shough
English
Interjection
shough
- Obsolete form of shoo.
- 1623, Fletcher, John; Rowley, William, The Maid in the Mill, act 5, scene 1:
- Shough, shough, up to your coop, Pea-Hen.
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Noun
shough (plural shoughs)
- (obsolete) A shockdog.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III Scene I
- Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept / All by the name of dogs: […]
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III Scene I
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for shough in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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