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| n. | (?) |
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| Sound |
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swimming, akin to E. swim. See Swim.] |
The air
bladder of a fish] as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of
food.
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Whole]
unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the
kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound
tooth; a sound ship.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a
morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a
sound constitution; a sound understanding.
Firm; strong; safe.
Free from error; correct; right; honest;
true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound
lawyer; a sound thinker.
Founded in truth or right; supported by
justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as,
sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection;
sound doctrine; sound principles.
heavy; laid on with force; as, a
sound beating.
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as,
sound sleep.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not
defective; as, a sound title to land.
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A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the
mainland and an island] also, a strait connecting two seas, or
connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between
the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
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To measure the
depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of
a line and plummet.
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain,
the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;
to test; to probe.
To explore, as the bladder or
urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by
auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
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| Sound (sound) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Sound |
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To ascertain the
depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
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Any elongated instrument
or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded
or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a
stricture.
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The peceived object occasioned by the impulse
or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or
perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the
impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is
in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing
by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies,
or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the
sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming
sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
The occasion of sound; the impulse or
vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with
unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such
cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
Noise without signification; empty noise;
noise and nothing else.
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To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air
that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible
effect.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or
published; to convey intelligence by sound.
To make or convey a certain impression, or
to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as,
this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an
invention.
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To
causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a
horn.
To cause to exit as a sound; as, to
sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
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.
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.
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.
To signify; to import; to denote.
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