sowff, v. Sc.
(saʊf)
Also 8–9 sowf, 9 souf(f.
[Later Sc. form of solf v. See also sowth v.]
trans. To sing, hum, or whistle (a tune) softly.
| 1719 Ramsay To Arbuckle 20, [I] Bang'd up my..whistle, To sowf ye o'er a short epistle. 1728 ― Friends in Ireland 13 Sowfing Sonnets on the Lasses. 1819 R. Gall Poems 48 The Scotian Muse..Wad lead you..Wi her upo' the knowe to lean An' souf a sang. 1850 W. Jamie Stray Effusions 194 To..sowff aloud some merry air. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1873) 20 [He] began..to ‘sowff’ over ‘My love she's but a lassie yet’. |