Saugh

Which that the knyght saugh sittynge in the grene. ❋ Unknown (2006)

CHAPTER II Ther saugh I first the derfe ymaginyng Of jelonye ... ❋ Stewart, Mary, 1916- (1967)

Their seas then the hazel an 'saugh-shaded stream. ❋ Various (N/A)

A certain jollity was shed by it upon our tired brigade, though all but the leaders (who slept in a tent) were resting in the snow on the banks of the river, with not even a saugh-tree to give the illusion of a shelter. ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

Irishman dwelling with Englishmen, was directed to have a bow of his own height made of yew, wych-hazel, ash, or awburne -- that is, laburnum, which is still styled "awburne saugh," or awburne willow, in many parts of Scotland. ❋ Various (N/A)

The nod of the saugh leaf on the banks was a salutation. ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

I walked with a mind painfully downcast, and it was not till I reached a little hillock a good distance from the Inns at Tynree, a hillock clothed with saugh saplings and conspicuously high over the flat countryside, that I looked about me to see where I was. ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

Of cronycles whiche (that) I saugh last, [66] or the lines at the end of _Roberd of Cisyle_, ❋ Flora Ross Amos (N/A)

M'Iver rode beside flowering saugh and alder tree through those old arches, now no more, those arches that were the outermost posterns where good-luck allowed farewells. ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

The sound of the river far off in the shallows among the saugh-trees came on ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

‘Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that ’s maist blawn down, but yet its roots are in the earth, and it hangs ower the bit burn? ❋ Unknown (1917)

Major Macleod had from his youth stalked the wary stag, and every saugh and birch and alder in our course was made to yield us its cover. ❋ William MacLeod Raine (1912)

An 'oot o' the mids o 'the bog there grew jist ae tree -- a saugh, I think it was, but unco auld --' maist past kennin 'wi' age; -- an 'roun' the rouch gnerlet trunk o ''t was twistit three faulds o' the oogliest, ill-fauredest cratur o 'a serpent' at ever was seen. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

The latter exclamation was the result of a heavy saugh upon the floor, Mrs. Bingham having fallen in a faint -- she being the identical lady alluded to, and her husband the brother of pleasant Tom Bingham. ❋ Charles James Lever (1839)

He rules easier wi 'a saugh wand than wi' a sharp brand. ❋ Alexander Hislop (1836)

‘Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that’s maist blawn down, but yet its roots are in the earth, and it hangs ower the bit burn? ❋ Unknown (1815)

'Did ye notice if there was an auld saugh tree that's maist blawn down, but yet its roots are in the earth, and it hangs ower the bit burn? ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

Mony a day hae I wrought my stocking and sat on my sunkie under that saugh. ' ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

Do you see that saugh tree? it's but a blackened rotten stump now. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

I saughed [when I] [found] out who [the presidential] candidates were. ❋ Sum-buddy (2017)