English

Alternative forms

• waught

Noun

waucht ‎(plural wauchts)

1. (Scotland) A large draught of any liquid.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

   • 1851, John Mackay Wilson, The Provost of Starvieston, Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland, Volume III, page 144,

     “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.”

   • 1898, John Buchan, 2008, John Burnet Of Barns, page 173,

     He was singin′ and roarin′ wi′ the loudest, and takin′ great wauchts frae the bowl, far mair than was guid for him.

Derived terms

• guid-willie waucht

Verb

waucht ‎(third-person singular simple present wauchts, present participle wauchting, simple past and past participle wauchted)

1. (obsolete) To drink, to quaff.
   • 1834, Thomas Mollisone, Letter to R. Paip, James Maidment (editor), Analecta Scotica: Collections Illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of Scotland, page 302,

     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.

   • 1904, Thomas Finlayson Henderson, James I. and VI., page 135,

     […] 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’.