Definition of sound

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Sound (superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land..

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Dissonant :: Dissonant (a.) Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
Brazen :: Brazen (a.) Sounding harsh and loud, like resounding brass..
Charm :: Charm (v. i.) To make a musical sound.
Silvery :: Silvery (a.) Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh..
Concent :: Concent (n.) Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes..
Bell :: Bell (v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time; to make a bellowing sound; to roar..
Hum :: Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Dissonance :: Dissonance (n.) A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Demented :: Demented (a.) Insane; mad; of unsound mind.
Raucity :: Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice..
Knell :: Knell (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything..
Euphonism :: Euphonism (n.) An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
Phonogram :: Phonogram (n.) A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound..
Trill :: Trill (n.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake..
Unearthly :: Unearthly (a.) Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
Arming :: Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom..
Discordant :: Discordant (n.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds..
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Moan :: Moan (v. i.) To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously..
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