Definition of sounding

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Sounding (n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained..

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Resonance :: Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
Loud-mouthed :: Loud-mouthed (a.) Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
Rant :: Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher..
Mark :: Mark (n.) One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called deeps..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Phoneidoscope :: Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations..
Semivocal :: Semivocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
Multisonous :: Multisonous (a.) Having many sounds, or sounding much..
Abatvoix :: Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
Horrisonous :: Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.
Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise..
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Unison :: Unison (n.) Sounding alone.
Resonance :: Resonance (n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments..
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Soniferous :: Soniferous (a.) Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.
Cacophonious :: Cacophonious (a.) Harsh-sounding.
Tubby :: Tubby (a.) Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin..
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