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haugh

 (hôKH)
n. Scots
A low-lying meadow in a river valley.

[Middle English hawch, from Old English healh, secret place, small hollow; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
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haugh

(hɑːk; hɑːf; Scottish hɒx)
n
(Physical Geography) dialect Scot and Northern English a low-lying often alluvial riverside meadow
[Old English healh corner of land; see hollow]
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