sounding
/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/ noun C2- A test made with a probe or sonde.
- A measured depth of water. · The sailor took a sounding every five minutes
- Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
- The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
- The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding).
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The Silver River, the sounding sea,
How great and still and wonderful everything was, with the murmur of the sea sounding through it and the darkling cliffs beyond like grim giants guarding enchanted coasts.
“No, for I am only embarked in certainties,” replied Danglars, with the air of a mountebank sounding his own praises; “to involve me, three governments must crumble to dust.”
d’Avrigny said he believed they both proceeded from poison; and you, honest man, have ever since been asking your heart and sounding your conscience to know if you ought to expose or conceal this secret.
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