Definition of Shough

1. n. A shockdog.

2. interj. See Shoo.

Definition of Shough

1. a shaggy lapdog [n -S]

Medical Definition of Shough

1. A shockdog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shough

shotte
shotted
shotted suture
shotten
shottes
shottie
shotties
shotting
shottle
shottles
shotts
shotty
shou'd
shou'dn't
shou'dst
shough (current term)
shoughs
shoujo
should
should'st
should've
should of
shoulda
shoulde
shoulder
shoulder-blade
shoulder-girdle syndrome
shoulder-hand syndrome
shoulder-to-shoulder
shoulder angel

Literary usage of Shough

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cobb's Spelling Book: Being a Just Standard for Pronouncing the English by Lyman Cobb, John Walker (1835)
"shough, a species ef shaggy dog. Bruise, a hurt i to crush or mangle. Bruit, broot, rumour, noise. Brute, a creature without reason. ..."

2. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"TROVER, brought by Kearney against Stewart and shough, for a wagon and team. ... It appeared that Kearney had delivered his team to shough, who gave his ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages of Real Property by Leonard Augustus Jones (1904)
"shough, 55 Mo. ever, it is held that the irregular 472; Stoney v. ... shough. 55 Mo. 472; Am. Dec. 762; Moore v. Cord, 14 v. Magruder, 51 Mo. 55; Brewer v. ..."

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