DOUGHT

Etymology 1

Noun

dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)

(Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) might, strength

Etymology 2

Verb

dought

(dialect) alternative past of dow

Source: Wiktionary


DOW

Dow, n.

Definition: A kind of vessel. See Dhow.

Dow, v. t. Etym: [F. douer. See Dower.]

Definition: To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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