clough
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What said I to thee, Goody Dickisson, in the clough yonder, by the hollow trunk of the oak?
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
A clough; also, a sort of boat used in Ireland, a coracle.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
"You are quite sure the hut is behind the clough; and the rindle, which, being interpreted from your base vernacular, I believe means a gutter, in front of it?"
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
It stands on t'other side o' the lake, on the level wi' a deal o' a'ad trees behint and aside it at the gap o' the clough, under the pike o' Maiden Fells.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Ay, there's a many of them down in yon clough.
From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Angela Brazil
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