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Definition of Eughs
1. eugh [n] - See also: eugh
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eughs
Literary usage of Eughs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... At the roaring linn, in the howe o' Wi' eughs like Aiken-drum. THE BRAES OP
GALLOWAY. 0 lassie, wilt thou gang wi' me, And leave thy ..."
2. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"... steep rocky cliffs run at a high angle into the water of the arm, and, further
west, into the low, swampy land, intersected by small s'.eughs from the ..."
3. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1875)
"Thus in 1775, so many as "90 "eughs" (ewes) were bought at ten shillings a head
all round ; " weathers " at the same price, " eues & lams " at 18s. ..."
4. Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century by Christopher Wordsworth (1874)
"... advantage of education: For those fine eughs could not have been so beautifully
formed, if they had not been obedient to the bender's will"' &c., &c. ..."
5. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1896)
"... but to set forth to Young Men the Advantage of Education: for those Fine eughs'
could not have been so beautifully form'd, if they had not been Obedient ..."
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