daughdauchn.
/dɔːx/, /dɔːk/, U.S. /dɔk/, /dɑk/, /dɔx/, /dɑx/, Scottish English /dɔx/ Scottish. Mining.
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ΚΠ
1793 D. Ure Hist. Rutherglen 289 Daugh, a soft and black substance, chiefly of clay, mica, and what resembles coal-dust.
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 217 The dauch which separates the two seams of coal.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 180 Douk, Dauk, or Daugh, applied in mining to beds or bands of hard, tough clay or clayey admixture; generally without lamination, and more or less compact and homogeneous.
Derivatives
ˈdauchy adj. of the character of daugh.
ΚΠ
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 217 8 or 10 inches of a dauchy till.
1845 Whistle-Binkie (1890) I. (Sc. Songs) 373 The ice is dauchie.
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