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siffle, v.|ˈsɪf(ə)l|
Also 4–5 syfle, 5 sifle.
[ad. F. siffler, † sifler:—L. sīfilāre, var. of sībilāre: see sibilate v.]
intr. To blow with a sibilant sound; to whistle, hiss.
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 470 Syþen he..sayez vnte Zeferus þat he syfle warme. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 517 Quen Zeferus syflez hym-self on sedez & erbez. 1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xv. viii, The gode in forme of a serpent..syfled after his avenement. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. viii. 13 b/1 Incontynent that the dragon aperceyued hym he came to hym siflinge.
1862D. Richmond Through Life & For Life xviii. 231 The damp, raw morning air, which siffled in from the open door. 1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. xxv, The air siffled gently through the low grass.
Hence ˈsiffling vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also ˈsiffle n., a sibilant râle (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1221 Neither doe ordinary hounds understand the signes that huntsmen use, nor every horse the siffling and chirring of the escuirry. 1866Cornh. Mag. Mar. 313 What joy when Angus drew a long siffling breath. |