▪ I. † dought, n. Obs.
[In quot. 1450 perh. for *douᵹth douth valour; in 1788 app. a back-formation from doughty a., on analogy of might, mighty, etc.]
Doughtiness, might, power.
| c 1450 Merlin 555 Yef thei knewe the dought of my brother Agravain. 1788 Picken Poems 159 (Jam.) The freckest whiles hae own't her [Fortune's] dought. |
▪ II. † dought, a. Obs.
[app. a shortened form of doughty.]
Doughty, valiant, mighty.
| c 1320 Sir Beues 3380 (MS. A.) Lordinges..Ȝe scholle þis dai be holde so douȝt. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13532 Þat were of prowesse, & of bataille dought. |
▪ III. dought
pa. tense of dow v.; obs. var. of doubt, dout.