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sough
1 [sou, suhf]
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound: the wind soughing in the meadow. |
| 2. | Scot. and North England. to speak, esp. to preach, in a whining, singsong voice. |
–noun
| 3. | a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound. |
| 4. | Scot. and North England.
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Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME swoghen, OE swōgan to make a noise; c. OS swōgan, OE swēgan, Goth -swōgjan; (n.) ME swow, swo(u)gh, deriv. of the v.
bef. 900; (v.) ME swoghen, OE swōgan to make a noise; c. OS swōgan, OE swēgan, Goth -swōgjan; (n.) ME swow, swo(u)gh, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
sough⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
soughless, adjective
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Sough
Sough\, n. A sow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Sough
Sough\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] --W. M. Buchanan.Sough
Sough\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. Icel. s?gr (in comp.) a rushing sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. sw?gan 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. To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
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sough (v.)
"to make a moaning or murmuring sound," O.E. swogan, from P.Gmc. *swoganan (cf. O.S. swogan "to rustle," Goth. gaswogjan "to sigh"), from PIE imitative base *(s)wagh- (cf. Gk. echo). The noun is c.1381, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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