Waucht vs Waught - What's the difference?

waucht | waught |

Waught is a alternative form of waucht.

As nouns the difference between waucht and waught

is that waucht is a large draught of any liquid while waught is alternative form of waucht.

As a verb waucht

is to drink, to quaff.

waucht

English

Alternative forms

* waught

Noun

(en noun)

(Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.

(Jamieson)

* 1851 , , The Provost of Starvieston'', ''Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland , Volume III, page 144,

“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.”

* 1893 , ], 2009, page 228,

“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.”

* 1898 , , 2008, John Burnet Of Barns , page 173,

He was singin? and roarin? wi? the loudest, and takin? great wauchts frae the bowl, far mair than was guid for him.

Derived terms

* guid-willie waucht

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To drink, to quaff.

* 1834 , Thomas Mollisone, Letter to R. Paip'', James Maidment (editor), ''Analecta Scotica: Collections Illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of Scotland , page 302,

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 .

* 1904 , Thomas Finlayson Henderson, James I. and VI. , page 135,

while with Huntly, who in April 1599 had been created Marquis, the King now spent much of his time, “wauchting and drinking.”

* 2000 , Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Literary Journal , Volume 27, Issue 1, page 45,

Scott, on the other hand, says of him that he ‘wauchted [quaffed] the bluid-reid liquor doun’.

waught

English

Noun

(en noun)