Sc. and north. Also wauch, wauf, waff, etc. [See WALLOW a.] Tasteless, insipid; unpleasant to the smell or taste, sickly; faint, weak, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1703. Thoresby, Lett. to Ray, Waugh, insipid, unsalted, and so unsavory.
1814. [Mrs. Johnstone], Saxon & Gael, III. xv. 189 (Jam.). I think she’ll no put owre this night. The wauch earth smell is about her already.
