waucht

Example Sentences

• "“Bring us a bottle, then.” “Bring twa,” here interrupted Johnny Yuill, in a loud voice; “for I′m dooms dry, and ′ll sen′ owre a bottle to my ain share at a waucht, and I′m sure ye′ll manage the ither yersel, Provost; and, if ye canna, I′ll help ye wi′ that, too.”"
• "1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour [aka Catriona], 2009, page 228, “But ye′ll be for a bite or ye go?” said he. “Neither bite nor sup,” said I. “I had a good waucht of milk in by Ratho.”"
• "He was singin′ and roarin′ wi′ the loudest, and takin′ great wauchts frae the bowl, far mair than was guid for him."
• "Eftir this the Erles and thair kin passis to the Tolbuith, with the haill ministerie: all ar maid burgessis of this toun; the ministers with the rest. At euin^([even]), nathing bot wauchting."
• "[…]while with Huntly, who in April 1599 had been created Marquis, the King now spent much of his time, “wauchting and drinking.”"
• "2000, Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Literary Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, page 45, Scott, on the other hand, says of him that he ‘wauchted [quaffed] the bluid-reid liquor doun’."