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spirit, but convoyed By four cherubic shapes. Milton. A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham.

A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument. Praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Ps. cl. 4. But signs when songs and instruments he hears. Dryden.

of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds. Dryden.

Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude. The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. Buckminster. Their sober zeal,…

Increase of power or energy of any quality or thing; intenseness; fervency. Jer. Taylor. Sounds . . . likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind. Bacon.

influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or…

The act of intervening; interposition. Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane. Holder.

Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.

To sound the tones of the musical scale; to practice the sol- fa.

The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.

To utter a prolonged tone or a deep, protracted sound; to speak or recite in a measured, sonorous manner; to intonate. Pope.

t of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively. Intoxicated with the sound of those very bells. G. Eliot. They are not intoxicated by military success. Jowett (Thuc. ).

The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding Littré.

aber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds made by a smith.

A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish g…

alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably.

To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.

Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." Milton.

To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears. When such strings jar, what hope of harmony Shak. A string may jar in the best master's hand. Roscommon.

To emit a harsh or discordant sound. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.