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11sounding line — measuring tape …
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13Sounding — Sound ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the… …
14Sounding lead — Sounding Sound ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or… …
15Sounding post — Sounding Sound ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or… …
16Sounding rod — Sounding Sound ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or… …
17sounding — sounding1 [soun′diŋ] adj. 1. making or giving forth sound 2. resonant; sonorous 3. high sounding; bombastic sounding2 [soun′diŋ] n. 1. a) the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with …
18sounding lead — noun a metal bob at the end of a sounding line • Hypernyms: ↑bob • Part Holonyms: ↑lead line, ↑sounding line * * * noun Etymology: Middle English : a mass of lead at the end of a sounding line * …
19sounding — 1. n. 1 a the action or process of measuring the depth of water, now usu. by means of echo. b an instance of this (took a sounding). 2 (in pl.) a a region close to the shore of the right depth for sounding. b Naut. measurements taken by sounding …
20Sounding — Sound Sound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of water).] 1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to… …
