See Also: Sound(medicine)
sound(3)(dictionary)
sound(4)(dictionary)
sound(5)(dictionary)
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sound(7)(dictionary)
sound(9)(dictionary)
sound(encyclopedia)
Sound, the(encyclopedia)
second sound(medicine)

sound(6) (iou)



sound noun4. L16.
[Partly from SOUND verb2, partly from French sonde in same sense.]
An act of sounding with a lead; fig. the power of sounding or investigating. Long rare. L16.
b. A sounding-line, a sounding-lead. rare. L16-E17.
A hole, an excavation. Only in E17.
Medicine. A long rodlike instrument for probing body cavities or dilating strictures. L18.