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A brook or stream. The term is used in those parts of England from Lincolnshire to Cumberland which were
occupied by Danes and Norwegians; hence, it is often used in literature to connote a brook with a stony bed,
or rugged course, such as those of the north country.
They sat together in a window whose lattice lay back against the wall, and displayed, beyond the garden trees and the wild green park, the valley of Gimmerton, with a long line of mist winding nearly to its top (for very soon after you pass the chapel, you may have noticed, the sough that runs from the marshes joins a beck which follows the length of the glen). —Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
- The valley-bottom through which a beck flows.
Beck1n. [OED1]WW01-01
Beck2n. [OED1]WW01-02
- A mute signal or significant gesture, especially one indicating assent or notifying a command; e.g. a nod, a motion of the hand or forefinger.
- transf.
Absolute order or control; especially in phrases: To have at one's beck, to hang upon the beck of, to
be at the beck and call of.
I wanna be your dog Oh, to be completely at your beck and call I wanna live in your laundry How I long to be your dog —AJJ, I Wanna Be Your Dog 2
- A gesture expressive of salutation or respect; an inclination of the head; an obeisance, a bow, a curtsy, a nod.
Beck3n.[OED1]WW01-03
- An agricultural implement with two hooks, for dressing turnips, hops, etc.
Beck4v. [OED1]WW01-04
- intr. To make a mute signal, or significant gesture, as by nodding, shaking the forefinger, etc.
- trans. To make a mute signal to a person; to beckon.
- intr. To make a sign of recognition, respect, or obeisance; to nod, make a slight bow; to curtsy.
Beck5n. [OED1]WW01-05
- A rare term for beak.
Cockade n. [OED1]WW01-06
- A ribbon, knot of ribbons, rosette, or the like, worn in the hat as a badge of office or party, or as part of a livery dress.
- (Aviation) Referring to a roundel, the colored, concentric circles painted on the wings and fuselage of a military aircraft to identify the country it serves. The French Air Service were the first to use these markings, beginning in 1912, whose design was based on the tricolour cockade as in sense 1 above.Bruce Robertson, Aircraft Markings of the World 1912-1967, 1967, pg. 37, 89.
Glen1n. [OED1]WW01-07
- A mountain-valley, usually narrow and forming the course of a stream.
Glen2n. [OED1]WW01-08
- (Scots) A daffodil.
Leveretn. [W13]WW01-09
- A hare in the first year of its age.
Naphthan. [W13]WW01-10
- (Chemistry)(dated) Naturally occurring liquid, volatile, inflammable hydrocarbons, usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil.
- (Chemistry) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal; crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha from wood, etc.
Sough1n. [OED1]WW01-11
- A rushing or murmuring sound as of wind, water, or the like, especially one of a gentle or soothing nature.
- (Scots) A canting or whining manner of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
- A deep sign or breath.
- A rumor; a report.
- (Scots) To keep a calm (or quiet) sough: to keep quiet, to say little.
Sough2n. [OED1]WW01-12
- A boggy or swampy place; a small pool.
- A small gutter for draining off water; a drain, a sewer, a trench.
- A subterranean drain to carry off the water in a mine; an adit.
Sough3n. [OED1]WW01-13
- A ploughshare.
Sough4v. [OED1]WW01-14
- Obsolete form of sow.
Sough5v. [OED1]WW01-15
- intr. To make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
- trans. To mutter in this manner.
- intr. To draw the breath heavily or noisily; to sigh deeply.
- intr. To sough away: To breathe one’s last; to die.
- trans. To hum a tune.
- trans. To utter in a sighing or whining tone.
Sough6v. [OED1]WW01-16
- trans. To face or build up (a ditch) with stone, etc.
- trans. To make drains in (land); to drain by constructing proper channels.