Category:Sough

Sough, n.

Defn: a sow. [obs.] Chaucer.

Sough Sough, n. Etym: [etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: a small drain; an adit. [prov. Eng.] W. M. Buchanan.

Sough Sough, n. Etym: [cf. Icel. s (in comp.) a rushing sound, or oe. Swough, swogh, a sound, as. sw to rustle. Cf. Surf, swoon, v. i.]

1. The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring. The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest. W. Howitt.

2. Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. [scot.]

3. A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or Praying. [scot.] Jamieson.

Sough Sough, v. i.

Defn: to whistle or sigh, as the wind.