swoof, swuff, v. Sc. ? Obs.
Also 6 suoufe.
Variants of sough v.1, sowff. So swoof n. = sough n.1
| 1595–6 J. Burel Pilgr. in Watson Coll. Sc. Poems (1709) II. 34 Than softlie did I suoufe and sleep. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man II. vii. 256, I was..keeping a good look out a' round about, and Will he was swuffing and sleeping. 1825 Jamieson, Swuff, Swoof, s., the act of whizzing. 1834 J. Younger Poems, Thoughts as they Rise, I love the swuff of every out-field feather. a 1835 Hogg Good Man of Alloa vii, With a holy psalm sung ower mine head, And swoofit with my last breath. 1835 J. Grant Dreams of Absence ii, The cauld winds did swoof through the rifted roof. |