Sounding
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
(2): ( n.) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; - usually in the plural.
(3): ( n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
(4): ( a.) Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
(5): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sound
(6): ( n.) The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
King James Dictionary [2]
Sound'Ing, ppr.
1. Causing to sound uttering audibly. 2. Trying the depth of water by the plummet examining the intention or will. 3. a. Sonorous making a noise. 4. Having a magnificent sound as words more sounding or significant.
Sound'Ing, n.
1. The act of uttering noise the act or endeavoring to discover the opinion or desires the act of throwing the lead. 2. In surgery, the operation of introducing the sound into the bladder called searching for the stone.
