best Poets‎^[3]:

     Bough wough, The watch dogs bark, Bough wough, Hark, hark!

References

• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[4], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 548

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wouȝ, woughe, woȝe, wouȝh, woh

Etymology

From Old English wōh; from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz.

Adjective

wough

1. wrong, unjust, bad
2. evil, immoral
3. untrue, inaccurate
4. curved, bent

Synonyms

• ivel, yvel
• badde

Descendants

• English: wough

References

• “wough, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Noun

wough

1. A wrong or unjust action
2. A sinful or immoral action
3. An inaccuracy or mistake
4. depravity, moral corruption
5. woe, misery, pain

Descendants

• English: wough

References

• “wough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuː/, /wiː/, /w/

Etymology 1

From Middle English wue, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ. The final silent -gh was added to avoid -u.

Alternative forms

• wu, wee, we, w'

Pronoun

wough

1. we
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 54:

     Wough lidg'd.

     We lay.

   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:

     Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?

     Whether had we better churn or bake first?

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:

     A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in a ring;

     The piper struck up, we danced all in a ring,

Derived terms

• waad
• wou'll
• w'speen
• w'ne'er

Etymology 2

Preposition

wough

1. Alternative form of wee (“with”)
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 23:

     Awye wough it.

     Away with it.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 79