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The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed
article of food. |
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A cuttlefish. |
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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. |
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Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; --
said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound
understanding. |
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Firm; strong; safe. |
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Free from error; correct; right; honest; true;
faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound
thinker. |
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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. |
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heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating. |
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Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep. |
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Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a
sound title to land. |
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Soundly. |
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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. |
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Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to
probe. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to
convey intelligence by sound. |
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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. |
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To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the
voice, or on an instrument. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To signify; to import; to denote. |
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