wough

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wough^¹

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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”).

noun woughs · waugh · wogh · woghe · wau · waw

archaic, dialectal, obsolete A wall.

wough^²

interjection

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

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@misc{wough_2026,
  title = {wough},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wough},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}