Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SLEUGH, n. sm.Sc. form of Eng. slough, a marsh, quagmire, slough. Also fig.Kcb. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 9:
That every needy pilgrim on his way, . . . [May] get a heezy o'er the sleugh o' want.Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems II. 87:
Swith in a sleugh at a' his length He on his riggin lay.Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales 37:
The spate spew'd owre ilk burn and sleugh.
