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Waving. [Obs.] Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth. Chaucer.

Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv.

Moving with a bound or bounds. The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery.

The art of smelting and casting metals.

The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation; hence, elementary instruction; the act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis.

Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

The act of one who hounds.

A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] "Covered with the poundings of these rocks." J. S. Blackie.

Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

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.

Inclosing; encircling.

The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

aracterized by. -- To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison.

Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind. "An abstracted scholar." Johnson.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. Language . . . affluent in expression. H. Reed. Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior.

The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

ss, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [Obs.] Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.