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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.
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Sound \Sound\, n. (Zool.)
A cuttlefish. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
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Sound \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; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or
decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit;
a sound tooth; a sound ship.
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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.
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3. Firm; strong; safe.
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The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,
And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
--Chapman.
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4. Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful;
orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound
thinker.
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Do not I know you a favorer
Of this new seat? Ye are nor sound. --Shak.
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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.
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Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast
heard of me. --2 Tim. i.
13.
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6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
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7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
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8. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound
title to land.
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Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed,
sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc.
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{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.
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Sound \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
bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
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Sound \Sound\, v. i.
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other
device.
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I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his
plummet to know the depth of sea. --Palsgrave.
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Sound \Sound\, adv.
Soundly.
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So sound he slept that naught might him awake.
--Spenser.
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Sound \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, 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.
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The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. --Camden.
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{Sound dues}, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels
passing through the Baltic Sound.
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Sound \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 measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to
ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
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2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;
to test; to probe.
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I was in jest,
And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
--Dryden.
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I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
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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.
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Sound \Sound\, v. t.
1. To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a
trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.
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A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. --Chaucer.
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2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the
voice, or on an instrument.
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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.
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The clock sounded the hour of noon. --G. H. Lewes.
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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.
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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.
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6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning.
--Chaucer.
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Sound \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}, {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.
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The warlike sound
Of trumpets loud and clarions. --Milton.
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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.
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Note: In this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and
inaudible.
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3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and
nothing else.
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Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle.
--Locke.
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{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}.
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Sound \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 strike the organs of hearing with a
perceptible effect. "And first taught speaking trumpets
how to sound." --Dryden.
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How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! --Shak.
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2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to
convey intelligence by sound.
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From you sounded out the word of the Lord. --1
Thess. i. 8.
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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.
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Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
Things that do sound so fair? --Shak.
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{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.]
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Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech.
--Chaucer.
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{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.
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