Webster's Dictionary 1913

7426

Soullessly

Soul″less‐ly, adv. In a soulless manner. Tylor.

7427

Soun

Soun (?), n. & v. Sound. aucer.

7428

Sound

Sound (?), n. [AS. sund a swimming, akin to E. swim. See Swim.] The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

7429

Sound (10)

Sound, v. i. [OE. sounen, sownen, OF. soner, suner, F. sonner, from L. sonare. See Sound a noise.] 1. To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall...

7430

Sound (11)

Sound, v. t. 1. To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.A bagpipe well could he play and soun. Chaucer.2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sou...

7431

Sound (2)

Sound, n.(Zoöl.) A cuttlefish. Ainsworth.

7432

Sound (3)

Sound, a. [Compar.Sounder (?); superl.Soundest.] [OE. sound, AS. sund; akin to D. gezond, G. gesund, OHG. gisunt, Dan. & Sw. sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf. Sane.] 1. Whole; ...

7433

Sound (4)

Sound, adv. Soundly.So sound he slept that naught might him awake. Spenser.

7434

Sound (5)

Sound, n. [AS. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icel., Sw., Dan. & G. sund, probably so named because it could be swum across. See Swim.] (Geog.) A narrow passage of water, ...

7435

Sound (6)

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 ...

7436

Sound (7)

Sound (?), v. i. To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know the depth of sea. Palsgrave.

7437

Sound (8)

Sound, n. [F. sonde. See Sound to fathom.] (Med.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the blad...

7438

Sound (9)

Sound, n. [OE. soun, OF. son, sun, F. son, fr. L. sonus akin to Skr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to E. swan. Cf. Assonant, Consonant, Person, Sonata, Sonnet, Sonorous,...

7439

Sound-board

Sound″–board′ (?), n. A sounding-board.To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.

7440

Soundable

Sound″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being sounded.

7441

Soundage

Sound″age (?; 48), n. Dues for soundings.

7442

Sounder

Sound″er (?), n. One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.

7443

Sounder (2)

Sound″er, n.(Zoöl.) A herd of wild hogs.

7444

Sounding

Sound″ing, a. Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden.

7445

Sounding (2)

Sound″ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the ...

7446

Sounding balloon

Sound″ing bal‐loon″. An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.

7447

Sounding-board

Sound″ing–board′ (?), n. 1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.2. A board or structure placed behind o...

7448

Soundless

Sound″less (?), a. Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.

7449

Soundless (2)

Sound″less, a. Having no sound; noiseless; silent. — Sound″less‐ly, adv. — Sound″less‐ness, n.

7450

Soundly

Sound″ly, adv. In a sound manner.

7451

Soundness

Sound″ness, n. The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.Syn. — ...

7452

Soune

Soune (?), v. t. & i. To sound. Chaucer.