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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 ...
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▪ 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...
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