"wough" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} wough
  1. Alternative form of woof Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: woof Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-wough-en-intj-KHKl8aQ3 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: woughs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wough|t=wall}} Middle English wough (“wall”), {{inh|en|ang|wāh}} Old English wāh, {{m|ang|wāg}} wāg, {{m|ang|wǣg|t=interior wall, separating structure}} wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*waig}} Proto-West Germanic *waig, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waigaz|t=wall, structure}} Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”), {{cog|sco|wauch}} Scots wauch, {{m|sco|waw|t=wall}} waw (“wall”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wough (plural woughs)
  1. (obsolete) A wall. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Walls and fences Related terms: waw
    Sense id: en-wough-en-noun-dmjHTPfv Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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