Today’s word of the day is sough, which as a verb means “to make a soft murmuring or rustling sound” and as a noun “a soft murmuring or rustling sound, as of the wind or a gentle surf.”
Today’s word of the day is sough, which as a verb means “to make a soft murmuring or rustling sound” and as a noun “a soft murmuring or rustling sound, as of the wind or a gentle surf.”
The top example of “sough” at http://www.wordnik.com/words/sough is
“Now you can set that aside til the sough is ready. ” — Slashfood
That puzzled me for a bit, till (definitely not “til”!) I realized it was probably just a typo for “dough.”
The pronunciation given in phonetic symbols on the “sough” entry page indicates this word rhymes with “rough.” But the recorded pronunciation is “sow,” rhyming with “cow.” My dictionary (Webster’s New Word, 4th College Ed.) lists both pronunciations, giving the “sow” option first. But surely the more distinctive “suff” is to be preferred. Let’s go with that, eh?
There is a small village in Derbyshire (UK) called ‘Calver Sough’ (pronounced ‘carver suff’).
I believe the ‘sough’ part means either:
– a subterranean channel that carries water out of a mine (there was formerly a lot of lead mining in the district)
or
– boggy or swampy place (the village is situated on relatively low-lying land).