heugh ( gh guttural)

[Etym. doubtful; probably connected with high.] 1. A precipice; a steep, perpendicular rock. "From the top of a heugh or broken bank [he] enjoyed the scene." -Scott: Guy Manner ing , ch. xxvi. 2. A coal-mine; a pit. heūk (1), s. [HOOK, 8.] *heük (2), 8. [Wel.hug=a coat.] An outer garment or mantle worn by women in the fourteenth century, and afterward adopted by men. ( Fair holt .)