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Sounding :: Sounding (n.) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom..

Sea-green :: Sea-green (a.) Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings..

Multisonous :: Multisonous (a.) Having many sounds, or sounding much..

Lead :: Lead (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea..

Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..

Retreat :: Retreat (n.) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action..

Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by Konig for testing the quality of musical strings..

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water..

Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.

Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..

Find :: Find (v. t.) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom..

Semivocal :: Semivocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.

Resounding :: Resounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resoun.

Soniferous :: Soniferous (a.) Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.

Phonomotor :: Phonomotor (n.) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.

Outsound :: Outsound (v. t.) To surpass in sounding.

Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..

Resonant :: Resonant (a.) Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back..

Bathometer :: Bathometer (n.) An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line..

Loud-mouthed :: Loud-mouthed (a.) Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

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