sowffv.
/saʊf/, U.S. /saʊf/, Scottish English /sʌʊf/ Scottish.
transitive. To sing, hum, or whistle (a tune) softly.
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hum1602
sough1711
sowff1719
sowth?1784
teedle?a1800
thruma1845
noodle1897
1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to J. Arbuckle 20 [I] Bang'd up my..whistle, To sowf ye o'er a short epistle.
1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to Friends in Ireland 13 Sowfing Sonnets on the Lasses.
a1801 R. Gall Poems & Songs (1819) 48 The Scotian Muse..Wad lead you..Wi her upo' the knowe to lean An' souf a sang.
1850 W. Jamie Stray Effusions (ed. 2) 194 To..sowff aloud some merry air.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb iii. 24 [He] began..to ‘sowf’ over ‘My love she's but a lassie yet’.
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