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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SLUCH, n. Also slugh, slooch; sloch (Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 115). Sc. forms of Eng. slough, a mire, a wet boggy spot (Sh., ne.Sc. 1970). [slʌx, slux]Dmf. 1874 R. Wanlock Moorland Rhymes 52:
But like some moth, attour the slugh I lap at winter's ca'.Sh. 1899 Shetland News (7 Oct.):
Shu birz'd a muckle tattie fil da skin flyped aff, an da rest o'm fell apo da flöer in a weet sluch.Abd. 1929 Weekly Jnl. (14 Feb.) 6:
Mairridge at the best is ae lang slooch o' despon'.