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noun
Sough  n.  A sow. (Obs.)


Sough  n.  A small drain; an adit. (Prov. Eng.)


Sough  n.  
1.
The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring. "The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest."
2.
Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. (Scot.)
3.
A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. (Scot.)


verb
Sough  v. i.  To whistle or sigh, as the wind.





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"Sough" Quotes from Famous Books



... settin' so, it warn't long sence, Mixin' the puffict with the present tense, I heerd two voices som'ers in the air, Though, ef I was to die, I can't tell where: Voices I call 'em: 'twas a kind o' sough Like pine-trees thet the wind's ageth'rin' through; An', fact, I thought it was the wind a spell, Then some misdoubted, couldn't fairly tell, Fust sure, then not, jest as you hold an eel, I knowed, an' didn't,—fin'lly seemed to feel ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell • James Lowell
... guardians kept close watch, bearing philosophically the rain and wind that beat on their faces. They tried to pierce through the darkness so favorable to ambushes, for nothing could be heard but the noise of the tempest, the sough of the wind, the rattling branches, falling trees, and roaring of the ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne
... Caius sough his father as the old man was making his nightly tour of the barns and stables. By way of easing his own sense of responsibility he had decided to tell his father what he had seen, and his telling was much like such confession of sins as many people make, soothing their ...
— The Mermaid - A Love Tale • Lily Dougall
... sair upo' them to sit there aitin' an' drinkin' an' talkin' awa', an' enjoyin' themsel's, whan ilka noo an' than there'll come a sough o' wailin' up frae the ill place, an' a smell o' burnin' ill ...
— Robert Falconer • George MacDonald
... sough (suf) men ag'e rie (men azh'e ry) myrrh (mer) ci ce ro'ne (che che- or sis'e-) suave (swav) chev'aux-de-frise (shev'o de frez) shew (sho) pap'ier-ma che (pap'ya ma sha) strew (stru) de col le te' ...
— McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book • W. H. McGuffey


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