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wough.

A wall.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A wall.

    archaic · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”).

intj
  1. Alternative form of woof.

    alt-of · alternative
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