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Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.

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.

A sounding-board. To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.

Dues for soundings.

Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. Sparry iron (Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a). -- Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble.

flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.

Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.

Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.

Producing, or abounding with, spices. In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew. Dryden.

Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. Bp. Warburton. Spiny lobster. (Zoöl.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster.

Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.

Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.

; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square. [R.] Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined. Milton.

Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.

ed by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.

An instrument for pounding or stamping.

Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the starry sky." Pope.

Having, or abounding with, stars.

Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc. [Colloq.]

Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [Obs.] Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preserved in the Vatican. Derham.