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Definition of Soughing
1. Adjective. Characterized by soft sounds. "A slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"
Definition of Soughing
1. Verb. (present participle of sough) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soughing
1. sough [v] - See also: sough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soughing
Literary usage of Soughing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"By soughing bellows, many famous smiths. They weld red-hot iron bars, they turn
with tongs ; And smite, again ! with valiant cunning hands. ..."
2. Report of the Commissioners of State of Large Towns and Populous Districts by Great Britain (1844)
"Mr Alderman ARE you chairman of the Paving and soughing Committee of the town
council of Manchester ? Yes, I am. Will you state the difficulties encountered ..."
3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1861)
"21 and 22, were called soughing brick. That part of a drain forming the conduit
for water, was termed the "sough" or " turf," and as these brick formed a ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Land Drainage: Embracing a Brief History of by John Hancock Klippart (1888)
"33 and 35, were called soughing brick. That part of a drain forming the conduit
for water, was termed the "sough" or "surf," and as these brick formed a ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Land Drainage by John Hancock Klippart (1861)
"33 and 35, were called soughing brick. That part of a drain forming the conduit
for water, was termed the "sough" or "surf," and as these brick formed a ..."
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