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English Dictionary: Sough by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sough
v
  1. make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" [syn: sough, purl]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sough \Sough\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] --W. M. Buchanan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sough \Sough\, n.
      A sow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sough \Sough\, v. i.
      To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
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