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Webster 1913 Edition

Sounding

Sound′ing

,
Adj.
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous;
as,
sounding
words
.
Dryden.

Sound′ing

,
Noun.
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 depth so ascertained.
(b)
Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; – usually in the plural.
(c)
The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
Sounding lead
,
the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
–
Sounding line
,
a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings.
–
Sounding post
(Mus.)
,
a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; – called also
sound post
.
–
Sounding rod
(Naut.)
,
a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship’s hold.
–
In soundings
,
within the eighty-fathom line.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sounding

SOUND'ING

, ppr.
1.
Causing to sound; uttering audibly.
2.
Trying the depth of water by the plummet; examining the intention or will.
3.
a. Sonorous; making a noise.
4.
Having a magnificent sound; as words more sounding or significant.

SOUND'ING

,
Noun.
1.
The act of uttering noise; the act or endeavoring to discover the opinion or desires; the act of throwing the lead.
2.
In surgery, the operation of introducing the sound into the bladder; called searching for the stone.

Definition 2024

sounding

sounding

English

Noun

sounding ‎(plural soundings)

  1. The action of the verb to sound.
    • John Lightfoot
      And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]

Adjective

sounding ‎(not comparable)

  1. Emitting a sound.
    The sounding bell woke me up.
  2. Sonorous.
    • Dryden
      sounding words
    • Edgar Allan Poe
      In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Verb

sounding

  1. present participle of sound
    Little Mary was sounding very sleepy, so I tucked her in bed.‎

Etymology 2

sound ‎(“examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation or percussion”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

sounding ‎(plural soundings)

  1. Test made with a probe or sonde.
    • 2011, John P. Rafferty, Oceans and Oceanography (page 189)
      Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]
  2. A measured depth of water.
    The sailor took a sounding every five minutes
  3. The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the **** for medical or sexual purposes
  4. (chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
  5. The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Etymology

sound ‎(“produce a sound”) +‎ -ing.

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