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Sound

Sound

,
Noun.
[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
.

Sound

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A cuttlefish.
[Obs.]
Ainsworth.

Sound

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sounder
;
sup
erl.
Soundest
.]
[OE.
sound
, AS.
sund
; akin to D. ge
zond
, G. ge
sund
, OHG. gi
sunt
, Dan. & Sw.
sund
, and perhaps to L.
sanus
. Cf.
Sane
.]
1.
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind;
as,
sound
timber;
sound
fruit; a
sound
tooth; a
sound
ship
.
2.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; – said of body or mind;
as, a
sound
body; a
sound
constitution; a
sound
understanding
.
3.
Firm; strong; safe.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,
And how, besides, it makes the whole house
sound
.
Chapman.
4.
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; – said of persons;
as, a
sound
lawyer; a
sound
thinker
.
Do not I know you a favorer
Of this new seat? Ye are nor
sound
.
Shakespeare
5.
Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious;
as,
sound
argument or reasoning; a
sound
objection;
sound
doctrine;
sound
principles
.
Hold fast the form of
sound
words, which thou hast heard of me.
2 Tim. i. 13.
6.
heavy; laid on with force;
as, a
sound
beating
.
7.
Undisturbed; deep; profound;
as,
sound
sleep
.
8.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective;
as, a
sound
title to land
.
Sound is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed, sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc.
Sound currency
(Com.)
,
a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values.

Sound

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

Sound

,
Noun.
[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, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean;
as, the
Sound
between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island
Sound
.
The
Sound
of Denmark, where ships pay toll.
Camden.
Sound dues
,
tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound.

Sound

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sounded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sounding
.]
[F.
sonder
; cf. AS.
sund
gyrd a sounding rod,
sund
line a sounding line (see
Sound
a narrow passage of water).]
1.
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
2.
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
I was in jest,
And by that offer meant to
sound
your breast.
Dryden.
I’ve
sounded
my Numidians man by man.
Addison.
3.
(Med.)
To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion;
as, to
sound
a patient
.

Sound

,
Verb.
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.

Sound

,
Noun.
[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 bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.

Sound

,
Noun.
[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
,
Swan
.]
1.
The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report;
as, the
sound
of a drum; the
sound
of the human voice; a horrid
sound
; a charming
sound
; a sharp, high, or shrill
sound
.
The warlike
sound

Of trumpets loud and clarions.
Milton.
2.
The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound;
as, a treatise on
sound
.
☞ In this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and inaudible.
3.
Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
Sense and not
sound
. . . must be the principle.
Locke.
Sound boarding
,
boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.
Sound bow
,
in a series of transverse sections of a bell, that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See Illust. of
Bell
.
Sound post
.
(Mus.)
See
Sounding post
, under
Sounding
.

Sound

,
Verb.
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 strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
“And first taught speaking trumpets how to sound.”
Dryden.
How silver-sweet
sound
lovers' tongues!
Shakespeare
2.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
From you
sounded
out the word of the Lord.
1 Thess. i. 8.
3.
To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear;
as, this reproof
sounds
harsh; the story
sounds
like an invention
.
Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
Things that do
sound
so fair?
Shakespeare
To sound in
or
To sound into
,
to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with.
[Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.]

Soun[d]ing in
moral virtue was his speech.
Chaucer.
To sound in damages
(Law)
,
to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like.

Sound

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to make a noise; to play on;
as, to
sound
a trumpet or a horn; to
sound
an alarm
.
A bagpipe well could he play and
soun
[d].
Chaucer.
2.
To cause to exit as a sound;
as, to
sound
a note with the voice, or on an instrument
.
3.
To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound;
as, to
sound
a retreat; to
sound
a parley
.
The clock
sounded
the hour of noon.
G. H. Lewes.
4.
To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim;
as, to
sound
the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit
.
5.
To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character;
as, to
sound
a piece of timber; to
sound
a vase; to
sound
the lungs of a patient
.
6.
To signify; to import; to denote.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Soun[d]ing
alway the increase of his winning.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sound

SOUND

,
Adj.
[L. sanus.]
1.
Entire; unbroken; not shaky, split or defective; as sound timber.
2.
Undecayed; whole; perfect, or not defective; as sound fruit; a sound apple or melon.
3.
Unbroken; not bruised or defective; not lacerated or decayed; as a sound limb.
4.
Not carious; not decaying; as a sound tooth.
5.
Not broken or decayed; not defective; as a sound ship.
6.
Whole; entire; unhurt; unmutilated; as a sound body.
7.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; having all the organs complete and in perfect action; as a sound body; sound health; a sound constitution; a sound man; a sound horse.
8.
Founded in truth; firm; strong; valid; solid; that cannot be overthrown or refuted; as sound reasoning; a sound argument; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
9.
Right; correct; well founded; free form error; orthodox. II Tim 1. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes. Ps. 119.
10.
Heavy; laid on with force; as sound strokes; a sound beating.
11.
Founded in right and law; legal; valid; not defective; that cannot be overthrown; as a sound title to land; sound justice.
12.
Fast; profound; undisturbed; as sound sleep.
13.
Perfect, as intellect; not broken or defective; not enfeebled by age or accident; not wild or wandering; not deranged; as a sound mind; a sound understanding or reason.

SOUND

,
adv.
Soundly; heartily. So sound he slept that nought might him awake.

SOUND

,
Noun.
The air bladder of a fish.