Waucht vs Waught - What's the difference?
waucht | waught |
(Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.
* 1851 , , The Provost of Starvieston'', ''Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland , Volume III,
* 1893 , ], 2009,
* 1898 , , 2008, John Burnet Of Barns ,
(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 ,
* 1904 , Thomas Finlayson Henderson, James I. and VI. ,
* 2000 , Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Literary Journal , Volume 27, Issue 1,
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
* waughtNoun
(en noun)- (Jamieson)
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.”
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.”
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 wauchtVerb
(en verb)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 .
page 135,
- while with Huntly, who in April 1599 had been created Marquis, the King now spent much of his time, “wauchting and drinking.”
page 45,
- Scott, on the other hand, says of him that he ‘wauchted [quaffed] the bluid-reid liquor doun’.
