Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOB, v.i. [Sax. seobgend, complaining. Qu.]

To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or a kind convulsive motion; to sigh with deep sorrow or with tears. She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. – Dryden.