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waucht

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large draught of any liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

Examples

  • 1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour [aka Catriona], 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.”

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To drink, to quaff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 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’.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare quaff.