int north. dial. [A natural exclamation; perh. also contained in WHANNOW.] Also wha, whaugh. Well! Why! Also = WAUGH a.
1589. ‘Marprelate,’ Hay any Work, 30. Whau, whau, but where haue I bin al this while.
1684. Meriton, Yorksh. Dial., Gloss., Whaugh, a word of Admiration, as God bless us, etc.
1828. Craven Gloss., Wha, well.
1832. Lytton, Eugene Aram, IV. ix. Depend on it, they are two of a trade—augh!—bother!—whaugh!
1847. Halliwell, Whau, why; yes. North.
