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dought.

Power, strength, ability.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/daʊt/
  1. Power, strength, ability.

    Northern-England · Scotland · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.

verb/daʊt/
  1. alternative past of dow

    alternative · dialectal · form-of · past
Where this word comes from

From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).

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