[f. SOUGH v.1] The action of the verb; a rushing or murmuring sound.

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a. 1400[?].  Morte Arth., 931. Swowynge of watyr, and syngynge of byrdez.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 1061. Swoghyng of swete ayre, Swalyng of briddes.

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1582.  Stanyhurst, Æneis, II. (Arb.), 63. The tre … with sowghing yt grunts, as wounded in hacking.

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1713.  Derham, Phys.-Theol., IV. iii. 119. Which causeth a confusion in the Hearing, with a certain Murmur or Swooing like the fall of Waters.

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1817.  Blackw. Mag., I. 57. Carefully noticing the formation of the clouds … and the soughing of the winds.

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1859.  Miss Mulock, Romantic T., 74. In the soughing of the solemn trees.

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1879.  Sala, Paris Herself Again, xvii. Then come the distant wailing and soughing of a sea of martial music.

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