shough
English
Interjection
shough
- Obsolete form of shoo.
- 1623, John Fletcher, William Rowley, The Maid in the Mill, page Act 5, scene 1:
- Shough, shough, up to your coop, Pea-Hen.
Noun
shough (plural shoughs)
- (obsolete) A shockdog.
- c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- Shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept
All by the name of dogs: […]
References
- “shough”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.