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sugh

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sugh

  [sookh, soof, soo]
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–noun, verb (used with object) Scot.
sough 2 .

sough

2  [suhf, sou] British
–noun
1. drain; drainage ditch, gutter, or sewer.
2. a swampy or marshy area.
–verb (used with object)
3. to drain (land or a mine) by building drainage ditches or the like.
Also, especially Scot., sugh.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME sogh, sohn < ?; cf. D (dial.) zoeg little ditch
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Word Origin & History

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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