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coal-heugh, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun coal-heugh. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Scottish ... www.oed.com
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HEUGH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. chiefly Scottish a : a steep crag or cliff b : a ravine or glen with overhanging sides 2. chiefly Scottish a : a shaft of a coal mine b : an open coal pit www.merriam-webster.com
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coal-heugh - definition and meaning - Wordnik
coal-heugh: A coal-pit or coal-mine. www.wordnik.com
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coal-heugh
ˈcoal-heugh, -hew Sc. Also 6–7 -heuch(e, 8 -hugh. [f. coal + heugh.] A coal-pit: perh. originally one open to the surface or excavated in the side of a slope or bank.1592 Sc. Acts, 12 Jas. VI (1597) §146 The wicked crime of setting of fire in Coal-heuches. 1653 R. Baillie Disswasive Vind. (1655) 21 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Definition of heugh - Mindat
A place where coal or other mineral is worked; a pit or shaft. Also spelled heuch. ii. The steep face of a quarry or other excavation. iii. A glen with rugged ... www.mindat.org
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SND :: heuch - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
The coal heughs, or coal pits in the vicinity of Dysart.Ayr. a.1851 A. Aitken Poems (1873) 18: Frae the well we get water, frae the heugh we get fuel.Ayr ... dsl.ac.uk
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heugh
▪ I. heugh, heuch, n. Sc. and north. dial. (hjux) Forms: 4 hogh, 5 hough, 5–6 hewch, (5 huwe, 6 hew, hewche, heuche, huche), 5– heuch, 7– heugh, (9 dial. heuf). [Sc. (and north Eng.) repr. of ME. hōgh, OE. hóh, f. ablaut grade hanh- of hang v. (cf. Goth. faurahâh curtain). Cf. hoe n.1, how n.2; also... Oxford English Dictionary
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The obscure word of the week is heugh | Matthew Wright
It has a variety of meanings, typically a steep crag, a deep gulch or gully with overhanging sides, a specific shaft in a coal mine, or an open ... mjwrightnz.wordpress.com
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The Coalheugh Well - Cromarty Archive
"coalheugh" used to be used in the south of Scotland to describe a place where people came to collect coal, in other words, there was a coal seam there. www.thecromartyarchive.org
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SND :: coal - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
890); †(11) coal-heugh, a coal-pit; (12) coal-hill, "ground occupied at a pit head or mine-mouth for colliery purposes" (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining ... dsl.ac.uk
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coal-hole, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun coal-hole is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for coal-hole is from around 1641, in On Wings of Feare. www.oed.com
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