King James Bible Dictionary

SOUND'ING, participle present tense

1. Causing to sound; uttering audibly.

2. Trying the depth of water by the plummet; examining the intention or will.

3. adjective Sonorous; making a noise.

4. Having a magnificent sound; as words more sounding or significant.

SOUND'ING, noun

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.

Acts 27:28

SOUND'ING-BOARD, noun A board or structure with a flat surface, suspended over a pulpit to prevent the sound of the preacher's voice from ascending, and thus propagating it further in a horizontal direction. [Used in American churches.]

SOUND'ING-ROD, noun A rod or piece of iron used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. It is let down in a groove by a pump.

SOUND'INGS, noun Any place or part of the ocean, where a deep sounding line will reach the bottom; also, the kind of ground or bottom where the lead reaches.