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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



... thereoot, or gang the farther, I wad steek the door i' yer face; but that I daurna dee the day again' my neebour's soo; sae ye can come in an' sit doon' an', my min' spoken, ye s' get what'll haud the life i' ye, an' a puckle strae i' the barn. Only ye maun jist hae a quaiet sough, for the gudeman ...
— Sir Gibbie • George MacDonald
... snow stress with such ease as the silver fir. The star-whorled, fan-spread branches droop under the soft wreaths—droop and press flatly to the trunk; presently the point of overloading is reached, there is a soft sough and muffled drooping, the boughs recover, and the weighting goes on until the drifts have reached the midmost whorls and ...
— The Land of Little Rain • Mary Austin
... the jurisdiction of the thirteen colonies. For even at a much later period there were men of exalted attainments who doubted the applicability of the republican principle to large sections of territory, and who would have sough in the division of the country, or in the establishment of what was then deemed a stronger government that security which they did not expect in an ...
— Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 • George Boutwell
... the head waters of the river, we could see that the storm was raging in its full fury. The mountains in that direction were no longer visible. Thick rain-clouds were descending upon them, and we could hear the sough of the falling water. We knew that it would soon ...
— The Scalp Hunters • Mayne Reid
... windy, winter night, The stars shot down wi' sklentin light, Wi' you, mysel' I gat a fright, Ayont the lough; Ye, like a rash-buss, stood in sight, Wi' wavin' sough. ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns


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