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▪ I. ˈsoughing, vbl. n.1
[f. sough v.1]
The action of the verb; a rushing or murmuring sound.
a1400Morte Arth. 931 Swowynge of watyr, and syngynge of byrdez. c1400Destr. Troy 1061 Swoghyng of swete ayre, Swalyng of briddes. 1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 63 The tre..with sowghing yt grunts, as wounded in hacking. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. iii. 119 Which causeth a confusion in the Hearing, with a certain Murmur or Swooing like the fall of Waters. 1817Blackw. Mag. I. 57 Carefully noticing the formation of the clouds..and the soughing of the winds. 1859Miss Mulock Romantic T. 74 In the soughing of the solemn trees. 1879Sala Paris Herself Again xvii, Then come the distant wailing and soughing of a sea of martial music.
▪ II. ˈsoughing, vbl. n.2
[f. sough v.2]
The operation of draining or making drains. Also attrib., as soughing-tile, soughing tool.
1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 133 Tunnelling, or soughing under the gateways, will be in proportion to..the facility of procuring soughing-tiles. 1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 140/1 Improvements in the manufacture of cofered spades and shovels, soughing and grafting tools. 1868Lady Verney Stone Edge xxi, I can't afford to lose back-rent, and present rent, and arrears for soughing.
▪ III. ˈsoughing, ppl. a.
[f. sough v.1]
Rushing, rustling, murmuring, etc.
Beowulf 3145 Wudurec astah.., swoᵹende leᵹ. 1513Douglas æneid vi. xi. 51 A wod with sowchand bewis schene. Ibid. vii. Prol. 74 Every lynde Quhyslyt and brayt of the swouchand wynde. 1806J. Grahame Birds of Scot. 18 The dismal soughing wing, the doleful cry. 1859Mrs. Gaskell Round the Sofa II. 111 The soughing November wind came with long sweeps over the fells. 1880Daily Tel. 29 Oct., The nearly naked branches crackle and moan with the soughing, storm-presaging wind. |