What does saugh mean?
Saugh means (archaic) willow.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) willow.
There are a very great many kinds of saugh, or willow tree, and Holland is said to be the native place, and great nursery of them
After that we have cutte our wilfes and saughs[…]
There are some parts of Scotland where it would be impossible to find a saugh for miles that had not a grassy mound before it, telling a bloody tale.
By Morgany doe drive her through her watry saugh (marginal gloss) A kind of Trench.
The nest, which is composed of dry bents lined with hair, is generally built close to the ground, among rank vegetation or rushes, but I have sometimes found it in low willow bushes in a saugh bog.
oo the lambies bleat an' play owre the green and grassy haugh, An' in wayward gambols stray doon the burn beside the saugh;
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Saugh means (archaic) willow.
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There are a very great many kinds of saugh, or willow tree, and Holland is said to be the native place, and great nursery of them
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