SPage 590
- English Word Sound Definition To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
- English Word Sound Definition To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
- English Word Sound Definition To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
- English Word Sound Definition To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
- English Word Sound Definition To signify; to import; to denote.
- English Word Sound-board Definition A sounding-board.
- English Word Soundable Definition Capable of being sounded.
- English Word Soundage Definition Dues for soundings.
- English Word Sounded Definition of Sound
- English Word Sounder Definition One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
- English Word Sounder Definition A herd of wild hogs.
- English Word Sounding Definition of Sound
- English Word Sounding Definition Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
- English Word Sounding Definition The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
- English Word Sounding Definition measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
- English Word Sounding Definition Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Sounding Definition The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
- English Word Sounding-board Definition A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
- English Word Sounding-board Definition A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
- English Word Sounding-board Definition See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.