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imp. & p. p. of Seek.

To suck. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector. "Grecian chiefs . . . largely souled." Dryden.

A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.

Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless. Slave, souless villain, dog! Shak.

In a soulless manner. Tylor.

Sound. [Obs.] aucer.

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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

Capable of being sounded.

Dues for soundings.

One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.

Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden.

An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.

A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.

In a sound manner.

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.

To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.