Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1710, 1768, 1819, 1887-1913, 1998
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†SAUCHT, n. Also saught. Peace, quiet, tranquillity.n.Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis:
To sit in saucht, i.e. to live in peace and quiet.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 94:
At mair saught my mind began to be.Sc. 1819 Scots Mag. (June) 527:
An' ne'er again in peace an' saucht Ye'll see your Mary fair!Mry. 1887 J. Thomson Recollections 57:
They had "neither peace nor saught wi' him an' his swine."Sc. 1913 H.P. Cameron Imit. Christ i. xi. 15:
Hoo can a man bide lang i' saucht, wha mells wi' ither fouk's affairs?Fif. 1998 Tom Hubbard Isolde's Luve-Daith 4:
We twa cuid ken nae saucht whaur a sauntlik king
Warkt guid ti ilka body baur himsel;
Whaur aa collogued fir cheatrie baur himsel
