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▪ I. waught, n. Sc. and north.|wɑxt|
Also 9 waucht, waft.
[f. next vb.]
A copious draught. Also transf. and fig.
1721Ramsay Answ. to Burchet 2 Thirsting for fame, at the Pierian spring, The poet takes a waught. 1722― Spring & Syke 11 Ae day, after great waughts of wet. 1788Burns Auld Lang Syne v, And we'll tak' a right gude-willie waught, For auld lang syne. 1816Scott Old Mort. iv, Ye needna stick to gie them a waught o' drink and a bannock. 1882C. Gibbon Golden Shaft xxxii, Sae my father takes up the bottle and took a waft and says he—‘Ay, that's rael fine chlorodyne’. 1893Stevenson Catriona xix. 219, I had a good wacht of milk in by Ratho.
▪ II. waught, v. Sc.|wɑxt|
Forms: 6 waucht, wacht, vacht, 9 wauch, 7–9 waught.
[Of obscure origin; prob. allied to quaff, quaught vbs.]
trans. To drink or quaff in large draughts; to drain (a goblet); also with out, over. Also absol. or intr.
1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 39 Thay wauchtit at the wicht wyne. 1513Douglas æneis vii. iii. 90 In flacon and in skull Thai skynk the wyne, and wauchtis coupis full. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 26 To wacht gude wyne. 1581Satir. Poems Reform. xliv. 94 Except his coup var vachtit out aluay. 1624Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 391 That nane presume..to wse at any tyme any excessive drinking or scolling, or to vrge thair nichtbouris to waught or scole farder nor thair plesour. 1728Ramsay Archers diverting themselves 100 How heaty went these healths about! How blythly were they waughted out! c1730― Masque 193, I waught o'er This flowing glass of..wine. 1849W. Jamie Stray Effusions 27 (E.D.D.) Packman billies waught their ale.
Hence ˈwaughting vbl. n.
1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 173 Excessive drinking and waughting. 1842Vedder Poems 78 But now he's a dyvor, wi' birling an' wauchin'. |