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plural soundings
The action of the verb to sound. quotations examples
And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]
c. 1650, John Lightfoot, The Temple-Service
In the course of his soundings, Sir Herbert Walker had heard favourable reports of O.V.S. Bulleid, currently Principal Assistant to Gresley on the LNER.
1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 394
not comparable
Emitting a sound. examples
Sonorous. quotations examples
sounding words
1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], (please specify the stanza number)
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
1849, Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee
present participle and gerund of sound examples
Test made with a probe or sonde. quotations examples
Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]
2011, John P. Rafferty, Oceans and Oceanography, page 189
Morning sounding at Chatham showed dry adiabatic lapse rate all the way to 700 mb this morning […]
2020 June 25, National Weather Service Boston 9:52 AM forecast discussion
A measured depth of water. examples
The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes examples
(chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom. quotations examples
We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas; Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
a. 1840, Spanish Ladies (naval song, chorus)
The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. examples