The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swough
Swough \Swough\, n. [See Swoon.]
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A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough. [Obs.]
He sigheth with full many a sorry swough.
--Chaucer. A swoon. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
swough
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A sound; a groan or moan; a sough. 2 (context obsolete English) A swoon.
Usage examples of "swough".
And in hir swough so sadly holdeth she Hir children two, whan she gan hem tembrace, That with greet sleighte and greet difficultee The children from hir arm they gonne arace.
And after that she of hir swough gan breyde, Right ibn hir hsukes ledene thus she seyde: "That pitee renneth soone in gentil herte, Fellynge his similitude in peynes smerte, Is preved al day, as men may it see, As wel by werk as by auctoritee.