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Separate the Scots ownership word from the familiar English word aught.
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Auchts
Explore a rare Scots plural connected with possession, property, ownership, and the things that belong to someone.
auchts
noun, plural
Plural of Scots aucht: possessions, properties, holdings, or things owned, according to context.
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Auchts.com follows one small word into the history of ownership, land, household goods, regional speech, literature, and archival records. Its purpose is not to flatten Scots into modern English, but to show how context gives a rare form its full meaning.