SOUND-BOARD
SOUND'-BOARD, SOUNG'ING BOARD, noun A board which propagates the sound in an organ. To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SOUNDED
SOUND'ED, participle passive1. Caused to make a noise; uttered audibly.2. Explored; examined.
SOUNDING
SOUND'ING, participle present tense1. Causing to sound; uttering audibly.2. Trying the depth of water by the plummet; examining the intention or will.3.adjective Sonorous; makin...
SOUNDING-BOARD
SOUND'ING-BOARD, noun A board or structure with a flat surface, suspended over a pulpit to prevent the sound of the preacher's voice from ascending, and thus propagating it furt...
SOUNDING-ROD
SOUND'ING-ROD, noun A rod or piece of iron used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. It is let down in a groove by a pump.
SOUNDINGS
SOUND'INGS, noun Any place or part of the ocean, where a deep sounding line will reach the bottom; also, the kind of ground or bottom where the lead reaches.
SOUNDLESS
SOUND'LESS, adjective That cannot be fathomed; having no sound.
SOUNDLY
SOUND'LY, adverb [from sound, entire.]1. Healthily; heartily.2. Severely; lustily; with heavy blows; smartly; as, to beat one soundly3. Truly; without fallacy or error; as, to j...
SOUNDNESS
SOUND'NESS, noun1. Wholeness; entireness; an unbroken, unimpaired or undecayed state; as the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, of a limb, etc.2. An unimpaired state o...
SOUP
SOUP, noun [See Sup and Sop.] Broth; a decoction of flesh for food.SOUP, verb transitive To sup; to breathe out. [Not in use.]SOUP, verb transitive To sweep. [Not in use.] [See ...
SOUR
SOUR, adjective1. Acid; having a pungent taste; sharp to the taste; tart; as, vinegar is sour; sour cider; sour beer.2. Acid and austere or astringent; as, sunripe fruits are of...
SOURCE
SOURCE, noun [Latin surgo.]1. Properly, the spring or fountain from which a stream of water proceeds, or any collection of water within the earth or upon its surface, in which a...
SOURDET
SOURDET, noun The little pipe of a trumpet.SOUR'-DOCK, noun Sorrel, so called.
SOURED
SOUR'ED, participle passive Made sour; made peevish.SOUR'-GOURD, noun A plant of the genus Adansonia.
SOURING
SOUR'ING, participle present tense Making acid; becoming sour; making peevish.SOUR'ING, noun That which makes acid.
SOURISH
SOUR'ISH, adjective Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as sourish fruit; a sourish taste.
SOURLY
SOUR'LY, adverb1. With acidity.2. With peevishness; with acrimony. The stern Athenian prince the sourly smil'd.3. Discontentedly.
SOURNESS
SOUR'NESS, noun1. Acidity; sharpness to the taste; tartness; as the sourness of vinegar or of fruit. sourness being one of those simple ideas which one cannot describe.2. Asperi...
SOUS
SOUS, nounplural of sou or sol. [See Sou.]
SOUSE
SOUSE, noun1. Pickle made with salt.2. Something kept or steeped on pickle.3. The ears, feet, etc. of swine. [America.]SOUSE, verb transitive1. To steep in pickle. But souse the...
SOUTER
SOUTER, noun [Latin sutor.] A shoemaker; a cobler. [Not in use.]
SOUTERLY
SOUTERLY, adverb Like a cobler. [Not in use.]
SOUTERRAIN
SOUTERRAIN, noun A grotto or cavern under ground. [Not English.]
SOUTH
SOUTH, noun1. The north and south are opposite points in the horizon; each ninety degrees or the quarter of a great circle distant from the east and west. A man standing with hi...
SOUTHEAST
SOUTHE'AST, noun The point of the compass equally distant from the south and east.SOUTHE'AST, adjective In the direction of southeast or coming from the southeast; s a southeast...
SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTHE'ASTERN, adjective Towards the southeast.
SOUTHERLY
SOUTHERLY, adjective suth'erly.1. Lying at the south, or in a direction nearly south; as a southerly point.2. Coming from the south or a point nearly south; as a southerly wind.