'In soundings' definitions:
Definition of 'In soundings'
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- Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'In soundings'
- Down the sound,
- Sound,
- Sounded,
- Sounding,
- Soundly,
- Soundness,
- To sound in,
- To sound into,
- sound off,
- sound out,
- sounding out,
- As sound as a roach,
- Feather Sound,
- Fish sound,
- Hobe Sound,
- Sound Beach,
- Sound boarding,
- Sound bow,
- Sound currency,
- Sound dues,
- Sound post,
- Sounding balloon,
- Sounding lead,
- Sounding line,
- Sounding post,
- Sounding rod,
- Sympathetic sounds,
- Third sound,
- To sound in damages,
- To sound the charge,
- echo sounding,
- high sounding,
- mental soundness,
- of sound mind,
- puget sound,
- safe and sound,
- sound alphabet,
- sound asleep,
- sound barrier,
- sound bite,
- sound camera,
- sound effect,
- sound film,
- sound hole,
- sound judgement,
- sound judgment,
- sound law,
- sound like,
- sound perception,
- sound pollution,
- sound pressure,
- sound projection,
- sound property,
- sound ranging,
- sound recording,
- sound reflection,
- sound reproduction,
- sound shifting,
- sound spectrograph,
- sound spectrum,
- sound structure,
- sound system,
- sound track,
- sound truck,
- sound unit,
- sound wave,
- sounding board,
- sounding rocket,
- speech sound,
- speed of sound,
- voiced sound,
- vowel sound,
- Cogged breath sound,
- Feather Sound, FL,
- High-sounding,
- Hobe Sound, FL,
- Re-sound,
- Sound Beach, NY,
- Sound-board,
- Sounding-board,
- instantaneous sound pressure,
- long island sound,
- make vibrant sounds,
- plosive speech sound,
- queen charlotte sound,
- sound pressure level,
- Concrete sound or movement of the voice,
- high fidelity sound system