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1,101 words match “SOUN”

SOUN n.
Sound. [Obs.] aucer.
SOUND n. 29 definitions
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
SOUND-BOARD n.
A sounding-board. To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.
SOUNDABLE a.
Capable of being sounded.
SOUNDAGE n.
Dues for soundings.
SOUNDER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
SOUNDING a. 5 definitions
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden.
SOUNDING BALLOON n.
An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.
SOUNDING-BOARD n. 3 definitions
A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
SOUNDLESS a. 2 definitions
Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
SOUNDLY adv.
In a sound manner.
SOUNDNESS n.
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.
SOUNE v.
To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOUNST a.
Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]
CONSOUND n.
A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.
HIGH-SOUNDING a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
MISSOUND v.
To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.
OUTSOUND v.
To surpass in sounding.
RAUNSOUN n.
Ransom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RE-SOUND v.
To sound again or anew.
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