Definition of sough. Meaning of sough. Synonyms of sough

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Definition of sough

Sough
Sough Sough, v. i. To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
Sough
Sough Sough, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] --W. M. Buchanan.
Sough
Sough Sough, n. A sow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Sough
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.

Meaning of sough from wikipedia

- A sough (pronounced /saʊ/ or /sʌf/) is an underground channel for draining water. Out of a mine: ideally the bottom of the mine would be higher than the...
- Sough /sʌf/ is a hamlet, in Lancashire, England. Sough is located east of the main A56 road between Earby and Kelbrook; it is in the area known as West...
- Kelbrook and Sough is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a po****tion of 1,008, and contains the village of Kelbrook...
- Cromford because it had year-round supply of warm water from the Cromford Sough which drained water from nearby Wirksworth lead mines, together with Bonsall...
- Breathy voice /ˈbrɛθi/ (also called murmured voice, whispery voice, soughing and susurration) is a phonation in which the vocal folds vibrate, as they...
- The Great Haigh Sough is a tunnel or adit driven under Sir Roger Bradshaigh's estate between 1653 and 1670, to drain his coal and cannel pits in Haigh...
- enough, Hough, rough, shough, slough (see below), sough, tough Rhymes with puff, stuff. Clough and sough are also pronounced /aʊ/. /ɒf/ or /ɔːf/ cough, Gough...
- was originally named Sough. At first, it was the southern terminus of the line from Blackburn (Bolton Road); the line south of Sough to Bolton opened on...
- Bradwell Spring 12.4 °C (54.3 °F) Crich, Meerbrook Sough, Leashaw Farm 17 °C (63 °F) Crich, Ridgeway Sough, Whatstandwell 14.1 °C (57.4 °F) Cross Bath, Bath...
- water. It could be done by hauling buckets of water up the shaft or to a sough (a tunnel driven into a hill to drain a mine). In either case, the water...